The wonderful thing about M*A*S*H: Heal Thyself from the latter part of season eight is that it’s an unassuming beginning full of laughs and comedy that suddenly becomes a powerfully dramatic program. Some might see it coming, but I doubt anyone really had a clue just how Heal …

I finally got a chance to see an episode of That 70s Show that I haven’t seen before; Babe I’m Going to Leave You.
This episode takes place shortly after Kitty’s father dies and after Jackie, seeing Kelso with his California girlfriend (Jessica Simpson), blurts out that he’s still her …

I was looking for a new series to get started on when I heard about the Netflix sitcom “Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt”. I didn’t expect it to be great, but the premise made me curious enough to want to find out what the series was all about, especially since I heard …

Have Gun - Will Travel: The Haunted Trees was a bit of a mystery outing for this half-hour western. It begins with the request of a female lumber mill owner for Paladin’s help. Paladin isn’t known for turning down the offer of money, or the ladies.
In this …

Here Come the Brides: A Christmas Place is a huge favorite show of mine. It has such heart that it fills my soul. It’s really well done. However, there is a continuity error. The second show of the series was all about the brides demanding …

I am addicted to watching Law and Order SVU. I think mainly because I know the stories are based on actual case files in New York. It goes to show you how sick some people can be. The crew all work so well together that you …

Baseball manager for the Los Angeles Dodgers, Leo Durocher was the Man of the Week on this episode of The Dean Martin Comedy Hour, which has been repackaged as The Dean Martin Celebrity Roast for distribution. Actually, Durocher was retired at the time of this get together.
It was …

There are more character developments in Desperate Housewives Season 5 Episode 18. Dave is still adamant on his so called revenge and he tries to fast forward his plan so that he could bait Katherine and Mike. Edie isn’t joining their so called upcoming camping trip and right …

I missed the new episode of Monk on Friday night but did manage to catch the Psych episode “Earth Wind and Wait For It.”
While it wasn’t half bad, it also wasn’t the best I’ve seen.
This episode had Shawn and Gus investigating a series of arsons that revealed dead bodies. …

Murder Is a Parlor Game is the second episode of Mrs. Columbo, a well intended but misguided attempt to capitalize on the Columbo crime drama. While Peter Falk was nowhere to be found, his car is in the opening credits and his basset hound is present in an …

DC Cupcakes: Pupcakes was the second outing for this series about a couple of sisters and their relatives who run a highly successful cupcake bakery in Washington D.C., specifically in the Georgetown segment.
The focus in this thirty minutes of cooking drama is on two things: the need to let …

Sea Hunt: Underwater Drop, which aired in February 1960, was the fifth show of this adventure series’ third season on television. It’s the second show in a row that has dealt with Mike Nelson, deep sea diver and ex-Navy frogman, working with the Coast Guard. Now in …

Alan Shore and Celina Hall went to Texas to appeal the execution of a convicted felon. The latter signed a confession which was the basis of the conviction. The notable evidence that got them the appeal was the DNA. It raised the possibility of having somebody else present in …

Bliss (Oxygen TV series) - I had never heard of this series until I started perusing Netflix and ran across it. I had heard of female erotica before, but didn’t think much of it. I’m not a fan of the Lifetime channel, and thought …

I had been introduced to the game Trapped when Jake found it on the CBBC Games website . It was great when he was channel hopping and found the t.v show on CBBC. I presume that it was the t.v show that came first, then converted into the computer …

From Highway Patrol’s second season in 1957, Stripped Cars gave viewers a bit of something new, and that came by the unique crime scenario.
The action in this story surrounds George Bennett, the driver of a car carrier when he’s attacked and killed. Bennett was just in the way, …

One of our local stations aired a re-run of the Simpsons that I have seen a few times but have never grown tired of; Sweet and Sour Marge.
This one starts out with Homer trying to set a World’s Record. When he can’t do it on his own, he convinces …

Lucky Star is a Japanese animation that was recently aired and it’s popularity continues to grow. It’s about a bunch of Japanese female students and their daily lives - one is a straight A student, one is an absent mind student, one is an otaku (anime freak), and one …

OK, last night’s SVU episode, Spooked, was one of the most predictable episodes I’ve seen.
First, you have the rape/murder of two people in an alley that turns out to be drug related because the woman was smuggling drugs in her breast implants (ouch, but I guess that is a …

In this episode Homer’s favourite Tavern owner Moe runs out of beer. Homer then tells Moe about a recipe he accidentally created one night when Patty and Selma (Homer’s Sisters-in-Laws) made the whole family watch their holiday slide show. While watching the slide show Patty’s cigarette ash accidentally drops …

The first story of the second season of Highway Patrol was called The Search and aired in October 1956. It’s a pretty basic story, I’m afraid. It’s all about a murderer who is trying to avoid capture. He’s a charming sort and manages to get people …

The second episode of The Virginian’s seventh season on the air from September 1968 was called Silver Image, and it was far better than I thought it was going to be. The show surrounded a widow of a rancher in Medicine Bow who was in the middle of …

This has to be the most ignorant show on television. First of all, I cannot believe that this show even exists. But it exists all because of Flavor Flav. If he had not had that stupid show Flavor of Love, then New York would never have …

I was watching another re-run of the show Psych this afternoon while having lunch. This one was entitled Ghosts and was one I have seen before but couldn’t remember much about it. I’m glad I watched it though because it was actually a very good episode.
Basically, Gus needs to …

I follow this Australian police drama which deals with the homicides that an Australian police team of investigators try to solve. The homicides are complex, and most are not set in black in white. I struggled with the accent for several episodes, but now I find their accents interesting, …

This feature, Life Beyond Trek: Leonard Nimoy, is really fascinating. As the title indicates, it delves into Nimoy’s life beyond the famous Star Trek series. In his case, it doesn’t even involve acting. In this wonderful piece, the man shares with viewers his love of photography.
I’ve …

I am very into pop culture. It’s my guilty pleasure. I secretly buy the glossy magazines and I watch all kinds of entertainment news. For a long time now I’ve been watching The Soup. First off, I have to admit that I have a serious crush on Joel …

That Girl: Gone A-Courtin’ once again has Seymour as Ann Marie’s agent. This is probably my number one pet peeve about That Girl, the rotating agent that flip flops from being the mostly unseen Seymour and then a guest starring agent that serves some comedic purpose in the …

Independence was episode 2 or 7 for the HBO mini-series, John Adams, which aired in March 2008. It has a grizzly beginning and that’s the type of thing I’m not fond of. Things heat up in Congress, though, was John Adams now participates in. This is …

As the two lovers who cast away all doubt and plunged straight into the depths of their own desire now must wonder if their decisions were the correct ones. Welcome to Eureka Seven episode 43 “The Sunshine Underground”, a tale of high pressure and strained emotions with a blood …

I’ve watched a fair amount of this cartoon show. I remember the early days of the show, and I remember how funny I thought it was. It’s still funny in my opinion, but I’m not as intrigued with it as I used to be.
I think a big part …

The Champions Gala for the Vancouver 2010 Winter Olympics was held on Saturday, February 27th, and it was worth the wait.
Japan’s Takahashi gave a wonderful performance, full of color and delight. I loved his motion and fluidity within his exhibition performance. It made me intrigued and brought …

M*A*S*H: Snap Judgment is the first part of a two-part episode that focuses with items being stolen from the 4077th. In this first installment, Hawkeye Pierce (Alan Alda) and B.J. Hunnicutt (Mike Farrell) are sent a brand new Polaroid camera by the grateful father of a patient. …

Star Trek: The City on the Edge of Forever is probably the most classic and well produced episode in the entire original series. It’s received much acclaim over the years and is fondly thought of by fans. From April 1967, this episode features Joan Collins as Sister …

A few years back, there was this particular singing talent show, quite like American Idol and it’s on my local TV channel called Asia Bagus. Well, during those times, it was super fun to watch shows like this, and it was quite hard to get a singing talent show …

Prison Break Season 2 Episode 11- Bolshoi Booze
Just like any other episode on the show it was absolutely great. The show has some of the best writing seen on TV. They really know how to build the tension and the drama. And the casting is amazing as …

Shark Week aired on the Discovery channel back in August. It is repeated, with slightly different programming, every year. This episode was about the sharks that became extinct millions of years ago. The program featured interviews with different paleontologists in the field. On the rocky outcrops of Montana …

M*A*S*H: Say No More focuses on a wounded soldier at the 4077th. This brings the soldier’s father to the camp. General Addison Collins, played John Anderson, is gung-ho military. He’s everything that Hawkeye Pierce (Alan Alda) detests, and one thing Hawkeye can’t stand is watching General …

I used to watch Scooby Doo a lot when I was a kid. And, recently, my daughter discovered it for herself.
The newer episodes, labeled “What’s New Scooby Doo” are definitely a nice continuation of the series. You have all the same major characters; however, they’ve been modernized and the …

Bob Hope was the Man of the Hour for this episode of The Dean Martin Celebrity Roast, and boy were there some influential beings on this dais, including then Governor Ronald Reagan and General Omar Bradley.
Reagan was actually very funny. Oddly, I liked him as an actor, but …

M*A*S*H: A Smattering of Intelligence is the final episode of season two for this hit comedy series. In it, Edward Winter returns. He’d been in an episode a few weeks before this playing another character, but the one he establishes here, Colonel Samuel Flagg, is the one …

The tenth episode in the series, “Lair of Grevious”, is another fine example of a classic episode in this animated TV series, an utmost excellent and worthy follow up after the wondrous “Cloak of Darkness” which preceded it. Here, Count Dooku puts General Grevious to the test by having …

Week 3 of Dancing with the Stars - Australia began with a big of a joke when they introduced one of the bottom 2 from last week as Jason Stevens, who had actually been voted off last week. Some caught it, but I’m not sure every did. …

This episode picks up where the last left off, with Rose entering the TARDIS and joining the Doctor on his adventure. He asks her where in time she wants to go and she responds by suggesting they jump forward a century, and then 10,000 years. Oddly enough, …

New Girl is a comedy TV series on Fox that stars Zooey Deschanel as the main character, Jess. I’ve been watching it since it started at the beginning of the show, and now that it’s well into it’s first season I think it’s a good time for a …

The classic game show, The Dating Game, is homaged in the final episode of the first season of That Girl. Called The Mating Game, Don Hollinger decides to do a story on the popular dating show and he wants to use Ann Marie as his guinea pig, though …

By accident, I ended up watching Street Hawk somewhat in reverse. Thus, I have actually just watched all of the other episodes and now definitely declare that A Second Self is absolutely the best of the 13. It had top notch acting, a great story (though I’ll …

Homer shows the family the lavish and fun filled basement he just build. When asked how could he afford it, he says he has a brilliant plan. He files for bankruptcy. However it was referring the old law, where in Homer’s words bankruptcy was the cool thing. According to …

Semi-Homemade Cooking With Sandra Lee is a Food Network cooking show. Sandra Lee is a hoot and her food dishes are easy to prepare. The semi-homemade part of her food show title is just that: you can prepare dishes at home with items that are already prepared, making your …

Another of my favorite ninety minute, color episodes of Wagon Train is The Robert Harrison Clarke Story. It guest stars Michael Rennie, who was a terrific actor. He plays Clarke, an Englishmen who is traveling through the west to basically disprove the many things he’s read in …