Why is that there is always one traitor on every world to mess things up? I suppose it’s natural, but as a plot device, it’s just way overused. It’s too much of the easy catalyst for why things go wrong. This is what we have again …

Mad Hungry with Lucinda Scala Quinn Rustic Italian Recipes began with the approachable cook talking about gay pesto, as in fun food and good pesto and pasta to eat. I so often learn from Quinn, and that continues to fascinate me. This first segment was focused on …

Haim takes Joanne on a shopping spree and spends lots of money (nice way to go for a has-been, don’t you think?), then he imposes on a special dinner between Feldman and Susie (what else is new?). Feldman and Susie then discovers how unbelievably messy Haim’s bedroom is - …

I ended up watching a re-run of the show The Simpson’s last night, The Day the Violence Died. I have seen this one before, but this was the first time in a long time and it was actually kind of nice seeing it again.
Basically, in this episode, Bart and …

This is one of the funniest episodes of Season 3.
It opens rather ominously with Gordon (happily in prison) telling a fellow hunter Kubrick that ‘Sam Winchester must die’ and the hunter agreeing to help track Sam down.
Sam & Dead get a call to tell them that someone has broken …

I was wondering, as many others do, about how can Simon, Randy and Paula audition all of those huge crowds gathering up in every city the popular show is auditioning. It is just not possible for that to actually happen. Simple math says 10000 people auditioning in one city …

Star Trek: Plato’s Stepchildren has the Enterprise responding to a call for medical help on a planet with just a handful of inhabitants, though the residents are a couple thousand years old. The problem is that these people have become expert with their psychokinetic powers and bullies to …

Formerly called the Sci-fi channel, this TV channel really has gone down hill. They show a few good programs, but they repeat them over and over and over…..and over. Their new programs are not as good as the old ones, either. One of the shows, a BSG …

Now there used to be a time when I stayed up way past what is generally perceived to be normal bed time, even for fully grown man such as myself, just to watch quality music videos well into the early hours of the next morning. Sadly though, those days …

I rather enjoyed Have Gun - Will Travel: The Princess and the Gunfighter which is actually quite charming at points. Much of that is due to the presence of Arlene Martel, who at that point in her career went by the name of Arline Sax. Many viewers …

The woman is on fire in the show business industry. I’m writing about Betty White, who is the primary guest star in this December 1994 show, Diagnosis Murder: Death by Extermination. In this show, White plays Dora Sloan, the sister of Dr. Mark Sloan, played wonderfully by …

I have a strange and most likely unhealthy fascination with this show. The scenery is definitely part of it (Hawaii is beautiful, and an interesting locale for this sort of show). But it is Dog and his family that make the show so unusual and unique.
Dog is …

For no other reason than me wanting something to watch until Ghost Hunters came on, I decided to watch another rerun of the show Bones. This time, it happened to be one I have seen a couple of times before; The Santa in the Slush.
I’m still a bit confused …

From May 1962, Have Gun - Will Travel: Pandora’s Box was the 35th show of the fifth season for this Richard Boone western series. This outing had some politics to it and those aren’t usually shows I enjoy that much. Basically, Paladin (Boone) is asked to bring …

Trigun Episode 21 begins in a Project Seeds ship that didn’t quite crash over 100 years ago, the Gung-Ho Guns have invaded, intent on destroying the ship’s residents, who are acquaintances of Vash. Vash and Wolfwood try to stop them and have to face three of the Gung-Ho …

Naruto is an anime show based on a character named Naruto. I used to like this show because it had good fights but I don’t really watch it anymore.
First of all, the name is really unoriginal. They named the show by a character. I don’t understand Japanese so perhaps …

I found this episode of the popular 1990s American television show “The X-Files” very interesting since it covered the danger of online dating in a very twisted and scary way. This was because this episode, “2Shy” was about a serial killer who meets his victims online, and then …

Well now, I have to admit, there are very few shows that are as brave as the show Family Guy. The episode I watched tonight “I dream of Jesus” proves just how far this show will go to get a laugh.
OK, they’ve had other episodes that have shown Jesus …

One of the final episodes of the first season, The Andy Griffith Show: The Inspector began with a classic scene of Barney playing checkers against himself. Now it’s a hoot, but haven’t we all done something like this before? I think that’s why it works so well. …

One of the early episodes whereby we get to glimpse Phoebe’s busy work-life as a stockbroker or something. Phoebe has a lot of work that she does before she becomes a Massage Assistant and the one whereby she becomes a stockbroker is also when she suffers a mini heart-attack. …

One day while working at the Krusty Krab, Mr. Krab finally earns his millionth dollar, and decides as a reward that he is going to take Squidward and Spongebob out for the day and go clam fishing. But before he tells them where he is going to take them, …

The fourth season of Roseanne had its high points, but it also had quite a few low points. This was the season where they introduced Mark’s brother David, which was one of the high points. I really liked this character because he added a nice little twist to the …

I have to say season 3 of Buffy the Vampire Slayer really isn’t as light hearted as the first two seasons. In fact, you have so much going on at once, it’s actually starting to get confusing. The episode “Revelations” is a good example.
The episode itself focuses on a …

From October 1966, Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea: Day of Evil was the sixth episode of this series’ third year on the air. As always, the show starred Richard Basehart and David Hedison. Hold onto to your clocks, readers, we’re playing with time again. …

Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea: Time Bomb is the second episode of the second year that this wonderful Irwin Allen science fiction series was on the air. Following are some observations about this 1965 episode:
–The opening shot in the theme is a bit different in what …

CSI Miami is a spinoff of the very successful TV Show SCI- Crime Scene Investigation set up in the hot and sexy Miami. The different location dictates some major differences in the content. To begin with- the cast is selected to reflect the ethnic diversity much better. Unfortunately the …

Watching the TV all the time, there could be hundreds of shows combined all channels and TV networks which makes it really hard to be able to decide for which one is actually the best of them all. Afterall, we all have different tastes; as for me, I would …

One of my very small pet peeves about Stargate SG-1 is that oftentimes in the early years, if there was a child’s story, it was always Richard Dean Anderson’s character who had the poignant connection with the child. The only exception was Cassandra, the alien child Sam had …

Diagnosis Murder: Murder at the Telethon had Community General Hospital hosting its first annual emergency room telethon. It was raise money through the telethon or shut down. To me, it’s an amusing way to bring in some interesting guest stars, such as Dom Deluise. He plays …

Castle Films presented a cartoon version of Simple Simon. This now vintage cartoon from the golden age of TV begins very lively with the children’s song about Simple Simon. Then we learn everyone is going to the fair, and that’s where the story goes.
While I loved the …

Super Nanny (with child-care expert and author, Jo Frost) is a reality show that offers more than its share of redeeming value.
Imported from the UK, this program features a different family each week, each having its own set of child behavior problems. Jo spends some time observing the …

Hellcats: Beale St. After Dark was a pretty good next episode for this television series. I’m actually surprised at how much I’m liking this show, but the acting has been surprising and the plots have been more interesting than I had anticipated.
In this hour, law student Marti, who …

Have Gun - Will Travel: The Marshall’s Boy was directed by series star, Richard Boone. It has a unique start, with Hey Boy mumbling in Chinese as he picks up a telegram for Paladin. We actually see him opening it and rejoicing over the contents. Then …

Something new from Ricky Gervais. I recall the first time I saw him on the 11 o’clock show on Channel 4 and I thought he was one of the worst t.v comedians that I had seen. The office brought him back for me though and everything else since, especially …

Wagon Train: The Sam Pulaski Story is an okay entry for the western series. It features guest stars Ross Martin, Annette Funicello, Stanley Adams, Jocelyn Brando, and Harry Carey, Jr., among others.
Robert Fuller as Cooper Smith gets the main thrust of the story. He’s romancing Ross Pulaski …

M*A*S*H: Oh, How We Danced is the second episode that deals with one of B.J. Hunnicutt’s (Mike Farrell) wedding anniversaries. The good news is that it fits the continuity. In February 1980, they aired the show called Lend a Hand where the 4077th threw B.J. a party …

Hair Battle Spectacular: More Than Meets the Eye was a little intense as it counts its way down to the final face off. Though I still believe that these folks need real names, humility, and perhaps even a check on reality, what they do is create some incredible …

When I heard Melrose Place was going to be remade I thought it wouldn’t be very good. The thing about Melrose Place and 90210 was they were perfect in the nineties because they reflected the values of culture being pushed to the limits. Today when television has such …

The still companionless Doctor finds himself investigating a new diet pill. As it happens, Donna Noble, the runaway bride, is investigating the same matter. You’d think that they would bump into each other right away so that the plot could get moving, but they don’t realize the …

The new HR rep needs to give everyone in the office a ethic’s seminar but Michal Encourages everyone to talk about their unethical behavior. It starts out pretty tame as Oscar admits to taking long lunches, and Dwight accuses him of being a time thief. Then it jumps into …

I have very deep problems with Stargate SG-1: Talion, and this time, Vala isn’t the reason. For years, we’ve seen Teal’c be on the edge. His ‘Jaffa revenge thing’ has put the team at risk, especially Jack. I’ve never liked that. SG-1 is said to …

Before I went into high school, my brother and I were tired of watching local television and wanted cable television. Many of our friends had it, as well as many of our relatives. However, our parents chose not to get it as they felt that it would interfere with …

I love to watch the Drew Carey Show. I think this is one of the best and funniest TV shows I have ever seen. Drew Carey is just such a funny guy and he makes me laugh. I think the whole story about Drew and his friends drinking beer and …

From 1995, Diagnosis Murder: Call Me Incontestable takes on the world of dating outfits. This one is called Perfect Couple and after a friend of Mark’s is murdered, the investigation leads to that business.
Here are a few highlights of this show from my perspective:
–There’s a bit when Mark …

Cliff Robertson does a great job in The Twilight Zone: A Hundred Yards over the Rim, a show from season two of this great series. Robertson is a man crossing the prairie with his family. When his son gets a sickness, he leaves the wagon to go …

While shopping, Ann Marie (Marlo Thomas) befriends an eight-year-old black boy named David (George Spell) who steals a candy bar. Though the boy initially tells her he lives on Park Avenue, Ann scoffs at it, so he invents a story about living in a one-bedroom apartment filled with …

Synopsis: The SVU detectives have to prove a cop is responsible for a rape/murder of a pharmaceutical lab assistant.
What I liked about this episode: I think one of the cool things about this episode is how it manages to jerk you in a number of different directions with a …

What is the point of “filler episodes” exactly? Really, I’m wondering, because that’s exactly what “Alpine Fields” is - filler. First off, John Connor is nowhere to be seen, it’s only Derek, Sarah, and Cameron. There’s also another nameless T-888 assassin that has to be killed. Apparently, there’s a …

There are all kinds of reality shows on today, and many are crime related. One of the series I’ve learned to enjoy over many of the others is Call 911, which airs on the Discovery ID channel.
The show uses actual 911 phones calls, recreations of incidents, and interviews …

Due South: Asylum starts out intriguingly with the fake Ray calling Fraser at the Canadian Consulate and saying that something’s come up and he won’t be able to come over later. The next thing we know, there’s a shooting going on and fake Ray takes off running, throwing …