TV Reviews
Columbo: Troubled Waters TV Show
Columbo: Troubled Waters is an okay outing from the fourth year of the Columbo series. It’s amusing to a degree in that Lieutenant Columbo (Peter Falk) and his wife are on a cruise together, but we never see the Mrs. at all. He’s talking to her a …
Undercovers: Xerxes TV Show
Undercovers: Xerxes continued the spying adventures of Steven and Samantha Bloom, a husband and wife team who also own a catering business. However, this is now a sideline as the two have been recruited to go on missions yet again for the Central Intelligence Agency.
Below are a few …
Log In For Love TV Show
Log In For Love is a new show on TBS. It follows the dating lives of tweleve different women in New York City. The show is done in a documentary like style. Overall its a pretty interesting show to watch, just to see see how other people go about …
War and Remembrance: The Making of War and Remembrance featurette
Produced in 2004, the War and Remembrance: The Making of War and Remembrance featurette opens with one of the promotional ads for this lengthy mini-series which aired on ABC in 1988. From there, viewers are introduced to Dan Curtis who produced, directed, and co-wrote the mammoth war picture. …
The Simpsons Season 3 Episode 1
Homer wears a pink shirt to work. This catches the eye of Mr.Burns and he interrogates Homer for this breach of conduct, since only white shirts were allowed at work. Homer is given a form to fill out, which would determine how crazy he is. Homer gives Bart to …
Emperor’s New School: Cool Summer
Well, another episode of Emperor’s New School and I can see why the show lasted only two seasons on Disney.
The episode “Cool Summer” had a few funny moments but, once again, was kind of predictable.
Kuzco is on vacation on the beach with Pacha and his family and is embarrassed …
Dexter Season 6 Episode 1
I have been waiting quite impatiently for the new season of Dexter. It is one of my most favorite shows of all times and it always keeps me on the edge of my seat. It has remarkable writing and amazing actors to play the written words.
In the previous season, …
Highway Patrol: Reformation TV Show
Highway Patrol: Reformation aired towards the back end of this police drama’s second season. I like the concept of this episode, though I think that some of the drama could have been enhanced to give more intrigue for the viewers.
Broderick Crawford plays the confident Chief Dan Mathews, head …
Ducktales
When I was a kid, I would race home in the afternoon to watch the cartoon Ducktales before doing my homework. Since my daughter seems to be getting bored with a lot of the shows that are currently on TV (especially some of the cartoons) I decided I would …
MacGyver: Three for the Road
MacGyver: Three for the Road is one of my all time favorite episodes of MacGyver and it comes as the tenth episode of the second season. Featured in this show is the wonderful Edward Mulhare whose past roles included starring parts in The Ghost and Mrs. Muir and …
Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex Episode 5 (Anime)
Ghost In the Shell: Stand Alone Complex Episode 5 has Section 9 continuing their investigation into the identity of the Laughing Man and they tail a anti-corporate suspect.
This episode is pretty good and it was very interesting to watch and the mystery keeps getting better and better. I …
Confessions of a Teen Idol - Episode 2
This show has such a campy, reality show title, Confessions of a Teen Idol, but if you give it a chance, there’s a lot of drama here about the human condition, and it’s not always pretty to look at it. Yet, for our own growth, looking at ourselves …
Smallville: Iris TV Show
I really haven’t watched much of Smallville over the years. I saw a few shows in its premier season, back when Tom Welling looked more like a teenager than a grown man and when John Schneider was playing his father. I liked it, but it never hooked …
Models of the Runway: Bryant Park Bound
Well, at least the models in Models of the Runway have something to do this time around besides sit around and wait to be eliminated.
Since the designers in Project Runway are forced to create one additional, last second outfit for their fashion show, they need to find an additional …
Army WIves Filled With Drama
Lifetime Television’s new series “Army Wives” The show gives insiders and the uninitiated an inside what appears to be a realistic glimpse of the politics and personals struggles of the military life from a women’s perspective.
The characters come from a variety of backgrounds: the embattled officer’s wife with the …
MacGyver: Good Knight MacGyver Part 2
MacGyver: Good Knight MacGyver Part 2 picks up where part one ends. Back in the time of King Arthur, Mac sets up with Merlin to find the evil Morgana and try to clear his family name, which was disgraced. They also hope to rescue the fair Cecilia …
Chuck season 2 episode 6 Chuck Versus the Ex
In this episode we get to see Chuck as a normal person who is not really good at his new SPY job. Although he tries really hard he manages to mess up things. I guess that’s the way most of us would behave if we were in his place. …
That Girl: To Each Her Own
In That Girl: To Each Her Own, the theme is all about computer dating, something that was fairly new at the time. Even though this has been around for decades now, the interest in how it works and the role it has on our society is still relevant, …
The Andy Griffith Show Citizen’s Arrest
When it comes to classic TV, one of the best is “The Andy Griffith Show”, or TAGS as frequent internet watchers refer to it. When it comes to best episodes of TAGS, few would argue that “Citizen’s Arrest” is right up there at the top.
This episode has classic …
Highlander the Series - 103 - Road Not Taken
Third episode of the first season of „Highlander: The Series” is titled „Road not Taken”. It concentrates on a Chinese friend of Duncan’s who dedicated his life to finding a potion that would make mortals indestructible and able to survive a fight with an Immortal. Long time ago, Duncan …
CHiPs: Repo Man
CHiPs: Repo Man features Mills Watson as the repo man. In other words, he’s in the repossession business. Unfortunately, he doesn’t have a lot of tact and he does a lot of underhanded things to get the job done. Quite honestly, I’ve never enjoyed Watson as …
Laramie: The Pass
The threat of an Indian uprising is at the focus of Laramie: The Pass. In fact, things are so bad that Jonesy takes Andy into town for safety. Meanwhile, Jess and Slim head off to assist the military. This is about the only time the two …
Imedeen Time Perfection Tablets
During my teens and early twenties, I was never bothered about fine lines and wrinkles because I had oily skin and I thought having oily skin means it is also well-moisturized. It turns out I was wrong. As I hit thirty, I noticed that although my skin was still …
Chasing Mummies: Discovered TV Show
Chasing Mummies: Discovered opens with a man being injured, though that’s about the only mention of this. It’s like instant drama with no follow through.
However, there was something exciting about this hour and that was seeing the 123rd pyramid being discovered. Apparently, it had been found under …
Outlaw: In Re: Tracy Vidalin TV Show
Outlaw: In Re: Tracy Vidalin gave Jimmy Smits’ character of ex Supreme Court Justice Cyrus Garza a bit of unexpected drama to tackle. This story includes a twist towards the end that some might see coming early on, but others will be surprised at. It is one …
A Man Called Hawk: The Master’s Mirror
From 1989, A Man Called Hawk starring Avery Brooks debuted on ABC. Brooks was recreating his colorful character of Hawk from the hit series, Spenser for Hire. For some reason, Hawk has returned to his Washington D.C. and that’s where the action takes place.
To be up front, …
Buffy The Vampire Slayer Season 4 DVD Collection
After purchasing the other 3 seasons on box set I had fallen in love with the way it was layed out and shown so when I brought home this product I was really very excited. I had already watched the whole of this season and couldn’t wait to see …
Stargate SG1: 2001 Season 5, Episode 10
While SG1 is visiting a planet, the Voliaans introduce them to a neighboring race, the Aschen. Little do they know that the Aschen are the very same people their future selves had warned them about.
When SG1 arrives back at the SGC and tells General Hammond the good news, …
Stargate: Infinity: Double Duty TV Show
From 2002, Stargate: Infinity: Double Duty is the second of the animated cartoon series. It begins with Major Bonner’s team realizing that their GDO codes no longer work. This means they can’t return to Stargate Command.
Their more important worry are the aliens on the planet they are …
Medium Season 4 Episode 16- Drowned World
This is the fourth season finale. I found this episode to be really sad. In this episode Alison is contacted by a lawyer who wants her to go to his house and calm down his wife. She had really loved that house and he went through a lot of trouble …
Classic AWA Wrestling
Now that I have a 1 month old, I find myself up at late hours taking care of her. As a result, I end up looking for something on TV to help me stay awake.
One of those things I came across was Classic AWA Wrestling on Espn Classic. I …
Fame: Reunions
Fame: Reunions begins with a really fun dance class segment where the group is dancing to an African beat and then the comic, Danny Amatullo (Carlo Imperato) slips and practically knocks down the entire class. I liked this opening bit quite a lot.
The title of the show relates …
Tales of the Gold Monkey: Shanghaied
Tales of the Gold Monkey: Shanghaied was a very entertaining outing for this adventure series from 1982. Jeff MacKay is featured in his regular role of Corky, the alcoholic mechanic. Actually, one of the things that is intriguing about this show is the relationship of Jake Cutter …
Batman: The Brave and the Bold: Dawn of the Dead Man!
The cold open features Batman fighting rat creatures in the future with Kamandi. At first I was perplexed, but if I recall correctly, the episode where he goes to the future ends with him still in the future so this picks up where that left.
After the credits we …
Whoopi: Shout TV Show
In the Shout episode of the 2003 comedy series, Whoopi, Courtney Rae (Wren T. Brown) is upset because an ATM ‘ate’ some of his money. He spends much of the show dealing with something many of us can truly understand — computerized answering systems. It’s a comical …
House TV Episode: Selfish
My wife and I attempted to DVR last week’s House episode “Now What.” But, for some reason, the DVR stopped recording about 10 minutes into it and we were forced to wait until last night to catch up with the show and figure out what would happen next.
Because we …
Spongebob: Blackened Sponge
As I mentioned in another review today, I am watching Spongebob Squarepants with my daughter today and came across another episode of the show I thought was really funny, the one entitled Blackened Sponge.
Basically, in this episode, Spongebob is brushing his teeth and, in an effort to remove the …
Highway Patrol: Prisoner Exchange Copter TV Show
This 30th outing from Season 4 of Highway Patrol, a half hour police drama starring Broderick Crawford as Chief Dan Mathews, is entitled Prisoner Exchange Copter. I was rather glad to see another show that gave us helicopters in the plot. If you go back and count …
Vampire High Season 1 Episode 5
In this episode, Sherry tries to connect to her dream man (Drew) through an Ouija board and she starts to receive messages telling her that he is real.
One of the elder vampires pays Dr. Murdoch a visit to his office and warns him about the stirring and about …
Yo Gabba Gabba
The first time I saw the children’s show Yo Gabba Gabba, I thought wow, a weird looking man wearing an orange wig and playing with dolls; how creepy is that. ‘ But, after giving it a chance, I have to say it isn’t a bad show.
Not that I watch …
A Man Called Hawk: Poison
A Man Called Hawk: Poison, which originally aired on television in March 1989, focused on the drug war. Unfortunately, what it shows is that we really haven’t come far at all. In fact, we’ve gone nowhere. That’s what the program is evidence of because we’re still …
Stargate SG-1: Bane
Stargate SG-1: Bane gives us a lot of big,huge, honkin’ bugs, as Jack O’Neill says. Opening scene is a hoot; I love it. Essentially, Teal’c gets stung and then has a really nasty reaction.
One of the pleasures of this episode is Tom McBeath as Harry Maybourne. …
Kate Hudson and Pamela Anderson Episodes on Ellen Talk Show
I watched the two separate shows on Kate Hudson and Pamela Anderson Episodes on Ellen Talk Show. Or rather, the 2 separate episodes on Ellen Talk Show. Both individual talk show were awesome and I enjoyed them very much.
For Kate Hudson show, it was very fantastic. Seeing …
That ’70s Show
That ’70s Show is a really good show. It’s also amazing that is was on the air from 1998 until 2006. This makes it a very long lasting TV show. I think the idea and concept of the TV show is great. I like how they made a show that …
Smallville: Crossfire
This episode introduces Mia Dearden, a young woman who will eventually become the sidekick of Green Arrow named Speedy, which Ollie calls her as she’s driving his car. Honestly, I”d rather see more of the heroes that have already been introduced as opposed to constantly bringing in new …
Two And A Half Men: The Devil’s Lube
“The Devil’s Lube” is the episode of Two And A Half Men originally airing on CBS on December 15, 2008. This episode was not one of the better ones, as it featured a needless cameo by Emilo Estavez playing Andy, Charlie’s womanizing best friend.
Most shows featuring star cameos …
Emergency!
Emergency! is an astounding, groundbreaking TV series that aired on NBC beginning in 1972. The show’s star was Robert Fuller. Now this is offbeat casting, but that’s how Jack Webb wanted. Webb loved to go for things that were different and having cowboy veteran performer Fuller …
The Dean Martin Comedy Hour: Johnny Carson
Johnny Carson is the Man of the Week on this edition of The Dean Martin Comedy Hour, a special version of Dean’s variety show. It begins with a terrific zinger by Dean about Johnny’s marriages. What a great way to start out.
Doc Severinsen had a super bit …
Gilligan’s Island - You’ve Been Disconnected TV Show
If you like talking on the telephone, you will just love this episode. Even if you don’t, the absolute hilarious scenes compensate for the main telephone theme. I really enjoyed watching the Professor come up with outrageous inventions and ideas to get them all rescued.
In the beginning there …
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