TV Reviews
Sea Hunt: P.T. Boat TV Show
The 34th episode of Sea Hunt’s 4th season on TV was called P.T. Boat and aired in August 1961. The show starred Lloyd Bridges as deep sea diving expert Mike Nelson with guest stars Kelton Garwood as Kendrick Calway and Lisabeth Hush as Linda Calway. Also appearing …
Dancing with the Stars: S11, Wk 2 Performance TV Show
For the second week of the current season of Dancing with the Stars, the stars danced either the quick step or the jive. Note, I don’t always agree with the judges, especially these three who I feel now pick favorites early and comment and score appropriately. Following …
Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea: The Heat Monster TV Show
Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea: The Heat Monster is the 17th show from this science fiction series third year of televising. It stars Richard Basehard as Admiral Nelson and David Hedison as Captain Lee Crane. This episode marks the third appearance of Alfred Ryder in …
Street Hawk: A Second Self
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 …
The Fall Guy: Charlie TV Show
I actually remember seeing stories about this episode when it was filmed. I believe shows like Entertainment Tonight had segments on the filming. The coverage of The Fall Guy: Charlie was focused on the opening scene, which supposedly took place in Reno, Nevada. I don’t know …
Brain Games (tv show)
One of the most interesting new television shows that I’ve discovered recently is one called Brain Games that comes from time to time on the cable television channel National Geographic. I think that the reason why I like it so much and the reason it stands out is because …
King of the Lost World
I have no idea why I decided to watch King of the Lost World on the Science Fiction channel last night, probably because there wasn’t much on. However, I have to say it was one of the stupidest movies I’ve ever seen.
When I watched King of the Lost World, …
Sea Hunt: Superman TV Show
From August 1961, Sea Hunt: Superman is a fourth season episode that focuses on just three characters. The first is the series mainstay of deep sea diver Mike Nelson as played by Lloyd Bridges. The second is Liz, played by Sue Randall. Liz is an old …
Burn Notice Season 1
Burn Notice is one of those great shows that goes almost completely unnoticed until it’s cancelled and then suddenly the fans come out of the woodwork, wanting to know what happened to it. From the first time I saw a preview for the show, I knew I was going …
Birds of Prey episode 9: Nature of the Beast
Reese’s father makes his return, this time played by Mitch Pileggi. The script hangs a pretty heavy lampshade on the fact that he’s played by a different person. Several characters comment on how different he looks and how he’s not the Hawk that they had known before. …
Law and Order SVU Season 1 Episode 1- Payback
Law and Order SVU Season 1 Episode 1- Payback
An interesting beginning to a series. Although I think it was a little bit too dramatic, it did make an impact and was interesting to watch. The only thing that really bothered me was that by trying to introduce …
Dexter
I discovered Dexter the television series when I was in the United States for training when my officemate cajoled me into watching it with her. I was a bit curious when she told me that this was about a serial killer of serial killers. And so I sat down …
Supernatural show
Supernatural is a show on the CW network. This show is about two brothers, Sam and Dean Winchester, who fight supernatural beings, ghosts, demons, demi-gods, etc. They’re referred to as hunters because they hunt these things and try to help families and towns out by getting rid of what …
The Ray Bradbury Theater: By the Numbers TV Show
From September 1992, the cable television series The Ray Bradbury Theater presented a show called By the Numbers which starred Ray Sharkey. The action begins with a lot of military like shouting, but then transports us to a train. It’s weird right off the bat as one …
Life on Mars season 1 Episode 11 Home is Where You Hang Your Holster
This episode starts with really great music; the beginning is really strong and dynamic.
While arresting members of a prostitution chain the detectives from 125 find a council man in one of the rooms with a prostitute. Annie and Ray are left at the crime scene to take the statements …
The Real Ghostbusters: Season 1, Episode 10: Take Two
This episode gets a bit on the meta side as the Ghostbusters travel to Hollywood to act as consultants on the production of a Ghostbusters movie. Interestingly enough, it’s THE Ghostbusters movie. Direct references are made to Ackroyd, Ramis, and Murray; who obviously starred in the picture, …
The Amazing Race reality show
The Amazing Race is a reality show where teams of two people race against other teams of two all over the world, doing very unique tasks along the way.
The show usually starts with all of the teams in an American city where they are sent off to their provided …
Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex: 2nd Gig Episode 3
Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex: 2nd Gig Episode 3 has Section 9 investigating Mr. Todokoro, who is rumored to be managing former Secretary General Yakushima’s assets. He’s worried about a thief named Cash Eye stealing his money during an exclusive high society party.
This episode was pretty …
Real Housewives of Orange County
Bravo Bravo Bravo..you’ve done it again. You have brought back the housewives that started it all back to tv. No doubt, my favourite housewife is Jeanna. I think she’s grounded and the most stable of all the housewives…nonetheless, I cant help but wonder what is Vicki’s problem. One would …
Late Show with David Letterman
David letterman is a very funny late night show that I have been watching since I was a small child. The Late show with David letterman is much like all other late night shows.
The show starts off with a stand up routine by letterman that usually discusses topics that …
I’m A Celebrity, Get Me Out Of Here - TV Series - ITV1
This show has now had many series. Once a year a group of so called celebrities leave Britain for Australia and the jungle for phenomenal amounts of money. How has Im A Celebrity remained so popular.
For me, this is simple. The two most famous people on the show are …
Gilligan’s Island - Our Vines Have Tender Apes TV Show
In this episode Denny Miller guest stars as Tongo the Ape Man. Denny Miller and all his glory, no wonder I love the old Tarzan episodes so much I watched when I was a kid. He is so buffed up he even lifts Maryann and Ginger both at the …
South Park: Fishsticks
You really gotta love when the guys who write South Park want to make fun of a celebrity. In this episode, entitled “Fishsticks”, is just one long joke on rapper Kanye West. The episodes revolves around a wordplay joke created by Jimmy and Cartman, and Kanye West losing his …
Ghost Hunters: The Red Room
OK, the Ghost Hunters episode “The Red Room” turned out to be a big disappointment. I don’t mind watching the show and seeing them debunk various ghosts but it is pretty sad when they don’t even have anything they can debunk.
This one involved them making a trip to Louisiana …
TV Show Ugly Betty
No wonder there are a lot of hype surrounding the popular hot new TV show, Ugly Betty. Everybody loves Ugly Betty, even those who can’t understand English do. This is proven, as the show even has translations into several languages across different countries.
Perhaps it’s because everybody could …
Britain’s Tudor Treasure: A Night At Hampton Court (TV Documentary)
What a better way to mark the 500th anniversary of the famous Hampton Court than to recreate the most important event that took place there. The event in question is the christening of Prince Edward, Henry VIII’s only son, which turned into the ultimate showcase of Tudor etiquette, fashion, craftsmanship …
MacGyver: Pilot
I have always loved Richard Dean Anderson so couldn’t wait to watch his new series, MacGyver, when it debuted in 1985. It was the beginning of real success for Anderson and the start of a new culture, one filled with MacGyverism and TV parodies like MacGruber on Saturday …
M*A*S*H: Yessir, That’s Our Baby
Directed by Alan Alda, who also stars as Hawkeye Pierce, M*A*S*H: Yessir, That’s Our Baby tackles a delicate subject — babies born of an American G.I. and a South Korean woman. It all begins innocently enough when a baby is left outside the Swamp. A note is …
Monster Episode 13 (Anime)
Monster Episode 13 begins with Tenma and Dieter go to a small village and they meet the town doctor after Dr. Tenma helps a man after he was hit by a car. Dr. Schumann asks Tenma for help around the village and tries to talk to a woman …
Stargate SG-1: The Fifth Race
Close to perfection: that’s what Stargate SG-1: The Fifth Race is. This second season episode is pivotal to the Stargate SG-1 lore, and it’s extremely well done.
In this show, Jack O’Neill (Richard Dean Anderson) accidentally downloads the knowledge of the Ancients. Unfortunately, he can’t process it. …
RCA ANT751 Outdoor Digital TV Antenna
I purchased the RCA ANT751 Outdoor Digital TV Antenna over a year ago and it has been working a lot better than I expected. I purchased this antenna for 40 dollars and I am glad that I purchased this antenna. In my opinion this antenna is designed …
Bones: The Man in the Bear
I like the television series Bones but have not been a fan of more recent episodes because the cases are a bit boring. The episode “The Man in the Bear” is one that should serve as an example of what this show used to give us for entertainment compared …
Laramie: Edge of Evil TV Show
Alan Hale guest stars in Edge of Evil, from season four of the outstanding western TV series, Laramie. The robust Hale’s character appears jovial, but his Roger Canby persona is far from the hearty soul of the Skipper on Gilligan’s Island. However, Hale is the powerhouse of …
Law & Order SVU: Turmoil
Ehh, not a big fan of last night’s episode of SVU: Turmoil. It was an OK episode but, once again, the show is focusing too much on personal drama than actual cases and that gets old really fast.
Basically, the detectives are in the middle of a rape trial and have …
The X-Files 2Shy Episode
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 …
Eureka Seven episode 47
As our story begins to reach its conclusion, we are seeing all the lost threads to the ever increasing in size story line. Now for all those who would dare to call that an failure in more than one aspect, I believe it is about time for us to …
Pretty Little Liars - episode 104
I’ve been a fan of the Pretty Little Liars book series for years so naturally, I was thrilled when I heard it was becoming a television series. The first three episodes were well done and I thought they did a good job of easing people into the concept of …
The X-Files: Season 1, Episode 10: Fallen Angel
Man, what a contrast from the last episode. Where that one fell flat and didn’t really deliver any sort of tension or suspense, this one brings it in spades.
It manages to do this by upping the scale as Mulder races to uncover a crashed UFO. …
Surviving the Cut: Navy EOD TV Show
I definitely enjoy the Surviving the Cut. It educates the everyday viewer about the military elite and all that they have to do to get there. Well, not all because actually some of it is classified. The cameras frequently have to shut off to avoid showing …
Top Shot - Zipline of Fire TV Show
The first episode of Top Shot fascinated me enough that I tuned in for this second episode. I love the host, Colby Donaldson of Survivor the Australian Outback fame, who is well suited to this outdoorsy show which strives to find the best shooter of the bunch. …
The Virginian: Throw a Long Rope
Jack Warden, Jacqueline Scott, and Roger Mobley guest star in episode 3, season 1 known as The Virginian: Throw a Long Rope. However, before I say anything else, I want to note that this was Arnold Lessing’s final appearance as the cowboy guitarist. He was in the …
Ghost Whisperer: The Children’s Parade TV Show
Ghost Whisperer: The Children’s Parade is potentially a very nice series ender. It wasn’t filmed that way, or then again, maybe it was. The show has been cancelled by CBS, though there are rumors that ABC might pick it up. All of that just happened, though, …
The Ray Bradbury Theater: To the Chicago Abyss TV Show
From 1989, The Ray Bradbury Theater: To the Chicago Abyss concerns some future era when times are tough and food is precious. In fact, apparently very few are left who remember how life used to be, when everyone could go where they wanted and each fruits and vegetables.
I …
Gargoyles Episode 2.3 Legion
This episode marks the return of Coldstone, once again voiced by Michael Dorn. Anything that has the voicework of Dorn and Keith David can’t be bad.
This show has been of stellar quality from the get go and this episode is no different. The buildup to Coldstone’s schizophrenic breakdown …
Simpsons - Elementary School Musical
As Seasons of the Simpsons go, Season 22 has been not even hit and miss episodes. They have just been disappointing episodes with very few humor points involved in them. And this episode was no different than the others. It was …
How I Met Your Mother - Front Porch
“Front Porch” is the episode of How I Met Your Mother originally airing on CBS on March 16, 2009. This was a very funny episode with a lot of great physical comedy and a few powerful scenes. This is probably the best comedy on American television.
Pros: …
The Cosby Show
I can remember faithfully watching The Cosby Show every Thursday night on NBC when I was little. I always loved it although I was too little to have much of a memory of the show. Now I watch the show every Monday through Friday at 10 and 10:30 in …
Due South: Mountie Sings the Blues
This show had the potential to lead to a really funny and good subplot, and while it’s great here, they really don’t do anything with it. In Due South: Mountie Sings the Blues, Constable Turnbull is in deep like with Francesca and acts on it. It’s very …
Hawaii Five-O: By the Numbers
Johnny Crawford guest stars as a soldier on leave in Hawaii Five-O: By the Numbers. Crawford is best know for playing Mark McCain on The Rifleman. He had a harder time as he got older to get parts because he was so identifiable as Mark. I …
Wagon Train: The Cassie Vance Story
I like The Cassie Vance Story, one of the ninety minute color episodes that aired during the seventh season of the hit western, Wagon Train. Laraine Day was the guest star, and she was so wonderful to watch. She’s an accomplished actress that brought depth to the …
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