William Katt burst onto the TV scene as The Greatest American Hero. Surviving that, he signed on to play Paul Drake Jr. in new Perry Mason movies, working with his mother, Barbara Hale. He left that gig to star in this political drama called Top of the …

Here’s my issue for CBS. Why not give a show a decent chance? Last season, they had a great show called Three Rivers. It had top notch acting, interesting drama, and a couple of performers on the rise who could have brought in viewers. After …

The ninth episode of the second season of the new Mission: Impossible was called Banshee. I loved the reincarnation of this series. With Peter Graves on board once again as Jim Phelps, it had quality. I also loved the original series star Greg Morris had his …

Have Gun - Will Travel: The Twins was one of those stories where you could suspect the outcome but not really know for sure until the end. It’s a plot that could have gone many different ways. The tale begins in San Francisco at the Hotel Carlton …

A Star Is Dead is the third episode of the drama Quincy, M.E. which starred Jack Klugman as the chief medical examiner for Los Angeles. We’re still learning more about the man and what makes him tick. One of the things mentioned here is how he quit …

Quincy, M.E.: Go Fight City Hall… to the Death from 1976 is the pilot for this crime drama. It told a story not often seen on TV and that is the role of the medical examiner. Played by Jack Klugman, Quincy is a fighter. His personal …

Though not as wonderful as The Twilight Zone, Rod Serling still presented some intriguing and wonderful shows under the Night Gallery moniker. Unfortunately, this particular episode did hold much excitement for me.
The first bit was called The Phantom Farmhouse and it had some nice star power in it, …

Rod Serling’s Night Gallery was made up of a collection of different stories, some just a few minutes long, and others more detailed. This show is made up of three entries — Death in the Family, The Merciful, and Class of ‘99, and Satisfaction Guaranteed.
Death in the Family …

Mod Squad: The Teeth of the Barracuda is the pilot to this classic police drama about three young undercover cops. The idea is that being young and hip, no one would think they were cops. All had been in trouble when asked to join the police force …

The April 5th edition of Dancing with the Stars was to have a theme of telling a story, an edict given by judge Len Goodman on last week’s show. Below are some of my reactions to various dances of the week.
Evan, the figure skater, and Anna, the Russian …

Civil Wars was one of my favorite TV shows when it aired. I was highly disappointed when it was canceled so quickly. The show starred Mariel Hemingway, Peter Onorati (who was clearly etched on my brain for Cop Rock, which I adored), Debi Mazar, and Alan Rosenberg, …

Andy Griffith had another successful series on his hand with his Matlock series where he played Georgia lawyer, Ben Matlock. He was country and down home, but he loved a good paycheck, too. This episode is entitled The Suspect and guest starred Brynn Thayer. Brynn is …

The Backscatter episode of Numb3rs began with what I perceive to be a ridiculous chase seen. We know it’s a hacker doing something from an alley. They get blocked in, both front and back, and yet the two get out of the car and out of the …

Have Gun - Will Travel: Black Sheep was of interest to me, primarily for guest star Patrick Wayne, who is one of the sons of the great John Wayne. I met Patrick a couple of times at functions, so I get a kick out of seeing him on …

I am a huge fan of the Judge Mathis Television Show. In a genre where the majority of television judges attempt to be too strict and harsh, Judge Mathis is able to maintain a feeling in his courtroom of humor and accountability. It does not matter what …

I had a chance to catch a re-run of Hogan’s Heroes while at home for lunch today; “Will the Real Adolf Please Stand Up.”
I came in a bit late to see the first few minutes of the episode so, in all honesty, I can’t tell you exactly what was …

When a guy named Willy is caught in bed with a dead naval officer, he is arrested for murder. He swears up and down that the dead woman in his bed is not the same woman he slept with the night before. It is up to NCIS …

Three people are on a hiking trip. Two naval officers and the wife of one of them. During this trip, it is being taped by the officer who ends up dead at the bottom of the cliff. It is up to NCIS to figure out who …

When a young woman calls police and tells them she has witnessed the murder of a navy man, they turn it over to NCIS. Seems she has no proof and there is no bodies or proof of a struggle in the apartment across the road.
Gibbs gets the call …

Ducky is working on three cut up bodies found behind a hospital in a drum…something he and Palmer refer to as “meat puzzles” when he realizes that he knows one of the people. When Gibbs and the team investigate further, Ducky is horrified to learn that all three …

“Chained” was a Tony-centric NCIS episode, so naturally I loved it. But that is not the only reason that I enjoyed this episode.
“Chained” revolved around the storyline that Tony was undercover as a felon. One man involved in taking things from the Navy was arrested on another …

Avatar: The Last Airbender Episode 8 begins with Aang, Katara, and Sokka traveling to a temple in the heart of the Fire Nation so that Aang can communicate with Master Roku. Prince Zuko is hot on his trail, hoping to regain his honor by capturing Aang.
This episode was …

Avatar: The Last Airbender Episode 7 has Aang, Katara and Sokka aid a village that is being plagued by a monster. People keep disappearing and Aang promising to find them. Meanwhile, Zuko searches for his Uncle Iroh after he is kidnapped by Earth Kingdom soldiers.
I enjoyed this …

Avatar: The Last Airbender Episode 6 begins with Aang and his friends arriving at an earth bending mining town where they discover that earth bending has been forbidden. Katara urges a boy named Haru to fight back and soon after he is arrested for earth bending. Katara …

You know, I used to like watching Ghost Hunters. I even used to plan my evenings around each new episode. But, after watching yet another disappointing one last night, I am starting to wonder if maybe I should change my allegiance to another program.
I still like TAPS and its …

As I mentioned in an earlier review, I recently started re-watching the first season of the show Bones; at least the episodes I haven’t seen before.
One of the episodes was The Man in the SUV, which turned out to be a pretty decent one.
This is one of the first …

I am finally able to get the first season of Bones on our Netflix player and have been watching some of the episodes I haven’t had a chance to watch before. One of those episodes was the season 1 episode The Skull in the Desert.
I’ve seen parts of this …

Monster Episode 20 begins with a couple, Mr. and Mrs. Jones driving through the country. They notice Dr. Tenma and Dieter hitch hiking and offer to give them a lift. They find out that Mr. Jones is a former policeman and Tenma wonders if they’ll turn him …

Monster Episode 19 has Dr. Rudi Gillen, criminal psychologist interviewing a serial killer about his exploits. Later he arrives home and is greeted by Dr. Tenma who was a college student with Gillen. Dr. Tenma tells him about Johan but Gillen doesn’t believe him. But then …

Avatar: The Last Airbender Episode 5 begins with Aang, Katarra and Sokka traveling to the city of Omashu, where a friend of Aang’s once lived. They get into trouble after destroying part of the city using the transportation shoots as slides and Aang’s skills as the Avatar are …

Avatar: The Last Airbender Episode 2 begins with Aang and Katarra exploring an abandoned Fire Nation warship. They set off a trap and Aang is banished from the village. Prince Zuuko attacks the village and Aang agrees to go with him to prevent bloodshed and stop the village …

Avatar: The Last Airbender Episode 1 begins with two siblings Katarra and Sokka out on the ice, fishing. They become trapped on an iceberg. They find a boy named Aang after they see him break out of an iceberg. They discover he is the Avatar, a …

Avatar: The Last Airbender Episode 3 begins with Aang, Katarra and Sokka traveling to the Air Temple in the Air Nation where Aang used to live and he discovers the awful truth about what happened there. Meanwhile, Prince Zuko docks at a naval station to repair his ship. …

Aang, Katarra and Sokka travel to Kyoshi Village where Aang wants to ride the fish there. They are captured by the female warriors and after they learn that Aang is the Avatar, word spreads, capturing the attention of Pricne Zuko, who attacks the village.
This episode was interesting and …

“Reveille” opens with Gibbs having a weird dream about Ari. In it, he walks into autopsy and sees Ducky standing beside a body bag looking very sad and upset. Gibbs unzips the body bag and sees Kate lying dead with a gunshot wound in her forehead. …

Tony and Kate are assigned protection details on a family whose mother has been the target of an assassination. Seems during her time in the service, she was involved in an operation where innocent people died. She has a few days before retirement and until that time, …

This is one of my favorite NCIS episodes of all time. I still cry when I watch this episode. It is so full of emotion that even though I know what is going to happen and know the dialogue almost word for word, I still find myself …

A former Navy Seal, Jack Curtain, breaks out of Leavenworth and into a couple’s home. We think he is going to rape the woman but instead, he ends up stealing the husband’s clothes, changing and leaving through a window.
Gibbs and his team start out the case …

A man goes into a bathroom at a night club. While he is in there, he notices blood dripping onto his shirt from the ceiling. Like most people in television shows or movies, he lets his curiosity get the best of him and investigates. He is …

“Dead Man Talking” was definitely one of my favorite NCIS episodes of Season one. It had humor, lots of emotion and a difficult case since one of their own had been murdered.
In the previous episode, “UnSEALed”, we saw one of the agents (not on Gibbs’ team) try to …

“Split Decision” was a pretty good episode, however, I found it hard to keep up with. Maybe I’m just a little on the dumb side and have to have everything spelled out for me, but somehow I got lost and could not figure out how the ending occurred.
Now …

While on a training mission, one of the men falls from a cliff because his D-link is bad…or is it? It is up to NCIS to find out.
I guess I will give something away on this review. This is the first time that the case …

“See No Evil” held a lot of surprises for the viewers. Not only was the case concluded in a surprising way but this was the episode where Gibbs hired McGee to be a full time field agent on his team.
The case starts when a secretary for a Captain …

While digging to build a new house in the neighborhood, a construction crew uncovers a hole. Down in the hole is a dead body chained to a wall. When NCIS gets there, they realize that there is a tunnel leading to one of the houses. They …

“The Boneyard” is a very good episode of NCIS. Fornell is back which is always fun for viewers as we get to see the Fornell/Gibbs dynamic that is always entertaining to watch.
Seems the FBI, namely Fornell, has been trying to take down a mobster by the name of …

The Criminal Minds TV series fits well with all of the other crime investigation drama out there because it is different but still comfortable. The crimes are more graphic - if I wasn’t already desensitized by other shows I would say too graphic, and they probably are too graphic. …

Two of my favorite NCIS episodes back to back. We go from “Dead Man Talking,” to “Missing,” which was a wonderful episode.
This case was full of twists and turns…the kind that makes NCIS the number one drama on television today. A navy man goes missing and it …

Colonel Makepeace come through the stargate and makes a mad dash for General Hammond’s office. He interrupts a meeting between Major Davis and General Hammond to tell Hammond what he has learned about SG1. While scouring their planet, they ran into a few Tok’ra who filled him …

The episode starts with Jack waking up in a cryogenic chamber to see two strangers staring at him. They introduce themselves as a doctor and the new general. They explain that Jack was sent back through the Stargate frozen by some alien race with advanced technology and …

This episode was the first in which the Tok’ra were introduced. Sam has undergone treatment to try and get some insight into Jolinar and what her memories, ie dreams, mean. When she sees an address being dialed in her memories, she asks that SG1 be allowed to …