TV Reviews
Forever Knight tv series
As I was remembering the popular series “Renegade” recently, I also remembered the television series “Forever Knight” that used to air on local television around that same period of time. When the series “Forever Knight” started to air on the local television channel that brought it in the nineteen …
Outsourced: Pilot TV Show
Outsourced, the pilot, is a show I watched along with a bunch of other new Fall 2010 TV comedies just to see if I have misjudged the current style of comedy. You see, I prefer the classics, like The Andy Griffith Show and The Dick Van Dyke Show. …
America’s Next Top Model Cycle 10 Episode 10
Tyra Mail reads, ” In Rome, you must fight for the masses if you want to pose for the classes.”The girls arrived in this ancient ruins and there were gladiators fighting in ancient attires. They had a fight lesson with Alex Mariotti for their next photo shoot. The next …
The Munsters - My Fair Munster
The Munsters - My Fair Munster is a hilarious episode of The Munsters that I always laugh at no matter my mood. Part of what makes this episode so hilarious is the technique that those responsible for the show employ and the technique I am referring to is when …
Rugrats Episode-weaning tommy
I am going to review an old rugrats episode called Weaning Tommy.The plot revolves around Tommy’s mom Dedee and dad Stu taking Tommy to the dentist for a checkup.The show rigrats is a show about talking babies.The main character of the show is Tommy Pickles.Deedee takes Tommy to …
A Man Called Hawk: If Memory Serves
A Man Called Hawk: If Memory Serves has an interesting premise, one I haven’t quite seen before, at least not in this type of presentation. The story revolves around Alex Chavin (Paul Butler), a Haitian man who remembers everything he hears and reads. It’s not a photographic …
Design Star
I’ve watched this show ever since it started three years ago. My husband even gets into it when he’s home to watch. It’s cool to see what each designer does with the rooms they are given.
They start the show with 10 or 12 designers and one is voted …
The Twilight Zone: I Dream of Genie TV Show
The Twilight Zone: I Dream of Genie isn’t the first show that this science fiction series has done about the proverbial genie in a bottle. In this case, a rather timid man is coaxed into buying an old lamp. Yes, naturally, the so-called antique has a genie …
Semi-Homemade Cooking With Sandra Lee
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 …
NCIS: Jeopardy Season 3
When a prisoner turns up dead in an elevator, Ziva has to prove that she did not kill him. To make matters worse, the dead man’s brother insists that he be returned to him, along with the heroin they obtained, or Jenny Shepherd will be killed.
Gibbs puts Gibbs …
Emergency Vets
Our pets are very important members of our households, so, when they’re in peril, it affects us tremendously.
“Emergency Vets” is a reality show on Animal Planet that focuses on the happenings at Alameda East, a veterinary hospital located in Denver. If only the doctors who treated people were …
Prison break season 2 episode 10-rendezvous
Prison break season 2 episode 10-rendezvous
This was a nice episode. Just as the rest of the episodes, it was thrilling and adrenaline pumping. The show is a great example of some good TV writing. This one was just a little bit funnier than the rest.
In this episode the events …
Criminal Minds Season 1 Episode 13- Poison
I really liked this episode. It was very well plotted and quite unusual. I thought it was great the way they broke away from the violent rape and murder pattern and focused on a killer who had chosen a subtler weapon (although not less deadly) to do his thing. …
Cory in the House
I knew there was a spin-off from the old show Raven called Cory in the House but I never got a chance to actually watch it until yesterday; when my daughter had it on TV and I just happened to be in the room.
After seeing a couple episodes in …
TV Show: The Newlywed Game
Synopsis: Modernized version of this couple’s show airing on Game Show Network. This show pits three newly married couples against each other in a game where they have to guess the correct answer their spouse would give to specific questions.
What I like about this show: One of the interesting …
E! True Hollywood Story TV show
The show E! True Hollywood story is a great series for a great many reasons. One of those reasons for me is that they show a side of a person’s life that we as an audience never really get to see up close.
The show chooses a celebrity that …
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 …
Firefly: The Television series
Joss Whedon is one of those love him or hate him writers. I like him. I enjoyed Buffy and Angel, although I did find them to be a bit overpraised. Such is the case with a lot of things in geek culture.
One show in …
Big Bang Theory: Cushion Saturation
“Cushion Saturation” is the episode of the Big Bang Theory that aired on CBS on March 2, 2009. In this episode, Howard gets his groove on with Leslie, Leonard’s ex-girlfriend. Yes, it is amazing that Leonard has ex-girlfriends.
Pros: Howard got a little more airtime than usual, which is …
The Ray Bradbury Theater: Banshee TV Show
The Ray Bradbury Theater: Banshee takes place in Ireland where the folklore is very strong. They have the legends of the banshee, and that’s what this half hour story tackles. The science fiction tale begins with American Douglas Rogers arriving at the Irish manor where he’ll be …
Psych TV Episode: He Dead
Synopsis: Shawn and Gus are the first ones on the scene of a plane crash and the millionaire pilot, before dying, tells them he was murdered.
What I liked about this episode: I love how there are a ton of potential suspects in this case, ranging from the wife who …
Heroes Season One
Heroes is an amazing show that became a huge phenomenon across the world. When season one aired on television, it made a huge impact and it was a huge hit.
The show is about bunch of people that have special abilities and most of them are trying to save the …
Here Comes Honey Boo Boo (tv series)
There was a point of time where I got very bored this year since there were no television series going on left for me to watch. They had all taken a break and I was looking for something interesting to help me unwind and take my mind off the …
Buffy the Vampire Slayer: I only have eyes for you
In one of the traditions I’ve come to expect from the series Buffy the Vampire Slayer, the episode “I only have eyes for you” gets away from the whole fighting vampires thing and has the slayer fighting another creature of the night. This time, it happens to be the …
I Love Lucy (TV series) - Lucy and the Dummy (Episode)
“Lucy and the Dummy” is an episode of the “I Love Lucy” television show. In this episode, Ricky declines an offer to entertain at a party hosted by the studio that he made his first movie at, instead opting to go ahead with plans that he already made to …
The Secret Life of an American Teenager
The Secret Life of an American Teenager is a television series that really makes you want to think your decisions through before you make them.
The Secret Life of an American Teenager is based on a 15 year old girl who gets pregnant. The thought of this seems stressful …
Naruto Shippuden Episode 4 (Anime)
Naruto Shippuden Episode 4 begins with Garra battling Deidara while Naruto and Sakura try to get the bell from Kakashi Sensei.
The story finally gets going and starts to get interesting. I enjoyed this episode because the fight scenes were nicely animated and it looked really good. The …
The Veil: Jack the Ripper TV Show
Boris Karloff’s 1958 anthology series, The Veil, took on yet another different tactic in the episode called Jack the Ripper. This is the first episode of the series where Karloff didn’t even have a small role in the production. All he did was host the show. However, …
Masquerade: Sleeper
Masquerade: Sleeper aired in 1984 and had some nice elements to the story. This is a spy adventure series where the National Intelligence Agency recruits every day citizens to carry out missions. The idea came from Mr. Lavender, played by Rod Taylor. Working with him are …
Gilmore Girls
Characteristic of many a television series coming out of the United States of America, Gilmore Girls has a certain flirtatious appeal about it from a distance, and I am so glad I had nothing better to do, about four or five years back one evening, and decided to sit …
M*A*S*H: Preventative Medicine
The main focus of M*A*S*H: Preventative Medicine is Colonel Lacy, portrayed by James Wainwright. It’s probably easy to convey Lacy’s attitude by pointing out his answer to a question asked of him by Major Margaret Houlihan. Hearing about Lacy’s plan to try and take a hill in …
Undercover Boss: Frontier Airlines TV Show
Bryan Bedord, the CEO of Frontier Airlines, is center stage in this latest edition of Undercover Boss in the United States. This guy is gutsy. He’s heading up a business that has just merged three companies into one and asking all of them to take a 10 …
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. …
Hunter: No Good Deed Ever Goes Unpunished TV show
Fred Dryer starred in Hunter, a show I watched occasionally when it was first run on television. This episode, No Good Deed Ever Goes Unpunished, was from season 5 and guest starred Louise Latham and John Anderson.
It begins with Dee Dee McCall (Stephanie Kramer) showing up late for …
Sonic the Hedgehog
Is it any wonder why this show has lasted so long? During the early and mid nineties, there were actually two cartoon shows based off of Sonic the Hedgehog, who, around that time, had just had his second hit game on the SEGA genesis system. One was okay, but …
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 …
Highway Patrol: Car Theft TV Show
Car Theft is a first season episode for the classic 1950’s police drama, Highway Patrol, which starred Broderick Crawford as Chief Dan Mathews, the head of the California Highway Patrol. The basic concept of this particular outing was that this car ring would go to junk yards and …
From the Earth to the Moon - Part 4: 1968
1968 was a nasty year around the globe, and America took its share of the hits. It was another bloody year of war in Vietnam, making life at home difficult. Protests were everywhere. Martin Luther King was assassinated, and before the country could recover, Robert Francis …
For Rent (HGTV)
Most of the TV programs on HGTV are pretty standard. You’ve got the makeover shows, the ones where people are looking for new housing. And finally you’ve got “For Rent”—”the show in which people are actually looking for places to rent. I like this show because …
Throw Down With Bobby Flay
Before I started watching Food Network, I had no clue who Bobby Flay was; now I can’t get enough of his cooking or his shows. My favorite show that he has is “Throw down With Bobby Flay.” Bobby will be given a book by a mysterious bike messenger filled …
Buffy the Vampire Slayer: Doomed
Well, at least we know what became of Sunnydale High School after it was blown up on graduation day; absolutely nothing. The debris were still there and so was the blown up mayor.
The episode “Doomed” was a bit boring in my opinion. You have Sunnydale being rocked by and …
The Twilight Zone: Living Doll TV Show
The Twilight Zone: Living Doll is yet another one of those shows that make me shudder from the start. I’m not interested, I don’t like it, and I hate watching it. It was a nightmare sitting through it even one more time before doing this review.
Living Doll …
Seven Brides for Seven Brothers: Heritage TV show
Seven Brides for Seven Brothers: Heritage is a neat hour of family drama that centers on saving a piece of the past for the future. In this story, Hannah McFadden (Terri Treas) becomes determined to save an old school from being knocked down and destroyed in favor of …
MTV’s From G’s to Gents
MTV has a brand new reality program called ‘From G’s to Gents, where they have taken the regular thub from the corner and thrown him in a reality tv setting hoping to transform these thugs into real high society gentlemen.
The recreation process is being overseen by P. Diddy’s former …
How I met your mother Season 1 Episode 16 Cupcake
Marshall and Lily both are hunting for their wedding suit and dress. The price for each is too expensive and so Marshall agrees to work with Barney. Meanwhile problems arise between Ted and Victoria, when Victoria receives a scholarship to study in Germany. This means they will have to …
That Girl: Fly by Night
There’s a small problem with the continuity of That Girl: Fly by Night in terms of Ann flying. She acts petrified from the beginning, but she’s been on planes to California at least twice and to Las Vegas, which was just this season. She also went …
Diff’rent Strokes: Movin’ In
The pilot for Diff’rent Strokes is called Movin’ In and focuses on a rich businessman who takes in two boys. The boys were the sons of his housekeeper, who had recently died. Before passing, she asks him to take care of her sons, and he promises her …
The Simpsons: I (annoyed grunt) bot.
Last night wasn’t the first time I’ve seen the Simpsons episode “I (annoyed grunt) bot.” But, it was the first time in a while and I realized I didn’t remember anything about it.
This episode was actually very funny because it had two great storylines.
First, you have Lisa’s cat, Snow …
Have Gun - Will Travel: Ambush TV Show
Have Gun - Will Travel continued its third season with episode 32 entitled Ambush. In this show, the action starts right away without any fanfare, pleasant San Francisco teaser, or polite banter. It’s right to the intensity of the situation that Paladin (Richard Boone) finds himself in.
Paladin …
Mr. Monk and the Candidate
Even though this isn’t the best Monk episode ever, the first Episode of the series does a great job introducing us to the comic detective and gives us a better understanding of the obstacles he faces if he ever hopes to become a member of the police department again.
Monk …
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