When I was growing up one of my favorite shows to watch on television was the show Alf. Alf was an alien from the planet Melmac who had somehow managed to become stranded on Earth with a broken spaceship and nowhere to live. Alf comes to live with the …

M*A*S*H: Cowboy deals with a helicopter pilot who regularly flies in patients for treatment and often gets shot himself, as he did here. While being treated, he lets Hawkeye know that he really wants to go home. Hawkeye is willing to fight for that, but Henry Blake …

I can remember watching this movie first in a marathon of the popular 1990s American television series “The X-Files” on the cable television channel Sci-Fi. I didn’t get to watch all of it at that time since I was planning starting some work, but since I love to …

Hawaii Five-O: Face of the Dragon is part medical drama and part spy caper. Combined, Hawaii Five-O: Face of the Dragon just doesn’t do a whole lot for me. I never have liked the opening scene. It sets up the drama naturally enough, but it’s just …

The Andy Griffith Show: Andy Saves Gomer is a standout episode that lets Jim Nabors shine as the lovable Gomer Pyle.
The show opens with Andy and company getting a letter from Barney, who is in the big city with his cousin, Virgil. It’s interesting that in this fourth …

This was a very good episode. I was a bit uneasy with the episode. I don’t know if it was some part of the story, or one of the characters that made me feel that way. But it could be just the sight of spilled guts on the road …

Haku is dead, Zabuza all but defeated, and the Konoha ninja got a rude awakening into the truth of their world. Zabuza is an evil, heartless ninja who desires nothing more than to kill his enemies, so when his boss shows up and cancels his contract, he should still …

Jack is ready to speak at a ceremony where Sam is promoted from Captain to Major when the Asgard beam him out of Cheyenne Mountain. He ends up on Thor’s ship. Thor tells him that the system lords are ready to attack Earth because of SG1’s success …

This is a Science fiction show about a backstep project and Frank Parker who travels seven days back in time to fix things that went wrong or to stop people who did something very bad.
Parker is back to his old mental hospital. He is under cover because he needs …

A couple days ago I wrote a review about an episode where Stewie travels to California to meet a man he believed to be his real father. He gets there and discovers the man is really him from the future.
The episode they showed last night “Stu & Stewie’s Excellent …

In the Season 2 finale, Dr. Monti schedules separate sessions with Feldman/Susie and Haim to show them the taped video of the fight outside of Haim’s house in order to hear and study their reactions. All three of them feel bad about it, of course, but don’t seem to …

Foxtel is Australia’s top pay-tv service. The offer right now is to the first month, you get a taste of every channel there is, and also $10 off. The installation is completely free. Foxtel began it’s journey with digital channels in 2004. Since then, there has been over 100 …

The Ghostbusters are called in to bust the ghost of Casey Jones, the legendary engineer who died in a train wreck a hundred years ago. This was a great episode, it was tense, it had plenty of character moments, great jokes, and very little of Slimer.
The spud does …

This fourth year outing of The Andy Griffith Show is called Ernest T. Bass Joins the Army brings back Howard Morris’ wacky mountain man, Ernest T. Bass. The rock throwing character shows up in Mayberry, determined to join the military. When Andy and Barney find out what …

One of the VH1 reality series I am currently hooked on is the television series “Rock of Love Charm School” hosted by the crowned King of Heavy Metal’s wife, Sharon Osbourne. If you have ever watched the series “Rock of Love” and “Rock of Love 2″ where lots of …

McCarthy-ism strikes in M*A*S*H: Are You Now, Margaret? when Congressional Aide R. Theodore Williamson, played by Lawrence Pressman shows up at the 4077th and eventually confides that he and the congressman he works for believes that there is a communist working in the unit. Naturally, no one believes …

Now I watch Comedy Central pretty often. Its a great netwok for the right viewers. There is a couple of shows on that I really liked. The show’s called “Mind Of Mencia”. This show has been on for three seasons. The third season ends soon in August. The host …

As I predicted with last week’s Models of the Runway episode, the show is starting to get a bit on the predictable side. Once a designer is eliminated, it is pretty much a given his model will be too since the designers always seem to stick with their models; …

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 …

The last episode of American Idol for the ninth season was pretty a two hour disaster, which is a shame since in addition to announcing the big winner, it was supposed to be a tribute to outgoing judge, Simon Cowell. I waited on writing this review to watch …

There are a couple of notable things to say about Have Gun - Will Travel: The Outlaw, episode 2 of season 1. Whereas in the first episode, the show ended with the familiar and catchy Paladin theme song, the situation at the end of The Outlaw was such …

Peter’s con-man father returns asking for the Ghostbusters’ help. It turns out that he’s dug up an ancient relic in Alaska that is purportedly the prison of an ancient demon from Inuit legend. The team is skeptical, but the fact that Pete’s dad mentioned the demon by …

My dogs give Due South: The Wild Bunch eight paws up. They were fascinated by it, especially my oldest dog. She was up by the TV screen for most of the hour. She loves to watch Diefenbacker, the wolf dog, and Dief was the star of …

Thomas and his friends have been entertaining the children of America, including my own, since 1984. Every child loves a train. The magic of going on a trip to places unknown and sharing in Thomas adventures is just too alluring. The series is based on books …

My daughter ended up watching another episode of the 1980s show Faerie Tale Theater this past weekend; Goldilocks and the Three Bears. And, much like other episodes of the show, this one proved to be pretty entertaining for pretty much everyone in our family.
They kept the same basic plot …

From February 2000, The Mrs. Bradley Mysteries brings Diana Rigg back as the astute Adela Bradley in a murder mystery entitled, The Worsted Viper. In this story, Adela and her faithful chauffeur, George Moody, arrive at a picturesque seaside community and end up involved in yet another murder …

Homer wins two ticket to a candy trade show. He takes Marge along with him, since he wants to get back as much candy as he can. So they hire a baby sitter to take care of the kids while Homer and Marge go to the trade show. Homer …

The Twilight Zone returns to its half hour format after a questionable fourth season of hour long episodes with a show called In Praise of Pip. In the past, I haven’t been much of a fan of this episode, but the last time I watched it, I enjoyed …

From the Earth to the Moon - Part 12: Le Voyage Dans La Lune is the only segment not introduced by executive producer, Tom Hanks, in this HBO mini-series. Instead, the introduction is done by Blythe Danner. The reason for the switch is that this is the …

Hair Battle Spectacular: Bright Lights, Big City was the latest episode of this fantasy hairdo reality competition. For the Check Up from the Neck Up event, the stylists are challenged to make a fantasy hair hat design that is inspired by the outfit the models are wearing.
There are …

The latest episode of Surviving the Cut was called Special Forces Diving which dealt with the Special Forces Combat Diving Course. These personnel are already Special Ops trained, and that in itself takes a great deal of courage and strength. This is even more intense.
There were 53 …

Prison break season 2 episode 9- unearthed
This was agreed episode and enjoyed it very much. In order to find out about Mahone’s weaknesses, Michael sets up a fake interview at his ex-wife’s house. The information that he finds out, gives him access to the skeleton in Mahone’s …

I just recently switched from satellite TV to MLB TV thinking it would be more convenient for watching games and I think it was a horrible choice. They released a beta version during spring training and I saw major issues with the connection and video quality that I figured …

The final show of season six is M*A*S*H: Margaret’s Marriage, and wouldn’t you know that it’s all because Major Frank Burns (Larry Linville) practically goads his ex-lover, Margaret Houlihan (Loretta Swit) into confronting her fiance about setting a date. Ultimately, Lieutenant Colonel Donald Penobscott, played by Beeson Carroll, …

Family Guy is actually a cartoon created by Seth MacFarlane, who most of us will know as the voice of Peter Griffin. It is not one of my favorite shows on the program Adult Swim which comes some nights on the channel Cartoon Network. Nevertheless, I still like to …

In this episode, things between Sherry and Drew start to heat up and Drew’s past is revealed.
The night students are assigned to do something creative and Merrill notices that Drew has a talent for drawing and gives him paint supplies as a gift, but he quickly declines.
Things are heating …

I watched the Kardashians on E! network and rather enjoyed the show because there are so many of them. I have also watched “Kourtney and Khloe Take Miami” and enjoyed it because these two are such characters. In any case, the show does not feature Kim (the …

The season three premier episode of The Andy Griffith Show is a classic show called Mr. McBeevee. This particular program is definitely in my top 10 of the best of this comedy series. There’s humor in abundance and warmth that makes your heart both ache and smile.
The …

Cowboy Bebop Episode 5 begins with Mao Yenrai, an executive of the Red Dragon Syndicate signing a treaty with a member of a rival gang when he is murdered by a man named Vicious. Spike decides to take the bounty on Mao for personal reasons, while Faye decides …

“Dead At Seventeen” is a made for tv movie I watched this evening.
Barbara Niven gives a dramatic portrayal as Alyssa, a mother who is investigating the reason her teenage son commited suicide.
Jason had been acting strangely the previous two days. Alyssa feels guilty for not listening to …

From 1962, Gerry Anderson’s Fireball XL5: Space Immigrants is a mixture of ‘rah, women’s lib’ and ‘oops, she can’t do it without her man’. Okay, that’s not the plot, but it’s how the plot made me feel. The adorable, sexy space doctor of medicine, Doctor Venus, is …

“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: …

From November 1956, Highway Patrol: Typhoid Carrier has Chief Dan Mathews (Broderick Crawford) and his California Highway Patrol dealing with a potential outbreak of typhoid in the small community of Indian Valley. The problem is a man who is a known carrier of the disease. Frightened when …

From the first time I laid my eyes on a South Park episode I was instantly hooked! Seven years later I am sure not to miss a single episode of the latest season, season 12, and cannot help but wonder just how these guys keep coughing up their creative …

Discovery Channel is one of my favorite TV channels of all time. I consider every moment of watching this channel as the greatest way to learn not only for me but for the rest of my family.
I have been finding all …

I love watching Ghosthunters, and today there is a Ghosthunters marathon being aired on Syfy. Although I didn’t start watching this one from the very start, I think I was lucky enough to catch it some time after it started and see the GHI team in action capturing so …

I’ve seen several Christmas episodes of Buffy the Vampire Slayer before. But, the episode “Pangs” is the first one I’ve seen that takes place at Thanksgiving. And, for the most part, it wasn’t too bad.
Of course, while I’m all for the spirit of political correctness, watching an episode about …

Fullmetal Alchemist Episode 15 begins with Alex Louis Armstrong confronting Scar about his ishbalan religion and how they are against alchemy. Meanwhile Ed and Al try to get Dr. Marcoh to safety.
This episode was really good, it had a lot of information about the Ishbalans and why they’re …

Medium: Means and Ends was not a favorite outing for this series. It seems to me that this year has been very hit and miss. The show was barely renewed for this season, and I fear this could very well be the last if things don’t pick …