TV Reviews
Bravo
Bravo is a channel that I occasionally watch on television. The thing that I like about the channel is that it has some good shows on it. The thing I don’t like about the channel is that is plays the shows over and over. One day they will have …
Have Gun - Will Travel: Fogg Bound TV Show
Have Gun - Will Travel: Fogg Bound from December 1960 is more of a humorous outing for this western series which starred Richard Boone as Paladin, the gunfighter for hire. The show is based on the Jules Verne creation, “Around the World in 80 days.”
The show opens with …
MASH-Season 4
This was an interesting season. First, you have two major characters getting replaced (Col. Potter replaces Henry Blake, who was killed in Season 3 and B. J. Hunnicut replaces Trapper John, who was shipped home).
In addition, you have one of the worst episodes ever. It consisted of Hawkeye (who …
American Idol
American Idol is currently the number one show in the US. The show has already built itself a reputation of a top show, successfully surviving its first six seasons. TV Shows regularly fade away after a while, however American Idol is going strong into its 7th season. Its success …
Best Dance Crew MTV
Mtv is a very nice TV channel. I have viewed a few episodes of best dance crew. This is presented by Randy Jackson. It was nice to watch it. They have presented this programme in a very interesting manner and thus, it is very entertaining and a pleasure to …
MacGyver: Ghost Ship
From season three of MacGyver, we get an episode called Ghost Ship that is so fun to watch. The Phoenix Foundation is part of a project that will survey the environment in a wilderness area in Alaska. The survey will help them environmentally to save the land. …
House: Moving the Chains
Well, last night’s episode of House was somewhat interesting.
First, you had a football player on the verge of being drafted by the NFL suffering some sort of ailment that causes his skin to turn white (he’s black) and have a breakdown on the field that causes him to beat …
Married with Children TV Episode: Married Without Children
Synopsis: Peggy and Al decide to take a romantic vacation and Marcy and Steve agree to watch their kids as practice for when they become parents.
What I liked about this episode: Well, one of the big things was Al’s decision to agree to the romantic getaway simply because there …
Prison Break Season 1 Episode 17- J-Cat
After the flashback in the previous episode, the story continues where they have left off in episode 15. The prisoners’ plans for escape have been sabotaged by a replaced pipe at the nursery and now they are trying to put the alternative plan in motion. This one is a …
Charmed TV Show
This used to be my absolute favorite show when I was younger. I am still so sad that there will never be a new episode again. But luckily, they are still showing reruns and probably always will because it was such a successful show. I would watch it every …
The Choir - Episode 2 TV Show
The choir began nine months until the world choir competition in China, and in this second hour long show, viewers find out whether or not this group of amateur high school singers cut the muster and are accepted to participate in this event. The choir master, Gareth Malone, …
Mister Ed: Clint Eastwood Meets Mister Ed TV Show
Mister Ed: Clint Eastwood Meets Mister Ed was a wonderful piece of entertainment from 1962. As the title states, at the heart of this half hour comedy was a guest appearance by a young Clint Eastwood, who at this point in time was co-starring in the western series, …
Surviving the Cut: Air Force Pararescue TV Show
So often we hear about extraordinary missions and fetes accomplished by various military groups. These are bold and daring tasks that most people can barely imagine, let alone accomplish on their own. This is what makes Surviving the Cut a really special TV series. It lets …
Kekkaishi Episode 1 (Anime)
Kekkaishi Episode 1 is an anime about a boy named Yoshimori Sumimura who is 14 years old. He, along with rival girl Tokine Yukimura defends their school called karasumori from supernatural entities at night.
This episode is pretty good, it does a very good job of explaining the story …
Boston Legal Season 1 Episode 8
Lori Colson was consulted by his shrink about a patient who he thinks is planning to kill his wife. The shrink secretly taped the session and let Lori see it. The shrink was bewildered with what situation he will take. He is confronted with the thought of disclosing …
The Good Life Series 3 Episode 2 Happy Event
‘Happy Event’ is the second episode of The Good Life’s third series. With Richard Briers and Felicity Kendal as Tom and Barbara, a jovial couple of Surbitonites who have given up the rat race to become self-sufficient and live off the land, which is actually their back garden …
Highway Patrol: Brave Boy TV Show
From its fourth season, the Brave Boy episode of Highway Patrol opened dramatically. In fact, from what we’ve seen in the past from this half hour police drama, the violence at the beginning was a little surprising. Not only that, the scene was also staged poorly. …
Spongebob Squarepants Season Three - As Seen on TV
One day Mr. Krabs walks into the Krusty Krab to see a beautiful production of his first ever commercial being recorded. While he is quite excited at the progress they are making and how it is turning out, when he finds out how much this is actually going to …
The Dean Martin Comedy Hour: Leo Durocher TV Show
Baseball manager for the Los Angeles Dodgers, Leo Durocher was the Man of the Week on this episode of The Dean Martin Comedy Hour, which has been repackaged as The Dean Martin Celebrity Roast for distribution. Actually, Durocher was retired at the time of this get together.
It was …
Have Gun - Will Travel: The Tax Gatherer TV Show
Have Gun - Will Travel: The Tax Gatherer, a fourth year episode of this black and white western television series, had a lot of potential, but ultimately failed. The problem is that it’s party comedy and part drama, and it would have been better if it’ had stuck …
ICarly
I don’t make it a habit watching shows designed for pre-teens. But my daughter will occasionally watch the show ICarly and I have to admit it is a pretty good show.
The series features a young girl, Carly, and her friends who have a hit internet show. Each episode consists …
Psych: High Top Fade Out
Friday night’s episode of Psych was an OK episode but nothing that was overly impressive compared to other episodes from the series.
This one, which had a great introductory song sung by the group Boys II Men, focused a great deal on Gus and his past; including his college days …
The Simpsons TV Episode: The Old Man and Lisa
I got home early enough to watch a re-run of the Simpsons on TV. The one that was showing was one I have seen before and still think is one of my favorites; The Old Man and Lisa.
Basically, Mr. Burns discovers he has been making a number of bad …
Friends Season Nine - The one with the male nanny
This season nine episode is by far my favorite Friends episode of all time. I think I have seen this particular episode over one hundred times, and I still laugh every time I see it. Shortly after Emma is born Rachel has to go back to work so they …
Highway Patrol: Temptation TV Show
Highway Patrol: Temptation, a third season 1957 episode that focuses on the service of the California Highway Patrol, was an okay episode with some high and low points. As always, the show starred Broderick Crawford as Chief Dan Mathews. In this episode, he’s on the trail of …
M*A*S*H: The Colonel’s Horse
Colonel Sherman Potter (Harry Morgan) heads off for Tokyo to have some rest and relaxation with his wife, Mildred, in M*A*S*H: The Colonel’s Horse. I’d forgotten about this story and was very pleased to see that Mildred was flying in from home to see her husband. While …
The Simpsons Season 3 Episode 15 Homer Alone
Marge is a very hardworking housewife always taking care of the family and the house. She begins to get stressed out and then right in the middle of the bridge she halts traffic. The scene is broadcasted on television news. Homer comes and tells her that they will try …
Fame: Come One, Come All
The well respected Gwen Verdon guest stars in Fame: Come One, Come All in which she plays Melinda MacNeil, the mother of Montgomery MacNeil (P.R. Paul). She’s an actress of note who suddenly agrees to give up a movie role in order to direct a play at the …
Family Guy TV Episode: Quagmire’s Dad
After last night’s Simpson’s repeat, I left the TV on and started watching the Family Guy episode that was following it; Quagmire’s Dad. About 10 minutes into the episode, I realized it really wasn’t suitable for my daughter and sent her out of the room (I told her she …
CHARMED, a T.V. SERIES
I like to watch an excellent show, if I am going to take the time out to watch television. I have found that ‘Charmed’, is one of those kind of shows that is a series, yet, has a start and a finish to each show. I like that. …
Weeds television show
Weeds is a television show about a mother whose husband dies and leaves her with the kids. She then has to support herself and does so by selling marijuana.
Weeds is a popular show and rightly so. It has brilliant actors with Mary Louise Parker, the kids who …
The Simpsons Season 3
The third season of The Simpsons isn’t exactly the best season in the show’s history, but it’s far from the worst too. When you watch the earlier seasons now, it can sometimes be hard to compare the characters to how they look and sound now. That problem doesn’t appear …
Chuck (TV Series)
Chuck is a great comedy and action show that airs on NBC on Monday nights at 8EST. Chuck revolves around the life of Chuck Bartowski. Chuck is working at a Buy More (similar to Best Buy or Circuit City), where he lives a very uneventful life. …
Confessions of a Teen Idol - Episode 5
Having just discovered Confessions of a Teen Idol on VH-1 yesterday during a re-airing of its fourth episode, today I tuned in for the latest showing, Episode 5.
The standout for me here was Jaime Walters, of Beverly Hills 90210 fame (I mistakenly stated he was on Baywatch in my …
M*A*S*H: Hepatitis
In M*A*S*H: Hepatitis, Father Mulcahy (William Christopher) comes down with a case of hepatitis, meaning that Hawkeye Pierce (Alan Alda) has to test everyone at the 4077th to see if anyone else has the disease. The episode was written by Alan Alda, which usually means that there’s going …
Adam-12: Log 125: A Safe Job
In April 1971, the final episode of the third season of Adam-12, a half-hour crime drama, was aired. The show was entitled Log 125: A Safe Job. It’s a fairly decent show to end a year on. It’s not a big favorite, but it is an …
Family Guy TV Episode: 420 (Season 7, Episode 12)
Synopsis: In honor of the 420 holiday (4/20 is a big holiday for people who want marijuana legalized), this episode has Brian being arrested for drugs and then forming a campaign to legalize marijuana.
What I liked about this episode: Overall, this episode honestly wasn’t anything overly special compared to …
Black Gold: S3, Ep 4 TV Show
The biggest part of Black Gold’s 4th episode from season three was on new driller Ben’s first day on the job. The question was rather or not he could control the unruly bunch of crew and get them to do their jobs.
What is funny about that to me …
The Twilight Zone: Eye of the Beholder TV Show
The Twilight Zone: Eye of the Beholder is one of the best episodes of this science fiction series. It’s a poignant narration about mankind and our perceptions. It’s a wonderfully strong story, one told in the shadows for a reason. The story is a futuristic one. …
A Scandal in Bohemia
I am reviewing A Scandal in Bohemia, a Sherlock Holmes adventure from the boxed set Adventure of Sherlock Holmes, produced in 1983 by Granada Television. This series stared Jeremy Brett as Sherlock Holmes, and David Burke as Dr. John Watson. In this episode, Holmes is employed by …
Spongebob Squarepants Season Two: Dying for Pie
Mr. Krabs has told Squidward and Spongebob that they need to create home made gifts for each other on Valentine’s Day so that they start getting along better. Well, Spongebob decides to have a lot of fun with this project and makes Squidward a sweater for Valentine’s Day that …
Nana Televsion Show
Nana is the second anime I have seen by manga artist Ai Yazawa, an it lived up to all my expectations. I was highly pleased with the drawing style, the originality in design, the great choice of music, and the heart put into the storyline. It was …
House TV Episode: Fall from Grace
Synopsis: House and his team must figure out what is killing their latest patient; a homeless man who refuses to tell them anything about himself. House also reveals he plans on marrying a prostitute so she can get her green card.
What I liked about this episode: I honestly didn’t …
Scrubs TV Episode: My First Day
Synopsis: Series premiere of the show introduces Dr. Dorian as he starts serving his residency at the hospital for the first time and meets the people who are working there with him.
What I liked about this episode: I think the best part of this episode, for me at least, …
Celebrity Ghost Stories
I can’t remember what TV station this was on this past weekend, but my wife and I came across the show Celebrity Ghost Stories and found it to be one of the most entertaining ghost programs we have seen.
I have seen countless shows about so-called ghosts; the best being …
From the Earth to the Moon - Part 11: The Original Wives Club
I find From the Earth to the Moon - Part 11: The Original Wives Club to be perhaps the most poignant of the 12 episodes that make up this 1998 mini-series which aired on HBO. This is the story of the wives of the original nine astronauts selected …
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