TV Reviews
Beast Wars - The Trigger, Part 1
Beast Wars - The Trigger, Part 1 is a two part episode that continues the mysterious alien story arc that was first started in the episode, “Chain of Command”. In this episode, a strange floating island is discovered and on it, beauty as well as danger. Amidst the green …
Beast Wars - Spider’s Game
Beast Wars - Spider’s Game is an episode that I definitely enjoyed. It is an episode that introduces the fourth new character to the show, the Predicon Inferno. Inferno is a character that I am real fond of, and boy is his entrance ever a grand one! For me, …
Beast Wars - The Trigger, Part 2
Beast Wars - The Trigger, Part 2 continues where the first part left off, and in this episode, despite the best efforts of Airazor and Tigertron, it is Blackarachnia that reaches the structure on the floating island first and begins to explore it. She begins to realize the potential …
Beast Wars - The Probe
Beast Wars - The Probe is an episode that is the first of a handful that offers the Maximals with a chance to contact Cybertron and return home. Cybertron sends out several probes in the hopes of locating Optimus and his crew, and both the Maximals and Predicons learn …
Beast Wars - Gorilla Warfare
Beast Wars - Gorilla Warfare is an episode that offers quite a lot of action and allows a viewer to see a side of Optimus that is not seen too often in the series. Of course, the only reason Optimus comes unhinged in this episode and becomes excessively aggressive …
Beast Wars - Double Dinobot
Beast Wars - Double Dinobot is an episode that offers up some comedy here and there and a decent, albeit not very fresh story idea as well as one of the few battles fought throughout the series that occur in beast forms. In this episode, Megatron succeeds in creating …
Beast Wars - Victory
Beast Wars - Victory is an episode that offers the Maximals a second chance to return to Cybertron, which was a little surprising to me since the previous episode also presented them with an opportunity to return, and now all of a sudden we have another, back to back. …
Adam-12: Log 56: Vice Versa
Log 56: Vice Versa is one of Adam-12’s best episodes in the entire series. The third season episode begins with the duty shift lined up for inspection. This is when Sergeant MacDonald (William Boyett) discovers that Officer Pete Malloy’s (Martin Milner) driver’s license has expired. That …
Adam-12: Log 76: The Militants
Adam-12: Log 76: The Militants is a rather serious episode of this thirty-minute police drama from the mind of Jack Webb. It begins with the shooting of a police officer and a black militant. It becomes a circus and one of those politically hyped stories where no …
Adam-12: Log 165: Once a Cop
I really get a kick out of this 1971 episode of Adam-12 called Log 165: Once a Cop. This is the 19th episode from season three and it has some very entertaining story elements, including the fact that our heroes go on foot patrol for a while, something …
Adam-12: Log 36: Man Between
Adam-12: Log 36: Man Between is the eighteenth episode from the third season of the TV series which stars Martin Milner as Officer Pete Malloy and Kent McCord as Officer Jim Reed.
There’s a very high strung story as part of this half-hour show. Peggy Webber guest stars as a …
Adam-12: Log 66: The Vandals
There’s a dramatic opening to Adam-12: Log 66: The Vandals when Officers Pete Malloy (Martin Milner) and Jim Reed (Kent McCord) pull over two men and one of them pulls a gun. That gets your heart pumping. What I notice most, though, is that the character of …
Adam-12: Log 155: Internal Affairs - Blackmail
From 1971 which was the third season of Jack Webb’s highly successful Adam-12 television series, Log 155: Internal Affairs - Blackmail focuses in on a cop accused of corruption. Jed Allan guest stars as Officer Tony Johnson, a friend of Pete Malloy’s. Malloy, a veteran police officer, …
Adam-12: Log 26: LEMRAS
The fifteenth episode of Adam-12 in Season 3 was called Log 26: LEMRAS. LEMRAS is an acronym for Law Enforcement Manpower Resource Allocation System, a computer program that predicts where crimes will occur at a certain point during the day. Adam-12 is one of the first teams …
Adam-12: Log 16: A Child in Danger
What I like about Adam-12: Log 16: A Child in Danger is the cute little banter that occurs throughout the episode about Jim Reed’s baby boy. Little Jimmy has a fever, and his godfather, Pete Malloy, is overly worried. He keeps trying to get Reed to get …
Adam-12: Log 164: The Poachers
As the third season of Jack Webb’s Adam-12 continues, we get a decent episode entitled Log 164: The Poachers which includes the recurring character of Officer Ed Wells, played to perfection by Gary Crosby. As always, the show stars Martin Milner and Kent McCord as the veteran and …
Adam-12: Log 88 - Reason to Run
From season three, the 25th episode of the year called Log 88 - Reason to Run is one of my all time favorites for this police drama.
Officer Pete Malloy (Martin Milner) and Officer Jim Reed (Kent McCord) drop by a riding school run by Slim Berkeley. One of …
Adam-12: Log 106: Post Time
In Adam-12: Log 106: Post Time, Officer Jim Reed (Kent McCord) is worried about an upcoming handball match with another officer. We never find out what happened, but it makes for a quick, comic discussion. The recurring banter between Reed and veteran partner Pete Malloy (Martin Milner) …
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 …
Beast Wars - Power Surge
Beast Wars - Power Surge is an episode that focuses on Terrorsaur and his underhanded and ambitious personality that was hinted at in “Equal Measures”. In this episode, he comes across a power source that magnifies and intensifies his power immensely. Rather than report the find to Megatron, he …
Beast Wars - Chain of Command
Beast Wars - Chain of Command is one of my all time favorite episodes of the series. I enjoy this episode immensely for several reasons. First of all, it is the first episode of the alien story arc. The alien story arc is one that plays out over the …
Beast Wars - Fallen Comrades
Beast Wars - Fallen Comrades is an episode that marks the introduction of the first of many new characters. A stasis pod tumbles down in an area not yet seen before on the show: one that is covered in snow. Both factions send members to recover the stasis pod …
Beast Wars - Double Jeopardy
Beast Wars - Double Jeopardy is the second episode of the series to introduce a new character. In the previous episode, the Maximals received a new member, and in this episode, it is the Predicons that receive a new fighter. Unfortunately, Blackarachnia is not given much time to shine …
Beast Wars - The Web
Beast Wars - The Web is the third episode of the series and one that delivers character development to Tarantulas, Cheetor and Rattrap. The deranged and sinister nature of Tarantulas begins to shine for the first time in this episode, and the writers do a superb job of projecting …
The Beast Wars - Part Two
The Beast Wars - Part Two is the second half of the series premier. The second half of the premier, I think, is more interesting and enjoyable than the first half because it is in the second half that the very conflict-heavy relationship between Dinobot and Rattrap begin and …
The Beast Wars - Part One
The Beast Wars - Part One is the first part of the season premier. As a part of the season one premier, it does do what it is supposed to do and it does it well: it introduces the characters and lays out the plot of the series. I …
Beast Wars - Equal Measures
Beast Wars - Equal Measures is an episode that I like on some levels, but dislike on others. First, the good. Terrorsaur gets some, not a lot, but some development in this episode and the viewer learns that he has ambitious goals of his own and a duplicitous streak …
Beast Wars - A Better Mousetrap
Beast Wars - A Better Mousetrap is an episode that primarily focuses on Rattrap, although the episode also provides newcomers Blackarachnia and Tigertron with some material that allows their characters to be fleshed out a bit more. This episode is also a treat in the respect that much like …
Project Runway Philippines
I am a great fan of Project Runway, and I have watched all the seasons of the US version. I enjoy the bickering, but I also marvel at the camaraderie that a contest creates with artistic souls. Because I enjoyed this so much, and continue to enjoy it in …
Psych: The TV Series
I am not too fond of summer because of the dearth of good television shows. I end up making do with the slim pickings, and thus I am forced to sit through the television series Psych. Until now, I just cannot believe that it has survived for four seasons. …
Reba show
Although Reba ended in 2005, you can still catch reruns on the Country music television station, and you can buy the DVDs at many stores, so this show is still easy to catch.
I used to watch it when I knew it was on. It wasn’t a show that I …
Ellen: The Ellen Degeneres Show
I’m not a huge Ellen show fan, but it can be funny and I attended a taping of the show when I was in Southern California, because a friend really wanted to go, so I watch it a little more now then I did before that.
Ellen is your typical …
The Price is Right
I used to love this show! Back when Bob Barker hosted it it was a lot more fun and I loved the banter between Bob and the contestants while they played their games.
Now, however, I can hardly stand to watch the show. I catch it every now and then …
Family Feud
I love this show! It is so much fun to play along and try to guess the right answers along with the contestants on tv.
John O’Hurley is my favorite Family Feud host to date. He seems to get into the game and he makes funny jokes and really interacts …
Ghost Hunters: Hellfire Caves
Well, that was interesting. I must have missed something in the third season of Ghost Hunters because the TAPS team apparently went to England to do some investigations; one of with was the Hellfire Caves investigation.
I had heard of the Hellfire Club before but reading about them and seeing …
Ghost Hunters: Toys of Terror
I watched another season three episode of Ghost Hunters over the weekend and have to say it was entertaining.
In “Toys of Terror” the TAPS team is asked to investigate a house by a woman who is terrified of the things she has seen and heard there. What’s interesting about …
Caillou
Caillou is a cartoon about a four-year-old boy and his adventures. Both my seven-year-old (when he was younger) and now my almost two-year-old like this show, although I have never been a fan, and I try to change the channel if I know it’s coming on next.
The show does …
Adam-12: Log 115: Gang War
I’ve said before that I’m really tired of drug stories on police shows. I am, and a close second to that plot line are shows that revolve around or include gang stories. While I fully understand that it’s part of our culture, every show has done one, if not …
Adam-12: Log 175: The Con Artists
The opening banter of Adam-12: Log 175: The Con Artists is cute. Officer Jim Reed (Kent McCord) complains to his partner, Officer Pete Malloy (Martin Milner) that his father-in-law is continually buying toys and things for his baby. It’s cute as he worries about there not being …
Adam-12: Log 85: Sign of the Twins
Log 85: Sign of the Twins is the twelfth episode of Adam-12’s third season, and it’s an average one in my book. I think that might be because there’s another drug story in it, and I’m really burned out of drug stories. I’m not sure why that …
Adam-12: Log 46: Pilgrimage
During its run, Adam-12 did a few Christmas episodes, and what I love about these shows is that they are all different in style and tone. I’ve always applauded the powers that be ability to acknowledge the holiday season and do it not only in an entertaining fashion …
Adam-12: Log 135: Arson
Watching Adam-12: Log 135: Arson reminds me a lot of what I’ve been hearing in the news lately. Studies show that human recollection of an observed event really isn’t as wonderful as was once thought. What we witness changes in our minds. That’s why many believe …
Adam-12: Log 25: Indians
This review is for Adam-12’s third season episode of Log 25: Indians. One of the major things that stand out in this episode for me is simply the characteristics of Webb-TV. Webb-TV is what is used to refer to Jack Webb TV shows, primarily Dragnet, Adam-12, and …
Everyday Italian
I enjoy watching the shows of Lifestyle Channel. The shows really are about one’s lifestyle, covering topics such as cooking and design. One of my favorites is the show of Giada de Laurentiis called Everyday Italian. This is her cooking show where she demonstrates to her viewers how to …
Giada’s Weekend Getaway
Giada’s Weekend Getaways is one of my favorite feature shows in Lifestyle Channel. I watch this show every time I can, and I have even stooped to watching re-runs. I always watch Giada de Laurentiis when she appears on other TV shows like Iron Chef because she is such …
2009 UAAP Cheerdance Competition
We watched the 2009 UAAP Cheerdance Competition on television and I was very much entertained. This cheerdancing competition is open to the university members of UAAP (Philippines). This competition has been done annually for the last fifteen years, and slowly the quality of the cheerdance has improved.
This year though, …
Monk
Tony Shaloub plays the character of a detective who has all kinds of phobias in the television series entitled Monk. He suffered a breakdown when her wife dies from a bomb blast meant for Adrian Monk. I had a hard time with this plot a first because the show …
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 …
So You Think You Can Dance Australia
I watched all the seasons of So You Think You Can Dance and enjoyed every one of them. When I learned that they have a franchise in Australia, I was excited to watch their version. I was not a happy camper with So You Think You Can Dance Australia.
I …
So You Think You Can Dance Canada
As I was impatiently waiting for the fall season to start, I made do with watching shows from Canada and Australia. So You Think You Can Dance Canada was ongoing and so I decided to watch this reality dance show.
I was a bit disappointed with this 2009 season’s …
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