From 1987, Max Headroom: Dream Thieves reunites Network 23’s star investigative reporter, Edison Carter (Matt Frewer) with an old friend, Paddy Ashton (Mark Lindsay Chapman). Actually, Paddy was in competition with him for the Network 23 job but wasn’t chosen by Murray the producer (Jeffrey Tambor). When …

On September 19, 1982, a new television show hit the airwaves, and I was there for the happy start. One of my favorites, Richard Dean Anderson, had left General Hospital and was quickly cast in Seven Brides for Seven Brothers, which was based on the famous musical of …

I tuned into The Virginian: Another’s Footsteps for a couple of reasons — Paul Petersen and Dennis Holmes. The funny thing is that Petersen got great billing, with his name in the opening theme, and yet he’s gone after one prolonged scene. I felt a little cheated …

The Virginian: The Intruders had some comedic tones to it early on, though those elements gave way eventually to some dramatic beats that were quite heavy in nature.
Some of the fun for me in watching The Intruders was seeing David Macklin as Eddie Tighe, an easterner who came to …

Early on in The Virginian: A Matter of Destiny, there’s a nice little song sung by Randy Boone and Roberta Shore. It’s very upbeat and cute as they entertain at a party at Shiloh. These two would have made a great romantic pairing, but more than anything …

The Virginian: First to Thine Own Self is the 20th episode from the western’s second season. The show is notable because it introduces the character of Randy Benton. He’s a lonely sort, a young cowboy just drifting around when he meets up with a man and his …

From 1988, Max Headroom: Baby Grobags is the final episode of this unique series. Though there are relatively few programs completed in its run, they mostly all have a point of view and something to say.
In Baby Grobags, Amanda Hillwood guest stars as Helen. She and her …

The topic of Max Headroom: Lessons has to do in part with censorship, including the use of profanity. Now that’s a still relevant issue that continues to be controversial in our true reality.
This half-hour program, which to me is both a comedy and a drama due its mix …

Yet again, viewers are given a situation where minds are affected from broadcast transmissions in an airing of the half-hour series, Max Headroom. In Neurostim from 1988, the theory put forth is that a rival of Network 23’s is able to directly stimulate the brain to get commercial …

I have to say up front that when I see the name of this Max Headroom episode — Whackets — my mind goes to a classic musical called How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying. In that movie, they are talking about widgets, and to me, whackets …

For the third episode of Seven Brides for Seven Brothers, two of the younger McFadden siblings get their chances to be in the dramatic spotlight. Specifically, Challenges deals with Evan wanting to learn from the best bronco buster in the business while Ford struggles with asking a girl …

Seven Brides for Seven Brothers: The Man in the White Hat is the second episode and it’s always been one of my favorites because of the intensity of the family drama. In this episode, Crane McFadden (Peter Horton) is insistent that the family participate in a co-op for …

It’s Roger Wilson’s turn to take the point in Seven Brides for Seven Brothers: Daniel’s Song. Wilson plays Daniel McFadden, the 4th of the 7 sibling brothers. He’s always singing and dancing when not working the ranch, and when he’s not doing that, he’s playing the guitar.
In …

In Seven Brides for Seven Brothers: Gold Fever, the youngest McFadden brother, Guthrie, gets some time to show his stuff, and it’s good stuff. Young Guthrie is played by River Phoenix, who died way too young of tragic circumstances. Here, though, in 1982, we see the promise …

Seven Brides for Seven Brothers: I Love You Molly McGraw starts out with some animal angst, which I never enjoy watching. It’s Evan’s horse, Diablo, who develops a leg injury and might have to be put down. Then it’s new vet, Molly McGraw (Ann Dusenberry) who operates and …

From February 1963, Laramie: The Fugitives was an episode from the show’s fourth and final season. This series is my all time favorite and it really should have gone on longer. Ratings were good, so it’s confusing as to why it was cancelled.
The show opens with Slim …

The Virginian: Rope of Lies is aptly named. Of course, it could just as easily be chain of fools. The short of the matter is that everything is manipulated by a beautiful lady, who manages to convince just about all the men in her life to do …

Seven Brides for Seven Brothers: Roundup was, quite sadly, the final episode for this family series. I was a fan then and still am now. It’s a shame viewers didn’t give this show a better shot, especially when you like at the talent it had.
There was Richard …

Seven Brides for Seven Brothers: A Ring for Hannah has another disaster looming for the McFadden family. It begins with some warm emotion and good feeling when Tom Barrett (Charles Aidman) tells some of the brothers about how he opened a mine with Adam McFadden Sr. Adam …

Seven Brides for Seven Brothers: Winner is one of my favorite episodes of this hour long program. The catalyst for the fun is Adam McFadden’s 10 year high school class reunion and it doesn’t go completely smoothly.
Here are some of the reasons why I like Winner so very …

I’m conflicted about Seven Brides for Seven Brothers: Winter Roses. While it’s a wonderful story of love and has superb drama and angst, I just regret the choice made to end the episode. I wasn’t surprised back in 1983 when I first saw it, but I felt …

Seven Brides for Seven Brothers: The Rescue is full of high angst and emotion, pretty much from beginning to end. There’s a bad storm brewing in the Murphys and Sonora areas, and Hannah (Terri Treas) is called on to help out with some medical assistance.
There’s just one problem. …

The drug culture infiltrates the small town of Murphys in Seven Brides for Seven Brothers: Deadly High. While the older McFadden brothers run across a dead body on their land while rounding up cattle, the youngest sibling, Guthrie (River Phoenix), stands up to marijuana drug dealers on campus.
It’s …

Seven Brides for Seven Brothers: The Killer is not my kind of show with the animal hunting theme. It is not entertainment to me to see this stuff, which is why I don’t watch the cable channels with a focus on animals. I’m not interested in seeing …

Seven Brides for Seven Brothers: Promised Land is the first episode of this series that aired in 1983. It’s funny what stands out to a person, but one of the things I am amused by as I rewatch this program is how star Richard Dean Anderson (he plays …

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 …

In 1982’s Seven Brides for Seven Brothers: Dreams, Cameron Mitchell guest stars as Ben Shepherd, who works for the lumber company. Brian (Drake Hogestyn) decides he wants to learn that business and takes a break from the ranch for a while.
The merits of the show aside, there was …

Seven Brides for Seven Brothers: The Election deals with an issue that is still relevant over 25 years later — pollution of the waters. This convinces the McFadden brothers that Adam (Richard Dean Anderson) should challenge the current sheriff for the office in the upcoming election.
Naturally, the current …

I just adore Seven Brides for Seven Brothers: A House Divided for several reasons. The first is that this is one of those shows where just about every regular has their moment. It’s not easy to do that in an ensemble show like this one, but it’s …

This is a documentary series that I’ve seen air from time to time on the cable television station National Geographic. I’m not quite sure how many of them there are either, but I’ve watched the episode about Bigfoot and others.
The one I watched just a couple minutes ago …

Trigun Episode 25 begins with Vash recovering in a small town, distraught over the fact that he killed Legato Bluesummers, he doesn’t know what he’s supposed to do and keeps asking Rem what he should do. Meanwhile, Meryl and Milly help him recover while they work digging for …

Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood Episode 48 begins with Lan Fan literally tearing Gluttony apart with her new automail arm, she and Ling constantly attack Gluttony, killing him repeatedly while Fu explains why they’re here and Ed asks Fu for assistance against Pride.
This episode can only be summarized with one …

Trigun Episode 26 brings an end to the series; Vash finally confronts his brother Knives in a final showdown to put an end to his plan to wipe out all the humans on Gunsmoke.
This episode was awesome, there’s no other way to describe it. The gunfight lasts for …

The TV show lost was a great show when it first came up and than somewhere down the line the producers made the show just go all stupid. Seriously, the show was addictive when the first few seasons came out and was so on the edge of your seat …

The TV show prison break was an awesome show and it is a shame that it is not on the air anymore with new episodes. The show was simple to understand and the title explains what the whole show was based on and I couldn’t believe that they …

I used to like watching The Tyra Banks Show, but it seems to be getting progressively unoriginal. There are a lot of things you can talk about on a talk show, but Tyra is starting to bore me, because lately her topics have been on dating, relationship problems, …

America’s Next Top Model is one of those shows I’m pretty ashamed to admit I find myself watching, and I can’t explain why I continue to watch it, other than the fact that it’s mindless drama. Even though it’s supposed to be a reality show, watching it for …

This episode begins with SG1 and some other teams from the SGC helping some villagers who are under attack by gliders. As everyone is running around, gathering people and escorting them through the Stargate, Sam stops to help a man. When she discovers he is no longer …

While this episode of Stargate SG1 was probably supposed to be dramatic, I found myself laughing through half of it. No, I was not laughing at the stupidity of the episode, like I have done with several television shows. Instead, I was laughing at their humor even …

Recently a new television series named “Caprica” has been advertising to be aired on the cable television channel Syfy. I saw it advertise on several cable television channels before I finally decided to watch it too, since when it was advertising I guess I got the wrong impression, and …

I don’t watch a lot of reality television, but there is one weight loss and fitness show that I really love. It is called The Last 10 Pounds Boot Camp, and the premise of this half-hour show is quite basic: each episode features a subject, or victim, who is …

Trigun Episode 24 begins with Vash in L.R. Town, grieving over the death of Wolfwood; he encounters Legato Bluesummers and Midvalley the Horn Freak who attack him and the townspeople in order to make Vash suffer. Milly and Meryl decide to follow him so they can try to …

Trigun Episode 23 begins with Vash in the town of Kansas in Southern Cornelia. Vash finds the monument stained with blood with Knives’ name. The Gung-Ho Gun Chapel confronts Wolfwood and makes him a Gung-Ho Gun and orders him to kill Vash.
This episode was excellent; it showed …

The so-so sixth season of Curb Your Enthusiasm ended on a rather strange note. For a start, Larry’s long suffering but forever faithful spouse Cheryl had finally called quits on her husband and all his hang-ups. Stranger still, Larry quickly found love again with Loretta Black and her misplaced …

After a lengthy two year hiatus, legendary comedian Larry David returns to his hit HBO comedy show Curb Your Enthusiasm with a sixth season.
It came as a surprise that the show returned at all, not just for the fact of a lengthy weight. The fifth season, which bowed out …

It’s time for the spotlight to fall on Mercury and Venus in this DVD instalment of The Universe, one of the History Channel’s finest series’.
All the usual experts on hand to offer illuminating information and engage the audience with things we never knew, bringing their enthusiasm to the everyman …

The Universe delivers another thrilling and informative instalment, this time with the focus on something closer to home than the usual subject matter.
This episode focused on our own blue world; the Earth. That mightn’t sound the most thrilling focus, considering the other destinations this series investigates, reminding us of …

From 1989, The Hillside Stranglers is almost as frightening as the actual events that this movie is based on. I lived through these events, watching them unfold on television, and it was a scary time. I would have been terrified had I lived in that area where …

You know what? I really hate episodes that have a season finale and don’t reveal anything at the end. That’s why I ended up being seriously disappointed with the Psych episode Mr. Yin Presents that aired last week.
The plot itself wasn’t bad. It turns out Yang (who Shawn caught …

I got a chance to watch bits and pieces of last night’s House episode. From what I saw of it, it was a pretty interesting show.
This time around, House and his team have to figure out what is killing a high school girl before all her organs start failing. …