The Patty Duke Show: Season One Video Clip
The Patty Duke Show: Season One is available from Shout Factory on September 29, 2009. Check out my review of the stellar 6-DVD set, and below is a little scene involving Patty and Richard, for those of you who would like a taste of the show before you get your copy! Pre-Order Your Copy ofThe […]
DVD Review: The Waltons – The Complete Ninth Season
When The Waltons hit the air in 1972, producers Earl Hamner Jr., Lee Rich and the series other executives constructed the show to emphasize both the Blue Ridge Mountains and the Great Depression in an effort to evoke a kind of nostalgia for the recent past. Hamner, Jr. understood that while it should be obvious […]
DVD Review: Knots Landing – The Complete Second Season
The eighties was definitely the decade of the nighttime soap. Fans flocked to Dallas, Dynasty and Falcon Crest to see how the super rich lived, worked and played. Created by David Jacobs (one-time writer of Family and later producer of Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman) in conjunction with producer Michael Filerman (who […]
DVD Review: The Paper Chase – Season One
The Paper Chase began as novel, written in 1970 by Harvard Law School graduate John Jay Osborn, Jr. and was later turned into a faithful movie in 1973 starring John Houseman (Ghost Story), Timothy Bottoms (Invaders from Mars), and Lindsay Wagner (The Bionic Woman). Houseman won an Academy Award for his portrayal of contract law […]
DVD Review: ER – The Complete Tenth Season
As ER gets ready to air its final episode on April 2, 2009 after a very successful fifteen year run, Warner Bros. recently released the complete tenth season of the multi-Emmy Award winning show. Created by the late novelist Michael Crichton (who was also a physician), ER is NBC’s second longest-running drama (after Law & […]
DVD Review: Room 222 – Season One
Room 222 was a half-hour comedy-drama that aired on ABC from 1969-74. Set at integrated Walt Whitman High School in Los Angeles, Room 222 is credited with breaking new narrative ground in television. The series, created by James L. Brooks (Rhoda, Taxi) was one of the first shows to deal with such hot button issues […]
DVD Review: Night Court – The Complete Second Season
Night Court aired on NBC from January 1984 until May 1992. Though the series was moved around a lot on NBC’s schedule, Night Court was a solid favorite with viewers, remaining in the top thirty of the Neilsen ratings during its first six seasons on the air. Night Court creator Reinhold Weege, had previously been […]
DVD Review: Dallas – The Complete Tenth Season
Dynasty, The Colby’s, Falcon Crest, I loved ’em all! The eighties was the heyday of the nighttime soap. Rich families jockeying for money, power and position, willing to take out one of their own to get it; of all the nighttime soaps, Dallas was the undisputed King. Centered on the Ewing clan, anchored by Larry […]
DVD Review: The Tudors – Season Two
Created and completely written by Michael Hirst (Elizabeth (1998) The Tudors is very loosely based on the early reign of monarch Henry VIII (Jonathan Rhys Meyers). For anyone who hasn’t seen The Tudors before, be warned; the series does not pretend to be factual and has been criticized for stretching the truth. Creator Michael Hirst […]
DVD Review: The Waltons – The Complete Eighth Season
The Waltons was created by Earl Hanmer Jr., who based the series on his 1961 novel, Spencer’s Mountain, which was made into a feature film of the same name in 1963. Hamner’s experiences growing up in the unincorporated area of Schuyler, Virginia provided the basis for many of the storylines on The Waltons. The series […]