DVD Review: Family Ties: The Third Season
Though Family Ties debuted in September of 1982, it wasn’t until the series third season that the show really took off. Aided by its position behind The Cosby Show on Thursday nights, Family Ties reached #5 in the Nielsen ratings during the 1984-85 season. Family Ties centers around the Keaton family. Steven (Michael Gross) and […]
DVD Review: JAG (Judge Advocate General): The Fifth Season
JAG is a military drama about an elite legal wing of United States military officers, trained as lawyers who investigate and prosecute those accused of crimes in the United States Navy and Marine Corps. The crimes include espionage, homicide, terrorism, hostage situations, conspiracies and more. The investigations take the crew all over the world in […]
DVD Review: Hawaii Five-O – The Third Season
Hawaii Five-O which ran from 1968-1980 on CBS remains one of the most popular police dramas in television history. Jack Lord’s steely portrayal of Five-O’s man in charge, Steve McGarrett, makes the show worth watching. Played by Jack Lord, McGarrett combines intensity with coolness. McGarrett is a bachelor who obviously enjoys the company of island […]
DVD Review: Mork & Mindy – The Third Season
I will readily admit that I was a huge fan of Mork & Mindy almost from the day it premiered on September 14, 1978. It seemed everyone at my elementary school was Mork crazy for awhile; there where Mork lunchboxes, thermos, and t-shirts. I even had a pair of Mork suspenders I wore almost everyday […]
DVD Review: Criminal Minds – The Second Season
CBS is the place to go to fill up on crime drama. In the last seven years or so, Les Moonves and his crew have brought us several flavors of CSI, Without a Trace, and several other crime-related dramas with much success. Criminal Minds, which debuted in 2005, distinguishes itself from the pack with the […]
DVD Review: Frasier – The Complete Ninth Season
Frasier was like the Energizer bunny of television shows. The darn thing wouldn’t go away; it just kept running and running. Entering the show’s ninth season, the Frasier staff was rocked by personal tragedy when David Angell, the series’ executive producer and co-creator was killed on American Airlines flight 11, which struck the World Trade […]
DVD Review: I Love Lucy -The Complete Sixth Season
I Love Lucy is generally regarded as one of the best comedies in television history. Lucille Ball remains one of the funniest comediennes ever to grace the small screen. As I Love Lucy entered its sixth season on CBS in 1956-57, the show was number one in the ratings and a financial success.
DVD Review: Frasier: The Complete Eighth Season
The character of Frasier Crane was a fixture on television for 20 years. Actor Kelsey Grammer first played the role on Cheers in 1984. When Cheers ended its run in 1993, Grammer continued the role on Frasier, which premiered later that same year. Frasier was nominated for a total of 37 Emmys during the series’ […]