When Roots originally aired over 8 nights in January 1977, I was six years old. I remember being aware that it was on TV, because my brother and I were shunned from the rec room where my parents were …
Despite having an interesting premise (the birth of modern retail in the UK by a savvy American entrepreneur) and soapy plots involving characters from the company boardroom to the loading docks, the …
Every time I settle in for a new When Calls the Heart movie, I'm reminded how much I love everything about them. There's the way every character either nods, smiles, or rolls their eyes as they speak,…
California Highway Patrol motorcycle officers, Ponch (Erik Estrada) and Jon (Larry Wilcox), can always be counted on to keep citizens safe. flirt with pretty girls, solve a few mysteries, and get into…
After watching Season 2 of CHiPs in its entirety, I think I've found my calling. Seeing all those chases and rescues inspired something in me, something that made me watch four hour-long episodes in a…
It is now 1925, and things continue to change at Downton Abbey. Manors and estates down the road are shuttering their windows and auctioning the family heirlooms, lords and ladies are cutting their ho…
The premise of the show is truly interesting, and should be ripe for an excellent drama, if in the right hands. It's 1862 Alexandria, Virginia, which is smack on the border of North and South. Mansion…
Who doesn't like to see an occupying empire crumble? I'm not sure why the era of the British occupation of India is so specifically fascinating, but it has all the elements that make for good drama: p…
At its most basic level, the deliciously entertaining family soap Empire is King Lear with a modern hip-hop/R&B soundtrack. This King is Lucious Lyon (Terrence Howard) a modern hip-hop mogul diagn…
Liv Moore (Rose McIver) is the sort of no-nonsense girl who also wouldn't have time for zombies. She's a smart, ambitious medical resident on the verge of beginning the life she always imagined. Her f…
This installment finds the widows of Coal Valley suing the mining company for negligence, but this bold step forward stirs up even more conflict for the town. Meanwhile, our heroine, Elizabeth Thatche…
A British jazz band is discovered in a small club by a music journalist, and is offered the lucky break of becoming the house band at a top notch London Hotel in this 1930s-set mystery-drama. What sta…
