• September 23, 2012
• At Home, Comedy, Drama, Television

The premise of Leverage is a simple one: A gang of thieves decide to use their powers for good, and vows to help innocent people steal back things that...

• September 23, 2012
• At Home, Family, Television

Somewhere in the borderland between Mind-Bendingly Awesome and Flat-Out Terrible lies a world in which Lancelot Link: Secret Chimp exists. This strange series aired on Saturday Mornings from 1970-1972,...

• August 3, 2012
• At Home, Comedy, Drama, Fantasy, Science Fiction, Television

We are used to outcasts gaining superpowers through freak accidents. Usually they gain powers that can be used for good… you know, fighting crime, holding bridges together, etc. But...

• September 5, 2010
• At Home, Drama, Fantasy, Horror, Television

With a tighter, better-scripted storyline and mythology than True Blood (without all the ickiness and graphic sex), and with more of a scary edge than the Twilight series, The...

• July 28, 2010
• At Home, Science Fiction, Television

In the early 70s, Gene Roddenberry attempted to launch his first post-Star Trek series with the TV film Genesis II, then again reworked (and recast) the with Planet Earth....

• April 27, 2010
• At Home, Drama, Television

I’m smacking myself on the head at this moment.  I’ve been sitting here trying to figure out how to justify a comparison between Falcon Crest and The Waltons to...

• February 8, 2010
• At Home, Drama, Television

To its credit, almost the entire cast (at least of the surviving characters) returns for this two-part sequel. Still fluttering about gossiping like a cluster of chickens are Miss...

• March 5, 2009
• At Home, Documentary, Television

For some reason I always wind up watching epic PBS documentaries at, like, two in the morning. There’s nowhere else to go, nothing else on TV, and the narration...

• December 1, 2008
• At Home, Comedy, Television

Leave it to Stephen Colbert and friends to come up with a Christmas special that is completely irreverent, strangely traditional, and introduces a handful of new holiday songs that...

• June 27, 2008
• Action, At Home, Television

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...

• November 30, 2007
• At Home, Comedy, Television

When I was little, I thought Mork and Mindy was the funniest, edgiest show on TV. I felt like I had a very important date every time it was...

• August 7, 2007
• Moviepie Musings, Television

If you grew up with the movies of Corey Feldman and Corey Haim, chances are you freaked out with excitement and delight when you heard about the new reality...