TV Shows Review

Rainbow Brite Cartoon Series

Rainbow Brite, a colorful cartoon tv series introduced by Hallmark in 1984, the story of a young girl who tries her best to bring peace, beauty and happiness to the Earth. Rainbow Land was a place of total darkness and emptiness, done by two bumble-headed Murky Dismal and Lurky from the gloomy Pits who prefers gray color instructed by Evil One.

A little orphan girl named Wisp is brought to the land of no colors with missions to rescue the seven color kids, find the tool Color Belt that could bring color to the land. With the help of her white sprite sidekick 'Twink' (he used to be red but Murky removed his color), and her egotistical talking horse 'Starlite' with rainbow-colored mane and tail and can fly on the rainbow, she take her journey to find the Sphere of Light in the castle. Wisp rescued all seven color kids, set a fight and won against Dark One using her magical Color Belt and she activate the Star Sprinkles using Color Crystal from mine cave and spread the colors all over the land. Sphere of Light name Wisp as Rainbow Brite with her task as the color keeper.

Rainbow Brite Cartoon show ran from December 1984 until March 1985 with total of 13 episodes.

Twin Peaks TV Series

US Serial Drama created by David Lynch and Mark Frost, Twin Peaks TV Series was a rare example of television “art”, a program the publicists predicted would attract a more upscale, sophisticated and demographically desirable audience to television. Lynch and Frost made the show not only an ordinary single murder case, they deploy something far more evil and groundbreaking stranger story line which believed influential to Northern Exposure, Picket Fences, American Gothic and The X Files.

The story starts calling FBI Special Agent Dale Cooper to investigate the murder of a popular local teenage schoolgirl, Laura Palmer, in the fictional town of Twin Peaks in Northeast Washington State. Agent Cooper track down the murder from Laura's character and relationships, discover her diaries, cocaine usage & working as a prostitute, and lead meeting strange people in his bizarre dream, revealing strange “inhabitant spirit” possession which control other humans mind and actions. Cooper learns more about mysterious spirit inhabitant, mind and body influential to the people who commit murders, the Little Man from Another Place and the Giant inhabit called “Bob” in the dark woods of Twin Peaks, the mysterious existence of White Lodge and Black Lodge's mystical extra-dimensional realms.

Twin Peaks was premiered April 8, 1990 while the 30th and last episode aired 10 of June 1991 completed 2 seasons.

The Gallant Men TV Series

The ABC's 1963-1964 action war television series The Gallant, depicting the life and battle engagement of a front-line American infantry company in the World War II, showing tactics and heroism in a kind of gritty realism.

The group led by young determined Captain Jim Benedict, the infantry company was set in Salermo, Italy during Italian Campaign in World War II year 1943 where the American squad soldiers engaged in suicide missions, desperately seeking to end war and return home. The Gallant men includes the well-sworn stereotype, handsome ladies' man and guitar playing Private First Class Pete D'Angelo, inseperable buddies hard as nails Pvt. Ernie Lucavich and Pvt. Sam Hanson, free-swinging hard-as-nails 1st Sergeant John McKenna and the callow young driver Pvt. Roger Gibson under the command of Capt. Benedict and Lt. Frank Kimbro, they easily and frequently dispatched large numbers of German Troops while incredibly experiencing minimal or no injuries themselves. All their battle actions were seen through the eyes of a foreign war correspondent Conley Wright who assigned in the 36th infantry of American Fifth Army.

The Gallant Men action TV series pilot was aired on October 5, 1962 while the last 26th episode on June 1, 1963 in only one season.

Unhappily Ever After Comedy Series

Considered a takeoff from 1987 Married... With Children comes a funny sitcom tv series Unhappily Ever After, a comedy show sometimes entitled Unhappily... about the life of a overstressed father and his dysfunctional family but later he found companions and encouragements to be responsible enough for his family.

Jack Malloy miserably working as a used car salesman in a lot where his boss was his father-in-law. Jack was married with law-breaking sex starved wife Jennifer while her mother Maureen Slatery dislikes Jack and when they divorced, Jennie keep custody of their three kids. Ryan was the oldest idiot and not too bright son with a little luck with women, beautiful daughter Tiffany was intelligent straight A student who use her power over boys at school in her skimpy-dressing and she's a virgin. The youngest almost forgotten Ross an average intelligent son who gave gray stuff rabbit Mr. Floppy to his Father. Jack's over stress result schizophrenia, in their basement he hear and see bunny Mr. Floppy smoking, drinking and talking to Jack as advice consultant, became his best friend and faithful companion. Finally Tiffany accepted into Harvard and Jack was there for financial support and became successful salesman of new cars to celebrities.

The Warner Brother's Television Network produced Unhappily Ever After Comedy Series aired for 100 episodes from January 11, 1995 until May 23, 1999 for the total of four and a half seasons.

Two Guys and A Girl Comedy Series

Originally titled “Two Guys, A Girl and A Pizza Place” for first two seasons and changed to Two Guys and A Girl, a situational comedy TV series about exact what title says, follows the long friendships of two guys and a girl who met in college and live in the same building. These funny and entertaining show was being canceled after four seasons due to poor ratings, but the remarkable good writing plus great harmonic performances of the characters marked as one of the brilliant comedy series for many.

Three twenty-something friends who met in college share a Boston apartment and hang out. Roommates Michael “Berg” Leslie Bergen and Peter “Pete” Dunville both attended graduate school at Tuffs University and both working at Boston pizzeria parlor in Beacon St. owned by Bill while regular customer the old man Mr. Bauer always tells about great moments in his life, actually the famous scenes from movies. Upstairs live Sharon Carter who work as spokesperson for Immaculate Chemicals and always hanging out with aimless Berg who eventually decided to attend medical school and become a doctor while Pete choose to be firefighter leaving his architectural classes. They share comedy about life, love and friendship around the place and finally meet lasting relationships and success in the end.

Two Guys and A Girl comedy series completed 4 seasons with total of 81 episodes aired from March 1998 till May 2001.

Three's Company Sitcom

Three's Company, American sitcom loosely based from British sitcom 'Mad About the House', was a successful comedy series from late mid 70s until mid 80s. A comedy show about two girls living in a apartment got a new guy roommate but the landlord doesn't agree so he have to pretend a gay. After finally successful third pilot episode, the show completes it's casts and the series after six episodes made it in the Nielsen's Top Ten in ratings.

Two girls living together in Santa Monica Apartment 201; down-to-earth brunette Janet Wood and ditzy blonde Chrissy Snow lose their cook roommate Eleanor leaving the room a day after the house party but they eventually found a new one. A drunk guest left sleeping in their bathroom named Jack Stripper, Janet and Chrissy ask him if he would like to move in with them. Navy veteran Jack aspiring as chef and culinary student easily agrees but they got one problem, the uptight hard-nose landlord Mr. Stanley Roper doesn't agree for girls with a guy so Jack has to pretend to be a gay. Fun, humors and slapstick-prone misadventures comes around as the trio hide things behind Mr. Roper even his wife Helen knows true Jack, she doesn't mind. Jack also find difficulties as a swinging bachelor not to suppress his interests with the girls. End of series Janet married with man Phillip Dawson, sassy nurse Teri Alden moved to Hawaii for a job and Jack moved with his girlfriend Vicky Bradford.

The Three's Company comedy series premiered on Spring March 1977 and lasted until September 1984 for the total of 8 seasons with 172 episodes.

Two of a Kind Comedy Series

ABC's Two of A Kind under Miller-Boyett Production was a another situational comedy series about relationships and misadventures of a father raising his twin daughters. Good, funny, romantic and often witty writings of the show plus perfect acting and dialogs of Olsen twins and other casts made the series even genuinely funnier and become crowd favorite.

The story line about a single father science professor Kevin Burke raising his 12-year old twin daughters Mary-Kate and Ashley. Kevin always taking things with scientific explanations except figuring out how to control his perfectly opposite twins. Tomboyish Mary Kate spends his time playing sports, hanging with guys and trying to perfect her curve ball while prim proper girlie girl Ashley is a straight-A and love dating with boys. College professor Kevin hires one of his student Carrie as part-time nanny for the twin, a 26-year old beautiful quick to speak her mind girl who late at college after exploring the world. As twin thinks Carrie was their dream-sitter, they join force and set aside their differences to make chemistry between their by-the-book father Kevin and beautiful Carrie.

Comedy series Two of A Kind completed 22 episodes aired from September 25, 1998 till July 9, 1999 on ABC.

My Three Sons Family Sitcom

My Three Sons was one of the most popular and durable series and the second longest-running family live-action sitcom (after “The Adventures of Ozzie & Harriet”) from 1960 until 1972 of airings with total of 12 seasons. The show talks about the chronicles of a widower raising his three sons, a wholehearted comedic show of a male-only household and eligible bachelor's burdened raising children with help of elderly man and desirable female guest stars.

Mid-West Aeronautical Engineer and responsible loving widowed father Steven “Steve” Douglas to his three sons; 18-year old Michael “Mike” college student, 14-year old Robert “Robbie” high schooler and 8-year old Richard “Chip” with the help their pet dog Tramp and Steve's maternal father-in-law Michael Francis “Bub” O'Casey who did all cooking, cleaning and chores. These warm-loving, supportive and well-wishing family give the happiness and comedy of a fatherly-figure with light hearted family values. When Bub O'Casey leave to Ireland, retired merchant Uncle Charlie comes with the Douglases and when Mike move after marrying his college sweetheart Sally, Chip's best friend Ernie was adopted, but they stay happy and funny even household change and give family lessons of life.

Family sitcom My Three Sons aired it's first 5 black & white seasons from 1960 to 1965 on ABC while remaining 7 colored seasons from 1965 till 1972 on CBS, 12 seasons with 380 episodes.

Roseanne Family Sitcom

Roseanne was one of the most successful high rating and award-winning sitcom series of the late '80s and the '90s. Won awards from Emmy, Golden Globe and American Comedy and enjoy top 5 from Nielsen ratings for most of it's seasons (first 6) by incredibly tackling poverty, alcoholism, narcotics, sex, obesity, feminism, domestic violence, homosexuality, etc. in a different honest way unlike other shows. Roseanne Barr's breakthrough performance as an overweight, dominant yet smart woman with her stand-up comedic and very encouraging persona make reference for women to speak their minds, while her working class family was considered the closest to reality, showing life don't have to be rich, blond, thin or whatever to be funny and make people laugh.

Despite of being bossy, loud and dominant, Roseanne Harris-Conner was a wise-cracking, loving and hardworking mother for their three kids and lovable wife to her tough husband Dan Conner and living in Lanford, Illinois. Raising the oldest rebellious boys lover but bright Rebecca, middle tomboy child in her sarcastic wit Darlene and the youngest adventurous David Jacob, Roseanne balanced enough her time for everything especially for her family and even dealing with hardships of poverty and troubles, they face it with humors. Roseanne's underachiever but warm intelligent sister Jackie join their family, the series ends Becky and Darlene married and having babies while Roseanne and Dan have their baby in their forties, named Jerry.

Roseanne Comedy Show original run from October 18, 1988 – May 20, 1997 for total of 222 episodes in it's 9 seasons.

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