Category Archives: TV Reviews

Television Review: Prehistoric Planet

Posted on May 29, 2022 by Alex R. Howe

This past week, Apple TV premiered its new dinosaur documentary, Prehistoric Planet. This is a bigger deal than it may sound. Okay, so, for a long time, the gold standard for dinosaur documentaries was Walking with Dinosaurs, which premiered on … Continue reading →

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TV Review: Cosmos: Possible Worlds

Posted on February 4, 2021 by Alex R. Howe

Last fall, I posted about the newest season of Cosmos, “Possible Worlds.” That post only covered the first two episodes, since it was the premier night (on broadcast). I was going to update every couple weeks, but with all the … Continue reading →

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TV Review: Cosmos: Possible Worlds, Week 1

Posted on September 23, 2020 by Alex R. Howe

During the previous season of Cosmos: A Spacetime Odyssey, I reviewed the series to discuss how it measured up to the original, and I wanted to do the same thing again. Granted, the new season, Possible Worlds, doesn’t exactly lend … Continue reading →

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Cosmos: Possible Worlds Premiers on Fox Tomorrow

Posted on September 21, 2020 by Alex R. Howe

Back in March, I posted about the new season of Cosmos. This is Neil deGrasse Tyson’s second follow-up to Carl Sagan’s classic series. He already did Cosmos: A Spacetime Odyssey in 2014, which I enjoyed and reviewed extensively at the … Continue reading →

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Cosmos Season 3 Starts Tomorrow!

Posted on March 8, 2020 by Alex R. Howe

Correction: as of March 10, Cosmos is NOT available on Disney Plus. As far as I can tell, you can currently get it only on cable services like Hulu Live TV or YouTube TV. (Ugh. If I wanted to pay … Continue reading →

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TV Review: Star Trek: Picard

Posted on January 23, 2020 by Alex R. Howe

The wait is over. Star Trek: Picard is here. Yes, the newest Star Trek series, available exclusively on CBS All Access, brings the long-awaited return of Jean-Luc Picard, the favorite Star Trek captain of many fans, including myself. I just … Continue reading →

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Television Review: MythBusters Jr.

Posted on February 17, 2019 by Alex R. Howe

Last year, the Science Channel continued the long-running show MythBusters with two new hosts, Jon and Brian, selected by a televised myth-busting contest. The new episodes were…underwhelming. I reviewed Jon’s and Brian’s season at the time, and I couldn’t give … Continue reading →

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Television Review: The New Mythbusters

Posted on December 12, 2017 by Alex R. Howe

The Discovery Channel’s wildly popular MythBusters series ended in 2016, but it turned out that the show just couldn’t stay away. The Science Channel picked it up again, airing a game show to choose the new hosts of the series. … Continue reading →

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Television Review: The Orville

Posted on October 8, 2017 by Alex R. Howe

Seth MacFarlane, best known for Family Guy and Ted, but also the executive producer of the recent Cosmos series has a new live-action science fiction show this year that is described as a “love letter” to Star Trek. This is … Continue reading →

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Television Review: Star Trek: Discovery

Posted on September 27, 2017 by Alex R. Howe

Sunday night marked the first return of Star Trek to television in 12 years with the release of the pilot of Star Trek: Discovery. Star Trek has always been my favorite science fiction franchise. (Yes, better than Star Wars. I … Continue reading →

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