title: Highlander The Series: Season Five function popUp(URL,NAME) { amznwin=window.open(URL,NAME,'location=yes,scrollbars=yes,status=yes,toolbar=yes,resizable=yes,width=380,height=450,screenX=10,screenY=10,top=10,left=10'); amznwin.focus();} document.open(); document.write(""); document.close(); studio: Anchor Bay Entertainment MPAA rating: NR starring: Adrian Paul, Stan Kirsch, Jim Byrnes, Peter Wingfield TV broadcast year: 1996-1997 DVD release year: 2004 film rating: Four-and-a-Half Stars sound/picture rating: Four Stars reviewed by: Abbie Bernstein During Season Five, “Highlander: The Series” was at the peak of its creative glory. True, it is a slightly abbreviated season – 18 episodes rather than the usual 22 – but some of these hours achieve a sense of epic in both look and feel that is unusual on episodic television. In those 18 hours, there is only one episode that can be labeled a clunker – at least three are exceptional by just about any standards.

title: Combat - Season 1, Campaign 1 function popUp(URL,NAME) { amznwin=window.open(URL,NAME,'location=yes,scrollbars=yes,status=yes,toolbar=yes,resizable=yes,width=380,height=450,screenX=10,screenY=10,top=10,left=10'); amznwin.focus();} document.open(); document.write(""); document.close(); studio: Image Entertainment MPAA rating: NR starring: Vic Morrow, Rick Jason, Pierre Jalbert, Jack Hogan, Dick Peabody original TV broadcast year: 1962 DVD release year: 2004 film rating: Four Stars sound/picture: Four Stars reviewed by: Mel Odom In “Combat/ Season 1: Campaign 1,” the trials and tribulations of World War II arrived in the living rooms of American viewers in October 1962, 17 years after the end of that international engagement. For the next five years, “Combat!” continued recounting stories of the European theater, showcasing the men of King Company. Ironically, the first episode was set in 1944, with the Normandy Invasion, making the last year of the war last five years in real time, later echoed by “M.A.S.H.,” another television series’ that had the anomaly of a broadcast run that lasted twice the length of its subject, the Korean War.

title: C.S.I. Miami - The Complete First Season function popUp(URL,NAME) { amznwin=window.open(URL,NAME,'location=yes,scrollbars=yes,status=yes,toolbar=yes,resizable=yes,width=380,height=450,screenX=10,screenY=10,top=10,left=10'); amznwin.focus();} document.open(); document.write(""); document.close(); studio: Paramount Home Video/CBS MPAA rating: NR original release year: 2002-2003 DVD release year: 2004 film rating: Three-and-a-Half Stars sound/picture rating: Four Stars reviewed by: Bryan Dailey On an episode of “Saturday Night Live’s” faux news program Weekend Update, anchorman Jimmy Fallon joked that in an attempt to bolster their morning show’s sagging ratings, CBS was changing the show’s name to “C.S.I. the Early Show.” This joke came not long after CBS announced that they were doing a spin-off of the most popular show on television, the original “C.S.I.” For the few of you who have been living in a cave for the last five years, “C.S.I. (Crime Scene Investigation)” is an hour-long drama about forensic scientists working in Sin City, Las Vegas, Nevada.

title: South Park: The Complete Second Season function popUp(URL,NAME) { amznwin=window.open(URL,NAME,'location=yes,scrollbars=yes,status=yes,toolbar=yes,resizable=yes,width=380,height=450,screenX=10,screenY=10,top=10,left=10'); amznwin.focus();} document.open(); document.write(""); document.close(); <br> studio: Warner Home Video MPAA rating: TV MA starring: Trey Parker, Matt Stone, Isaac Hayes, Mary Kay Bergman release year: 2003 film rating: Five Stars sound rating: Four Stars reviewed by: Abbie Bernstein As the first season of “South Park” came to a close with a thrilling cliffhanger, leaving millions of fans wondering who Eric Cartman’s real father was, the pressure was really on for creators Trey Parker and Matt Stone to prove that they were not just one-hit wonders. In a move of twisted comedic genius, the first episode of the second season of “South Park” threw viewers for such a curve ball that it had those who thought they loved the show furious, baffled and in shock. Many months had passed since Season One ended. The first season’s shows had been repeated ad nauseam on Comedy Central and it was finally time to learn who impregnated Cartman’s mom at the Drunken Barn Dance ...

title: The Simpsons: The Complete Fourth Season function popUp(URL,NAME) { amznwin=window.open(URL,NAME,'location=yes,scrollbars=yes,status=yes,toolbar=yes,resizable=yes,width=380,height=450,screenX=10,screenY=10,top=10,left=10'); amznwin.focus();} document.open(); document.write(""); document.close(); <br> studio: 20th Century Fox Home Video MPAA rating: NR original release dates: Sept. 1992 to May 1993 DVD release date: June 2004 film rating: Five Stars sound/picture rating: Four Stars reviewed by: Bryan Dailey I was such a big “Simpsons” fan that for probably the first six years of the show, I would go out of my way to religiously record and archive the episodes on tape. This was long before the days of TiVo and for much of this time, the show was not syndicated, so I had to be sure that every Sunday night at 8 PM, my VCR was set to Fox to record what I felt was the best written, funniest show on television. Eventually, school and work got in the way of my quest to record and archive every single “Simpsons” episode and as the popularity of TV shows on DVD began to increase, I knew that eventually every ...