Today’s Lunch-isode Series: Miami ViceEpisode Title: Heart of DarknessSeason: 1Year: 1984Why we love this episode: White blazers with gold chains as far as the eye can see, coke-filled night clubs, high-speed chases in fancy-schmancy convertibles—it doesn’t get any sexier than that! In this second episode of the series, Crockett and Tubbs pose as undercover porn distributers, and a much younger and skinnier Al Bundy (Ed O’Neill) guests as a fed who may have ‘crossed over.’ But things get sticky when a 16-year-old porn star turns up dead. And if that isn’t bad enough, Crockett’s pet alligator Elvis is wreaking havoc on his houseboat—oh, how we love that gator!Watch this episode now!Your take: What was your favorite moment of Crockett and Tubbs?
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NBC has announced that starting this month, NBC.com, along other NBC-owned sites (SciFi.com, ChillerTV.com, and SleuthChannel.com), will be streaming full episodes of classic television. The best part of this whole thing (besides that we get to kick it retro-style) is that our Online Video Guide has full-episodes of A-Team, Miami Vice, the original Battlestar Galactica and more all in one place! Watch them now! | More online videos
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Have you missed Crockett? I know! Who hasn't? Well, my friend, it's time to take off those pesky socks, dust off your Jan Hammer CD, and brush up on your jai alai, because full episodes of Miami Vice and several other classic NBC series will soon be available for streaming on the Internetz. Fo' realz!NBC has announced a venture that, starting today and rolling out this month, will upload many of your favorite shows from the tube's days of yore, including The A-Team, Kojak, The Alfred Hitchcock Hour and the original Battlestar Galactica, to a host of NBC-owned websites (including NBC.com, SciFi.com, ChillerTV.com and SleuthChannel.com). Clearly I'm a Vice fan, but which series will you check out online? — Mickey O'ConnorUse our nifty Online Video Guide to search for clips as well as entire episodes of your favorite television shows, both past and present. The OVG can also help you quickly find full episodes of all the aforementioned shows, including Miami Vice, The A-Team, and t...
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OK, first off, how fun was last week’s interview with Joss Whedon? You guys went to town on that one. Honestly, I haven’t taken that many hits since high school, if y’all know what I mean.Which brings me to this week’s bidness. Being November, the month of Thanksgiving, I’ve decided to devote each of the next four columns to shows I am grateful to have on DVD. And since high school is on my mind these days—just had my 20th class reunion last weekend (and let me tell ya, we still look good!)—the first batch are all shows from back when the Bonner boys were wearing our Capezio jazz shoes, thin leather ties and trying to understand why all the Prendie girls thought their massive Aquanetted walls of hair and liquid eyeliner looked good. So for Jerry Leyden, Chuck Wurzbach, Art Hoath and the rest of the crew, I offer you the best of the Class of 1987!The Cosby Show By its third season, Denise was just about to show off her Angel Heart (and more), Rudy ...
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Forgive me for being a few days late with this, but I've been very busy in LA this week. I had planned to do it before I left, but had so many other things on the go that I didn't get around to it.I'll keep this short - my pick of the week for June 26 is Psych season 1. Universal has provided a nice anamorphic widescreen (1.78:1) transfer, with Dolby Digital 5.1 audio, deleted scenes, audition tapes, a behind-the-scenes featurette and character profiles.There are a few other notable releases coming on the 26th, including the final season of Miami Vice, the 5th season of Monk and the complete series of Captain N & the Adventures of Super Mario Bros. 3.There are lots of other releases coming on the 26th; you can view the entire list at TVShowsOnDVD.com.Gord
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