10 funniest moments in ‘Family Guy’s’ ‘Blue Harvest’

September 23, 2017August 14, 2025 John Hansen Family Guy/Cleveland Show

TV review: Ten years after its initial airing, “Family Guy’s” “Blue Harvest” episode remains one of the funniest “Star Wars” parodies.

Fall TV 2017: 1 new show and 5 returning shows John is looking forward to (Commentary)

September 22, 2017April 14, 2021 John Hansen Batman/Gotham

There are more good TV shows than ever before – so much so that TV overload has become an issue for even the biggest TV geeks – but they premiere throughout the calendar year now. […]

‘Star Wars’ flashback: The 10 best ‘Clone Wars Adventures’ digest stories (2004-07) (Comic book reviews)

September 2, 2017April 15, 2021 John Hansen Comic Books

The Genndy Tartakovsky “Clone Wars” TV microseries (2003-05) delivered bite-size kinetic tales that served as a testing ground for “The Clone Wars” (2008-14). Its comic-book parallel was the “Clone Wars Adventures” digests (2004-07), in which artists – […]

7 times ‘X-Files’ borrowed from ‘Kolchak’

July 10, 2017August 14, 2025 John Hansen Featured

TV commentary: Although their styles are different, there’s no doubt that “The X-Files” borrowed many concepts from “Kolchak.”

All 22 installments of ‘Kolchak: The Night Stalker’ (1972-75), ranked

July 9, 2017August 19, 2022 John Hansen Horror TV

TV review:“Kolchak” is like a parody of what it never was. It’s never scary, the low budget is always obvious, and it’s hard to take it seriously.

All 10 episodes of ‘James at 16’ (1978), ranked

June 8, 2017July 19, 2021 John Hansen Lists and Rankings

TV shows lost to history (Review): Despite crew-versus-network turmoil after “James at 15,” this next batch of episodes feels like a logical continuation.