Television Interests

Some of my favorite former television shows were Swans Crossing, Paradise Beach, Eerie, Indiana, Round the Twist, Tom Snyder's various shows, the Stingray series starring Nick Mancuso, Star Trek: The Next Generation, Max Headroom (occasionally rerunning on the SciFi Channel, Robocop (occasionally rerunning on the SciFi Channel), Seaquest DSV (occasionally rerunning on the SciFi Channel), VR.5 (occasionally rerunning on the SciFi Channel), Mann And Machine (occasionally rerunning on the SciFi Channel), Superhuman Samurai SyberSquad, WildC.A.T.S., ABC's Sonic the Hedgehog, Disney's Darkwing Duck (rerunning on the Toon Disney Channel), Disney's Aladdin (rerunning on the Toon Disney Channel), VR Troopers, Hypernauts, Nowhere Man, Strange Luck, Phantom 2040, Earthworm Jim, Freakazoid! (occasionally seen on Cartoon Network), Doug (seen on Toon Disney), X-Men in all its various incarnations, Eek! and the Terrible ThunderLizards, The Tick, Samurai Pizza Cats, Spider-Man (in its various incarnations - occasionally rerunning on ABC Family), Disney's two Gargoyles series (rerunning on Toon Disney), Kim Possible, Lois and Clark, The Secret World of Alex Mack, and Space Cases. Sliders, and Brisco County, Jr. (now rerunning on TNT). With my family, I love to watch <*>Babylon 5<*>. Thanks to Sci Fi Channel, Babylon 5 reruns occasionally - they even made one made-for-television movide in the universe!

We also try to regularly watch Mighty Morphin' Power Rangers (in fact, if you would like to read about the show or the toys, check out the MMPR FAQ and Episode Guide, and the Toy Guide), Other series we used to watch watch frequently are Deep Space Nine, Star Trek Voyager, Early Edition (the drama - not the news show), and many other SF/Fantasy/Speculative shows. One non SF/Fantasy/Speculative Fiction series we enjoyed was Due Southi, occasionally showing in reruns on TNT. Other recent series we watch or have watched include John Doe, And of course, we enjoy watching animation such as Kablam!, Incredible Hulk, Jumanji!, CardCaptors Sakura, Reboot now appearing on Cartoon Network, Official Reboot! Home, Beast Wars, War Planet, Redwall, various Warner Brothers animation (Tiny Tunes, Animaniacs, Superman, Batman, Batman Beyond, Justice League, etc.) , and many other series. We also like anime (Japanese animation) films such as Sailor Moon (Cartoon Network) and DragonBall, DragonBall Z (Cartoon Network), Pokémon, Digimon, My Neighbor Totoro, Laputa/Castle in the Sky, Kiki, Spirited Away, and other Miyazaki films, Tenchi Muyo, and Robot Carnival. We have enjoyed, in the past, PowerPuff Girls, Dexter's Lab, and Samuria Jack as well. We have watched a lot of shows on the Discovery Channel (Invention, NextStep, Movie Magic, cooking shows, etc.) in the past, our local PBS station WOSU, and SciFi Channel. Of course, we have watched more traditional family shows like Bill Nye, the Science Guy and other hi tech / science shows, Magic School Bus, Barney, Home Improvement, Animorphs (on Nickelodeon), and continue to watch shows like Everwood, Gilmore Girls, 7th Heaven Boston Public
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