Beverly Hillbillies TV Show

The Beverly Hillbillies is a classic TV show, no longer on air, about a family of hillbillies who become quite rich when they discover oil on their land, and decide to pack up and move to Beverly Hills, where rich people are supposed to live. The conflicts and humor arise out of the reactions of those around them as they commit social blunder after social blunder because of their unfamiliarity with the rules of proper society. The Clampetts were usually pretty oblivious even to the fact that they were breaking some rule or other, and there were rarely any lasting consequence other than embarrassment for others. Granny Clampett was particularly superstitious and prone to misunderstanding that were blown out of proportion and turned into fuel for an episode’s plot, while Jed, the patriarch, was the most levelheaded of the bunch (though still quite a hillbilly). As would be expected, the hillbilly tendencies and country manners (or lack of it) was exaggerated for humorous effect.

The show has been off the air for quite some time, and is not currently played regularly on any station. Nor is it likely to ever benefit from a revival of interest. Buffs of old movies and TV shows must turn to the internet in order to be able to catch shows such as this anymore. Of course, with the internet as an option, the lack of airplay for the show is not a problem, as you can select one of the show’s many past episodes to watch any time you desire.

Providence TV Show

Providence is a touching TV drama show about a doctor who returns to her roots and discovers greater happiness in her hometown. Dr. Sydney Hansen is a plastic surgeon in Beverly Hills who is successful and wealthy. She travels back to her childhood neighborhood in Providence, Rhode Island, where she encounters a slower pace of life and reexamines her priorities. After deciding to settle down, and switch her medical practice to that of family practice she explores issues like her family and romance within the setting of Providence.

The theme is a common one that has been seen many times. It is the story of the city-slicker who finds comfort in the intimacy of small-town life. It is a story of the comforts of the big city, wealth, and fame being unable to compare to the love of family and the closeness of sincere friends instead of the insincerity of a faster paced life. Another theme is that of the prodigal returning home, though in this case, the doctor has not committed any great sins needing forgivingness upon her return home, but just seeks to return to the comfort of family. It isn’t necessarily a bad thing that the show fits some well known themes so fully, because it is often the details that make a show succeed or fail. Providence is a TV show that certainly appeals to a particular audience with its feel-good storyline, but giving that audience what they like is a good thing; the rest can just keep looking.

Moonlight TV Show

Moonlight is a TV show about the paranormal, with a private investigator Mick St. John, who also happens to be a centuries-old vampire, his love for a mortal woman, and his dealings with the other vampires he knows in the Los Angeles area. His need for blood hinders his ability to have a normal relationship with his human lover, so he hopes to be able to return to a fully human state himself. His ex-wife, who originally turned him into a vampire centuries before seems to have discovered a way to do so, and has brought up Mick’s hope. The show has completed its first season in May 2008 and its future is uncertain. The show has officially been cancelled, but the results of a campaign to continue the series is still unknown.

If it is not continued, then the show will likely never be shown again by television networks. For those that have watched the show and grown to love it, internet TV is probably the only way to be able to watch it again. It will allow you to revisit Mick St. John from time to time, and to follow his adventures with his vampire friends and human lover when the memory of past episodes becomes fuzzy. If the show does continue into future seasons, it may do so on a different network, which makes viewing it through the internet even easier than the trouble that would otherwise ensue from trying to watch all of a program that has switched networks.

Old TV Shows

Many people remember an old TV show that they used to love to watch but can no longer find on TV anymore. Over the years, a lot of work and money has gone into producing some quality television shows that have eventually, no matter how popular, been discontinued. For many of us, it is a huge disappointment when a favorite series is cancelled, but there is little that we can do about it. We are just as much at the mercy of the TV networks when it comes to reruns of those shows. Sometimes the shows are syndicated for just a little while, and occasionally they aren’t ever syndicated and the show is seemingly lost forever. Occasionally, fans of shows of the past get lucky and see their show revived in the form of a movie, like the recent movie “Get Smart”, but this is a pretty rare occurrence.

Internet TV remains one of the few ways that you can still watch all of your favorite shows. You are able to search through countless episodes of past and discontinued series of your favorite shows, and indulge your sense of nostalgia by catching up on some of the classics of the past. Besides being so convenient, it is the cheapest of all possible options for those who are already connected to the internet. Without internet TV, you would be forced into purchasing an expensive cable television plan to receive a classics show network. With internet TV, you can watch your favorite old TV show for free.

What Not to Wear TV Show

What Not to Wear is a fashion makeover show that originally aired in Britain, and now is also a U.S.-based series as well. In the U.S. version, the hosts of the show are Stacey London and Clinton Kelly. After choosing their subject from write-ins by fans, the show follows the “victim” for two weeks, often filming them in fashion disaster outfits with the help of their friends and family. After the hosts announce to the show’s subject that they are going to do a makeover, and get their approval of the process, they go through the subject’s closet. Unacceptable styles are thrown out, and then they all go on a five thousand dollar shopping spree in New York for a new wardrobe. Stacey and Clinton retain a large voice in the new clothes, while the subject picks out and models clothes based on the pairs’ advice. The subject also receives a hair style makeover, as well as a professional make-up job and tips (if female). In the end, the subject comes out in their new look before their gathered friends and family to bask in their applause.

The show does cater to a particular look, and Stacey and Clinton have a recognizable preference for a particular fashion sense. The show fails for those that may truly prefer a quirkier, more individual sense of style, and instead provides a mainstreaming influence for those few victims who were hoping to opt out of the herd in their view. Much of the time, however, the subjects on What Not to Wear do appear grateful after the fact, if embarrassed at first, because they may have felt oblivious to how to dress fashionably.

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