Television Archive: B

The Bachelor: Rome

Cast: Chris Harrison

• Review by Roger Holland

The Bachelor

Cast: Chris Harrison

• Review by Samantha Bornemann

Back in the Hood

Cast: Leifel Jackson, Marvin Weathersbee, Moran Ellis

• Review by Cynthia Fuchs

Bad Girls Go to Hell / Another Day, Another Man

Creator: Doris Wishman

Cast: Gigi Darlene, George La Rocque, Sam Stewart, Darlene Bennett, Dawn Bennett

• Feature: Part 2: The Changing Face of Filmmaking

Bad Girls

Cast: Simone Lahbib, Jack Ellis, Joe Shaw, Luisa Bradshaw-White, Mandana Jones, Debra Stephenson, Helen Fraser

• DVD review by Nikki Tranter

Bam's Unholy Union

Cast: Bam Margera, April Margera, Melissa Rothstein, Phil Margera, Brandon DiCamillo

• Review by Noah Davis

Band of Brothers

Cast: Kirk Acevedo, Eion Bailey, Michael Cudlitz, Dale Dye, Rick Gomez, George Luz

• Review by Mike Ward

Banished: American Ethnic Cleansings

Cast: Elliot Jaspin, Carl Dickerson, Charles Brown, James Brown, Murray Bishoff, Sherrilyn Ifill, Carol Hirsch, Phil Bettis, Dean Carter, Charles Wiley

• Review by Cynthia Fuchs

Banzai

Creator: Nathan Eastwood, Andy Scott, Lee Hurfield

Cast: Mr. Banzai, Mr. Cheeky Chappy, Shake Hand Man, Lady One Question

• Review by Stephen Kelly

Barbarians

• DVD review by Marco Lanzagorta

Barney Miller

Cast: Hal Linden, Barbara Barrie, Abe Vigoda, Gregory Sierra, Jack Soo, Ron Glass

• DVD review by Stephen Tropiano

Battlebots

Creator: Bradley Anderson, Mack Anderson

Cast: robots (as themselves), Bill Dwyer and Sean Salisbury (hosts), Bill Nye, Jason Sklar, Randy Sklar, Heidi Mark (interviewers)

• Review by Mark Dionne
• Review by Mark Dionne

The Beat

Creator: Tom Fontana

Cast: Derek Cecil, Mark Ruffalo, Heather Burns, Poppy Montgomery, Tom Noonan

• Review by Lesley Smith

Beauty and the Geek

Creator: Ashton Kutcher, Jason Goldburg

• Review by Roger Holland
• Review by Beth Gottfried
• Review by Roger Holland

Beavis & Butt-head - The Mike Judge Collection, Vol. 3

Cast: Mike Judge, Tracy Grandstaff, Adam Welsh, Trez Bayer, Bonnie Brantley

• DVD review by Jesse Hassenger

Beavis & Butt-head, Vol. 1 - the Mike Judge Collection

Cast: Mike Judge

• DVD review by Jesse Hassenger

Beavis & Butt-head

Cast: Mike Judge, Tracy Grandstaff, Adam Welsh

• DVD review by Bill Gibron

Becoming

• Review by Shan Fowler

The Bedford Diaries

Cast: Penn Badgley, Victoria Cartagena, Tiffany Dupont, Corri English, Peter Gerety, Audra McDonald, Matthew Modine, Milo Ventimiglia

• Review by Samantha Bornemann

Beginnings

• Review by Anne Daugherty

Behind the Camera

Cast: Chris Diamantopoulos, Michelle Harrison, Erinn Hayes, Daniel Roebuck, Tyler Labine

• Review by Cynthia Fuchs

Being Bobby Brown

Cast: Bobby Brown, Whitney Houston

• Review by Cynthia Fuchs

The Ben Stiller Show

Cast: Ben Stiller Andy Dick Janeane Garofalo Bob Odenkirk

• Feature: Part 3 - The New Networks

The Benefactor

Cast: Mark Cuban

• Review by Dan Devine

Benjamin Franklin (american Experience)

• DVD review by Leigh H. Edwards

Benny Hill Complete and Unadulterated - the Hill's Angels Years, Set Four (1978-1981)

Cast: Benny Hill, Henry McGee, Bob Todd, Jackie Wright, Nicholas Parsons, The Ladybirds

• DVD review by Dan MacIntosh

Benny Hill

Cast: Benny Hill, Henry McGee, Bob Todd, Jackie Wright, Eddie Buchanan

• DVD review by Bill Gibron

Bernard and Doris

Cast: Susan Sarandon, Ralph Fiennes, James Rebhorn, Nick Rolfe, Peter Asher

• News: Bob Balaban, behind the camera for HBO's ‘Bernard and Doris'
• Review by Cynthia Fuchs

The Bernie Mac Show

Creator: Larry Wilmore

Cast: Bernie Mac, Kellita Smith, Camille Winbush, Jeremy Suarez, Dee Dee Davis

• Review by Tobias Peterson

Best of Barbara Mandrell and the Mandrell Sisters Show

Cast: Barbara Mandrell, Louise Mandrell, Irlene Mandrell

• DVD review by Leigh H. Edwards

The Best of Bravestarr

Cast: Pat Fraley, Ed Gilbert, Susan Blu, Charles Adler, Alan Oppenheimer

• DVD review by Matthew A. Stern

The Best of Designing Women

Creator: Linda Bloodworth-Thomason

Cast: Delta Burke, Dixie Carter, Annie Potts, Jean Smart, Meshach Taylor

• DVD review by Stephen Tropiano

The Best of The Colbert Report

Cast: Stephen Colbert

• DVD review by Rachel Kipp

The Best of the Electric Company

Cast: Luis Avalos, Jimmy Boyd, Lee Chamberlin, Bill Cosby, Morgan Freeman, Judy Graubart

• DVD review by Dan MacIntosh

Bette

Creator: Jeffrey Lane, Bonnie Bruckheimer, Bette Midler, Andrew D. Weyman

Cast: Bette Midler, Kevin Dunn, Marina Malota, Joanna Gleason, James Dreyfus

• Review by Michael Abernethy

Beverly Hills 90210 – The Complete First Season

Cast: Jason Priestley, Shannen Doherty, Luke Perry, Tori Spelling, Jennie Garth, Ian Ziering, Gabrielle Carteris, Brian Austin Green

• Melrose Place - The Complete First Season

Beyond Tara

Creator: Madison Davis Lacy

Cast: Whoopi Goldberg

• Review by Cynthia Fuchs

The Big Bang Theory

Cast: Johnny Galecki, Jim Parsons, Kaley Cuoco, Simon Helberg, Kunal Nayyar

• Review by Todd R. Ramlow

Big Brother 2

Creator: Endemol Productions

• Review by Jonathan Beebe

Big Brother 3

Creator: Arnold Shapiro

Cast: Julie Chen

• Review by Cary O'Dell

Big Brother 4

Creator: Arnold Shapiro, Allison Grodner, Jon Kroll

• Review by Cary O'Dell

Big Brother 6

Cast: Julie Chen

• Review by Elaine Hanson Cardenas

Big Brother Australia

Creator: Southern Star Endemol Productions, Channel

Cast: Gretel Killeen (host), Ben Williams, Blair

• Review by Nikki Tranter

Big Love

Cast: Bill Paxton, Jeanne Tripplehorn, Chloë Sevingy, Ginnifer Goodwin, Harry Dean Staton

• Review by Bill Gibron
• Review by Jesse Hicks

Big Shots

Cast: Michael Vartan, Christopher Titus, Joshua Malina, Dylan McDermott, Paige Turco, Jessica Collins, Peyton List, Amy Sloan, Nia Long

• Review by Lesley Smith

The Big Valley: Season One

Cast: Barbara Stanwyck, Lee Majors, Linda Evans, Richard Long, Peter Breck, Charles Briles

• DVD review by Leigh H. Edwards

The Biggest Loser - Special Edition

• Review by Roger Holland

The Biggest Loser

Cast: Caroline Rhea, Jillian Michaels, Bob Harper

• Review by Elaine Hanson Cardenas

The Biggest Loser

Cast: Bob Harper, Jillian Michaels, A.J. Rochester

• Review by Nikki Tranter

Bill Hicks Live

Cast: Bill Hicks, Brett Butler, Eddie Izzard, Jay Leno, David Letterman

• DVD review by Michael Sandlin

Bionic Woman

Cast: Michelle Ryan, Miguel Ferrer, Molly Price, Will Yun Lee, Chris Bowers, Lucy Hale, Mark Sheppard

• Review by Cynthia Fuchs

Birds of Prey

Creator: Micheal Tollin, Brian Robbins, Joe Davola, Ron Koslow

Cast: Ashley Scott, Dina Meyer, Rachel Skarsten, Mia Sara, Shemar Moore, Ian Abercrombie

• Review by Todd R. Ramlow

Black Sash

Creator: Robert Mark Kamen

Cast: Russell Wong, Mako, Ray J Norwood, Missy Peregrym, Corey Sevier, Sarah Carter

• Review by Cynthia Fuchs

Black Sun

Cast: Hugues de Montalembert

• Review by Cynthia Fuchs

Black and White in Colour

• Review by Michael Abernethy

Black in America - Eyewitness to Murder: The King Assassination

Cast: Soledad O'Brien, Andrew Young, Arthur Hanes, Jr., John Lewis, Rev. Billy Kyles

• Review by Cynthia Fuchs

Black. White.

Cast: Bruno Marcotulli, Carmen Wurgel, Rose Wurgel, Brian Sparks, Renee Sparks, Nick Sparks

• Review by Bill Gibron

Blind Justice

Cast: Ron Eldard, Marisol Nichols, Rena Sofer, Reno Wilson, Frank Grillo, Michael Gaston

• Review by Todd R. Ramlow

The Blitz

• DVD review by Jarrett Berman

Blow Out

Cast: Jonathan Antin, Kiara Bailey, Beth Ann Catalano, Tina Hedges

• Review by Elaine Hanson Cardenas

Blue Collar Tv

Cast: Jeff Foxworthy, Larry The Cable Guy, Bill Engvall, Brooke Dillman, Ashley Drane, Ayda Field, Josh Hakian, Heath Hyche, Peter Oldring, Gary Williams

• Review by Terry Sawyer

The Bob Newhart Show

Cast: Bob Newhart, Suzanne Pleshette, Marcia Wallace, Bill Daily, Peter Bonerz, Patricia Smith

• DVD review by Michael Buening

The Bob Newhart Show

Cast: Bob Newhart, Suzanne Pleshette, Peter Bonerz, Carol Kester, and Bill Daily

• DVD review by Chadwick Jenkins

Bojangles

Cast: Gregory Hines, Peter Riegert, Kimberly Elise, Marissa Ricosa, Savion Glover

• Review by Cynthia Fuchs

Bones

Cast: Emily Deschanel, David Boreanaz, Eric Millegan, T.J. Thyne, Michaela Conlin, Jonathan Adams

• Review by Roger Holland
• Review by Todd R. Ramlow

Bones - Season One

Cast: David Boreanaz, Emily Deschanel, Michaela Conlin, Eric Millegan, J Thyne

• DVD review by Marco Lanzagorta

The Book of Daniel

Cast: Aidan Quinn, Susanna Thompson, Ellen Burstyn, Dylan Baker, Christian Campbell, Alison Pill, Ivan Shaw, Garret Dillahunt

• Review by Samantha Bornemann

Boomtown

Creator: Graham Yost

Cast: Gary Basaraba, Nina Garbiras, Jason Gedrick, Neal McDonough, Lana Parilla, Donnie Wahlberg, Mykelti Williamson

• Review by Lesley Smith

The Boondocks

Cast: Regina King, John Witherspoon, Cedric Yarbrough, Gary Anthony Williams, Gabby Soleil

• Review by Cynthia Fuchs

Boston Legal

Cast: James Spader, William Shatner, Mark Valley, Rhona Mitra, Lake Bell, Monica Potter

• Review by Lesley Smith

Boston Legal - Season 2

Cast: William Shatner, James Spader, Candice Bergen, Betty White

• DVD review by Mark Labowskie

Boston Public

Creator: David E. Kelley (executive), Mike Listo (supervising), Philip Carr Neel, Jonathan Pontell (executive), Melissa Rosenberg (consulting), Pamela J. Wisne

Cast: Jessalyn Gilsig, Chi McBride, Anthony Heald, Nicky Katt, Thomas McCarthy, Loretta Devine, Joey Slotnick, Fyvush Finkel

• Review by Jessica Harbour

Boy Meets Boy

Creator: Douglas Ross, Greg Stewart, Kathleen French

Cast: Dani Behr

• Review by Stephen Kelly

Boy Meets World

Cast: Ben Savage, Rider Strong, William Daniels, Danielle Fishel, Will Friedle, William Russ

• DVD review by Nikki Tranter

Boys and Girls and Buffy

Creator: Joss Whedon

Cast: Sarah Michelle Gellar, Alyson Hannigan, Nicholas Brendan, James Marsters, Emma Caulfield, Michelle Trachtenberg, Anthony Stewart Head, David Boreanaz, Amber Benson, Eliza Dushku, Charisma Carpenter, D.B. Woodside, Tom Lenk, Iyari Limon, Juliet Landau, Marc Blucas, Seth Green

• Review by ="Description" CONTENT="Buffy the Vampire Slayer

Boys from the Blackstuff

Cast: Bernard Hill Michael Angelis Peter Kerrigan Tom Georgeson

• Feature: Part 2 - Outsider Influences

Brad Stine

Cast: Brad Stine

• DVD review by Jesse Hicks

The Brady Bunch

Cast: Robert Reed, Florence Henderson, Ann B. Davis, Barry Williams, Christoper Knight, Mike Lookinland, Maureen McCormick, Eve Plumb, Susan Olsen

• DVD review by Leigh H. Edwards

Brando

Cast: Marlon Brando, Johnny Depp, Martin Scorsese, Jane Fonda, Ellen Adler, Sacheen Littlefeather, Russell Means, George Englund, Dennis Hopper, Bobby Seale, Martin Landau, Budd Schulberg, Jon Voight

• Review by Cynthia Fuchs

  PopMatters Pick

  

  Brando is most original and inspiring when it looks at Brando's other work. As Bobby Seale remembers, "If I said, 'Constitutional democratic civil human rights,' I mean, it lit him up."

   

Breaking Bad

Cast: Bryan Cranston, Anna Gunn, Dean Norris, Aaron Paul, Betsy Brandt, RJ Mitte

• Review by Jesse Hicks

Breaking Bonaduce

Cast: Danny Bonaduce, Gretchen Bonaduce, Isabella Bonaduce, Dr. Garry Corgiat

• Review by Bill Gibron

Breaking Point: Koppel on Discovery

Cast: Ted Koppel

• Review by Cynthia Fuchs

  PopMatters Pick

  

  Pulling together a remarkable range of material, this beautifully written, incisive, and powerful documentary reminds you how much you miss nightly Koppel.

   

Broadway

Cast: Julie Andrews, Mel Brooks, Stephen Sondheim, Al Hirschfield, Harold Prince, Tommy Tune

• DVD review by Bill Gibron

Broken Saints: The Animated Comic Epic

Creator: Brooke Burgess

Cast: Greg Anderson, Jamie Bell, Ryan Crocker, William B. Davis, Michael Dobson,

• DVD review by Matthew A. Stern

Brooklyn South

Creator: Steven Bochco, David Milch, Bill Clark, William M. Finkelstein

Cast: Yancy Butler, Michael DeLuise, Gary Basaraba, Richard T. Jones, Patrick McGaw, Adam Rodriguez, Jon Tenney, Dylan Walsh

• DVD review by Stephen Tropiano

The Brotherhood of Poland, Nh

Creator: David E. Kelley, Michael Pressman

Cast: Randy Quaid, John Carroll Lynch, Chris Penn, Mare Winningham, Elizabeth McGovern, Ann Cusack

• Review by James Oliphant

Brothers and Sisters

Cast: Calista Flockhart, Rachel Griffiths, Sally Field, Ron Rifkin, Patricia Wettig, Balthazar Getty, Dave Annable

• Review by Michael Abernethy

Brothers and Sisters - The Complete First Season

Cast: Sally Field, Calista Flockhart, Rachel Griffiths, Dave Annable, Balthazar Getty, Matthew Rhys, Ron Rifkin, Patricia Wettig, Sarah Jane Morris, Rob Lowe, Emily Van Camp

• DVD review by Rachel Kipp

Buffalo Bill

Cast: Paul Fees, Patricia Nelson Limerick, L.G. Moses, Charles Scoggin, Louis Warren

• Review by Cynthia Fuchs

Buffy the Vampire Slayer

Creator: Joss Whedon, Marti Noxon

Cast: Sarah Michelle Gellar, Alyson Hannigan, Amber Benson, Emma Caulfield, Michelle Trachtenberg, Nicholas Brendan, James Marsters, Anthony Head

• Review by Michael Abernethy
• Review by John G. Nettles
• Review by Todd R. Ramlow
• Review by Todd R. Ramlow
• Review by Andrew Gilstrap
• Feature: Buffy the Vampire Slayer - Lord of the Nerds
• Feature: Part 3 - The New Networks

Buffy the Vampire Slayer Season

Creator: Joss Whedon

Cast: Sarah Michelle Gellar, Alyson Hannigan, Nicholas Brendan, James Marsters, Emma Caulfield, Michelle Trachtenberg, Anthony Stewart Head, David Boreanaz, Amber Benson, Eliza Dushku, Charisma Carpenter, D.B. Woodside, Tom Lenk, Iyari Limon, Juliet Landau, Marc Blucas, Seth Green

• Review by Michael Abernethy

Buffy the Vampire Slayer

Creator: Joss Whedon

Cast: Sarah Michelle Gellar, Alyson Hannigan, Nicholas Brendon, James Marsters, Emma Caulfield, Anthony Stewart Head, David Boreanaz, Amber Benson, Marc Blucas, Seth Green, Kristine Sutherland

• DVD review by Cynthia Fuchs

Buffy the Vampire Slayer

Creator: Joss Whedon

Cast: Sarah Michelle Gellar, Nicholas Brendon, Alyson Hannigan, Emma Caulfield, Michelle Trachtenberg, James Marsters, Anthony Stewart Head

• DVD review by Mary Colgan

Buffy the Vampire Slayer

Cast: Sarah Michelle Gellar, Alyson Hannigan, Nicholas Brendan, James Marsters, Emma Caulfield, Amber Benson, Michelle Trachtenberg, Danny Strong, Adam Busch, Tom Lenk

• DVD review by Cynthia Fuchs

The Bugaloos

Cast: Caroline Ellis, John Philpott, John McIndoe, Wayne Laryea, Martha Raye

• DVD review by Bill Gibron

Burn Notice

Cast: Jeffrey Donovan, Gabrielle Anwar, Bruce Campbell, Sharon Gless

• Review by Michael Abernethy

Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee

Cast: Adam Beach, August Schellenberg, Anna Paquin, Aidan Quinn, Colm Feore, Wes Studi, Fred Thompson

• Review by Cynthia Fuchs