This week's turnback TV show is Who's the Boss? This series ran for 8 seasons, from 1984-1992. Retired major-league baseball player Tony Micelli (Tony Danza) takes a job as a live-in housekeeper for divorced executive Angela Bower (Judith Light). He’s a widower looking to provide a better life for his daughter, Samantha (Alyssa Milano). Angela is rigid and consumed with her work, while her … [Read more...]

Saved by the Bell is a comedic television show that aired for 4 seasons, from 1989-1993. The series follows a group of high-school friends, Zach (Mark-Paul Gosselaar), Screech (Dustin Diamond), Lisa (Lark Voorhies), Kelly (Tiffani-Amber Thiessen), Jessie (Elizabeth Berkley), and Slater (Mario Lopez), plus their principal, Mr. Belding, (Dennis Haskins) as they navigate life at California's Bayside … [Read more...]

Growing Pains is a television sitcom that ran for seven seasons, from 1985-1992. The show follows Dr. Seaver (Alan Thicke), a psychologist, and his wife Maggie Seaver (Joanna Kerns) a journalist, who are working hard and raising four children, Mike, (Kirk Cameron), Ben (Jeremy Miller), Carol (Tracey Gold), and Crissie (twins Kelsey and Kirsten Dohring and Ashley Johnson). Growing Pains … [Read more...]

This week's turn back TV show is the classic family comedy, Sister, Sister, starring identical twin sisters Tia and Tamera Mowry. It ran for six seasons, from 1994-1999. The show is about sisters, Tia Landry and Tamera Campbell, who were separated at birth and adopted by different households. At the age of 14, while shopping at a mall, the sisters literally run into each other. One sister … [Read more...]

It's been said that sports is the universal language that bring people together, and more than ever people need to come together for a common cause. It doesn’t matter where you’re from, your religious beliefs, or economic background, when you’re rooting for the same team you’re on the same team, even if just briefly. Sports promote a sense of belonging and identity by tying people together to a … [Read more...]

The holidays are the perfect time to catch up on all of our favorite movies, and the New Year boasts some of the best festive flicks of all time. Below are ten New Year's Eve themed-films that will get you in the mood for celebrating. 1. Holiday (1938) - Johnny (Cary Grant) seems the perfect match for Julia (Doris Nolan), the socialite daughter of Edward Seton (Henry Kolker), and even … [Read more...]

Stepmothers are often overlooked in spite of the care, and hard work they contribute in raising kids that are not biologically theirs.  In many cases, these women fill a void in a young person's life and even love them as if they were their own. To pay homage to those stepmothers who oftentimes go unnoticed we put together a list of films where stepmothers have made a touching impression in the … [Read more...]

Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays from Tinseltown Mom. Enjoy this wonderful rendition of Oh Holy Night, sung by Mariah Carey. … [Read more...]

Tinseltown Mom recently had a chance to view a dark, emotional, disturbing film about the realities of human trafficking in the Bay Area, specifically in Oakland. It's a tragic world that most of us will never experience for ourselves, but watching this movie may elicit compassion to those who have lived this harsh reality. This is not a family-oriented movie by any stretch. The movie initially … [Read more...]