The following list provides the dates of the new and returning cable dramas as well as mini-series and made-for-TV movies that will air during April: April 2 – The season finale of Justified will air on FX at 10 PM April 3 – The DirecTV drama Rogue will debut at 9 PM Show Synopsis: Thandie Newton stars as a morally ... Read More »
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Introducing ORPHAN BLACK
The new sci-fi laced series Orphan Black will debut on BBC America this Saturday, March 30 at 9 PM and I, for one, am anxious to learn more about this intriguing show. First, let’s take a look at the premise behind this series as well as the cast of characters: Tatiana Maslany, who has appeared in Being Erica, Heartland and ... Read More »
LOST GIRL RECAP: Season 3, Episode 10 “Delinquents”
Now that Bo (Anna Silk) has come through the Dawning in one piece without transforming into an under Fae beast, she is happy, she feels different and she feels good! But, it would seem that there is an intruder in their apartment at least according to Kenzi (Ksenia Solo) there is. That intruder turns out to simply be Lauren (Zoie ... Read More »
Heading to WonderCon 2013
This coming Friday, I will venture to Anaheim (California) for WonderCon 2013, which lasts until Sunday, March 31 (yes, Easter Sunday!). As I’m sure most of you know, by now, WonderCon 2013 is the precursor to the annual Comic Con that has been held in San Diego for well over four decades now. Some of the big events that will ... Read More »
Advanced Review: ROMEO KILLER: THE CHRIS PORCO STORY
This Saturday the made-for-TV movie Romeo Killer: The Chris Porco Story, based on a true story, will debut on Lifetime (even though an injunction was laid down by the courts, which was quickly overturned allowing the network to air the bio pic). The film tells the story of Christopher Porco, a then student at the University of Rochester who was ... Read More »
PRETTY LITTLE LIARS Casting News: Sean Faris To Have Recurring Role
Actor Sean Faris, who most recently appeared in the Hallmark Hall of Fame movies Christmas with Holly [and was a Nice Boy of the Week here at NiceGirlsTV] and The Lost Valentine, will be appearing in a recurring role on the popular teen soap opera Pretty Little Liars when the series returns for its much-anticipated 4th season this June. According ... Read More »
NICE BOY OF THE WEEK: Sam Palladio
The Nice Boy of the Week this week is actor Sam Palladio, who current stars as Gunnar Scott on the new ABC musical drama Nashville. Sam is a British actor and musician, who got his start in acting in 2010 on the British comedy called Little Crackers. He followed that up with guest roles in the British soap opera Doctors ... Read More »
Women Behind the Scenes Spotlight: Anne Cofell Saunders
Today’s Women Behind the Scenes spotlight is focused on television writer and producer Anne Cofell Saunders. Anne got her start in television in 2002, working as an assistant to the producers of the FOX drama 24. Three years later she made her writing debut on 24 and that same year she then shifted over to the writing staff of Battlestar ... Read More »
LOST GIRL Recap: Season 3, Episode 9 “The Ceremony”
As the episode opens, it is clear that we are not in reality as Bo (Anna Silk) and Dyson (Kris Holden-Ried) are in a bedroom together as husband and wife with Bo telling Dyson that she knows why she has been having dreams – she’s pregnant – and they are both very excited. [More on how all that comes to ... Read More »
The Growth of the New TV Thrillers
Much like horror movies have been around since pretty much the invention of the silent film, the same can be said about horror-laced TV shows that date back as early as many of the stories shown on The Twilight Zone in the late 1950’s and early 1960’s. Horror shows – or what they are more commonly termed as thrillers now-a-days ... Read More »