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 »

The Nice Boy of the Week this week is actor Eric Christian Olsen, who is best known for his current role of Detective Marty Deeks on the CBS spin-off series NCIS: Los Angeles. Born in Eugene, Oregon, Eric’s mom Jeanne is a chaplain and his dad Paul is a professor of English. He spent most of his childhood in Iowa, ... Read More »

Here is the second of a three-part series, covering the vast collection of books, dedicated to some of the most popular TV shows past and present, from Smart Pop Books. To review, Smart Pop Books have been published by Benbella Books since 2003, covering topics ranging from Star Wars to Gilmore Girls to the work of Joss Whedon. The writers ... Read More »

The 2009-2010 television season has come to an end for the major networks (except for a few shows that returned late in the season) and many bloggers as well as critics have posted their winners and losers for the past season. Like many of my peers, I have created my own list, focusing mainly on dramatic programming (since that is ... Read More »

Last week I had the chance to attend the Paley Center’s salute to the 100th episode of the CBS comedy How I Met Your Mother. As a non-watcher of TV comedies, this event might seem like an odd event for me to attend; but as a long-time fan of Alyson Hannigan (dating back, obviously, to her days on Buffy, the ... Read More »

Kristin Chenoweth, from our beloved Pushing Daisies, has landed a potentially recurring role in Fox’s new comedy, Glee.  Also signing on for a possible recurring role is Victor Garber (Spy!Daddy on Alias, and, you know, other stuff) who will play the father of a main character. Delicious, no? Everything I’m hearing about Glee is so good that I can hardly ... Read More »