Today’s Women Behind the Scenes spotlight is focused on TV writer and producer Heather Mitchell. Heather is a New York native, who got her start as a journalist, editing newspaper columns and comic strips including Dilbert and Peanuts for United Feature Syndicate. She graduated with a degree in American Studies thanks to a “borderline unhealthy obsession with China Beach, which ... Read More »

Today’s Women Behind the Scenes spotlight is shone on writer, executive producer and screenwriter Krista Vernoff. Krista is a graduate of Boston University, who got her start in the entertainment industry in 1999 working as a writer on the short-lived TV show Time of Your Life as well as Law & Order. It was in 2000 that she landed a ... Read More »

Can you believe that it is that time of the year again? We are “this close” to the conclusion of the 2012-2013 TV season and all of the major networks (and some of the cable networks too) are kicking their season enders into high gear. Over the course of the next few weeks, TV viewers will have a lot to ... Read More »

The following list provides the fall shows that are returning for their new season, the new fall shows that will be debuting and the made-for-TV movies that will all during September: September 1 – Doctor Who will air its season premiere on BBC America at 9 PM September 2 – The Masterpiece Mystery PBS movie The Soul of Genius will ... Read More »

Today’s Women Behind the Scenes spotlight is focused on TV and theatre director Sarah Pia Anderson. Sara was born in St. Albans in southern Hertfordshire in England, which is north of central London. She did her training at the University of Wales, graduating with a B.A. in English Literature. She worked as a stage manager at the Traverse Theatre in ... Read More »

Now that we have reached February sweeps – the mid-season point for the current TV season – it is time to take a look at how all of the major networks are performing in terms of an overall score rather than a list of the winners and losers for each network. Each score will encompass how well the network has ... 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 »

In our ongoing series saluting women behind the scenes in Hollywood, this week’s spotlight is put on the creator of the new series Off the Map – Jenna Bans. Jenna had been accepted to the University of Chicago Law School, but deferred while trying to break into writing. Just as she ran out of deferring options, she landed a job ... Read More »

A few weeks ago, I was out with some friends, attending the free screening of the upcoming movie “Easy A”. While waiting in line, we talked about different television-related subjects, which is actually a typical topic when I’m out with friends. One of those topics was “show killers”. Except this wasn’t an examination of actors who play murderers or the ... Read More »

On July 8, the Emmy Award nominations will be announced and this year’s candidates are sure to be an interesting mix. But, like every year, there are always actors and actresses as well as television series that seem to go overlooked or just completely forgotten about by the members of the Academy of TV Arts and Sciences AND the National ... Read More »