My Dream Emmy Ballot

Jul
06
2010

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 [...]

Getting to Know Deborah Puette

May
19
2010

Actress Deborah Puette appears in tonight’s episode of Criminal Minds as a professional who may have information Reid and J.J. were seeking. “Professional” is a good word to begin to describe Deborah. She spent her early years on Chicago stages, earning the Joseph Jefferson Citation, Chicago’s most distinguished acting award, playing an abused teenager turned [...]

DVR: TV Network’s New Best Friend?

Nov
09
2009

A recent Nielsen report on DVR viewing habits, discussed in this New York Times article, shows that 46 percent of the coveted 18-49 demographic still sits through ads when watching shows on DVR. Wait, what? Wasn’t DVR supposed to kill network television because viewers could skip the ads? That was the cry from the networks [...]

Is ABC The New Lifetime?

Oct
05
2009

While putting together the TV Guide over the past couple of weeks, I’ve noticed that ABC is suddenly on our radar again with several new shows that appeal to the Nice Girls. Of the 19 scripted shows on the network, seven have females as the lead character (Cougar Town, Eastwick, Desperate Housewives, Grey’s Anatomy, The [...]

Devils with Pretty Faces

Sep
18
2009

As I was watching last week’s premiere of The Vampire Diaries, I got to thinking about all the good looking men that are on television today playing villains. I felt that a convenient list might be a good idea to serve as a reminder that although they make us a tad warm under the collar, [...]

What I’m Excited About for Fall TV

Sep
08
2009

Tonight is the start of the new fall season with the debut of Melrose Place on the CW and the returns of 90210 on the CW and Sons of Anarchy on FX. While none of these shows are of interest to me, there are a number of new and returning shows that I am eager [...]

Photos and Preview: The Ex List

Aug
01
2008

So we kind of didn’t want to like The Ex List since it’s taking over the former home of Moonlight, another Nice Girls favorite. We also didn’t love Elizabeth Reaser’s Ava on Grey’s Anatomy the way so many other viewers did. But folks, The Ex List is GOOD. We can’t say too much because what [...]