Nice Boy of the Week: Sendhil Ramamurthy
This week’s Nice Boy coincides with a recent conference call interview that Nice Girl, Melissa (shoots dagger-like looks of jealousy toward her), was lucky enough to sit in on. Sendhil Ramamurthy is well known for his role as Mohinder Suresh on Heroes, but to our joy and pleasure, he is currently playing CIA Agent, Jai [...]
Spring Fever: It’s Upfront Week!
This week the networks unveil their Fall 2010 schedules for advertisers, giving them and us eager television viewers a look at what we’ll be watching in a few months. There are always some surprises during this week, whether it’s a show unexpectedly getting axed, a bubble show getting picked up, or that totally buzzed about [...]
Spotlight On: Jayma Mays
Landing a plum guest appearance in the Matt LeBlanc comedy series Joey was just the beginning of Jayma Mays’ remarkable career. During a whirlwind of appearances on hot shows like Six Feet Under, How I Met Your Mother, House, Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip and Entourage, Jayma also managed to sneak in a major [...]
DVR: TV Network’s New Best Friend?
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 [...]
Double TV Jeopardy
Every TV season new shows come and go – sometimes too quickly – while some returning shows fail to meet up to expectations of both the viewing audience and the powers that be at the networks. The reasons for these – shall we say – failures are varied, ranging from little to no publicity by [...]
Fresh Faces for Fall
With the bulk of the fall shows on the major networks ready to either debut or make their season premieres this week, we here at NiceGirls thought it would be a good idea to focus on some of the fresh new faces that will be gracing our TV screens. Some of these newcomers have been [...]
Devils with Pretty Faces
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
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 [...]
Heroes at Comic Con
As silence filled the room and the intensity of the audiences’ excitement for the Heroes panel at Comic Con built to a resounding crescendo, Blaire Butler, a host for the G4 program Attack of the Show, who was the moderator for this panel, approached the podium, making the grand announcement of the cast members in [...]
The Peacock Network: NBC’s Fall Season Premieres
NBC has announced their fall premiere dates. Mark your calendars: Monday, Sept. 14 10 p.m.: The Jay Leno Show Tuesday, Sept. 15 8 p.m.: The Biggest Loser Thursday, Sept. 17 8 p.m.: Saturday Night Live: Weekend Update Thursday 8:30 p.m.: Parks and Recreation 9 p.m.: The Office 9:30 p.m.: Community Monday, Sept. 21 8 p.m.: [...]
