Today’s Women Behind the Scenes spotlight is shone on Producer and Writer Jill Blotevogel. Jill was born and raised in a small Midwestern town full of what she calls “quirky characters and crazy traditions”; but since 1997, she has been a Los Angeles-based television writer. As she tells it, she got her first break in television by writing a “woman-in-jeopardy” ... Read More »
In our ongoing series saluting women behind the scenes in Hollywood, this week’s spotlight is put on producer and writer Gabrielle Stanton. Gabrielle was born in South Orange, New Jersey where she graduated from the women’s Barnard College in Manhattan. She worked as the national publicity coordinator in the New York office of the Public Broadcasting Service for a number ... Read More »
Odds are you’ve got a TV watcher (or twelve) on your holiday gift list this year, but you may be stumped on what to give them. Nice Girls to the rescue! Over the next couple of weeks we’ll be bringing you a slew of gift ideas for various TV fans on your list. The Canceled Series Fan Do you have ... Read More »
CBS does like to keep promising stars on the network, whether or not their first (or second – we’re looking at you, O’Loughlin) series is a keeper. Ausiello just broke that Eric Winter (Moonlight, Brothers & Sisters, Days Of Our Lives) will join the cast of The Mentalist as a love interest for Van Pelt post-Rigsby. Winter’s character, Craig O’Laughlin, ... 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 »
I started to post this news last night, but I just didn’t have the heart to, and a small part of me still hoped it wouldn’t be true. Then, I kept reading conflicting stories: “Three Rivers pulled immediately from Sunday night lineup”; “Three Rivers to air in later time slot”; “Three Rivers to finish out season”; and similar news items. ... Read More »
No matter how you celebrate the holidays or what traditions you follow, gift giving usually plays an essential role in the holiday season. We here at Nice Girls TV want to help you out by recommending some terrific items for your holiday shopping list. Since television is always on our minds so too does it play a large role in ... Read More »
My weekly blogs for the last couple of weeks have been about the events, activities or movies I have attended or seen over those weeks; and this week’s blog isn’t much different. Living in Los Angeles affords the residents many special opportunities to participate in a wide variety of events like conventions, free movie screenings and Paley Center panels (just ... Read More »
Last week I got together with some of my local friends (who are also fans of the defunct CBS series Moonlight) for a special event: the Hollywood premiere of the movie Whiteout, which co-stars Alex O’Loughlin (the former star of Moonlight). Oh yeah, Kate Beckinsale, Gabriel Macht and Tom Skerritt also star in the movie. The premiere was held at ... Read More »
Where did your most treasured friendship form? In elementary school? At summer camp? In college? For me, my longest running friendship was formed in elementary school during the first week of first grade. My best friend for over 35 years now still lives in my small hometown near Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania with her husband and 2 children. We don’t see each ... Read More »