With Valentine’s Day only a few days away, it seemed like the right time to salute some of my favorite TV couples; but not just the recent TV couples who are my personal favorites but rather those who have stood the test of time over the last few decades because – after all – I haven’t been watching TV for ... Read More »
Today’s Women Behind the Scenes spotlight is shone on television writer and producer Toni Graphia. She is the daughter of a prominent Louisiana judge, who got her start as part of an apprenticeship program through the Writers Guild of America. In her own words she “went from opening fan mail to selling scripts in just a few years”. She is ... Read More »
Today’s Women Behind the Scenes spotlight is shone on Television Producer and Writer Thania St. John. Thania graduated from Harvard University in 1983 and got her start in television in 1989 and in1990 as a story editor and writer on 21 Jump Street; a writer on Midnight Caller; a writer and producer on Life Goes On and a story editor ... Read More »
Wow, it’s my third Christmas as part of the NiceGirls staff and what an interesting year it has been for TV and movie goers. Wouldn’t you agree? There have been zombies, aliens and witches galore (not to mention the lingering obsession with werewolves and vampires). And don’t get me started on the recent uptick in fairytale stories that have hit ... Read More »
As I asked last week in the first of this three part series “From the Page to the Small Screen,” have you ever read a book and thought the story would be great if it were made into a TV show? The following are just a few more examples of books that have been made into TV shows. Let’s begin ... Read More »
Hi, my name is Rueben and I am a confirmed tv-oholic. As far back as I can remember, my best friend has always been that glowing orb that sits in the middle of the living room called the television set. Yeah, I know, that sounds crazy; but I was one of those kids who had a major childhood illness, which ... Read More »
Today’s Women Behind the Scenes spotlight is shone on Executive Producer and Writer Gretchen J. Berg. Gretchen was born and raised in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania and she always knew she wanted to be a writer. She met her long-time writing partner Aaron Harberts while attending Northwestern University in Chicago, as they went through a Creative Writing for the Media program that ... Read More »
Music and television have always been a package deal for me. I can’t have one without the other. For me, a TV series simply isn’t any good without some kind of musical accompaniment – whether it’s an original piece created by a talented composer or a full-fledged song by a singer or band that is either featured as the theme ... Read More »
In her teenage years, Emilie de Ravin quickly made a name for herself in the Australian television series Beast Master, playing the Demon Curupira. But the lure of American television convinced her to fly to Los Angeles and audition for a little known sci-fi series called Roswell. With her golden locks and cherubic features, she immediately landed the part of ... Read More »
In my previous blogs about music, I’ve asked our readers about artists who should be featured in TV shows and discussed the types of music that have influenced me throughout my life. This time around I’m somewhat combining the two ideas together to highlight great songs for which I learned through some of my favorite TV shows, made-for-TV movies as ... Read More »