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 »

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 »

Ugly Betty started out with a bang in 2006, introducing viewers to the quirky, confident, not exactly fashionable Betty Suarez (remember that Guadalajara cape?) as she landed a job at a major fashion magazine, just part of her plan to become editor of her own magazine about “important topics”. America Ferrera created a character who was likable, but flawed. One ... Read More »

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 pilot getting passed over. So ... Read More »

I have some thoughts, about TV, and fortunately I have a column where I can post them. Last week served up some thought-provoking episodes of some of my favorite shows; not, like, really deep thoughts, but thoughts nonetheless. Castle – Was anyone else a little squicked that Castle slept with the actress who looked and acted enough like Nikki Heat ... Read More »

Congratulations to our new Nice Boy of the Week, Michael Urie! We’ve chosen Michael in honor of the Ugly Betty series finale, which aired last night. Michael played Marc St. James on the show, which ran for four seasons. Marc was Wilhelmina Slater’s (Venessa Williams) assistant  at Mode and although Michael was only scheduled to appear as a guest star, ... Read More »

It’s a big TV night for the Nice Girls with lots of new episodes, and the series finale of an old favorite. The New Adventures of Old Christine – CBS 8/7c “Revenge Makeover” – Old Christine takes a cranky, very pregnant New Christine to a fancy salon to prepare her for the impromptu wedding that Richard is secretly planning.  Scott ... Read More »

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 role in the thriller Red ... Read More »

This weekend I caught up on several hours of television that had accumulated while I was traveling over the past couple of weeks, including the last 2 weeks of Ugly Betty. It’s been bittersweet these past few weeks, watching a show that I loved, then wasn’t sure about, then loved again, then knew was going to end soon. When Betty ... Read More »

Only one more week until Glee returns! Not that our Wednesdays are empty, as you can see below, but we’ve been missing the New Directions gang. And Sue Sylvester. In the meantime, tonight is the penultimate episode of Ugly Betty; the series finale airs next week. You don’t want to miss this! The New Adventures of Old Christine – CBS ... Read More »