Never let it be said that a devoted fan following for any TV show cannot make a difference! In just a few hours time, the fans of the three-season-long UPN then The CW series Veronica Mars have accumulated an impressive $1,000,000 for the Kickstarter Campaign for which series creator Rob Thomas and lead actress Kristen Bell put up at the ... Read More »
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 »
With Father’s Day just around the corner, TV is gearing up for various salutes to dear ole dad and I thought it only made sense to focus on some of the best dads on TV. But the big problem was deciding how far back in TV history to travel to pick the best dads. After all there was Jim Anderson ... Read More »
Here is the second of a three-part series, covering the vast collection of books, dedicated to some of the most popular TV shows past and present, from Smart Pop Books. To review, Smart Pop Books have been published by Benbella Books since 2003, covering topics ranging from Star Wars to Gilmore Girls to the work of Joss Whedon. The writers ... Read More »
Nice Girls of the world, would you go see Veronica Mars, Logan, & Wallace on the big screen? I know I would, and Kristen Bell really wants to make it happen. At the premiere of her new movie, You Again, she told The Hollywood Reporter that she’d finance a Veronica Mars movie herself if Warner Bros. would sell the rights ... 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 honor of Father’s Day, I felt it was only right to pay a special tribute to just some of the wonderful father and daughter teams that have graced our television sets in recent years. I don’t know about our readers, but I was very fortunate to have had a terrific relationship with my father – who passed away on ... Read More »
It’s almost a comedy at this stage, but for the last two years around the Paley Festival, I’m sick. It’s a sad excuse, but those recaps have been delayed for the sake of feeling like a reason person. With the time at home, I’ve been sleeping while listening to Veronica Mars (never a bad combination, let me say but the ... Read More »
Oh, how I miss Veronica Mars. I don’t think I’ll ever stop saying that once in a while. I know there are many who feel as I do, that the series could have been so much more than it was allowed to be. However, thanks to theWB.com, we can relive those episodes with our favorite, snarktastic, teen sleuth. How about ... Read More »
After all of the holiday themed episodes last week, I figured now was as good a time as any to talk about some of my favorite episodes of TV from the 2000s that stand out to me. From this seasons’ crop: Community: Comparative Religion takes the idea of multi-centralism to a new level. As the study group prepares for their ... Read More »