Another Typical Week for a NiceGirl

Last week I had the chance to attend the Paley Center’s salute to the 100th episode of the CBS comedy How I Met Your Mother. As a non-watcher of TV comedies, this event might seem like an odd event for me to attend; but as a long-time fan of Alyson Hannigan (dating back, obviously, to her days on Buffy, the Vampire Slayer) and rediscovering the talent that is Neil Patrick Harris (thanks, in great part, to his role in the Joss Whedon internet sensation Dr. Horrible’s Sing-Along-Blog) and the fact that in the current world of TV reaching the landmark of 100 episodes is rare indeed, I jumped at the chance to be part of this unique event.

The audience was treated first to an introduction of the 100th episode by the creators of the show – Carter Bays and Craig Thomas – and then the episode was shown, which was rip-roaringly fun to watch and very entertaining to see Neil Patrick Harris as Barney dance and sing in a suit.

Appearing at the event were the entire cast – Josh Radnor, Alyson Hannigan, Jason Segel, Cobie Smulders and, of course NPH himself – Neil Patrick Harris. Also on the stage were Pamela Fryman, long-time director of nearly all of the episodes of the series, and the creators.

A complete write up of the event can be found here at NiceGirlstTV by our very own Tiffany.

Also starting this past week was the Television Critics Association’s winter press tour, which has been getting a lot of coverage by bloggers and entertainment writers alike all over the net and on Twitter. NiceGirlsTV should be providing a round-up of the FOX presentation, which was to take place yesterday, via Louise, who has, once again, been invited to attend the “fete”.

It is always interesting to see what each network has to say about their upcoming new schedule; talk about what worked and what was not so successful and what new ideas we can expect down the line. Of course, the big talk has been the resounding lack of success with the prime-time airing of the Jay Leno show with NBC recognizing the failure of this “new” programming idea to work with the viewing audience. Leno’s last show will be on February 12 and the viewers can only hope that NBC can get their programming back on track and somehow dig themselves out of the fourth place ranking that has been commonplace at the network for too long.

And thankfully, with the end of the holidays, the start of the mid-season schedule will be upon all of us, starting this week with many of the network shows returning with new episodes and some summer programs coming back with new episodes to complete their new seasons. Among the shows returning this week, I was excited for the return of Castle on ABC and Chuck on NBC last night; and I look forward to the next-to-the-last episode of Dollhouse, the return of 24 and debut of Human Target all on FOX, the return of Leverage on TNT and the two-hour finale of Sanctuary on Syfy. It’s going to be a very fun television-viewing week that’s for sure.

With the return of new episodes, what shows are you most looking forward to seeing again?