The Black Donnellys was an NBC drama that debuted on February 26, 2007 – around the same time as the box office movie The Departed directed by Martin Scorsese and starring Leonardo DiCaprio. The show followed four young Roman Catholic Irish-American brothers in New York City’s Hell’s Kitchen neighborhood, and their involvement with petty and organized crime. Among the main …
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Today’s Women Behind the Scenes spotlight is shone on playwright, writer, executive producer and series creator Moira Buffini. Moira was born in Cheshire, England and started writing when she was 14 years old, penning a play called “The Fantasy Life of Gilbert Cunliffe.” Before starting her writing career, Moira was a struggling actress, but since she “couldn’t cope with being …
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It was this time 8 years ago (on June 2 to be exact) that I joined the staff of NiceGirlsTV. I wanted to honor that anniversary by taking a look back at a column I wrote in February of 2010. It was entitled “Should TV Series Have A Shorter Run?” With each TV season comes a crop of new pilots, …
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It’s long been a tradition for NiceGirlsTV to salute a Nice Boy of the Week. This time around we are saluting actor Barry Watson (of 7th Heaven fame), who will be returning to the small screen on June 2 in the new UP Channel family dramedy Date My Dad. The 10-episode series tells the story of single dad Ricky Cooper …
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The following list provides the dates of the major and cable network dramas that are coming to an end for the TV season, made-for-TV movies and more that will air during June: June 1 – Nashville will return for the remainder of its fifth season on CMT at 9 PM June 2 – The Lifetime Movie Network movies The Wrong …
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Now that the 2016-2017 TV season is nearly at an end (Can you believe that the TV season on the major networks is nearly over?!), it’s time for the cable networks to take over, providing viewers with plenty of interesting programming options. Among all those choices, here are my top 10 for next month: SUMMER OF SCI-FI Freeform will air …
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I have been an avid collector of TV and movie trivia since I was a teenager when my love affair with all things entertainment industry related began. The following are more tidbits from the big and small screen that I would like to share with you. I would also love to know if any of our readers knew about any …
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In honor of Mother’s Day, the folks over at Starz have released another new picture from the much-anticipated season 3 of Outlander – which won’t air until September. The picture below shows new mother Claire Randall (series lead Caitriona Balfe) with her baby girl Brianna: Enjoy!
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Next week the major networks will convene in New York City for the annual Upfront Presentations. The upfronts, as they have become known, are specific presentations made by each network (major and cable) to the advertisers as a way to not only promote their returning, hit series but also to introduce the new shows that will debut during the upcoming …
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Tuesday’s new episode of Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. was intense as we watched the team race against time to get out of the framework and back into the real world. Not everyone made it and then there was an uncomfortable twist with AIDA. Please join Roz, Karen and Rueben as they discuss the episode, and please share your thoughts in …
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