In an episode that was to be focused on finding just the right actor to play Joe DiMaggio, the second husband of Marilyn Monroe, this new episode of Smash seemed to be overshadowed by filler stories focusing on affairs, stealing, acceptance and posturing. Ivy is still leading her (for now) quiet affair with Derek, but questioning if she was given …

Now that we have reached February sweeps – the mid-season point for the current TV season – it is time to take a look at how all of the major networks are performing in terms of an overall score rather than a list of the winners and losers for each network. Each score will encompass how well the network has …

Back in October of 2007, the Canadian family drama Heartland, loosely based on the series of books by Lauren Brooke, debuted on CBC, chronicling the lives of sisters Amy and Lou Fleming and their grandfather Jack Bartlett set against the vistas of the Alberta Rocky Mountains and follows the highs and lows of life on a horse ranch. Amy and …

Just as the title states, it was a tale of “Origins” on Nikita last night with the reveal of how Carla Bennett (guest star Erica Gimpel) came to work with Percy, creating what eventually became known as Division; how Amanda was brought into the fold and what one event took place that set Amanda on her mission to end Carla’s …

What could be the worst possible situation for our dear succubus Bo to find herself smack dab in the middle? Besides keeping her continued affair with her lover Ryan, the Dark Fae, a secret from her very best friend Kenzi would be having to return to high school. Yes, Bo went undercover at a local high school after a female …

The pressure is on for Karen Cartwright (Katharine McPhee) and Ivy Lynn (Megan Hilty) as they await a decision that could alter one of their lives: the lead in the new play about Marilyn Monroe. For Karen, she seems to be daydreaming – big time. Even though she is actually at work, she is imagining herself on a stage singing …

Today is Valentine’s Day and most people will be celebrating this ‘day of love’ with someone they hold dear; but for someone like me, you prefer to celebrate the day be honoring the TV couples you hold dear. I know you’re out there so please read on and enjoy the list of current TV couples that are near and dear …

Thanks to an article at Pop Candy, the weekly column at USA Today written by Whitney Matheson, I recently learned about a documentary film that is (hopefully) going to be featured at the annual South By Southwest Film Festival in Austin, Texas next month. That documentary is called Wonder Women! The Untold Story of American Superheroines. A film that focuses …

Percy is on a mission to regain control of Division and that seems to start with the harsh murder, albeit conducted by Roan, of a Newark, New Jersey police detective, who, as it turns out, has a connection to Nikita’s past. The recently murdered cop was the partner of the cop killed by Nikita, the crime that put her in …

Today’s Women Behind the Scenes spotlight is shone on writer, producer and series creator Leila Gerstein. Leila got her start writing a 2004 made-for-TV movie called Tempting Adam that starred a then unknown Joelle Carter (Justified) and Matthew Del Negro (Rizzoli & Isles) and then was a writer for the short-lived ABC series life as we know it in 2005. …