Here is your upcoming weekly TV calendar for Saturday, July 30 to August 5: Saturday, July 30: Outcasts on BBC America at 9 PM (NEW) The Mentalist on CBS at 8 PM (Reair) Law & Order: Criminal Intent on NBC at 9 PM (Reair) Law & Order: Special Victims Unit on NBC at 10 PM (Reair) True Blood on HBO …

Here are the casting scoops for the past two weeks (July 18 to July 25): Actress Cassidy Freeman (Smallville) will guest star in the season premiere of CSI: NY, playing a bartender whose male co-worker is killed in a robbery gone bad. Actor Santiago Cabrera (Heroes and Merlin) will appear in an episode of Covert Affairs (alongside former Heroes co-star …

Here are the box office news items for the past two weeks (July 18 to July 25): Actress Amanda Righetti (The Mentalist) has joined the cast of the box office film The Avengers, but her role hasn’t been revealed yet. Actor Rhys Ifans (Notting Hill and Pirate Radio) has signed on to join the cast of the upcoming box office …

Here are the entertainment news items for this past week: TELEVISION Broadway star and Tony winner Idina Menzel will return to Glee for a season three arc, reprise her role as Rachel Berry’s biological mother, Shelby Corcoran. She is expected to appear in up to 12 episodes throughout the season. Actor B. D. Wong has confirmed he will be leaving …

Smack dab in the middle of Comic Con this past weekend, the hit Canadian supernatural series Lost Girl made a first-time appearance at the annual fete that honors all things genre- and pop culture-related. In an exclusive interview with NiceGirlsTV, lead actress Anna Silk talked about the excitement surrounding the show’s recent two season pick-up by Syfy, the anticipation of …

Today’s Women Behind the Scenes spotlight is shone on Writer, Executive Producer and Series Creator Janet Tamaro. Janet actually got her start as an on-camera television correspondent, working for ABC News as well as other news outlets. During that time was based in New York, Washington, D.C. and Los Angeles. She also reported and produced investigative stories for long-form newsmagazine …

Here is what you can look forward to seeing on the major and cable channels throughout August, including all the new shows that are debuting, the returning summer shows that are coming back as well as the finales for some of the summer shows, various specials and the new made-for-TV movies: August 1 – The Protector will move to its …

For the majority of last week through this past weekend I – along with 130,000 of my closest (euphemistically speaking) genre-loving friends – were in San Diego for the annual salute to all things pop culture: Comic Con The big event started out with arriving in San Diego, getting some much needed sustenance and settling into the hotel. From there …

Here is your upcoming weekly TV calendar for Saturday, July 23 to July 29: Saturday, July 23: Outcasts on BBC America at 9 PM (NEW) NCIS: Los Angeles on CBS at 8 PM (Reair) NCIS on CS at 9 PM (Reair) Law & Order: Criminal Intent on NBC at 9 PM (Reair) Law & Order: Special Victims Unit on NBC …

Tomorrow morning I will be making my annual trek, along with a group of friends, to San Diego for Comic Con 2011. As most people know by now, Comic Con is one of the largest pop culture-based conventions in the world, admitting over 130,000 attendees inside the doors of the San Diego Convention Center each year (for at least the …