In our continuing series of Top Women in Television Behind the Camera, this week’s salute is for the Top Women Producers: Toni Graphia (Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles, Battlestar Galactica) – Toni has been working in the industry for 20 years, working as both a writer and producer. She started writing on shows like Quantum Leap, Life Goes On, China …

Here are the entertainment news items for this week (October 12 to 16): CONDOLENCES 1960s comedian Soupy Sales (aka Milton Supman) passed away in New York on Thursday.  He was 83. NEWS FOX has confirmed that Joss Whedon is set to direct an upcoming episode of Glee.  However, don’t expect new episodes of the musicomedy to start airing again until …

Here is the next installment of actors and actresses who are under-appreciated, deserving of more attention or perhaps even their own show: Missi Pyle – Some of Missi’s first appearances were in the comedies Mad About You, Friends and Ally McBeal. Her first big movie breaks were in Josie and the Pussycats and Home Alone 4. She had small roles …

Every TV season new shows come and go – sometimes too quickly – while some returning shows fail to meet up to expectations of both the viewing audience and the powers that be at the networks. The reasons for these – shall we say – failures are varied, ranging from little to no publicity by their home network, extremely stiff …

In our continuing series of Top Women in Television Behind the Camera, this week’s salute is for the Top Women Producers-Writers: Kathy Reichs (Bones) – Inspired by her novels, Kathy Reichs, a forensic anthropologist for the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner in the State of North Carolina and for the province of Quebec, has been a writer and producer …

Here are the entertainment news items for this week (October 12 to 16): NEWS NCIS isn’t exactly known for its music, but the successful drama released a soundtrack in February and another one – NCIS: The Official TV Soundtrack, Vol. 2 – will come out this winter. Glee will wrap its initial 13-episode run on December 9 at 9 PM.  …

Here is the next installment of actors and actresses who are under-appreciated, deserving of more attention or perhaps even their own show: Keri Lynn Pratt – Keri might be best known for her role in the short-lived WB series Jack & Bobby, but before that she had guest roles in 7th Heaven, Joan of Arcadia, Boston Public and ER. Since …

On October 7, I attended a Paley Center for Media event saluting the Lifetime hit series Drop Dead Diva with several friends. It was a wonderful night as all of us in the audience had the opportunity to not only see the cast and crew in person, but also to watch the season finale called “Grayson’s Anatomy” prior to its …

In our continuing series of Top Women in Television Behind the Camera, this week’s salute is for the Top Women Directors: Bethany Rooney – One of the most prominent directors in the field is Bethany Rooney who has been a working director for 27 years. She started out in the early 1980’s with shows such as St. Elsewhere, China Beach, …

Here are the entertainment news items for this week (October 5 to 9): NEWS ABC Family and Harlequin Enterprises Limited announced a new licensing agreement where Harlequin will publish four TEEN tie-in books for the ABC Family series Greek. Showtime officially picked up Californication for a fourth season. Flashpoint will have another 13 episodes air on CBS.   The drama, …