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Oops, I forgot to post this list last Friday. Let’s just pretend we were too busy to read any other blogs last week, OK? This week, with the fall season kicking off in a big way, our blogging buddies had lots to say. Here are some highlights from the week in TV: Show Patrol has a feature on Chicago-born TV …

Nice Girls of the world, would you go see Veronica Mars, Logan, & Wallace on the big screen? I know I would, and Kristen Bell really wants to make it happen. At the premiere of her new movie, You Again, she told The Hollywood Reporter that she’d finance a Veronica Mars movie herself if Warner Bros. would sell the rights …

Here is the next installment of actors and actresses who are under-appreciated, deserving of more attention or perhaps even their own show: Danielle Savre – While Danielle is best known for her recurring role as the cheerleader nemesis to Claire in the first season of Heroes, she got her first big break on TV in an episode of The X-Files. …

The new family series Unnatural History rings in its first season finale on September 21, 2010 with yet another grand adventure. The show features Kevin Schmidt as the intrepid Henry Griffin who has been sent to live with his uncle Bryan Bartlett (Martin Donovan) and his cousin Jasper Bartlett (Jordan Gavaris). Having been raised by his globe-trotting archeological parents, Henry …

Here are the entertainment news items for this past week: NEWS Glee, Modern Family, The Good Wife, Nurse Jackie and the box office movie Precious were named winners of the 2010 Humanitas Prize, an honor given to films and TV shows that explore the human condition in a nuanced, meaningful way. Congrats to all of those involved in these projects. …

Another Friday afternoon, another round of spoilers! I noticed that several readers stopped by last week specifically for Rizzoli & Isles spoilers. Looks like that’s one show we need to keep digging for scoop on when it comes back for season 2! For now, let’s focus on shows that are airing now. Hellcats A new member of the squad, Betsey, …

Among some of the new shows NBC will premiere next week is a comedy called Outsourced. Basically, the idea of the show is about a catalog-based company, Mid America Novelties, that sells American novelty goods including whoopee cushions, foam fingers and wallets made of bacon, whose call center has suddenly been outsourced to India. I think this show is trying …

On Wednesday night I attended the Paley Center for Media’s 6th Annual Fall TV Preview Party saluting ABC. The night started off with a Q&A panel featuring Eileen Heisler, the creator of the half-hour comedy The Middle as well as series star Atticus Shaffer; Noah Hawley, the creator of the new series My Generation and executive producer Jon Harmon Feldman …

Here is the next installment of actors and actresses who are under-appreciated, deserving of more attention or perhaps even their own show: Cristine Rose – Cristine has a long resume, starting out with roles in Kate & Allie, Spenser: For Hire, Matlock, My Sister Sam, Moonlighting, St. Elsewhere, Murder She Wrote and Newhart. She also appeared in the TV version …

As the summer season wraps up, Lie To Me will conclude its second season on Monday, September 13th and then return for its third season November 10th. The short hiatus means that fans will not have to suffer through an inordinate amount of withdrawal before the show is back on the air. Lie To Me is premised on a private …