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For the first time ever, the Paley Center for Media partnered with Comic Con to bring attendees a panel honoring the cult-favorite series Quantum Leap during this year’s annual fete. With Craig Tomashoff from TV Guide as the moderator the panel got started with watching the opening credits of the show. As the memorable words and scenes played out on …

The Writers on Writing program coordinated by the Writers Guild Foundation recently spotlighted The Twilight Saga screenwriter Melissa Rosenberg at the Writers Guild of America in Hollywood. Moderated by LA Times writer Gina Piccalo, the audience, which not surprisingly consisted mainly of women, learned that Melissa started out wanting to be a dancer and choreographer. Her love of performing inadvertently …

Here is the next installment of actors and actresses who are under-appreciated, deserving of more attention or perhaps even their own show: Ashley Scott – Ashley’s first work in the industry was in the movie Artificial Intelligence: AI then she appeared in the second season of Dark Angel before landing a lead role in the short-lived series Birds of Prey …

Here is the next installment of actors and actresses who are under-appreciated, deserving of more attention or perhaps even their own show: Chelah Horsdal – Some of her first TV appearances were in episodes of Andromeda and Tru Calling. She then appeared in the made-for-TV movie 5ive Days to Midnight and guest appearances in The Dead Zone, The 4400, Supernatural, …

Rizzoli & Isles premiered to major numbers this week, drawing 7.6 million viewers to rank as the most watched ad-supported cable series launch of all time. Not too shabby! Were you among those record numbers? What did you think? I thought the interaction between Angie Harmon’s Jane Rizzoli and Sasha Alexander’s Maura Isles was refreshing. Usually girl buddy shows veer …

Are you already going to Comic Con? Well you could get the VIP fan treatment with two tickets to The Cape or The Event panels! You’ll watch the pilot episode for the new NBC series, check out the panel discussion with the cast and crew, and you’ll be doing it all in high style. If you’ve ever been to Comic …

Here is the next installment of actors and actresses who are under-appreciated, deserving of more attention or perhaps even their own show: Amber Benson – Amber got her start in a small role in the box office movie The Crush that starred Cary Elwes and Alicia Silverstone then made guest appearances in the TV shows Promised Land and Cracker before …

The first season of USA’s White Collar was the biggest surprise of the fall 2009 TV season. It was fresh, different, fast-paced and starred Tim DeKay and Matt Bomer.  The show gained in popularity so fast, and soon people were jumping online for any news and interviews they could get involving these two talented actors. I was one of them. …

Heads up, New York! Covert Operatives are taking over your city! As part of a campaign to spread awareness of the upcoming premiere of Covert Affairs on USA, Tuesday, July 13. New Yorkers will witness live performance art as the COVERT OPERATIVES march over the Brooklyn Bridge and then disseminate throughout the city, hitting various iconic NY locales to deliver …

Sunday night, July 11, brings a new episode of Leverage called The Double Blind Job. In a time when everyone wants to see their favorite tv characters pair up on the show, Leverage certainly will not escape the office betting pools. First, we had Nate and Sophie, who appeared to have a past that for whatever reason, didn’t pan out. …