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There comes a time in every Nice Girl’s life when she has to figure out her priorities and make some tough decisions. That happened for us this weekend when we decided to put our radio show on hiatus indefinitely. While we enjoy the opportunity to get together and talk TV for an hour each week, the amount of work that …
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Nia Vardalos Came Up With Today’s Column Topic
No, really. Nia Vardalos asked what we were up to on Twitter, and I Tweeted that I was having a hard time coming up with a topic for my column, so she gave me an idea. I’m not really going to write about gophers feeling fat, but the issue of body image on TV is one that provokes a lot …
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What Happens When Shows ‘Ship The Wrong Couples?
It seems that no matter if a show is a comedy or a drama, crime procedural or wacky sitcom, viewers inevitably gravitate toward a couple they want to see together. But what happens when the show itself puts two people together who don’t really click? Can the pairing grow on us, or is the show doomed to failure if the …
Read More »Writer’s Block: How Did Carrie Bradshaw Do It?
You know, when writing an article means reviewing a show or commenting on someone else’s interview or simply talking about the latest TV news, that doesn’t phase me. OK, the reviewing kind of does, but I’m starting to get the hang of it. Watch for my reviews of Lifetime’s Killer Hair and SyFy’s Warehouse 13, coming soon! [/shameless plug] When …
Read More »Guilty Pleasures: Reruns
Last December when I finally took the plunge and got DirecTV with DVR, I was excited about being able to record shows like Bones and Fringe and Chuck instead of trying to catch them online. Then, of course, there were all the added channels. I had basic cable before. And by basic, I mean BASIC. I had the broadcast netorks, …
Read More »Welcoming Two New Nice Girls
June is our anniversary month here at NiceGirlsTV.com, marking one year since we decided to launch a super-girly blog covering all the TV shows we like to watch. After a year of talking TV amongst ourselves, interviewing various actors and showrunners, applauding Nice Boys, etc., we find ourselves with a steadily growing hit counter and even more opportunities to talk …
Read More »A Summer Reading List for TV Lovers
OK, confession time: sometimes I wish I were Amish. No TV. No phone. No electricity. Then I imagine life without the Internet and my ‘fridge, and I snap out of it. Still, there are times when I just want to unplug. A sunny afternoon spent in the hammock with a good book and a glass of iced tea…ah, bliss! The …
Read More »It’s OK That I’m Not OK
WARNING: Minor spoilers for True Blood/the Southern Vampire series, Dollhouse, Lie to Me, and Law & Order: SVU ahead, plus vague descriptions of graphic violence. Last week saw the release of Dead and Gone, the highly-anticipated next novel in Charlaine Harris’s Southern Vampire series, on which HBO’s True Blood is based. My bookstore received a couple of advance copies, so …
Read More »Musings on Los Angeles, PaleyFest, and Nice Boys
Wow, what a week! I do so enjoy visiting Los Angeles and getting up close and personal with our favorite shows, but it’s nice to be home again. We’ll be reporting more from the PaleyFest panels later in the week (in case you missed the live reports on Twitter), so in the meantime here are some random thoughts on L.A., …
Read More »Leavin’ On a Jet Plane…
Ah, airplane food. It may not taste that great, but at least it signifies that you’re going somewhere! As I type this, I’m on a Midwest flight bound for Los Angeles where the Nice Girls will be spending the week covering events at PaleyFest and working on some other goodies to share. Tonight we will be covering the True Blood …
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