Melissa’s Musings

Ah, spring. When a young man’s fancy turns to love. And apparently so do the networks. The jolt of romance from the pilot episode of the new Cupid – how adorable were the Irish man and the reporter?!? – left me grinning. Which is good, because the Trevor/Claire dynamic isn’t working for me just yet. Yet, I find myself looking …

As I mentioned last week, I was traveling for work so wasn’t on the NGTV Radio show to talk TV with Louise and BethAnne. My return home on Sunday was greeted by a DVR packed full of shows and an overflowing inbox. Fortunately I was able to catch The Mentalist while on the road, and when I had the chance …

It’s been an interesting weekend. I spent most of Friday night-Sunday afternoon spring cleaning and painting, leaving me sore and exhausted. Then I came down with a mild case of food poisoning that turned my Sunday night-Monday morning into a less-than-enchanting time period. Fortunately, TV was there to soothe my aches, pains and nausea. Since subscribing to DirecTV in December, …

It’s no secret that Joss Whedon is a hero here at Nice Girls HQ. As if pimping Dollhouse for months prior to its debut wasn’t enough of a clue, we have a (possibly annoying) habit of gleeing over various Whedon alumni whenever we encounter them on the airwaves or in real life (see: Comic Con). So you’ll understand that I …

Warning: Some speculation about Dollhouse ahead. I’ve been avoiding most spoilers (I know, that’s so unlike me), so you should be pretty safe here, but I felt a warning was the responsible thing to do. We’re three weeks into the latest Whedonverse product and I’m reading quite a few negative, or at least less enthused than they expected, reviews from …

For the purposes of this column, I’m going to have to out myself as a full-on Lord of the Rings fan/groupie. I absolutely adored the film trilogy and was completely wrapped up in LOTR-mania from 2001-2004. I attended midnight screenings for FOTR and TTT; I attended Trilogy Tuesday to see FOTR and TTT extended editions on the big screen and …

So, did you watch it? I know slightly less than 5 million viewers tuned in for the Dollhouse premiere, but I was there and I’m hooked. (Freakish side note: Just as I finished that sentence, BethAnne IM’d me about having just finished watching the pilot and told me, “I’m hooked.” Further proof that we share a brain.) We were given …

My column is a day late and it’s not because I didn’t have anything to write about, it’s because there’s so much to write about that I haven’t had time to cram it all in under deadline! Trying to keep up with Fox’s Dollhouse rollout has my head spinning. I was meant to have posted an article about the conference …

I DVR’d the Super Bowl so I could fast forward the game and just watch the commercials since my team wasn’t playing. (I know, as if the Chiefs even had a shot this year.) Except that when I did turn on the game about 15 minutes in, there was enough excitement that I had to rewind to the beginning and …

I remember most of the Thursday nights in the ’80s and ’90s belonging to NBC. With shows like The Cosby Show, Seinfeld, and Friends dominating the ratings, it seemed like NBC was the only network on the air on Thursdays. Then came the ’00s and CBS made a play for dominance with CSI and Survivor. As the last of the …