Nice Girls Talk

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 …

With Halloween just around the corner, everyone pulls out their top ten or top five favorite scary movies of all time. While I agree with most of them, I wanted to share my own personal top ten list of movies that I love to pull out of my stack o’ DVD’s during this time of year. It’s become a tradition, …

With it’s third season more than half complete, it seems like I should talk about Mad Men, which is one of the shows I love, but manage to not talk about here. I’ve been watching the show, at the urging of another friend, since the start of the second season (having mainlined all of season one via On Demand.) As …

With the majority of the new shows having debuted (and most of the returning series making their season premieres), I thought it was appropriate to make a report card (of sorts) on the new shows that have caught my attention, those that I have decided to pass on, and the few that will, unfortunately, (more likely than not) end up …

While putting together the TV Guide over the past couple of weeks, I’ve noticed that ABC is suddenly on our radar again with several new shows that appeal to the Nice Girls. Of the 19 scripted shows on the network, seven have females as the lead character (Cougar Town, Eastwick, Desperate Housewives, Grey’s Anatomy, The Middle, Private Practice, Ugly Betty) …

I came to Ghost Whisperer when the first season was almost over. I liked it immediately. I cry with Melinda in each and every episode. I’ve enjoyed playing “where have I seen that face before?” as actors we love, from other various television shows, wander in and out of an episode. It’s been wonderful to watch Melinda accept and learn …

In my previous blogs about music, I’ve asked our readers about artists who should be featured in TV shows and discussed the types of music that have influenced me throughout my life. This time around I’m somewhat combining the two ideas together to highlight great songs for which I learned through some of my favorite TV shows, made-for-TV movies as …

Every now and then I get sucked into You Tube and stand (OK, sit) in awe of the creativity on display there. Yeah, a lot of the amateur stuff is junk, but some of it is genius. And I’m going to share a few vids with you today because I just used all of my brain power writing up today’s …

One of my favorite things about the wide-spread use of the internet is how much different people from different parts of the world can bond over a show. Of course, the next best part is when all of the people you’ve met can actually meet in person. I’ve had more than one opportunity to meet my friends from various places …

As Louise wrote last week, she attended nearly all of the preview parties held at the Paley Center for Media, screening episodes from the major networks prior to their airing on their regular nights. I, too, had the chance to attend three of the five preview parties: those for NBC, CBS and ABC. For NBC’s night, most of the cast …