Nice Girls Talk

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 …

As I was watching last week’s premiere of The Vampire Diaries, I got to thinking about all the good looking men that are on television today playing villains. I felt that a convenient list might be a good idea to serve as a reminder that although they make us a tad warm under the collar, they are playing really bad …

Now that The Paley Center’s Fall Preview Parties have ended here in Los Angeles, I can finally think through the four nights’ worth of information. Unlike the last two years, I found myself unwilling to sit through shows that hadn’t yet captured my attention (sorry CBS!), but I also found myself really impressed by a series of shows I wouldn’t …