Nice Girls Talk

For decades the Nielsen ratings system has been the be all, end all when it comes to tracking what audiences are watching. Those privileged few “Nielsen families” (approximately 18,000 homes) have dictated rise and fall of thousands of shows during that time. Those days may be coming to an end, however. Fans of shows canceled for poor ratings have often …

On July 20, 1969, United States astronauts Neil Armstrong and Edwin “Buzz” Aldrin, Jr. made history by being the first humans to land on the moon as part of the Apollo 11 mission. On that historic date, I was just a little over a year old (yes, I’m dating myself), living with my parents and my two older brothers in …

I know I’ve talked about the people that I’ve had the privilege of meeting from far and wide, but today’s a bit different with regards to my friends from online. One of my closest friends and I met on this day three years ago, and I need to celebrate that with all of you. In part, because without him, I …

As I’ve mentioned before, music is a big part of my life. As far back as I can remember music was always playing in my childhood home. It was either my brothers playing 70’s rock-n-roll on their bedroom stereo, my dad listening to country music in his basement workshop or my mom listening to church music in our kitchen (or …

Now that the insanity of The Critics’ Association is over, I’m happy to have had the pleasure to talk to Daniel the TV Addict and Jace of Televisionary, who were gracious hosts once I figured out what was going on (Thursday morning witnessed a few snafus at the hotel, from the Twitter DoS, to an entire circuit going out which …

What is a “typical” week like for a NiceGirl? If it’s anything like my past week it was filled with getting over a nasty head cold brought on by my attendance at San Diego’s Comic Con, catching up on endless hours of shows that I recorded while I was gone, getting tons of articles written for the panels for which …

I celebrated my birthday on July 27th and it was a milestone birthday. As I was reflecting on my life so far, I started to remember all the great television shows I used to watch. Take a trip into the past a little with me, and see how much you remember. I was born at a time when televisions were …

With TCAs underway this week, I’ve been abuzz with all of the news about upcoming shows. Glued to our Twitter followers, I’m slowly preparing myself for tomorrow’s Fox presentations. Now, after the Winter TCA for Fox, I’m anticipating some highs and lows (the schedule has me both excited and slightly worried about how to pass some time.) But, that’s what …

Where did your most treasured friendship form? In elementary school? At summer camp? In college? For me, my longest running friendship was formed in elementary school during the first week of first grade. My best friend for over 35 years now still lives in my small hometown near Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania with her husband and 2 children. We don’t see each …

I’m catching up on the TV I missed while getting ready for Comic Con, attending Comic Con, going to my grandfather’s funeral, recovering from Comic Con…my DVR was bursting with new episodes of shows like Merlin, Warehouse 13, Leverage, The Closer, Hung, True Blood, and Barefoot Contessa. Yes, Ina Garten is my hero, why do you ask? As I cozied …