Nice Girls Talk

Women of the Week

We’re now into Week 2 of the 2017 Fall TV season and with more shows returning and premiering, our list of impressive performances increases. Read on to find out who were our top picks this past week… Lexie: I know I promised D’arcy Carden that I would vote for her every week (Well, okay, I said I was going to …

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Do You Remember: Surface

Back in September of 2005, a new science fiction drama – called Surface – debut on NBC. The basic premise behind the show was focused on several key players. During a routine submersible dive in the North Pacific Ocean, California oceanographer Laura Daughtery (actress Lake Bell, who has gone on to appear in the box office movies In A World, …

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My Top 13 Choices for October TV

The 2017-2018 fall TV season officially got underway last week. Since last Monday a number of new shows have debuted and even more dramas have aired their season premieres. But there are just as many returning shows and new series set to debut in October. Not to mention some season finales and more, new made-for-TV movies to check out. Here …

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Did You Know: TV and Movie Trivia

As I’ve mentioned before, collecting entertainment trivia has been my favorite hobby of mine since I was a teenager. Over the course of the last few months, I have been compiling “Did You Know” trivia items to share with our readers. Here are more trivia tidbits from the worlds of TV and movies. I would love to know if any …

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Do You Remember: The Event

Back in September of 2010, NBC debuted a new sci-fi thriller series called The Event, which ran for all of one season, consisting of 22 episodes. The basic premise of the short-lived series centered on a group of extraterrestrials, some of whom have been detained by the United States government for 66 years since their ship crashed in Alaska, while …

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Throwback Tuesday: The Event Series You Won’t See This Fall (But Maybe You Should)

As part of my (hopefully) ongoing monthly column saluting Throwback Tuesday, I wrote this article back in February of 2016 and thought it would be fun to revisit it. Enjoy! It has become a tradition here at NiceGirlsTV that we take a look at new (pretend) pilots that would be fun to see on the small screen either on the …

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Salute to Rising Stars

Working in the entertainment industry is highly competitive, and breaking through isn’t always that easy. But landing that crucial role in a TV movie or guest appearance in a successful show or film makes all the difference. As a way to salute rising stars on the big and/or small screen, I wanted to create a new column focusing on actresses …

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My Top 11 TV Choices for September

The start of Fall TV is only a few weeks away on the major and cable networks, all of which are offering a lot of choices whether it is returning shows, new series set to debut and/or made-for-TV movies. Here are my top 11 choices for September TV: WELCOME BACK Fans of the popular Starz series Outlander have been waiting …

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Throwback Tuesday: My Take on the Remake of Romancing the Stone

Throwback Thursday has been an online trend for a number of years now, so I thought I would create a new monthly column called “Throwback Tuesday” [a slight twist on the popular hashtag, of course) where I will focus on past pieces I have written here at NiceGirlsTV, posted at my own site Rueben’s Ramblings or new pieces where I …

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Do You Remember: Jack & Bobby

Back in September of 2004, a new drama series was introduced on The WB (now known as The CW) called Jack & Bobby. The series was a faux documentary about the early life of Bobby McCallister, a progressive fictional President of the United States, who served from 2041 to 2049. The series was set in present day, focusing on the …

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