I don’t claim to be an expert on Jane Austen, the person, but anyone who has read all of her writings multiple times can draw the obvious conclusions about her. Basically, Jane was a woman ahead of her time, who felt keenly the restraints of being a woman in the late 1700’s. She acknowledged those limitations on women often through …
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What to Expect on TV in April
With spring less than two weeks away (how is it almost April already?!), it seemed like a good time to look ahead (just a little) to the TV shows that will be returning for new seasons as well as some new made-for-TV movies that will be fun to watch. Here is what I am looking forward to seeing in April: …
Read More »Homage to 2 TV Mavens of the Past
In honor of women’s history month, I wanted to brush up on my knowledge of TV mavens that pioneered the industry. I pointed my sights to the legends Lucille Ball and Irna Philips, and here is what I discovered. Lucille Ball – I Love Lucy This was the first successful series with a female lead. It first aired on CBS …
Read More »The Stay Home and Read a Book Ball
For the last year or two, I have been volunteering at my local library here in Los Angeles (a terrific “small town” library similar to the one back home), helping out – for the most part – with their quarterly book sales. For me this volunteering was an homage (if you will) to my time “working” as a library aide …
Read More »5 Reasons Why We Love “Blindspot’s” Jane Doe
NBC’s Blindspot has been one of the breakout hits for the network and it’s no secret that we Nice Girls are nuts about it too. With its return on February 29th, we’ve been talking about why we love the show’s main character, Jane Doe. Or is it Taylor Shaw? Here are five reasons why we love Jane Doe: First of …
Read More »The Many Faces of Actor Elliot Cowan
A number of years ago, I discovered the delightful mini-series Lost in Austen that told the story of Amanda Price (actress Jemima Rooper, who has appeared in Hex and Atlantis), an ardent fan of Jane Austen, who lives in present day London with her boyfriend until she somehow travels back in time, swapping places with the writer’s most famous fictional …
Read More »TVx3 Podcast – Episode 310
I love TV. All the TV, so I jumped at the chance to sit in with TVx3 and discuss…wait for it…TV. I joined Jason from TVaholic and Carla from Buddy TV to talk about Lucifer, Scandal, The Shannara Chronicles, & Shadownhunters. Check it out below.
Read More »The Event Series You Won’t See This Fall (But Maybe You Should)
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 cable or major networks during the new fall TV season. This time around, however, instead of new pilots based on previous hit series, a long-running event series, based on a …
Read More »What to Expect on TV in March
March is only a few weeks away (how is that possible?!) and there are plenty of programming options yet to look forward to on television. Let’s take a look at just some of the new and returning shows that will be on the major and cable networks: The new ABC drama The Family will air a special preview on March …
Read More »Do You Remember: Glory Days
From January to March of 2002 a short-lived TV show on The WB (which eventually became The CW when the network merged with UPN) called Glory Days aired all of its episode – 9 in total. The series came from the creative mind of Kevin Williamson; originally being conceived as a drama similar to his hit series Dawson’s Creek, but …
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