Nice Girls Talk

Last week the Paley Center for Media saluted, for the first time, a web series that has been making strides for same sex couples. That online series is Husbands, which comes from the creative minds of TV producer-writer extraordinaire Jane Espenson and actor-writer Brad Bell. The first season of Husbands debuted online on September 13, 2011 and told the story …

The latest channel on You Tube called WIGS, which debuted back in May of this year, comes from filmmakers Jon Avnet (Black Swan, Fried Green Tomatoes and Risky Business) and Rodrigo Garcia (Albert Nobbs and In Treatment). What is so special about WIGS is that it’s an innovative online series of short films, scripted series and documentaries starring all female …

Ever since The Guild debuted online back in 2007 and Dr. Horrible’s Sing-Along Blog hit the online airwaves in 2008, countless web series have come and gone; but the latest online series – H+ The Digital Series – just might the next ‘big thing’ to hit computer screens. This new web series is set in an apocalyptic future where technology …

There was a point in time on television when characters from various shows would do crossover visits with shows on their home network and, more specifically, shows that aired on the same night. Back when there was still programming on Saturday nights, CBS once aired a crossover of a hurricane hitting the shows Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman, Early Edition and …

This past Thursday the nominations for the 64th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards were announced and, to be honest, many of the nominations didn’t really come as any great surprise; but the fact that not one single major network drama was chosen as a Best Drama Series nominee was rewarding to say the least. The cable shows that received a nomination …

Well, I survived yet another Comic Con! As usual (at least over the past 11 years anyway) I traveled to San Diego for the annual Comic Con that was held last week, getting back to Los Angeles on Sunday night. Over the course of the of those five days, I – along with over 130,000 other nerds, pop culture fans …

Next Monday, July 16, the science fiction television series Eureka will air its series finale on Syfy, bringing to an end a popular show after five fantastic seasons. Given that the end is so near, it only seemed right to pay a special tribute to the show that changed the face of television for the better. Back on July 18, …

I think I’ve mentioned before that I grew up in a small, rural town in Northeastern Pennsylvania a time or two in the past. In fact, I know I wrote about the celebratory carnival that would come to visit my hometown every year in July to honor the landing of the Apollo shuttle on the moon. Why would my hometown …

The Emmys are coming, the Emmys are coming! With the 2011-2012 TV season now over, it is time for the Emmy nomination process to be underway. The official Emmy nominations will be announced on July 19 this year; and while many of my peers have been listing their choices for who WILL be nominated, I prefer to make my own …

Everyone has special memories of summer time spent vacationing with family or friends, going to some far-off country where you’ve never been before or even just relaxing at home sitting on the front porch swing. But when you’re a NiceGirl (like me), your summer memories tend to veer more toward all things TV-related. As TV viewers know, there was a …