Nice Girls Talk

We’ve just come off the Fourth of July weekend here in the U.S., with umpteen TV marathons airing all over cable, but where were all the special holiday episodes from our favorite shows? Oh, that’s right, almost every show is on hiatus right now. Even the original summer content like True Blood and The Good Guys are taking this weekend …

Ever since the first Twilight novel was published in October 2005, the book series – that covered three other novels in the course of three years, including New Moon in September 2006, Eclipse in August 2007 and Breaking Dawn in August 2008 – has gained an incredible amount of popularity all over the world and its commercial success is nearly …

Do you have a television show that reminds you of something in real life? Or vice versa? I do. When you watch as much TV as the Nice Girls do, it’s inevitable that some odd mental connections develop. Here are a couple of mine: Law & Order: SVU & Bejeweled Blitz: A couple of months ago, I watched an SVU …

Over 11 years ago, I made a decision that changed my life in a most profound way. After a trip to sunny Los Angeles for my very first sci-fi convention, which was actually my 5th trip to California, I had an epiphany: I wanted, needed, HAD to move to California. The news wasn’t that well-received by my family, life-long friends …

I booked my flights for Comic Con today. It’s becoming an annual ritual. Obsessively search for the best rates beginning in April. Hem and haw around debating whether or not to book that early. External factors make me wait. External factors get resolved. Search for best rates again. Gulp over increase since April. Wrangle my schedule to match the airlines’ …

In honor of Father’s Day, I felt it was only right to pay a special tribute to just some of the wonderful father and daughter teams that have graced our television sets in recent years. I don’t know about our readers, but I was very fortunate to have had a terrific relationship with my father – who passed away on …

No, Firefly isn’t returning to our screens and (so far) there isn’t a formal Firefly reunion happening at Comic Con this year, but advance leaks for the networks’ panels indicates that several alumni of one of my all-time favorite shows will be in San Diego in July. Nathan Fillion (Captain Malcolm Reynolds) will be there with ABC’s Castle; Morena Baccarin …

At one point in time in the television landscape, summer was a wasteland of repeats and less than stellar shows that the networks spent money on but were not confident enough to air them during the regular TV line-up. Thankfully, those days are long gone because of all the programming that has been introduced by the cable channels as well …

It’s been a quiet couple of weeks in TV land for this Nice Girl. With my regular season shows finishing up and the summer premieres holding off until this week, I’ve been able to catch up on some movies (don’t hate me, but I thought The Hangover was hilarious) and some reading plus watch some screeners for summer and fall …

The 2009-2010 television season has come to an end for the major networks (except for a few shows that returned late in the season) and many bloggers as well as critics have posted their winners and losers for the past season. Like many of my peers, I have created my own list, focusing mainly on dramatic programming (since that is …