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GLEE: The Purple Piano Project Recap

I watch Glee with a fair amount of cynicism, but you know, that’s all because I’m involved with schools to know that nothing actually works like this. Of course, in the season premiere, “The Purple Piano Project” at least one of my main gripes about high school shows was answered: we at least figured out what grades half the kids …

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REVENGE: Emily VanCamp’s Vengeful Return to Television

ABC’s new show Revenge stars Emily Van Camp, leading her own show after the demise of Brothers and Sisters. VanCamp plays the newest girl in Southamptons, Amanda Clark. However, Amanda isn’t the previous “girl next door” character we meet early in the episode; she’s actually returning to the scene of a childhood trauma—her father was set-up and arrested back when she was …

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Women Behind the Scenes: Tawnia McKiernan

Today’s Women Behind the Scenes spotlight is shone on Director Tawnia McKiernan, who is the daughter of the late (great) Stephen J. Cannell, the creator of TV shows like Hardcastle and McCormick, The A-Team and The Greatest American Hero [among many others]. Tawnia has amassed an impressive list of directorial credits since the mid-1990s, but she got her start in …

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NEW GIRL: The Adorkable Zooey Deschanel

Watching Zooey Deschanel in the pilot for Fox’s new comedy series, New Girl, it’s easy to believe that the show was created for her, and that Jess is really an extension of Zooey, herself. While “New Girl” wasn’t exactly created with Zooey in mind, she feels that maybe it could have been. “I know it wasn’t written for me initially, …

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2 BROKE GIRLS Recap: Pilot Episode Shows Girls with a Plan

The new CBS sitcom, 2 Broke Girls, premiered last night and I have to admit that I’m hooked. I didn’t want to like this because Lord knows I don’t need another show to watch. Max (Kat Dennings) is a waitress who is used to hard work and seems to actually enjoy her job. I can relate to Max easily. Working …

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NEW GIRL: Behind the Scenes of the Photo Shoot with Zooey Deschanel

Excited for New Girl? We are! Our new favorite comedy debuts tonight after Glee (yay! Glee!), and we have a fun behind-the-scenes look at the photoshoot to share while we wait. Check out Zooey Deschanel, Jake Johnson, Max Greenfield, Lamorne Morris, and Hannah Simone getting goofy for the cameras. New Girl premieres tonight at 9/8c on FOX.

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THE SECRET CIRCLE: Photos from “Bound”

In tonight’s episode of The Secret Circle, “Bound“, Faye is power-drunk, Cassie meets a new friend, Diana pushes to bind the Circle, Melissa pursues Nick and Adam’s feelings for Cassie are growing as he tries to distance himself from her. These photos should spark your interest. Watch The Secret Circle tonight at 8/7c on theCW.

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Let the Insanity of Fall TV Begin (Part 1)

This week is the official start of the 2011-2012 Fall TV season and what a crazy week of programming it will be for every TV viewer no matter how little or how much TV you actually watch each week. Last night we saw the returns of the dramas Castle and Hawaii Five-0, the debut of The Playboy Club and the …

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NEW GIRL: Our New Favorite Comedy

I just finished watching the pilot for the new FOX sitcom, New Girl, starring Zooey Deschanel. I still have a smile on my face and every once in a while a giggle escapes me. This is the funniest new show I’ve seen in years! I mean like Friends funny. Zooey plays Jess, a kooky little sweetheart that you want to hug and …

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Nice Girls Top 5 New Fall Shows

The Nice Girls love TV and we love giving our opinions, so it’s no surprise that we love to give our opinions about TV. We recently compiled a list of our favorite new Fall shows to see how our preferences stacked up with each other, and had some interesting results. Take a look. 5. Ringer: Sarah Michelle Gellar’s return to …

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