Nice Girls Posts

The double punch of Warehouse 13 and Eureka panels capped off an exciting day at Comic Con at the end of July. First up were the cast and Executive Producer of the number 1 show on Syfy: Warehouse 13. Moderator for this panel was Neil Grayston, otherwise known as Fargo on the equally popular Syfy series Eureka, who introduced the …

Melissa & Joey is my new favorite, half-hour, sitcom. I’ve always loved those shows that made you laugh and relax on a week night. Friends, The Cosby Show, Cheers, Coach, Frasier; I miss them all. When I had my second daughter, it was the first time I nursed, so I was often awake in the middle of the night when …

Say hello to our new Nice Boy, Joey Lawrence.  Joey is currently starring  in the new ABC Family sitcom, Melissa & Joey. Lawrence has come quite a long way since Gimme A Break! in which he appeared as Joey Donovan until 1987. Since then, he played Joey Russo, a dim-witted teenager who frequently uttered the phrase “Whoa!”,on the series Blossom. …

Surprising no one, USA announced today that they’ve picked up rookie hit Covert Affairs for a second season. A ratings success for the network, Covert Affairs has been outpacing ABC and CBS this summer, and builds on its lead-in from White Collar (also a solid performer) every week as well. No date for season 2 was provided, but we expect …

Burn Notice – USA 9/8c “Blind Spot” – Michael and team come to the aid of a woman who has her entire life savings wiped out by a sleazy womanizer. Guest starring Robert Patrick Royal Pains – USA 10/9c “Big Whoop” – Tensions grows between Hank and Emily when they care for a patient together but disagree on the course …

The mysterious new drama from NBC – The Event – presented its pilot to a packed panel room at Comic Con last month. I had the great fortune of making it into the panel room along with some friends to see what all the talk has been about. Without revealing much of the plot (I just can’t do that to …

Psych – USA 10/9c “Viagra Falls” – Two former cops (guest stars Carl Weathers and William Devane) come out of retirement to help Shawn and Gus solve the murder of a former police chief.

Here is the next installment of actors and actresses who are under-appreciated, deserving of more attention or perhaps even their own show: Erica Hubbard – Some of Erica’s earliest guest appearances were on ER, Early Edition, Boston Public, Judging Amy, Joan of Arcadia and CSI: Miami. She the starred in the shows The Replacements and Lincoln Heights. She appeared in …

On the first full day of Comic Con 2010, I had the opportunity to sit in on a panel of sci-fi authors who discussed the “power of myth” contained within their writing and within the genre itself. The panelists included Amber Benson, actress and writer of the Calliope Reaper-Jones novels and authors Esther Freisner, Thomas Grenias, Lev Grossman, Les Klinger, …

As Dalton Ross from Entertainment Weekly took the stage to introduce a clip of the upcoming retelling of the seminal classic series Hawaii Five-0 at Comic Con,  one could sense the excitement of the audience within the packed panel room. The clip highlighted the beauty of the island, the action and adventure that will be contained in the series and …