Nice Girls Posts

No, this isn’t a post about Friday Night Lights and now much I love it–no questions asked no matter the number of tears shed by the end of the episode. Instead, this post is about how for a little while, I can’t focus on TV for too long each day without frying my brain function. Sadly, one part of my …

Still no Glee, but boy are things heating up in Eastwick. Cougar Town – ABC9:30/8:30c “Don’t Come Around Here No More” – Jules always seems to be with her friends, her ex or her son.   One night when everyone is busy, she reluctantly takes a date with an older man just to get out of the house, so Grayson makes …

Here is the next installment of actors and actresses who are under-appreciated, deserving of more attention or perhaps even their own show: Abigail Spencer – Some folks will remember Abigail from All My Children or in the lead role of Angela Henson in the short-lived Lifetime series Angela’s Eyes. Most recently she’s been seen in episodes of Bones, Ghost Whisperer, My …

It feels like we’ve been hearing about V forever; at last the revamped series returns tonight! It’s the first of four episodes before a hiatus until spring. V – ABC 8/7c – SERIES PREMIERE “Pilot” – In the premiere episode an image of Anna (Morena Baccarin), the leader of the V’s, is projected worldwide as she speaks about everyone joining …

This past week I had the chance to attend two unique and fun events very much in line with the ‘celebration’ of Halloween. On Wednesday, I attended the Paley Center for Media’s look Inside the Writers’ Room of the fan favorite HBO series True Blood. You can see my full write-up on the panel itself at both True-Blood.net and SciFiTVZone.com …

Fox decided to pull Dollhouse from the schedule during November sweeps, choosing to air reruns of House in that timeslot instead. What does Fox see as a result? A 62% increase in ratings. With a rerun. (The rerun also trumped ratings for new episodes of Brothers and ‘Til Death, but I don’t watch them so I don’t really care.) I …

Raise your hand if typing “November” already is freaking you out! Gossip Girl – the CW 9/8c “The Grandfather Part II” – Olivia says something she regrets during her appearance on Jimmy Fallon’s (Fallon playing himself) talkshow and tries to keep Dan from finding out. With election day around the corner, Nate suspects his grandfather (guest star James Naughton) will …

In our continuing series of Top Women in Television Behind the Camera, this final section is a salute to Up-and-Comers: Erin Maher and Kay Reindl (Legend of the Seeker) – This writing team may have gotten their start 12 years ago when they wrote several episodes of the series Millennium, but over the last 8 years they have written individual …

Alex O’Loughlins Dr. Yablonsky is up against it again this week. Here’s hoping sports don’t push tonight’s episode back too late! Three Rivers – CBS 9/8c “Alone Together” – In order to save his life, Andy tries a risky new procedure on his wife’s partner who suffers from an aortic aneurysm.

Happy Halloween! Robin Hood – BBC America 9/8c “The King Is Dead, Long Live The King” – Prince John announces that King Richard has been killed in the Holy Land and that he is to be crowned King. The outlaws are devastated by the news but Robin suspects that something doesn’t add up. He investigates the claim and realizes the …