Nice Girls Posts

A couple of weeks in, how are we feeling about Courteney Cox’s return to the small screen? It can be a little OTT at times, but overall, it’s funny and sweet at the saem time. Glee – FOX 9/8c “Vitamin D” – Will challenges the kids to a healthy dose of competition with boys against girls in a mashup showdown. …

It’s a night of major guest stars as Leonard Nimoy returns to Fringe, Jasmine Guy appears on The Vampire Diaries, and Gabrielle Union turns up on FlashForward. The Vampire Diaries – the CW 8/7c “You’re Undead to Me” – Stefan is hopeful that his plan to get rid of Damon is working. Elena and Jenna are concerned about Jeremy’s relationship …

In her first big break on television, Amanda Righetti was introduced as Hailey Nichol, the black-sheep sister of Kirsten Cohen in The O.C. After a successful run of 12 episodes on The O.C., Righetti was then immediately cast as Tessa Lewis, a manipulative con artist, in the Hawaiian romp North Shore. Alas, North Shore only ran for one season. But …

When I was on a conference call with Robin Dunne and Amanda Tapping last week, I couldn’t help but wish I could spend just one day on the set of SyFy’s Sanctuary. He seems like the kind of guy that’s always looking for ways to have fun. Amanda said that he always makes her laugh and I’d like to know …

With it’s third season more than half complete, it seems like I should talk about Mad Men, which is one of the shows I love, but manage to not talk about here. I’ve been watching the show, at the urging of another friend, since the start of the second season (having mainlined all of season one via On Demand.) As …

THR is reporting that Fringe and The Vampire Diaries are among the shows that produced an increase in ratings after DVR totals came in for the week of Sept. 20th. Granted, this was before all the fall shows premiered; however, both shows are still holding their own for their respective networks. “The CW again this year is showing significant gains. …

Here is the next installment of actors and actresses who are under-appreciated, deserving of more attention or perhaps even their own show: Leah Pipes – Leah got her start on the short-lived series Clubhouse then guest starred in episodes of Malcolm in the Middle, Bones and Crossing Jordan before being cast in the lead role in the short-lived series Life …

A couple of weeks in, how are we feeling about Juliana Margulies’s return to the small screen? It’s formulaic, but she’s selling it in my opinion. The Good Wife – CBS 10/9c “You Can’t Go Home Again” – When the teenage son of a former friend hires her to defend him in a murder case, Alicia makes a difficult journey …

With the majority of the new shows having debuted (and most of the returning series making their season premieres), I thought it was appropriate to make a report card (of sorts) on the new shows that have caught my attention, those that I have decided to pass on, and the few that will, unfortunately, (more likely than not) end up …

While putting together the TV Guide over the past couple of weeks, I’ve noticed that ABC is suddenly on our radar again with several new shows that appeal to the Nice Girls. Of the 19 scripted shows on the network, seven have females as the lead character (Cougar Town, Eastwick, Desperate Housewives, Grey’s Anatomy, The Middle, Private Practice, Ugly Betty) …