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As a fan of fairy tales and an avid TV watcher, now and then I find myself watching a show and suddenly realizing that it’s a reimagination of a classic tale beginning with “once upon a time…” and (we hope) ending with “…happily ever after.” Jen Grisanti explored how Showtime’s Shameless is a modern retelling of Cinderella, and now it’s …

The TV Writer Podcast, hosted and produced by Gray Jones, is doing a series of interviews with women writers in television. The latest interview is with Keto Shimizu, a writer on NBC’s The Cape. Keto talks about getting started, geeking out, and ultimately landing a job as a writer on a network series.

In tonight’s episode of Community, Malcolm Jamal Warner guest stars as Andre, the ex-husband of Yvette Nicole Brown’s character Shirley. While the storyline is a bit rocky between Andre and Shirley, there is plenty of mutual admiration between Yvette and Jamal who were playfully complimentary during a conference call with NiceGirlsTV. In fact, Yvette admitted she had a girlhood crush …

In the January 5, 2011 episode of Law & Order: Special Victims Unit, entitled “Possessed,” Taryn Manning guest stars as Larissa Welsh, a child-abuse survivor, along with David Patrick Kelly, who guest stars as the man who wrote the book that may have inspired the abuse Larissa suffered. Based on SVU star Ice-T’s reaction after hearing about a book for …

At this time of year everyone typically gives thanks for the important things in their lives. We here at NiceGirlsTV are no different, but we do have a slight slant to the things for which we are thankful. As you can imagine, those things tend to be TV related and the following list is just a small sample of the …

After ordering two additional scripts just a couple of weeks ago, NBC has pulled the plug on Undercovers. Three more episodes will air over the next few weeks, but the other three episodes already filmed may or may not see the light of day on NBC. The spy-drama-romance-action series started off with a so-so pilot, a surprise coming from executive …

Our advance reviews of NBC’s new fall shows continues with a look at the new Wednesday night series, Undercovers. Although the pilot episode doesn’t quite have the magic  or the jaw-dropping moments we’ve come to expect from J.J. Abrams, Undercovers has the potential to be a lighthearted spy romp with just enough drama to stay out of parody territory. Gugu …

Chuck season 4 premieres Monday at 8/7c on NBC. Want to know what’s happening this season? NBC has an extended preview that will catch you up on the last 3 seasons and introduces the new season (plus: Linda Hamilton!). Take a look:

NBC unveils five new series next week, hoping to climb out of the ratings basement they found themselves in post-Must See TV. We’ll be reviewing each of these series this week, providing our opinion on whether or not they’re worth your time. Outlaw Starring: Jimmy Smits, David Ramsey, Ellen Woglom, Carly Pope, Jesse Bradford Another legal show? Yes, complete with …

NBC unveils five new series next week, hoping to climb out of the ratings basement they found themselves in post-Must See TV. We’ll be reviewing each of these series this week, providing our opinion on whether or not they’re worth your time. Chase Starring: Kelli Giddish, Cole Hauser, Jesse Metcalfe, Rose Collins, Amaury Nolasco Chase is executive produced by adrenaline-loving …