What Leno in Primetime Means to TV

I read a MediaPost article yesterday about NBC head honcho Jeff Zucker’s comments at an advertising conference where he suggested that NBC might trim back the number hours they broadcast in order to compete. Citing examples like FOX which only airs 15 hours of original programming and the CW which only airs 10 (or are we back up to 12 …

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Watch TJ Thyne in “Validation”

You guys have to check out this wonderful short film from Bones‘ TJ Thyne. Would you expect anything less from one of our Nice Boys? TJ Thyne in ‘Validation’

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It’s Spoiler Time!

We may be on winter hiatus, but the spoilers are a-flyin’ for 2009. Here’s what’s coming up on some of our shows: Bones: Sources tell me Angela’s romantic relationship with Ms. Roxie won’t last forever. Word is, Roxie will dump our favorite facial reconstructionist, who doesn’t take the rejection well. The upside? I hear she may be jumping into bed …

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NGTV Guide: Tuesday, December 9

Guess what? NONE of our shows are airing new episodes tonight. No, seriously. Even Privileged, airing on its regular night, is an encore of last night’s broadcast. In honor of what we normally watch on Tuesday nights, here’s a clip from Fox pitting Gregory House (House, M.D.) against Walter Bishop (Fringe): This text will be replaced Hee! Now you can …

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TV.com’s The Best of 2008

TV.com is conducting their own Best of 2008 in television. Some Nice Girls favorites are on their list. Example: *Best Drama: Fox’s BONES tracking with 1,739,428 votes so far *Best New Fall Show: HBO’s TRUE BLOOD tracking with 1,775,955 votes so far *Best New Fall Show: FRINGE tracking with 1,541,711 votes so far *Best New Fall Show: THE MENTALIST with …

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ABC Family’s 25 Days of Christmas – Day 9

Tonight, ABC Family has holiday shenanigans for you beginning with that rascally feline, Garfield. (7:00 – 7:30 PM ET/PT) A GARFIELD CHRISTMAS In this holiday special, Garfield travels with Jon and Odie to the countryside to celebrate Christmas with Jon’s farm family. While there, Odie begins working on a mysterious gift, and Garfield stumbles upon some old love letters to …

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“Leverage” from “The Librarian”

Yes, I know, it’s a cheesy title for an article, but it’s the best I can do this close to the holidays. The point is, I just had to chat about two television premieres I watched last night. I’ll begin with The Librarian: The Curse of the Judas Chalice. This is the third installment of The Librarian series begun back …

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Fringe, 30 Rock Pick up WGA Noms

The Writers Guild of America announced the nominees for best writing on television today and the list features some Nice Girls favorites. Friday Night Lights picked up a nomination in the Dramatic Series category while 30 Rock was nominated both as a whole for Comedy Series and for three individual episodes (“Succession”, “Cooter” and “Believe in the Stars”) for Episodic …

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NGTV Guide: Monday, December 8

We’re approaching winter hiatus, which means fewer new episodes to watch but more time to catch up on what we might have missed this fall. Fortunately we do have one more full night of Monday night goodness before the drought begins! This text will be replaced Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles – FOX 8/7c FALL FINALE “Alpine Fields” – Sarah …

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ABC Family’s 25 Days of Christmas – Day 8

Tonight’s holiday television begins with an unbelieving mouse, a mean Grape and sturdy Whiskers, before moving on to the high jinks of Danny DeVito and Arnold Schwarzenegger. Beginning at 7:00 PM-7:30 ET/PT, actor Joel Grey narrates the animated holiday special adapted from the famous poem by Clement Moore, ‘TWAS THE NIGHT BEFORE CHRISTMAS. A kindly clockmaker, a friendly family of …

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