Tag Archives: Lead Story

This is the first in a series of features analyzing current television shows as retellings of classic fairy tales. We’re kicking off the series with a guest post from TV insider Jen Grisanti. In Showtime’s new series Shameless, I see a modern day telling of Cinderella. The eldest daughter, Fiona, is the modern Cinderella. Fiona is accountable for taking care …

Giving The Cape some love in this week’s Nice Boy, we have the wonderful Keith David, who plays Max Malini on the show. We met Keith at NBC’s Wired party last July during Comic Con, and he was so friendly and spoke with us with great enthusiasm about the show and his character. Max is the leader of a band …

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 …

The second season of PBS’ Pioneers of Television debuted Tuesday night, starting its exploration of television history with the science fiction genre – specifically three series: the original Twilight Zone and Star Trek, as well as Lost In Space. These are shows that paved the way for the genre as we know it today. Certainly, I wouldn’t have grown up …

The blue sky series about a concierge doctor catering to the rich and famous in the Hamptons, Royal Pains picks up right where it left off last summer: Hank (Mark Feuerstein) and Evan Lawson’s (Paulo Costanzo) father Eddie (Henry Winkler) has stirred up a bit of trouble for the two brothers of Hank Med; their physician assistant Divya (Reshma Shetty) …

It is unusual for a US series to have completed production on an entire season before it even premieres, and even more unusual for reviewers to have a chance to get a glimpse of a full season in advance, but that’s the case for USA Network’s new series Fairly Legal, premiering January 20. Production on the first season is wrapped …

In a conference call with NiceGirlsTV, creator and executive producer Michael Sardo talked about what inspired him to create the series Fairly Legal and what to expect with the characters on the show. Sardo explained that over the course of the past six years, he has been toying with the idea of a show revolving around mediation. He had watched …

The complete schedule for PaleyFest 2011 is here! Planning to attend? Not sure what to expect? We’re here to help! The Nice Girls have attended several Paley events and we’re ready to answer questions you might have. The Lineup March 4th: The Walking Dead March 5th: True Blood March 7th: White Collar March 8th: Hot in Cleveland March 9th: Parks …

Last month the non-profit organization IBG, Inc. sponsored a special conversation series featuring Life Unexpected Executive Producer Liz Tigelaar and the show’s stars Kristoffer Polaha (who plays Baze) and Shiri Appleby (who plays Cate). The moderator for the event was E! Online’s Meg Masters, who introduced the panel guests and started off the event with asking each member a big …

White Collar returns to USA on January 18, with an all new episode titled “Burke’s Seven”. I had the opportunity to preview this episode and believe me, you won’t want to miss this. The entire cast has their own spotlight to open the second half of this season. The official, USA Network synopsis reads as follows:   When Peter is suspended …