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In our continuing series of Top Women in Television Behind the Camera, this week’s salute is for the Top Women Directors: Bethany Rooney – One of the most prominent directors in the field is Bethany Rooney who has been a working director for 27 years. She started out in the early 1980’s with shows such as St. Elsewhere, China Beach, …

We’re a few weeks into the new season, and the networks are beginning to decide what to keep and what to jettison. This week saw two new Nice Girls favorite get picked up for a full season: ABC’s Cougar Town and CBS’s The Good Wife both received orders for the back 9. ABC also picked up The Middle and Modern …

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 …

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 …

In our continuing series of Top Women in Television Behind the Camera, this week’s salute is for the Top Women Executive Producers: Jennifer Gwartz and Danielle Stokdyk (Cupid) – Jennifer and Danielle worked with Rob Thomas on his creation Veronica Mars then moved on to Big Shots for its short-run on ABC before serving as Executive Producers for Rob Thomas’ …

The new medical drama Three Rivers will debut on CBS at 9 PM on Sunday, October 4. The main premise of this series is not only about the preeminent transplant hospital in the country located in Pittsburgh but also about the three sides of organ transplantation: the donor, the doctor and the recipient. Starring in the series is Alex O’Loughlin …

As Glee continues to make us hum, get up and dance and all around delight us, the Nice Girls have been completely taken in by Will Schuester, played by the fabulous Matthew Morrison. So, while we still have “Maybe This Time” roaming around in our brains, we are adding Matthew to our Nice Boys Wall of Fame. Oddly enough, Matthew …

Currently co-starring in the ABC series Cougar Town, Busy Philipps is well-known for her sparking comedic presence onscreen. Early in her career, she landed the role of Kim Kelly in the cult-classic Freaks and Geeks and then effortlessly moved between the comedy and drama genres working on such shows as Dawson’s Creek, Love, Inc., ER, and even Terminator: The Sarah …

Here is the next installment of actors and actresses who are under-appreciated, deserving of more attention or perhaps even their own show: Sophia Myles – Most viewers will recognize Sophia as Beth Turner from the short-lived CBS series Moonlight or even the movie Tristan and Isolde with James Franco, but she made a name for herself in the Underworld movies and in …