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Ugly Betty seems to be having a creative resurgence this season; too bad it’s stuck on Friday nights. Join the Nice Girls in watching it, won’t you? Monk – USA 9/8c “Mr. Monk Goes Camping” – Monk and Disher go on a camping trip in order to land in the good graces of a reinstatement-committee member and his mischievous son. …
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Why Isn’t Dollhouse A Bigger Hit?
Fox decided to pull Dollhouse from the schedule during November sweeps, choosing to air reruns of House in that timeslot instead. What does Fox see as a result? A 62% increase in ratings. With a rerun. (The rerun also trumped ratings for new episodes of Brothers and ‘Til Death, but I don’t watch them so I don’t really care.) I …
Read More »NGTV Guide: Friday, October 30
Fox’s decision to bench Dollhouse for November sweeps means we won’t get to see the follow up to last week’s stellar outing until December. Fortunately Fridays offer a lot of other options now. Monk – USA 9/8c “Mr. Monk and the Dog” – Monk reluctantly adopts a dog while looking into the suspicious disappearance of its owner. Wallace Langham guest …
Read More »NGTV Guide: Friday, October 23
Welcome to the Dollhouse, Neal Caffrey! OK, so that’s a bit of a mashup, but this we we are welcoming back Dollhouse as well as USA’s new series White Collar (be sure to enter the giveaway!). Also on tap tonight, Sharona returns to San Francisco! Dollhouse – FOX 9/8c “Belonging” – Sierra is forced to face her past as her …
Read More »NGTV Guide: Friday, October 16
Our favorite fake psychic detectives head off into the sunset with tonight’s autumn season finale, Mr. Monk has a birthday, and Ugly Betty returns on tonight’s TV lineup. Monk – USA 9/8c “Happy Birthday, Mr. Monk” – Natalie tries to throw a surprise birthday party for Monk while he investigates the mysterious death of an office building’s maintenance man. Virginia …
Read More »Is ABC The New Lifetime?
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) …
Read More »Ugly Betty Premiere Pushed Back to October 16
I’m not sure how to take this news: ABC has pushed the two-hour season premiere of Ugly Betty back from October 9 to October 16. I don’t see anything major on the schedule for October 9 that ABC thinks would steal their thunder, so what gives? Oh well, at least we have Marc and Amanda’s webisodes to enjoy in the …
Read More »Fresh Faces for Fall
With the bulk of the fall shows on the major networks ready to either debut or make their season premieres this week, we here at NiceGirls thought it would be a good idea to focus on some of the fresh new faces that will be gracing our TV screens. Some of these newcomers have been ‘around for awhile’ (but still …
Read More »Emmy Spotlight: Comedic Timing
The Emmys are coming! The Emmys are coming! This week the Nice Girls will preview some of the contenders for Emmys in a variety of categories, focusing on our faves. Outstanding Comedy Series: 30 Rock (NBC) A cooky workplace comedy, 30 Rock is saved from being mundane by Tina Fey’s sharp wit and a cast of actors with incredible comic …
Read More »The End of Summer Means the Beginning of Fall TV!
It’s Labor Day here in the United States, the unofficial end of summer and the beginning of the fall TV season. It used to be that summer was all about reruns and nothing new debuted until mid-September. Not anymore. Thanks to cable and reality TV, the year ’round TV schedule is here. I’ve enjoyed some really terrific shows this summer …
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