Rueben

Using her favorite online handle, Rueben is an East Coast-bred gal who is now a permanent Californian and a lifelong tv-oholic. She watches at least 25 TV shows a week, goes to the movies as often as possible, listens to music every waking moment, reads every day and “plays” on the internet every chance she can. Some of her current favorite TV shows are Outlander, Sweet Magnolias, Wednesday, High Potential, Will Trent, Reacher, The Gilded Age, Fire Country, Matlock, Miss Scarlet, Skymed, The Rookie, Bridgerton, Virgin River and School Spirits. She is looking forward to season three of Silo on Apple TV; season two of Ransom Canyon on Netflix; season five of Harry Wild on Acorn TV and the debuts of Lanterns on HBO Max and Anna Pigeon on USA Network. Follow her on Bluesky @ruebensramblings.bsky.social or contact her at rueben@nicegirlstv.com. Please also check out Rueben's Ramblings website for even more entertainment news.

RECAP: The Brave: “Close to Home: Part 1”

The Brave aired the first part of its two-part season finale last night on NBC, finding the team searching for a 17-year-old girl who hacked into a U.S. submarine. But it’s what – or more to the point – WHO they found while trying to retrieve this young girl that really changed the course of their mission. Here is the …

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Prey: The TV Show That Changed My Life

It was 20 years ago yesterday that the short-lived science-fiction TV series Prey debuted on ABC. The series starred then little known actress Debra Messing (of Will & Grace fame), who had starred in the comedy Ned and Stacey as well as the box office film A Walk in the Clouds prior to landing the lead role in this mid-season …

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Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. Roundtable: “Together or Not At All”

A new episode of season five of Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. aired on Friday, finding nearly all of the team being reunited and attempting to escape to the surface in order to find May. The official tagline for the episode entitled “Together or Not At All” is as follows: “Just as the team reunites, it becomes prey for an undefeated …

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9-1-1 RECAP: “Let Go”

The second episode of the new FOX drama 9-1-1 aired last night, focusing on people who – like the title states – “let go.” As the episode opened, we saw two guys waiting in line to ride a roller coaster at a state fair. One friend was very excited about the ride, but the other friend was less so. Since …

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It’s Time for Paley Fest 2018

This year will mark the 35th Anniversary of the William S. Paley Television Festival – better known as the Paley Fest – held by the former Museum of Television and Radio – now known as The Paley Center for Media. The initial panels that were announced several weeks ago include the Netflix hit Stranger Things, the top new drama of …

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Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. Roundtable: “Fun and Games”

Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. returned to ABC with its first new episode of 2018 on Friday night, delivering on the events of the last episode with Fitz showing up in the future. The episode found Inhumans having to fight to the death before cronies of the devious Kree “ruler” Kasius. The official tagline for Friday’s episode, entitled “Fun and Games” …

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Outlander News: Season 4 Casting Announcement

Outlander Fans! Another important role has been cast for season 4 of the popular Starz drama Outlander. U.K. actor Colin McFarlane has been cast in the role of Ulysses, the butler of the River Run plantation in North Carolina. Ulysses is a well-educated and musically inclined man who was sold into slavery when he was young. He was acquired by …

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9-1-1: Thoughts on the Pilot Episode

The new drama 9-1-1 debuted last night on FOX. The series is a “fast-paced exploration into the lives and careers of first responders — including police officers, paramedics and firefighters — the individuals who put their lives on the line every day to save others. The show draws from real-life, high-pressure experiences of emergency response providers who regularly face heart-stopping …

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My Top 10 Holiday Movies

The holiday season always gets started so early whether it is at the retail stores – you see Christmas decorations on the shelves before Halloween has even taken place – or on the small screen with the Countdown to Christmas movies starting on the Hallmark Channel [and its sister network Hallmark Movies & Mysteries] right after Halloween. For avid TV …

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Do You Remember: Threshold

The short-lived CBS sci-fi series Threshold debuted on September 16, 2005, focusing on a secret government project investigating the first contact with an extraterrestrial species. The series starred Carla Gugino (Wayward Pines and the box office film San Andreas) as Dr. Molly Caffrey, a high-level government crisis management consultant from the Blackwood Institute whose job is to create contingency plans …

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