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.

June TV Calendar

The following list provides the dates of the returning cable and major network dramas as well as new cable and major network dramas, made-for-TV movies and mini-series that will air during June: June 1 – The new season of The Night Shift will get started on NBC at 10 PM June 1 – The new Australian series Cleverman will debut …

Read More »

Wynonna Earp Recap: “Bury Me with My Guns On”

Here is the official synopsis of last night’s episode of Wynonna Earp: Wynonna, still shaken by her encounter with the last of the Seven, turns to drink – and other lustful activities! – for solace. And she gets swept up in Doc Holliday’s vendetta to find and defeat the woman who wronged him: the Stone Witch. How To Cope Wynonna …

Read More »

Women Behind the Scenes – K.J. Steinberg

Today’s Women Behind the Scenes spotlight is focused on producer and writer K.J. (Kathryn J.) Steinberg. K.J. did a little bit of acting before she took a step behind the scenes, appearing in an episode of Friends back in 1997 and then she had a small role in her brother Hank Steinberg’s HBO biopic 61* that aired in 2001. She …

Read More »

A Review of the 2016 Upfront Presentations

Last week the major networks made their annual presentations to the advertisers in New York, showcasing their fall schedules for the 2016-2017 TV season. As usual there was a lot of speculation on what new pilots would be picked up by each network as well as what shows would be renewed and cancelled. Some predictions were easy to make in …

Read More »

Good Witch Recap: “Risk”

Sunday night’s new episode of the popular, family-friendly Hallmark Channel drama Good Witch focused on risks. The main stories within the episode were: • Sam surprised Cassie with that horseback riding outing or date (if you will); • Cassie showing an abundance of courtesy to the B&B’s new guest Alexis (who nearly ran off without paying her debts); • Abigail …

Read More »

Outlander Recap: “Faith”

The ramifications of Claire rushing off to stop Jamie from dueling Captain Black Jack Randall in last night’s new episode of Outlander had dire consequences! But first we had a surprise opening scene of a young girl looking through books about birds only to discover that it was Claire’s young daughter in Boston 1954. That little girl was pale with …

Read More »

Good Witch Recap: ‘Surprise Me’

Sunday night’s episode of Good Witch found Cassie spending more time with both her old college friend John as well as her next-door neighbor Sam. While Cassie has clearly stated that she isn’t ready to move on in a relationship just yet, John (nor Sam) seem ready to accept that. They, of course, are not pushing Cassie [that wouldn’t fit …

Read More »

What To Expect on TV in June

It’s hard to believe that in a little over a week the 2015-2016 TV season will come to an end and then just a little over a week beyond that the 2016 summer TV season will begin in earnest. There will be a lot of summer shows coming back and the following are the shows and made-for-TV movies in June …

Read More »

Outlander Recap: “Best Laid Schemes…”

The best laid schemes don’t always work out quite the way they were planned and broken promises can have horrible ramifications. Both of those statements played out in full on last night’s episode of Outlander, finding Murtagh, Claire and Jamie working to stop the Bonnie Prince and their archenemy the Comte St. Germaine from getting their money that would go …

Read More »

Movie Review: A Sort of Homecoming

The new independent movie A Sort of Homecoming is available on digital HD and On-Demand through Mar Vista Entertainment as of today. The film tells the story of Amy, a New York news producer (Michelle Clunie from Queer as Folks) for the fictional CZN News in New York City, who thought she left her high school experiences long in the …

Read More »