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.

Breaking News: Outlander Renewed for Seasons 3 AND 4

Thanks to the folks over at Variety, I am VERY pleased to announce that the Starz series Outlander has been renewed for seasons 3 AND 4!! Can you just hear the shouts of joy from the worldwide fans? Here is just a small excerpt of the Variety report: Starz has renewed “Outlander” for Seasons 3 and 4, Variety has learned. …

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Web Series Spotlight: The Concession

Viewers of the web series Classic Alice are very familiar with actress, writer and producer Kate Hackett, who played the title character in both seasons of the popular web series that focused on a modern day Alice, a college student making decisions according to the actions of characters in classic literature. Next week, on June 7 (ironically or not the …

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Outlander Recap: “The Fox’s Lair”

Saturday night’s episode of Outlander found Jamie and Claire finally returning to Scotland after the tumultuous events that took in Paris. Viewers learned that while Jamie and Claire were away, Jamie’s sister Jenny and her husband Ian had another child and that young village boy Rabbie McNab is still living at Lallybroch; and based on the suggestion of Claire, the …

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Good Witch Recap: ‘What’s Your Secret?”

It would seem that keeping secrets in the quaint town of Middleton on the Hallmark Channel drama Good Witch is easier said than done at least where keeping the lid on Martha Tinsdale’s surprise 30th Anniversary party is concerned. Martha’s husband Tom paid a visit to Cassie’s shop – and as always she seemed to know exactly what he needed …

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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 …

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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 …

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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 …

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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 …

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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 …

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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 …

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