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.

Do You Remember: Jack & Jill

Back on September 26, 1999, the one-hour comedy-drama Jack & Jill debuted on the WB Network (now known as The CW). The series focused on David “Jill” Jillefsky (Ivan Sergei, who since has gone on to appear in Charmed, Crossing Jordan, Gravity, Twisted and most recently NCIS: New Orleans) and Jacqueline “Jack” Barrett (Amanda Peet, who since has gone on …

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Good Witch Recap: “The Trouble With Love”

Last night’s episode of Good Witch focused a lot on love. The love between a mother and son; the love between a mother and daughter; the love between a man and a woman and the love between a surrogate father and a young girl who desperately misses her late father. There were a number of different levels of love on …

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Outlander Recap: “Untimely Resurrection”

As last night’s episode of Outlander opened, we saw the aftermath of the brawl that broke out in Claire and Jamie’s French home. Their many servants are in “clean-up” mode, restoring their lavish home back to order while Claire impatiently waited for word on Jamie, who – along with all the other men involved in the brawl – were taken …

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A Salute to Mom

I am sure we all have different ways of celebrating Mother’s Day. Some families probably go out for dinner; some probably have a big party and maybe others treat their mom to a day of pampering. The hard part for many of us, though, is not being able to celebrate Mother’s Day with your mom because she has passed away. …

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Movie Review: Raising the Bar

The new movie Raising the Bar, available on digital HD/VOD as of May 1 from Mar Vista Entertainment, focuses on 16-year-old Kelly Johnson (Kelli Berglund, one of the stars of the Disney XD series Lab Rats), a champion gymnast in Atlanta, Georgia, who moves from the United States to Australia with her surgeon mother Sarah (Peta Shannon) in the hopes …

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Good Witch Recap: ‘Out of the Past’

The characters on the Hallmark Channel fan favorite series Good Witch were surprised in last night’s new episode by visitors from their past, present and future. Okay, perhaps that is a little far-fetched, but it does make sense not only given the episode title but also by the events that took place in the episode. As we know, Cassie was …

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Outlander Recap: “La Dame Blanche”

Claire and Jamie have obviously settled into their ongoing undercover world trying to stop the Jacobite Rebellion on Outlander; and perhaps they are settling in just a little too comfortably. As the episode opened, Claire joined Jamie and the Minister of Finance, Joseph Duverney, at their regular chess game where the Minister inquired of the couple if they had chosen …

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TV Calendar for May

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 May: May 1 – The finale of the PBS mini-series Grantchester will air at 9 PM May 1 – Season 3 of Penny Dreadful will begin on Showtime at …

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Women Behind the Scenes Spotlight: Jessica Goldberg

Today’s Women Behind the Scenes spotlight is focused on playwright, screenwriter and TV writer Jessica Goldberg. Jessica grew up in Woodstock, New York in the 1970s and 1980s (which actually had an effect on her latest project, but more on that shortly). She graduated from the Dramatic Writing Program at New York University and is also a graduate of The …

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Castle: The Controversy

Last week the unexpected news that not only lead actress Stana Katic but also supporting cast member Tamala Jones on the long-running and one-time fan favorite series Castle were basically fired – should the show return for a 9th season this fall – because of ABC’s presumed efforts to “help cut costs on the aging procedural.” This news, of course, …

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