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.

Introducing: Supergirl

Everyone knows the legend of Clark Kent and his secret identify of Superman. But not everyone knows the legend of Kara Zor-El, Superman’s cousin, otherwise known as Supergirl. In the new CBS series based on the DC Comics character, a pre-teen Kara Zor-El (Melissa Benoist from Glee) left the ready-to-implode planet Krypton at the insistence of her mother Alura (Laura …

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Advanced Review: GOOD WITCH Celebrates Halloween

The first season of the new weekly series Good Witch aired on the Hallmark Channel from February 28 through April 18, winning a second season renewal shortly thereafter. In preparation for the show’s upcoming second season – which will air sometime in 2016 – a special two-hour sneak peek called Good Witch Halloween will air this Saturday. As fans of …

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Women Behind the Scenes Spotlight: Susanna Fogel and Joni Lekfowitz

Today’s Women Behind the Scenes spotlight is shone on writers, producers and actresses Susanna Fogel and Joni Lefkowitz. Susanna and Joni first gained attention with their YouTube videos where they filmed themselves looking for parking, going for fast food, and complaining about the early picket line hours during the WGA writers’ strike. Less than a year later (in 2008), the …

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What to Expect on TV in November

Can you believe that in a little over a month we will be celebrating Thanksgiving here in the United States? Doesn’t it seem like it was just summer? The year has gone by so quickly, but that hasn’t stopped the major and cable networks from giving us plenty of programming options. First let’s take a look at all of the …

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Web Series Spotlight: All’s Fair Play

Last June, as part of my ongoing web series spotlight, I paid tribute to the online series “The Autobiography of Jane Eyre” that hails from Canada’s KalamaTea Productions. KalamaTea Productions has now launched their second production, their very first original comedy (inspired by Shakespearean elements) called All’s Fair Play, that debuted back on June 21. All’s Fair Play takes place …

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Losing TV Shows Is Hard

It happens every season, television shows are cancelled. Whether they are long-running dramas that come to a planned ending (such as Burn Notice, Lost or CSI just to name a few) or any TV show that simply didn’t get a chance to run for very long (such as Moonlight, Firefly or Pushing Daisies). There are plenty of short-lived series that …

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Advanced Review: Signed Sealed Delivered: The Impossible Dream

The first Signed Sealed Delivered two-hour movie debuted back in 2013, starring Ugly Betty alum Eric Mabius as well as Kristin Booth (Orphan Black), Crystal Lowe and Geoff Gustafson (both from Primeval: New World), as postal employees working in the dead letter office. Since that debut, Signed Sealed Delivered became a short-lived one-hour drama on the Hallmark Channel before reverting …

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October 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 October: October 1 – The Blacklist will air its season premiere on NBC at 9 PM October 1 – Bones and Sleepy Hollow will air both of their season …

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Is There Too Much TV to Watch

Recently I read an article in the local paper here in Los Angeles that focused on the over-abundance of television programs available to viewers not only on the major and cable networks but also online on “networks” like Netflix, Hulu and Amazon. This may not be THE year where there are more program options than ever before, but if you …

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The Player at San Diego Comic Con

With the debut of the new NBC drama The Player set to debut this Thursday night (after the debut of the reboot series Heroes Reborn, I might add), it was the right time to go back to the show’s appearance at July’s San Diego Comic Con. Taking the stage at that summer panel were series stars Philip Winchester (from Strike …

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