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.

Outlander (The Morning After) Recap: The Mid-Season Finale “Both Sides Now”

Frank Randall (series regular Tobias Menzies) is once again at the Inverness Police Station seeking information on his missing wife; but he is far from receiving the answers he seeks. In fact, he tells the detective who has been on the case, “My expectations of your department were low to begin with and I can assure you that you’ve meet …

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Breaking News: Outlander Mid-Season Return Set

With the mid-season finale of Outlander only two days away, the folks at Starz have announced when fans can expect the “back 8” episodes of the now acclaimed series to return: April 4, 2015 Make sure to mark that date on your calendars and be prepared for an intense mid-season finale of Outlander this Saturday, September 27 at 9/8c on …

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Breaking News: Syfy Renews Defiance and Dominion

Syfy announced today that Defiance has been given a 13-episode third season order while the supernatural thriller Dominion has received a 13-episode second season. Defiance is set in the near future, featuring an exotically transformed planet Earth, its landscapes permanently altered following the sudden – and tumultuous – arrival of seven unique alien races. In this somewhat unknown and unpredictable …

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What to Expect on TV in October

The fall season is now underway and while there were plenty of programming options offered in September there are still more new and returning dramas as well as made-for-TV movies to be seen throughout October. Here are just some of them: The second season of Reign will premiere on The CW on October 2 and 9 PM while the season …

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Outlander (The Morning After) Recap: The Wedding

“You may kiss your bride”. With those five words Claire Elizabeth Beauchamp (series lead Caitriona Balfe) and James Alexander Malcolm MacKenize Fraser (series lead Sam Heughan) became husband and wife not out of undying love between the two, but to save Claire’s life from the sadistic bastard Captain Jonathan “Black Jack” Randall (series regular Tobias Menizes). But since the clan …

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The NiceGirlsTV CASTING COUCH

Here are the casting couch features for this past week: Actress Andrea Parker (Pretty Little Liars and The Pretender) will have a recurring role on the new FOX drama Red Band Society that revolves around teenagers who are long-term hospital patients. She will play Sarah, the mother of Kara Sounders (Zoe Levin), a wealthy, driven, dedicated and fashionable woman who …

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Introducing Gotham

“The good. The evil. The beginning.” Everyone knows the name Commissioner Gordon. He is one of the crime world’s greatest foes, a man whose reputation is synonymous with law and order. But what is known of Gordon’s story and his rise from rookie detective to Police Commissioner? What did it take to navigate the multiple layers of corruption that secretly …

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THE FACTS OF LIFE: 35 Years Later

The Paley Center for Media in Beverly Hills held the final event of its 10th Annual Fall TV Previews with a Fall Flashback panel focusing on the 35th Anniversary of the classic television comedy The Facts of Life. On tap for the night were original cast members Lisa Whelchel, who played Blair Warner; Nancy McKeon, who played Jo Polniazcek; Mindy …

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Women Behind the Scenes Spotlight: Dawn Parouse Olmstead

Today’s Women Behind the Scenes spotlight is shone on Television Producer Dawn Parouse Olmstead. Dawn grew up in Brooklyn and got her start as a producer of Saturday Night Live and The Jon Stewart Show before moving on to executive producer the cable movie The Tiger Woods Story in 1998. Later that year she produced the documentary The Living Museum …

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The Faces of 2014 Fall TV

Every fall when the new TV season starts on the major networks, there are always new faces to look out for in the primetime line-up, familiar faces to welcome back to TV and also interesting faces appearing in recurring roles on returning series. The following list are the faces for which I think viewers should be on the look-out for: …

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