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.

LOST GIRL Recap: “BrotherFae of the Wolves”

What if you could avoid a past mistake by making better decisions the next time around? That is the theme behind the episode that first finds Dyson being hit up by both Bo and Kenzi as they needed his help on a case. They need his wolf senses on some blood that was found at the scene of a disappearance …

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Sanctuary is Back on Syfy

Are you a fan of the Amanda Tapping series Sanctuary? If so, make sure you are home tonight at 10 PM to tune in for the return of the series. The season premiere episode is called “Change is Coming” and the following is a trailer for the upcoming season: http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=vyqd-pLa-2E

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Women Behind the Scenes Spotlight: Kathleen McGhee-Anderson

Today’s Women Behind the Scenes spotlight is shone on Writer-Producer Kathleen McGhee-Anderson. In the 1980’s, Kathleen worked as a writer on such shows as Little House on the Prairie, Webster, Gimme a Break!, 227 and Amen. Moving into the 1990’s, she worked as a writer on The Cosby Show in 1991 and then a few seasons later she worked as a …

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The Scorecard for Fall TV (So Far)

Even though the new 2011-2012 Fall TV season started less than a month ago, critics and bloggers alike are already making predictions on which new shows are the early successes as well as those new series that are already failing. Now, I have to admit that I have also started to make my own list of winners and losers (new …

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NIKITA Recap: “Falling Ash”

Maggie Q at Nikita

In a seemingly quiet park in Simsbury, Connecticut a father and son are having a conversation about the fact that he is doing better after some sort of past difficulty. The son has his own small business – a soft-serve ice cream truck that is stationed near an outdoor event for some kind of literacy program. As he tends to …

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LOST GIRL Recap: “Mirror Mirror”

Be very careful what you wish for especially when you have imbibed a bit too much. This is a valuable lesson that Kenzi and, unwittingly (at first), Bo learn when they drink to excess because of Dyson. After seeing Dyson with a date at Trick’s bar, and despite putting on a brave face, Bo (as well as Kenzi) drink too …

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October TV Calendar

Welcome back for more of the 2011-2012 Fall TV season with more new shows debuting this month, a few cable shows returning and some ending their summer runs. And, there are a handful of made-for-TV movies that will be debuting as well. So, get your calendars out as it’s going to be another busy month: October 1 – The two-hour …

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Let the Insanity of Fall TV Begin (Conclusion)

As I mentioned in my column last week, the official start of the 2011-2012 fall TV season got underway. And, this week just adds on even more programming to an extremely busy landscape for the TV viewer (avid or otherwise). In addition to the already jam-packed Monday night which includes stiff competition at 10 PM with Castle and Hawaii Five-0, …

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NIKITA Recap: “Game Change”

A dark-haired woman wearing a trench coat saunters into a seemingly non-descript neighborhood store called Harbor Meats. The woman, of course, is Nikita (Maggie Q). She asks the man behind the counter for 3 pounds of Haggis, cheap and bloody. Without saying a word he escorts her to a backroom that is revealed to actually be a secret, obviously, illegal …

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Lost Girl Recap: “Scream a Little Dream”

Kenzi and household chores: two subjects that should never be mixed especially when a simple broom gets the better of our favorite succubus sidekick. It seems that Bo, in an effort to clean out the “wolf who shall not be named” from her life, has made Kenzi an unwillingly assistant in cleaning the apartment, which looks like a complete disaster. …

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