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.

Getting a Look Inside FOX Through the Paley Preview Party

The last Fall TV Preview Party recently held by the Paley Center for Media was for FOX. These annual events honor a different network each night where the Paley hosts a screening of some of the network’s new shows and holds a panel discussion with some of the talent and creative minds behind those new shows. Representing FOX were Terra …

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Bones Baddie To Appear on Body of Proof

According to the folks at TV Line, actress Deidre Lovejoy, who played serial killer Heather Taffet – aka The Gravedigger – on Bones will appear as “exhausted and a bit grouchy wife” of Detective Bud Morris (John Carroll Lynch) on Body of Proof. This could potentially become a recurring role. Body of Proof aired its season premiere on September 20 …

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Women Behind the Scenes: Tawnia McKiernan

Today’s Women Behind the Scenes spotlight is shone on Director Tawnia McKiernan, who is the daughter of the late (great) Stephen J. Cannell, the creator of TV shows like Hardcastle and McCormick, The A-Team and The Greatest American Hero [among many others]. Tawnia has amassed an impressive list of directorial credits since the mid-1990s, but she got her start in …

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Let the Insanity of Fall TV Begin (Part 1)

This week is the official start of the 2011-2012 Fall TV season and what a crazy week of programming it will be for every TV viewer no matter how little or how much TV you actually watch each week. Last night we saw the returns of the dramas Castle and Hawaii Five-0, the debut of The Playboy Club and the …

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Paley Sneaks a Peek at the New Shows on ABC & CBS

Recently the Paley Center for Media held their annual Paley Preview Parties, which are a precursor for the upcoming fall TV season, showcasing just some of the new shows debuting on the major networks. Two of those parties were for ABC and CBS. First, the Preview Party for CBS featured the entire (reunited) cast of Criminal Minds including (in alphabetical …

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Lost Girl Recap: “I Fought the Fae and the Fae Won”

Vodka, a pint of triple fudge swirl ice cream and a large animal tranq dart: that is the way Kenzi rolls when preparing to deal with Bo as she comes down off her break up with Dyson; and Hale is her somewhat unwilling accomplice in this effort – what Kenzi calls “sidekick solidarity”. Surprisingly, Bo is found in red lingerie …

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Series Regular Added to Body of Proof

Viewers of the ABC drama Body of Proof already know Mary Mouser as Lacey, daughter of Dr. Megan Hunt (Dana Delany); but they will start seeing a lot more of the young actress and her character as Mouser has been brought on board as a series regular. Lacey will now be living with her mom instead of her dad, making …

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Paley Preview Party Saluting The CW’s Ringer, The Secret Circle and Hart of Dixie

Last week the Paley Center for Media held their annual Fall TV Preview Parties, honoring a different network each night, hosting a screening of some of the network’s new shows and holding a panel discussion with some of the talent and creative minds behind those new shows. In light of the CW getting an early start on the new fall …

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A Salute to the Couples of Summer TV

In conjunction with my column from last week in which I saluted the fun faces of summer TV, this week I wanted to take the time to honor the great couples who have graced our TV screens over the summer. As I mentioned last week, we can all easily identify the shows for which we loved to watch over the …

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Recap: Lost Girl “Something Wicked This Fae Comes”

In the season premiere of Lost Girl, Bo (Anna Silk) finds herself, along with Detective Hale (K.C. Collins) and Kenzi (Ksenia Solo) on the hunt of a Dark Fae monster, let loose by the assault on the Light Fae perpetuated by Bo’s biological mother Aife in the final episode of season one. The Ash, the leader of the Light Fae, …

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