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.

The Weekly Round for January 17 to 21

Here are the entertainment news items for this past week: TELEVISION NEWS Syfy has renewed Sanctuary for a 4th season, giving the series a 13-episode order and a presumed fall 2011 premiere. The premiere date for the new A&E series Breakout Kings has been changed to March 6 at 10 PM. The drama follows an unconventional partnership between the U.S. …

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An Afternoon with Life Unexpected

Last month the non-profit organization IBG, Inc. sponsored a special conversation series featuring Life Unexpected Executive Producer Liz Tigelaar and the show’s stars Kristoffer Polaha (who plays Baze) and Shiri Appleby (who plays Cate). The moderator for the event was E! Online’s Meg Masters, who introduced the panel guests and started off the event with asking each member a big …

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Get Your Scorecard for the 2010-2011 TV Season

Now that we are at the halfway point for the current television season, the networks have meet with the Television Critics Association, talking about their programming, announcing early renewals and confirming rumored cancellations. They have also introduced new shows that we can expect to roll out over the next few months. And, as you can surmise from the title of …

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2011 Pilots That You Won’t See on TV

Around this time every year, pilot season arrives with hundreds of potential projects being filmed; but very few will actually make it on the air at the major and cable networks. And, of those few pilots that make it to series, even fewer will succeed with the viewing audience. To say the least pilot season is a tough time of …

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The Weekly Round-Up for January 10 to 14

Here are the entertainment news items for this past week: TELEVISION NEWS On Monday, ABC Family has renewed Pretty Little Liars and The Secret Life of the American Teenager for new seasons. Meanwhile, ABC picked up Castle, Private Practice and Grey’s Anatomy for new seasons. The new HBO series Game of Thrones will debut on the cable network on April …

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Spotlight: Women Behind the Scenes – Gretchen J. Berg

Today’s Women Behind the Scenes spotlight is shone on Executive Producer and Writer Gretchen J. Berg. Gretchen was born and raised in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania and she always knew she wanted to be a writer. She met her long-time writing partner Aaron Harberts while attending Northwestern University in Chicago, as they went through a Creative Writing for the Media program that …

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Dig Into Damages on DirecTV

Do you have DirecTV? If so, you already know that the satellite provider started reairing season 1 of the critically acclaimed series Damages as of this past Wednesday night (January 5) at 10 PM. The remainder of season 1 will continue to air each week on Wednesdays at 10/9c on Channel 101, uncut and without commercials. Seasons 2 and 3 …

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Predicting the 2011 Paley Fest

On January 19, the Paley Center for Media will announce the full line-up for this year’s Paley Fest, the annual fete held by the illustrious center named after its founder William S. Paley, which celebrates television’s rich and diverse programming and the creative process behind the medium. The annual Paley Fest will be held from March 4 to 18 this …

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The Weekly Round Up for January 3 to 7

Here are the entertainment news items for this past week: NEWS Congrats to all the winners of the People’s Choice Awards that were presented earlier this week. TELEVISION NEWS Hawaii Five-0 has been given the timeslot after the NFL AFC Championship game on Sunday January 23. Mark your calendars. The new A&E series Breakout Kings has been given a premiere …

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Excitement for Mid-Season TV

It’s January and that means one thing: mid-season TV! Yes, I know the New Year just started and that’s great, but when you are a TV-ophile, like us here at NiceGirlsTV, you tend to suffer from tunnel vision, focusing on your obsession with that big screen sitting in your living room – or in my case the only room in …

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