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.

They Deserve Their Own Show (Part 17)

Here is the next installment of actors and actresses who are under-appreciated, deserving of more attention or perhaps even their own show: Sophia Myles – Most viewers will recognize Sophia as Beth Turner from the short-lived CBS series Moonlight or even the movie Tristan and Isolde with James Franco, but she made a name for herself in the Underworld movies and in …

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Favorite Songs from TV and Movies

In my previous blogs about music, I’ve asked our readers about artists who should be featured in TV shows and discussed the types of music that have influenced me throughout my life. This time around I’m somewhat combining the two ideas together to highlight great songs for which I learned through some of my favorite TV shows, made-for-TV movies as …

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Top Women in Television: Creators

Hollywood is legendary for being a mostly male-oriented world, but over the decades women have been making strides to break down the glass ceiling, reaching the top of their chosen field within the industry. It is not an easy battle to reach the top, but in this special series of articles, NiceGirlsTV is giving a salute to just some of …

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The Weekly Round-Up for Sept. 21 to 25

Here are the entertainment news items for this week – September 21 to 25: CONDOLENCES Actor Robert Ginty passed away this week from cancer at the age of 60. He was best known for his roles in the 70’s series Baa Baa Black Sheep, The Paper Chase and Falcon Crest. He was also a producer, director and later became artistic …

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Smallville at Comic Con

The journey into the Comic Con panel for Smallville was not an easy one. It started out with my friends and I getting in line to enter the convention center at 7 AM. We then worked our way upstairs to the line that was formed outside the entrance hall to the ballroom for which the panel would be held. When …

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Brothers & Sisters: A History

Before Brothers & Sisters returns for its fourth season on ABC on Sunday, September 27 at 10 PM, let’s take some time to look back on the history of the Walker family, walking down memory lane if you will. This series, which debuted on ABC in 2006, centered on the Walker family, herded over by protective mother Nora (Sally Field) …

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They Deserve Their Own Show (Part 16)

Here is the next installment of actors and actresses who are under-appreciated, deserving of more attention or perhaps even their own show: Dina Meyer – Dina first appeared in several episodes of Beverly Hills, 90210 back in 1994 then later was one of the leads in the short-lived WB series Birds of Prey.  She also appeared in the short-lived NBC …

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The 2009 Paley Preview Parties

As Louise wrote last week, she attended nearly all of the preview parties held at the Paley Center for Media, screening episodes from the major networks prior to their airing on their regular nights. I, too, had the chance to attend three of the five preview parties: those for NBC, CBS and ABC. For NBC’s night, most of the cast …

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Weekly Round-Up for Sept. 14 to 20

Here is the entertainment news for this past week (Sept. 14 to 20) and what to look forward to for next week: CONDOLENCES Patrick Swayze (Dirty Dancing, North & South, Ghost) passed away earlier this week from pancreatic cancer.  He was only 57. Mary Travers of the famous 1960’s folk trio Peter, Paul and Mary passed away this week at …

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They Deserve Their Own Show (Part 15)

Here is the next installment of actors and actresses who are under-appreciated, deserving of more attention or perhaps even their own show: Kate Mara – Kate has made guest appearances in TV shows such as Law & Order, Ed, Everwood, Cold Case, Boston Public, CSI and CSI: Miami. She also had several appearances on Nip/Tuck, Jack & Bobby and 24. …

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