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 Pidgeon 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 11)

Here is the next installment of actors and actresses who are under-appreciated, deserving of more attention or perhaps even their own show: Gina Holden – She has had one-time guest appearances in The L Word, The Dead Zone and Supernatural, but folks will best know her from her roles as Coreen Fennel in Blood Ties and Dale Arden in Flash …

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The Lake: Summer By the Water

The WB.com introduced a new web series called The Lake on August 10, featuring four (4) separate installments of the series running roughly 10 minutes each.  The series is executive produced by Peter Aronson (former Disney executive), Jordan Levin (former WB CEO), Michael Petok (the Bernie Mac Show), Jason Priestley (yes, the actor from Beverly Hills, 90210) – who also …

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Music That Moves Me

As I’ve mentioned before, music is a big part of my life. As far back as I can remember music was always playing in my childhood home. It was either my brothers playing 70’s rock-n-roll on their bedroom stereo, my dad listening to country music in his basement workshop or my mom listening to church music in our kitchen (or …

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Human Target at Comic Con

The panel for Human Target during Comic Con was primarily focused on the airing of the pilot episode, which introduced the characters Christopher Chance (Mark Valley) who is a unique private contractor/security guard hired to protect people in essence becoming a human target in their place. His business partner, Winston (Chi McBride), who was formerly involved in law enforcement and …

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Flash Forward at Comic Con

The Flash Forward Comic Con panel started with Entertainment Weekly writer Jeff Johnson acting as the moderator, introducing Executive Producers Marc Guggenheim (Eli Stone), David S. Goyer (The Dark Knight) and Brannon Braga (Enterprise) to the stage. They, in turn, provided the audience with the first “public glimpse” of the series, which will debut on ABC on September 24 at …

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Weekly Round-Up (August 11 to 14)

Here are the news items for this past week: CONDOLENCES Music legend Les Paul passed away on Thursday at the age of 94.  He was a legend and will be greatly missed.   Deepest condolences to his family, friends and fans. NEWS BIG changes are taking place at the USA Network series In Plain Sight.  Not only is Executive Producer …

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Vampire Diaries at Comic Con

Just like the Human Target panel, the Vampire Diaries panel was mainly focused on the screening of the pilot episode of the CW series. Based on the L.J. Smith novels, this new drama will debut on September 10 at 8 p.m. I’ll avoid giving too much of the plot away, here, so if you’re avoiding spoilers you should be safe. …

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They Deserve Their Own Show (Part 10)

Here is the next installment of actors and actresses who are under-appreciated, deserving of more attention or perhaps even their own show. Sammi Hanratty – The youngest actress on this list, Sammi is best known as Young Chuck (aka Charlotte Charles) from the critically-acclaimed series Pushing Daisies, but she started out with guest roles in shows such as Charmed, Drake …

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A “Typical” Week for A NiceGirl

What is a “typical” week like for a NiceGirl? If it’s anything like my past week it was filled with getting over a nasty head cold brought on by my attendance at San Diego’s Comic Con, catching up on endless hours of shows that I recorded while I was gone, getting tons of articles written for the panels for which …

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Glee Takes On Comic Con

Sitting in a packed room, affording seats for well over 2000 people, getting to see the second episode of the new FOX musical comedy Glee, which will debut on September 9, was quite an incredible experience. Not only was the audience pumped to see the new episode but the episode itself was bawdy, farcical and rip-roaring fun; just as the …

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