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 InBetween Roundtable: “While the Song Remains the Same”

Tom and Damien investigate the mysterious death of a vibrant young woman, while Cassie's visions reveal a complicated family story; Cassie also encounters an idol from her childhood in the InBetween and helps him right some past wrongs.

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BLOOD & TREASURE: Observations From “Legacy of the Father”

The trail of Cleopatra's sarcophagus leads Danny and Lexi to the Bermuda Triangle, where a contact of Shaw's offers assistance tracking down a smuggler's plane that vanished years earlier. Also, Gwen attracts unwanted attention when she investigates a suspicious money transfer.

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Women Behind the Scenes Spotlight: Michelle Ricci

Today’s Women Behind the Scenes spotlight is focused on TV screenwriter, series creator and producer Michelle Ricci. Michelle was born in Canada and later lived in Los Angeles. She got her start working as a production assistant on The WB series Smallville. When she discovered the popular Canadian series Murdoch Mysteries, she went back home to Canada, enrolling in the …

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My Top Choices for August TV

Summer TV will come to a close at the end of next month with lots and lots of season finales, a handful of new shows debuting and a fair share of made-for-TV movies ready to debut. Out of all those programming options, which you can see on our August TV calendar, I’ve picked out my top options for next month: …

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A Tribute to Jane the Virgin

Jane the Virgin debuted on The CW on October 13, 2014, loosely adapted from the Venezuelan telenovela Juana la Virgen, and developed for U.S television by Jennie Snyder Urman. The series introduced Gina Rodriguez to the world as Jane Gloriana Villanueva, a devout 23-year-old Latina virgin, who became pregnant after an accidental artificial insemination by her gynecologist. The show regularly …

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Good Witch Recap: “The Grey-cation”

After a two-week break while the Hallmark Channel celebrated its annual Christmas in July, Good Witch was finally back with a new episode last night, focusing on: “Martha and her husband, Tom, visit Grey House; Cassie and Sam realize that they still have some things to learn about one another; Donovan’s overbearing mother complicates his and Abigail’s relationship; Grace and …

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August TV Calendar

The following list provides the dates of the new dramas that will air on streaming services as well as the major and cable networks and the made-for-TV movies and more that will all air during August: August 1 – The season finale of Strange Angel will air today on CBS All Access August 1 – The series finale of iZombie …

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Throwback Tuesday: The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face (2013 Edition)

With the resurgent interest in Veronica Mars – thank you Hulu for giving us a season 4! – I thought it would be fun to revisit a post I did back in June of 2013 that focused on the familiar faces who guest starred in episodes of Veronica Mars during the three seasons it aired on UPN/The WB. Please keep …

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Burden of Truth Recap: “The Right Road”

The season finale of Burden of Truth aired on The CW last night, focusing on the trial of Luna Spence – for a crime she did not commit – but it was Joanna and Billy’s job to prove that. Joanna returned from the city, convinced that Mara Tran, her client Noah’s girlfriend, was the one who actually killed her father, …

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The 100 Recap: “What You Take With You” and “Matryoshka”

It’s been a gut-wrenching two weeks on The 100 with Octavia seemingly coming to terms with her own inner demon and Kane making the ultimate sacrifice in last week’s episode and our main characters all fighting for their lives in this week’s episode. First, let’s take a look at what happened last week: Octavia survived the anomaly, but now Gabriel …

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