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.

Do You Remember?: Desperado (The TV Movie Franchise)

In April of 1987, NBC debuted the western TV movie Desperado that starred Alex McArthur as Duell McCall, a man of principle who roamed the West helping people in trouble while struggling to get himself out of trouble, clearing himself of a false murder charge. Duell’s main quest centered on searching for a witness who could prove his innocence. Of …

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OUTLANDER Recap: “Blood of My Blood”

The sound of sawing wood was heard as the latest episode of Outlander opened last night followed by the surprise appearance of Lord John Grey on Fraser’s Ridge as he approached Jamie and Claire’s cabin where Jamie was hard at work. It was quickly revealed that John was paying the Frasers a visit because of a letter Jamie wrote to …

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Adventures with Santa: THE CHRISTMAS CHRONICLES on Netflix {Recap}

On Thanksgiving Day, I sat down with a good friend to watch the new Netflix holiday film The Christmas Chronicles, which stars Kurt Russell as Santa Claus. I have to admit that I went into that viewing with apprehension, as I wasn’t sure whether I would like Kurt Russell as Santa Claus. Honestly, I wasn’t sure if I would like …

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Gift Giving for Christmas 2018

Do you have someone in your family who loves all things superheroes? Are you a big fan of the Marvel or DC worlds? Do you have someone who loves strong female characters on TV or in films? Are you trying to find some interesting and unique Christmas gifts for a family member, a friend, a co-worker – or better yet …

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OUTLANDER Recap: “Savages”

As the new episode of Outlander opened last night, Claire was at the creek with Adawehi, putting together herbs, sharing their languages and talking about children. As we saw last week, Adawehi shared prophetic news with Claire that came into play again this week. When asked whether Claire had children, she told Adawehi she had a daughter who lived far, …

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A Million Little Things: Fight or Flight

Our thoughts on this week's A Million Little Things

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THE ROOKIE Roundtable: The Roundup and The Hawke

The rookies are temporarily paired with new training officers and later they must help capture a cop after he becomes a fugitive.

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Women Behind the Scenes Spotlight: Karen Schaler

Today’s Women Behind the Scenes spotlight is shone on journalist, screenwriter, producer, author and national TV host Karen Schaler. Karen grew up near Seattle, Washington and in Los Angeles, California. She graduated, with honors, from California State University Fullerton with a double major in Broadcast Journalism and Sociology. She has worked as a TV correspondent on CNN, and as a …

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My Top 9 Choices for December TV

Over the course of next month there will be almost 40 holiday-themed movies airing across five different networks as well as some streaming series returning with new episodes and a couple special events taking place. Out of all the programming options to air in December, the following are my top choices: The CW will air its annual crossover episodes this …

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OUTLANDER Recap: “Common Ground”

After finding land in the Blue Ridge Mountains very much to their liking in last week’s episode of Outlander, Jamie and Claire were back in Wilmington so that Jamie to sign the deed to 10,000 acres of “the King’s land” for which to settle upon and arrange for Fergus to gather other settlers to join them – specifically Highlanders and …

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