Rueben’s Ramblings

Last year PBS aired a two-hour special focusing on America’s 100 Best-Loved Novels, and with spring now here and folks celebrating Easter this coming weekend, I thought it would be fun to look back on this special, and more specifically the list of books on that list. Make a point to share this list with your friends, family and even …

Just like every other year, the major networks are working on a number of pilots to be considered for pick-up for the 2019-2020 TV season this fall. As of a few days ago, no real decisions have been made by ABC, CBS, FOX, NBC or The CW as to which pilots will be picked up for this fall, but there …

Back when Freeform was still ABC Family, a number of years after Gilmore Girls came to an end and before Broadway star Sutton Foster landed the lead role in Younger, there was a little show called Bunheads, created by none other than Gilmore Girls mastermind Amy Sherman-Palladino. Bunheads was a comedy-drama that only ran from June 2012 to February 2013, …

The TV season is nearly at an end and with that are the early finales of a number of dramas including the following: This Is Us on NBC on April 2 at 9 PM Private Eyes on ION on April 7 at 9 PM God Friended Me on CBS on April 14 at 8 PM The Rookie on ABC on …

It’s that time again to salute those actresses who are on the move, actresses who deserve a little extra attention for their latest work, those actresses who are rising stars. Landing that crucial role in a TV movie or guest appearance in a successful show or film makes all the difference for aspiring actors. Let’s take a look at the …

The short-lived ABC drama The Nine – created by Hank Steinberg [the creator of the CBS drama Without a Trace and co-creator of the TNT drama The Last Ship] and produced by Warner Bros. Television – debuted in October of 2006. The premise of the show was focused on nine people, mostly strangers to each other, who became linked together …

International Women’s Day (IWD) is a global day celebrating the social, economic, cultural and political achievements of women. The day also marks a call to action for accelerating gender parity. IWD has occurred for well over a century, with the first gathering in 1911 supported by over a million people in Austria, Denmark, Germany and Switzerland. According to their official …

It has been quite a while since I’ve posted one of these features, but given that the Oscars aired on Sunday night, I thought it would be a neat idea to focus on some of the award winners and big performers of the night. Regina King WHO SHE PLAYED: She played Sharon Rivers in the acclaimed independent film If Beale …

It’s that time again to salute those actresses who are on the move, actresses who deserve a little extra attention for their latest work, those actresses who are rising stars. Landing that crucial role in a TV movie or guest appearance in a successful show or film makes all the difference for aspiring actors. Let’s take a look at the …

In honor of Throwback Tuesday, I am occasionally revisiting columns I have written in the past; and this time I am taking a look back at an article I wrote and posted here at NiceGirlsTV in August 2010. Enjoy the throwback! An article was recently posted at TV.com by one of the site’s staff writers that really caught my attention. …