Rueben’s Ramblings

Wonder Con 2017 took place in Anaheim over the weekend of March 31 to April 2 and for the 7th year in a row I had the opportunity to attend the pop culture event. On the first day of the convention, I walked the exhibition hall floor for a short time before going into my first panel room, which was …

There was an ABC TV series that aired for one season during the 2005-2006 TV season that was actually affected by a devastating natural disaster. What was that disaster? Hurricane Katrina And what was that TV show? Invasion While the series Invasion debuted on September 21, 2005 – a full month after the devastation of that horrific hurricane – the …

Over the course of two weeks (from March 17 to March 26), the annual Paley Fest – which celebrated its 34th year – honored 12 different TV programs, ranging from late night shows, to primetime dramas, to hit cable series and animation programs. The TV shows that were saluted at this year’s Paley Fest, coordinated by The Paley Center for …

For the past seven years straight I have been attending WonderCon – the sister convention of the San Diego Comic Con. Here is a little bit of history on WonderCon: The event started in San Francisco in 1987 and was held there through 2011. It then moved to Anaheim from 2012 to 2015 before it temporarily relocated to Los Angeles …

Here are my top 10 choices for April TV that I cannot wait to see: HERE’S TO THE NEW The new original, limited series The White Princess, based on the novel by Philippa Gregory, will debut on Starz on April 16 at 8 PM. The series is set in 15th century England that is told from the perspective of the …

In January I posted the first of what I hope to be an ongoing, new series of articles that will consist of random bits and piece of information – trivia, if you will – about the entertainment world that I have loved and have been following since I was a teenager. In fact, before the inception of IMDb (the Internet …

It’s so great to have year-round TV programming, isn’t it?! I know it makes for There are plenty of viewing options on the small screen next month and the following are my top choices for March: NEWCOMERS On March 5, the two-hour debut of the new ABC series Time After Time will air at 9 PM. The show stars Freddie …

Last week, I focused on the TV shows that switched networks during their time on the air from the 1950’s through the 1980’s; and below you will find the shows that changed networks throughout the 1990’s and the present: During the 1990’s there were even more dramas that moved between networks during their time on the air, including: Baywatch [loosely …

Admit it, there has been at least one TV show that you have loved that has been cancelled; and in that same breath it has either been that one show or another beloved series that you had hoped would be rescued from cancellation by another network. While it isn’t the norm in the world of television programming for a show …

Back before his days on the original Prison Break and DC’s Legends of Tomorrow, UK-born but Australian-raised actor Dominic Purcell – back when he was still sporting hair rather than his trademark bald head – starred in a short-lived FOX science fiction drama called John Doe that ran from September 2002 through April 2003, airing 21 episodes. Viewers of the …