Rueben’s Ramblings

The classic novel Anne of Green Gables was written by Canadian author Lucy Maud Montgomery back in 1908, recounting the adventures of Anne Shirley, an 11-year-old orphan girl who is mistakenly sent to Matthew and Marilla Cuthbert, a middle-aged brother and sister who had intended to adopt a boy to help them on their farm in Prince Edward Island. Since …

With the current political climate at an all-time high given the divisiveness among all of the parties – not just Republican and Democrat – and given the fact that for many Americans the choice for our next President is not a good choice at all (no matter which side you’re on), now seemed like the right time to talk about …

Back in 1996 when then struggling actress Maria Bello had only appeared in episodes of Nowhere Man, The Commish and Due South, she landed a role in a TV series where she starred alongside well-known actor Scott Bakula, several seasons after his acclaimed series Quantum Leap came to an end. That show was called Mr. & Mrs. Smith – not …

In early 2012, RJ Lackie completed writing a 100+ page web series that he called The Inhuman Condition, which won him a TARA Award at the Canadian University for which he attended. That web series was bought by Smokebomb Entertainment, part of the Shaftesbury Company, a film, television and digital media production company based in Toronto, Canada since 1987. Shaftesbury …

With all of the programming options on the major and cable networks thanks to the 2016-2017 fall TV season, which officially gets under way this week, it is almost mind-boggling to comprehend all that there is to watch. Just like I did last month with my top 10 list of September programming that I was most anxious to see, I …

For the past ten years the Paley Center for Media has been hosting what they call the Paley Preview Parties. Much like their annual Paley Fest, which salutes specific TV shows over the course of two weeks, the Preview Parties allows the major networks to spotlight some of their new fall programming, giving attendees the chance to see an advanced …

The 2016-2017 TV season will be starting in about three weeks and there will be a lot of programming options on the major networks in September whether it is returning dramas, new dramas, made-for-TV movies and/or limited or event series. This time around I have decided to highlight my top 10 choices of what to watch in September. They appear …

It was over seven years ago that I first joined the staff of NiceGirlsTV and I thought given how popular “Throwback” looks have become I would take a look back at the very first Rueben’s Ramblings column that I posted back on June 2, 2009. Here is that column entitled “What Does Television Mean To You?”: What does television mean …

It’s been nearly a year since I’ve taken a look at the first roles as well as the biggest roles of some of the more familiar faces of movie stars. This time around we take a look at younger actors who have made it big on the small and big screen. Zoe Saldana THE FIRST TIME EVER I SAW HER …

Back in September of 1993, a one-hour crime drama called Moon Over Miami debuted on ABC. The show had a 13 episode order, nothing unusual there, but like many other short-lived shows, it only aired 10 of the 13 episodes, coming to an end at the beginning of December that same year. Moon Over Miami was about spoiled rich girl …