Rueben’s Ramblings

Reasons To Be Thankful

Over the last couple of weeks, some of the NiceGirlsTV staff have been sharing the things for which they are most thankful for this year where TV is concerned. As always, each TV season gives viewers a lot of programming options to watch all year long whether it’s new or returning shows, mini-series or event series and/or made-for-TV movies. Here …

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My Top 8 Must-Sees for December TV

Since the new TV season started in September I have been spotlighting the programming options for which I have been most anxious to see each month. The December options are top-heavy, of course, with holiday themed movies but there are some other interesting programs to check out too. Here are my top 8 choices for December: HOLIDAY MOVIES Throughout December …

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Do You Remember: Get Real

What do Oscar winning actress Anne Hathaway, Academy Award nominee Jesse Eisenberg and NCIS: Los Angeles fan favorite actor Eric Christian Olsen have in common? They actually played siblings in the short-lived FOX drama Get Real that aired during the 1999-2000 TV season. Get Real was an hour-long dramedy that followed the dysfunctional Green family in San Francisco. Parents Mitch …

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How Are The New Fall Dramas Performing

The 2016-2017 TV season got underway in mid-September with the major networks introducing at least 12 new dramas to date with more expected to debut during mid-season. But how are those new dramas performing in the ratings? And which one will be the first casualty of the season? Ironically, none of the major networks have made a cancellation decision where …

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My Top 10 Choices for November TV

With the holidays fast approaching most TV shows will be taking their holiday breaks, making way for plenty of holiday-themed made-for-TV movies, but there will also be a few new or returning dramas airing on cable networks and streaming services. Here is my list of the top 10 choices of what I want to see most in November: All Hail …

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An Ode to Anne of Green Gables

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 …

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Who Is The Best TV President?

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 …

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Do You Remember: Mr. & Mrs. Smith

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 …

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Web Series Spotlight: Inhuman Condition

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 …

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My Top 10 TV Choices for October

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 …

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