Rueben’s Ramblings

The Fourth of July has come and gone, Comic Con is nearly here and summer programming will be coming to an end in about six weeks. That being said, there are still a handful of made-for-TV movies and a new TV drama for which I am looking forward to seeing on the small screen in August. MADE-FOR-TV MOVIES The Hallmark …

With the release this past Friday of the box office film The Legend of Tarzan, based on the fictional character created by Edgar Rice Burroughs, starring True Blood star Alexander Skarsgard and The Wolf of Wall Street star Margot Robbie, it seemed only right to focus this month’s “Do You Remember” on the short-lived TV series Tarzan that aired for …

This month’s spotlight is focused on the comedic web series LA Picker that follows the story of Sally Sandburg (actress Devin Sidell), a vintage geek, as she attempts to build an online business in the competitive world of urban treasure hunting despite being thwarted by her arch-nemesis and fellow picker Jonathan Gelman (actor Scott Epstein).  Her challenges in love and …

Summer officially started yesterday; and not only is the weather making it very apparent that it is summer but TV is also making it very apparent. There have been plenty of cable network shows and made-for-TV movies appearing throughout June, but there are still more programming options in July. Let’s take a look at just some of them below: RETURNING …

As TV viewers know, it is now common to have year-round programming both on the major and cable networks. I would imagine just as many viewers recall a time when summer programming was nothing short of a wasteland where the networks aired repeats or burned off TV shows they deemed weren’t suitable for the regular TV season. I remember so …

The world over knows the late actor Heath Ledger because of his roles in box office films like 10 Things I Hate About You, The Patriot, A Knight’s Tale, Monster’s Ball, Brokeback Mountain and a little thing called The Dark Knight; but how many of you remember a little show from 1997 called Roar that starred a then unknown Heath …

Viewers of the web series Classic Alice are very familiar with actress, writer and producer Kate Hackett, who played the title character in both seasons of the popular web series that focused on a modern day Alice, a college student making decisions according to the actions of characters in classic literature. Next week, on June 7 (ironically or not the …

Last week the major networks made their annual presentations to the advertisers in New York, showcasing their fall schedules for the 2016-2017 TV season. As usual there was a lot of speculation on what new pilots would be picked up by each network as well as what shows would be renewed and cancelled. Some predictions were easy to make in …

It’s hard to believe that in a little over a week the 2015-2016 TV season will come to an end and then just a little over a week beyond that the 2016 summer TV season will begin in earnest. There will be a lot of summer shows coming back and the following are the shows and made-for-TV movies in June …

Back on September 26, 1999, the one-hour comedy-drama Jack & Jill debuted on the WB Network (now known as The CW). The series focused on David “Jill” Jillefsky (Ivan Sergei, who since has gone on to appear in Charmed, Crossing Jordan, Gravity, Twisted and most recently NCIS: New Orleans) and Jacqueline “Jack” Barrett (Amanda Peet, who since has gone on …