Rueben’s Ramblings

The new 2014-2015 TV season got underway on the major networks in the middle of September; and now that we are seven (7) weeks into the season it is time to take a look at how the new and returning shows are doing before November sweeps get underway. First of all, there has only been one cancellation by any of …

As we get closer to the holidays there are, of course, plenty of holiday-themed movies coming up in November as well as other made-for-TV movie and mini-series debuts, returning cable dramas and a late-in-the-season debut on NBC. First, let’s take a quick look at all of the holiday films that will air in November: November 1 – One Starry Christmas …

On August 19, Frankenstein M.D., the latest web series by Pemberley Digital, the folks behind the Emmy Award winning The Lizzie Bennet Diaries and Emma Approved, debuted online. This multi-platform web series is a modern-day adaptation of the classic 1818 novel “Frankenstein” by Mary Shelley, focusing on Dr. Victoria Frankenstein, an obsessive, eccentric prodigy determined to prove herself in the …

Here is the next installment of “the first time ever I saw your face” celebrity edition. The following are bigger name film stars all of whom got their start on the small screen: Leighton Meester THE FIRST TIME EVER I SAW HER FACE: Leighton’s first big break on TV was in the short-lived WB series Tarzan, which lasted all of …

With last week’s announcement by Starz of the return date for the back half of the first season of the now acclaimed drama Outlander and the ensuing negative reaction by fans, I felt it was important to focus a piece about why cable networks choose to have such long breaks between their seasons. While fans may think the networks are …

The fall season is now underway and while there were plenty of programming options offered in September there are still more new and returning dramas as well as made-for-TV movies to be seen throughout October. Here are just some of them: The second season of Reign will premiere on The CW on October 2 and 9 PM while the season …

Every fall when the new TV season starts on the major networks, there are always new faces to look out for in the primetime line-up, familiar faces to welcome back to TV and also interesting faces appearing in recurring roles on returning series. The following list are the faces for which I think viewers should be on the look-out for: …

I have been an avid reader since high school, thanks in great part to my late Uncle Richard, a high school English teacher, who introduced me to the wonderful world of Anne of Green Gables when I was a freshman. Since that time I have devoured every book written by legendary Canadian authoress Lucy Maud Montgomery, have seen nearly every …

For a number of years now, the folks at the Paley Center for Media have been holding yearly fall preview parties, allowing the five major networks to screen the pilot episodes of a few of their new fall shows and/or air episodes of their more popular returning series. This year is no different with all five of the major networks …

Can you believe that the fall TV season is nearly here? It’s hard to comprehend that summer is almost at an end and before we know it the holiday season will arrive; but before I get too far ahead, let’s take a look at just some of the great things to look forward to on TV in September: First of …