Rueben’s Ramblings

Now that we are at the halfway point for the current television season, the networks have meet with the Television Critics Association, talking about their programming, announcing early renewals and confirming rumored cancellations. They have also introduced new shows that we can expect to roll out over the next few months. And, as you can surmise from the title of …

On January 19, the Paley Center for Media will announce the full line-up for this year’s Paley Fest, the annual fete held by the illustrious center named after its founder William S. Paley, which celebrates television’s rich and diverse programming and the creative process behind the medium. The annual Paley Fest will be held from March 4 to 18 this …

It’s January and that means one thing: mid-season TV! Yes, I know the New Year just started and that’s great, but when you are a TV-ophile, like us here at NiceGirlsTV, you tend to suffer from tunnel vision, focusing on your obsession with that big screen sitting in your living room – or in my case the only room in …

Every New Year people make personal resolutions to improve their health, their future and their overall happiness. For those of us here at NiceGirlsTV, the personal resolutions we tend to make are related to our love of television. Now I could make a list of things that I would like to see improved on TV in terms of certain types …

Every family has special holiday traditions that they follow each year; whether it’s decorating their home in specific ways, having a special meal on the big day or visiting family and friends for holiday parties. As I was growing up back in Pennsylvania, my family gathered around the tree every Christmas morning to open gifts and enjoy all the wonders …

As the old saying goes, “Christmas comes but once a year“; but when it does arrive – or to be more precise – when December gets here, things in my life just seem to go nuts. And I am sure that is the case for all of you out there, right? For most of you, you are probably trying to …

Last Christmas, I provided a gift guide full of 25 vampire-themed items to consider buying for your friends, family or even for yourself. And, for a little over a week now, NiceGirlsTV has been providing gift guides in a number of different categories. For my gift guide this year, though, I thought I would stick to a specific theme – …

Television is that wonderful invention that was created nearly 90 years ago when a Scottish engineer and inventor by the name of John Logie Baird unveiled the world’s first working television system in Hastings, England in 1923. The system was successful enough that it became commercialized with the BBC using this system and beginning the world’s first regular television broadcasts …

At this time of year everyone typically gives thanks for the important things in their lives. We here at NiceGirlsTV are no different, but we do have a slight slant to the things for which we are thankful. As you can imagine, those things tend to be TV related and the following list is just a small sample of the …

The current issue of TV Guide highlights the “2010 Hot List” – the shows, characters, themes and story ideas that were the hottest things to grace our TV screens this year. And, while there were countless categories to wade through as I flipped the pages of that issue, the thought occurred to me that I should come up with my …