Rueben’s Ramblings

Watching the BBC America special The Ultimate Guide to Doctor Who in preparation for the season premiere of the new season of the longest-running sci-fi series, featuring the 11th Doctor – as portrayed by Matt Smith, the youngest actor to ever play the role by the way – had a profound effect on me this past weekend. The one-hour special …

One of the more difficult jobs in the entertainment industry is that of the casting agent. It might not seem that hard of a position, but imagine you are the decision maker who has to cast a new pilot or a pivotal guest starring role in a TV series or determine who plays the myriad roles in a major motion …

The TV season got back into full swing last month, but April can’t be overlooked, as there is a boatload of programming to look forward. You can check out the NiceGirls TV calendar at the following link: https://nicegirlstv.com/2010/04/01/the-spring-tv-calendar-and-beyond, but the list below features the shows and made-for-TV movies that I am looking forward to watching throughout the month: On April …

This past weekend I had the chance to go to a Creation Entertainment convention at the Marriott Hotel near the Los Angeles Airport with fellow Nice Girls Tiffany and Louise. The spotlight this weekend was on the popular CW series Supernatural. Over the course of three days, a number of cast members were the special guests of this annual convention, …

My blog this week is going to cover several different interests simply because I felt inspired to write about some of my favorite things. Obviously, top on my list of favorites is television and since there are a couple shows coming back this week – V on ABC and In Plain Sight on the USA Network – I will focus …

The past few weeks have been a whirlwind of activity with the annual Paley Fest being held from February 26 to March 14 at the Saban Theatre in Beverly Hills. This year I had the opportunity to attend the following panels: Lost, NCIS, The Vampire Diaries, FlashForward and Glee. Each panel had its share of fun and excitement, allowing the …

Even though the mid-season of the television season officially started on March 1 with a couple of new series debuting over the course of the past week (or so) and most shows returning to their usual airings, there is still a great deal of programming coming our way over the next few months. The shows for which I am eager …

Wow! What a weekend I had and what a busy few weeks I will have upcoming. I attended the annual Paley Festival this past Saturday, getting to participate in their salute to the ABC series Lost. I will have more coverage on that event in a separate article to be posted here at NiceGirlsTV very soon; but I can say …

As many of you know, the annual PaleyFest, coordinated by the Paley Center for Media, will be held starting this Friday. This yearly two-week event is guaranteed to be entertaining, filled with unexpected appearances and revelations. Fortunately three of us from NiceGirlsTV will be attending well over half of the events this year, bringing coverage of those panels to our …

Tis the season for pilots to be cast and filmed followed by the networks making the decisions as to which pilots will be picked up for their respective fall prime-time line ups. At the same time, the fate of shows that are currently hanging by a thread – aka the bubble shows, or more to the point the shows that …