Rueben’s Ramblings

On October 7, I attended a Paley Center for Media event saluting the Lifetime hit series Drop Dead Diva with several friends. It was a wonderful night as all of us in the audience had the opportunity to not only see the cast and crew in person, but also to watch the season finale called “Grayson’s Anatomy” prior to its …

With the majority of the new shows having debuted (and most of the returning series making their season premieres), I thought it was appropriate to make a report card (of sorts) on the new shows that have caught my attention, those that I have decided to pass on, and the few that will, unfortunately, (more likely than not) end up …

In my previous blogs about music, I’ve asked our readers about artists who should be featured in TV shows and discussed the types of music that have influenced me throughout my life. This time around I’m somewhat combining the two ideas together to highlight great songs for which I learned through some of my favorite TV shows, made-for-TV movies as …

As Louise wrote last week, she attended nearly all of the preview parties held at the Paley Center for Media, screening episodes from the major networks prior to their airing on their regular nights. I, too, had the chance to attend three of the five preview parties: those for NBC, CBS and ABC. For NBC’s night, most of the cast …

Last week I got together with some of my local friends (who are also fans of the defunct CBS series Moonlight) for a special event: the Hollywood premiere of the movie Whiteout, which co-stars Alex O’Loughlin (the former star of Moonlight). Oh yeah, Kate Beckinsale, Gabriel Macht and Tom Skerritt also star in the movie. The premiere was held at …

Tonight is the start of the new fall season with the debut of Melrose Place on the CW and the returns of 90210 on the CW and Sons of Anarchy on FX. While none of these shows are of interest to me, there are a number of new and returning shows that I am eager to see over the next …

First of all, I want to wish, in advance, all the readers of NGTV a very happy and safe Labor Day weekend.  Please enjoy yourselves and have a great one, but please remember to not drink and drive.  Have fun but please be safe. Now, with the start of the fall season just a week away (can you believe it is …

On July 20, 1969, United States astronauts Neil Armstrong and Edwin “Buzz” Aldrin, Jr. made history by being the first humans to land on the moon as part of the Apollo 11 mission. On that historic date, I was just a little over a year old (yes, I’m dating myself), living with my parents and my two older brothers in …

As I’ve mentioned before, music is a big part of my life. As far back as I can remember music was always playing in my childhood home. It was either my brothers playing 70’s rock-n-roll on their bedroom stereo, my dad listening to country music in his basement workshop or my mom listening to church music in our kitchen (or …

What is a “typical” week like for a NiceGirl? If it’s anything like my past week it was filled with getting over a nasty head cold brought on by my attendance at San Diego’s Comic Con, catching up on endless hours of shows that I recorded while I was gone, getting tons of articles written for the panels for which …