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Ruby is an American documentary style reality television series on the Style Network that debuted in 2008. It follows the life of Ruby Gettinger who lives in Savannah, Georgia as she attempts to lose weight.
Gettinger starts the show weighing more than 477 lbs (she originally weighed over 700 lbs.) Ruby works with nutritionists, doctors, and trainers to lose weight, all the while commenting honestly and often humorously about the experience. The show also deals with the everyday life issues a morbidly obese person can face, such as the difficulty in using airplane bathrooms.
The first season featured one one-hour episode and eight half-hour episodes. The second season featured the same number of episodes as the first season, with mostly half-hour episodes, and a few one hour episodes. The third season was the first season to feature all one-hour episodes. As of May 2, 2010, the third season featured all hour long episodes, minus the season finale, which was two hours, plus one special, Ruby: My Australian Adventure. The fourth season featured all hour long episodes, including the pre-season special: Ruby: My Naked Truth. Currently, Ruby weighs 363 lbs, having gained 60 pounds.
Ruby Gettinger of Savannah, Georgia, was born January 24, 1963 in Portugal. She is the star of Style Network's highest-rated show "Ruby." The reality show documents her weight-loss journey to a goal of 150 pounds. Gettinger signed on to do the series in 2008 hoping to "inspire others." She told In Touch magazine in November 2008 that her dream was "to help those who are on the same road."
Ruby's book, called "Ruby's Diary: Reflections on All I've Lost and Gained", was released on September 8, 2009.
Gettinger's series, Ruby, depicts Ruby and her battle to lose weight. This was Style’s most successful show last season; it averaged nearly 400,976 viewers per new episode, more than doubling its primetime average. The network has green-lighted Ruby a second season, which will focus on her search to find her lost childhood memories. Ruby's show focuses on her battle to lose weight and become healthy through diet and exercise. She shares the spotlight with friends since childhood, Georgia, Jeff, and others.
Actors: Michael Newman (actor), Michael Ray Davis (actor), Jack Amos (actor), Sandra Cole (miscellaneous crew), Monica Varner (producer), Erik Lunseth (producer), Eric R. Polins (director), Curtis Graham (producer), Michael Matteo (writer), Tim Fowler (composer), Sean A. Coniglio (producer), Stephanie Coatney (actress), Tony Gaud (actor), Amy S. Fabian (miscellaneous crew), John Scolaro (producer),
Genres: Fantasy, Short,Actors: Michael Edward Williams (actor), Dominic Deacon (writer), Dominic Deacon (editor), Dominic Deacon (director), Rowan Francis (actor), Rod Lara (actor), Emily Paddon-Brown (actress), Kelly Ann Doll (actor), Evan Kitchener (composer), Anna Young (producer), Haydn Evans (actor), Anthony Mendolia (actor), Mark Casamento (actor), Ashleigh Southam (actor), Nicole Jenkins (costume designer),
Plot: Melbourne, 1949: Private eye Jack Mitchum is a good man in a dirty town. When the beautiful and wealthy Valerie Richmond requests Jack investigate her philandering husband, Jack instead becomes witness to his murder. Identified at the scene, Jack has only days to prove his innocence before he takes the fall. His investigation takes him deep into Melbourne's seedy underbelly. A world of shady bars, wild women and rampant violence. Jack has to play rough and dirty just to stay alive as he learns that in this world, Only The Young Die Good.
Genres: Crime, Drama, Thriller,Actors: Michael Pearce (writer), Michael Pearce (producer), Michael Pearce (editor), Michael Pearce (director), Michael Pearce (writer), Rich Pagan (miscellaneous crew), Uliana Story (actor), Joshua Fe'aomoeata (actor), Jubran Abdul (actor), Stephen Orlowski (actor), Shawn Dong (actor), I-Chen Su (composer), Spencer Borg (actor), Brianna Borg (actor), Austin Borg (actor),
Genres: Adventure, Family, Fantasy, Short,Actors: Joe Wakefield (editor), Joe Wakefield (writer), Joe Wakefield (producer), Joe Wakefield (actor), Andreas Lillebø (director), Andreas Lillebø (editor), Andreas Lillebø (producer), Wesley Rice (actor), Malcolm Coronel (actor), Jasmin Please (miscellaneous crew), Jonathan Trussler (actor), Kinsey Michal (actor), William McIntyre (actor), Courtney King (actor), Janine Granda (actor),
Genres: Comedy, Horror, Mystery, Short,Actors: Gilberto Martin del Campo (actor), Kyle Aldrich (producer), Roland Sarrazen (editor), Roland Sarrazen (producer), Roland Sarrazen (writer), Roland Sarrazen (director), Alexandra Burkeen (actor), Alicia True (actress), Alexandra Burkeen (actor), Jon Clay (composer),
Plot: A supernatural thriller with a Twilight Zone feel. Casey's House follows a family seemingly trapped in their house with no escape. An invisible presence prevents their leaving, leading a finale that shows some situations are prisons with no way out.
Genres: Short, Thriller,Actors: Tony Rombola (producer), Kitty Aamodt (producer), Kitty Aamodt (actor), Kitty Aamodt (director), Kitty Aamodt (editor), Kitty Aamodt (writer), Kitty Aamodt (composer), Devon Spence (actor), Tommy Lewis (actor), Sally Reade (producer), Angela Rombola (producer), Sarah Hubschman (miscellaneous crew), Sami Blumenthal (actor), Christina Carlucci (actor), Chuck Aamodt (producer),
Genres: Music, Romance, Short,Actors: Ivan Sen (director), Ivan Sen (writer), Graeme Isaac (producer), Nathalie Roy (actress), Bradley Byquar (actor), Teresa-Jayne Hanlon (producer), Wayne Munro (actor), Reta Binge (actor), Clayton Munro (actor),
Genres: Drama, Short,Actors: Barbara Auer (actress), Werner Abrolat (actor), Herbert Knaup (actor), Dieter Schleip (composer), Jan Josef Liefers (actor), Ann-Kathrin Kramer (actress), Martin Umbach (actor), Frank Röth (actor), Raimund Barthelmes (editor), Edgar M. Böhlke (actor), Katja Studt (actress), Ralph Schicha (actor), Norbert Walter (producer), Martin Enlen (director), Antje Schmidt (actress),
Genres: Drama,Actors: Amanda Plummer (actress), Richard Lewis (actor), Larry Meistrich (producer), Dianne Wiest (actress), Parker Posey (actress), Steven C. Beer (miscellaneous crew), Faye Dunaway (actress), Calista Flockhart (actress), Spalding Gray (actor), Kevin Corrigan (actor), Sam Rockwell (actor), Anna Levine (actress), Michael Charles Hill (miscellaneous crew), Zach Grenier (actor), Joe Delia (composer),
Plot: At the beginning of a nightly Alcoholics Anonymous meeting, Jim seems particularly troubled. His sponsor encourages him to talk that night, the first time in seven months, so he does - and leaves the meeting right after. As Jim wanders the night, searching for some solace in his old stomping grounds, bars and parks where he bought drugs, the meeting goes on, and we hear the stories of survivors and addicts - some, like Louis, who claim to have wandered in looking for choir practice, who don't call themselves alcoholic, and others, like Joseph, whose drinking almost caused the death of his child - as they talk about their lives at the meeting.
Keywords: alcoholic, alcoholics-anonymous, alcoholism, bar, bartender, based-on-play, binge-drinking, dead-wife, drug-addict, drug-addictionActors: Michael Kehlmann (director), Pinkas Braun (actor), Walter Buschhoff (actor), Ilse Steppat (actress), Robert E. Sherwood (writer), Hertha Martin (actress), Reinhold Nietschmann (actor), Al Hoosmann (actor), Helmut Krapp (writer), Werner Berndt (actor), Erich Buschardt (actor), Rudolf Jürgen Bartsch (actor), Theodor Michael (actor), Günther Stopnik (actor), Peter Sandberg (writer),
Genres: Drama,