Rueben's Ramblings

Trying to figure out what to watch tonight? Be it new episodes of the TV season, reairs of cable series or a movie, here are some suggestions:

NOTE: The new Netflix movie Remarkably Bright Creatures will debut onlin today while the new movie Broad Trip will debut online on The Roku Channel today as well. There will also be a marathon of episodes of Hudson & Rex on UPtv. Check your local listings for episodes and airtimes.

5 PM:
Shooter movie on AMC

6 PM:
Once Upon a Holiday movie on Hallmark Channel (Reair)
Ruby Herring Mysteries movie on Hallmark Mystery (Reair)
Sweet Home Alabama movie on Freeform
Mission: Impossible – Ghost Protocol movie on Syfy

6:25 PM:
Crazy Rich Asians movie on HBO 2

6:45 PM:
Beverly Hills Cop movie on WE TV

7 PM:
Outlander on Starz (Encore)
Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone movie on Bravo

8 PM:
Sheriff Country on CBS (NEW)
Outlander on Starz (NEW – Penultimate Episode)
Christmas by Starlight movie on Hallmark Channel (Reair)
Witness to Murder: A Darrow Mystery movie on Hallmark Mystery (Reair)
American Sniper movie on AMC
Inside Out (animated) movie on Disney
Pretty Woman movie on Encore
Not Without Hope movie on Showtime
War Games movie on Sundance TV

8:30 PM:
The Devil Wears Prada movie on Freeform

8:45 PM:
Batman (1989) movie on IFC

8:50 PM:
Kingsman: The Golden Circle movie on Cinemax

9 PM:
Fire Country on CBS (NEW)
Amadeus on Starz (DEBUT)
Mission: Impossible Rogue Nation movie on Syfy

9:50 PM:
Outlander on Starz (Encore)

10 PM:
Boston Blue on CBS (NEW)
Molly’s Game movie on Showtime

10:30 PM:
Amadeus on Starz (Encore)

Enjoy!

Trying to figure out what to watch tonight? Be it new episodes of the TV season, reairs of cable series or a movie, here are some suggestions.

5:50 PM:
Turning Red (animated) movie on Freeform

5:55 PM:
Shakespeare in Love movie on TMC

6 PM:
Come Fly With Me movie on Hallmark Channel (Reair)
Black Hawk Down movie on BBC America

6:30 PM:
The Italian Job movie on AMC

7 PM:
The Devil Wears Prada movie on FX
Mission: Impossible III movie on Syfy

8 PM:
9-1-1 on ABC (NEW – Finale)
Law & Order on NBC (NEW)
Tangled (animated) movie on Freeform
Forrest Gump movie on MGM+
The Equalizer (2014) movie on USA Network
Titanic movie on VH1

8:30 PM:
Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse (animated) movie on HBO 2

9 PM:
9-1-1: Nashville on ABC (NEW – Finale)
Elsbeth on CBS (NEW)
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit on NBC (NEW)
Sugarcreek Amish Mysteries on UPtv (NEW)
Call the Midwife on PBS (Encore)

9:30 PM:
The Devil Wears Prada movie on FX
Mission: Impossible – Ghost Protocol movie on Syfy

10 PM:
Grey’s Anatomy on ABC (NEW – Finale)
The Hunting Party on NBC (NEW – Finale)
Elsbeth on CBS (Encore)
The Count of Monte Cristo on PBS (Encore)

10:30 PM:
Rain Man movie on MGM+

Enjoy!

Trying to figure out what to watch tonight? Be it new episodes of the TV season, reairs of cable series or a movie, here are some suggestions:

NOTE: The Britbox period piece drama The Other Bennet Sister will debut online today while the long-delayed second season of the Amazon Prime drama Citadel will premiere online today.

5:45 PM:
Top Gun: Maverick movie on Showtime

6 PM:
Always Amore movie on Hallmark Channel (Reair)

6:05 PM:
Wonka (2023) movie on Cinemax

6:25 PM:
A Man Called Otto movie on FXM

7 PM:
From on MGM+ (Encore)
The Hunger Games: Mockingjay, Part 2 movie on AMC
Mission: Impossible II movie on Syfy

8 PM:
Chicago Med on NBC (NEW)
Kentucky Roses movie on Hallmark Channel (Encore)
Nelly Knows Mysteries: All Manners of Murder movie on Hallmark Mystery (Encore)
A Few Good Men movie on BBC America
Blue Beetle (2023) movie on Cinemax
Jungle Cruise movie on Freeform
Uncharted movie on FX
Saving Private Ryan movie on Showtime

9 PM:
Chicago Fire on NBC (NEW)

9:30 PM:
Mission: Impossible III movie on Syfy

10 PM:
Chicago P.D. on NBC (NEW)
The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes movie on AMC
Love, Simon movie on Cinemax

10:30 PM:
Uncharted movie on FX

Enjoy!

Here is the list of the programming options to expect on TV this coming week:

On May 4, the season finale of The Rookie will air on ABC at 10 PM.

The new Acorn TV psychological thriller Dead & Buried will debut online on May 4. Cathy (Annabel Scholey) unexpectedly encounters Michael (Colin Morgan) – the man convicted in the brutal murder of her brother 20 years earlier. Ignoring the advice of her best friend, Cathy takes to social media uncovering a successful career and family life Michael has forged for himself since his early release from prison. Retraumatized by her past, Cathy plans a clandestine relationship with the man she despises, embarking on a campaign of harassment and deceit. But as her obsession grows, dark fantasies of revenge and reality blur.

On May 5, the season finale of NCIS: Origins will air on CBS at 9 PM; meanwhile, that same night, ABC will air the season finale of Will Trent at 8 PM. And, also on May 5, the finale of Daredevil: Born Again will air online on Disney+.

The new period piece drama The Other Bennet Sister will debut online on Britbox on May 6. The story begins at Longbourn, the Bennet family home, where Mr. and Mrs. Bennet (Richard E. Grant and Ruth Jones) preside over a lively household of five unmarried daughters: Jane (Maddie Close), Elizabeth (Poppy Gilbert), Mary (Ella Bruccoleri), Kitty (Molly Wright), and Lydia (Grace Hogg-Robinson). As society’s pressures mount, the Bennet sisters navigate the glittering yet precarious world of Regency England, where marriage is both aspiration and necessity. While her sisters pursue romance and social triumph, Mary embarks on a very different path. Leaving Longbourn behind, she travels to London to live with her aunt and uncle, Mr. and Mrs. Gardiner (Richard Coyle and Indira Varma), in their elegant home on Gracechurch Street. There, Mary begins a journey of self-discovery, stepping out of the shadows and into her own story. The cast includes Donal Finn, Laurie Davidson, Tanya Reynolds and Varadu Sethu.

Also on May 6, three years after the Amazon Prime drama Citadel debuted, season two will premiere online. The series follows elite operatives of a legendary agency that was destroyed by a ruthless network backed by the world’s most powerful families. When a terrifying new threat emerges, the three agents are pulled back into action. Now they must recruit an unlikely team of skilled new operatives and launch a globe-spanning mission to stop a conspiracy that could reshape humanity. With blockbuster action, shocking betrayals, and an expanded ensemble of mysterious agents, the stakes have never been higher, and anyone could be friend or foe. The cast includes returning cast members Richard Madden, Priyanka Chopra Jonas, Stanley Tucci, Lesley Manville and Ashleigh Cummings as well as Jack Reynor, Matt Berry, Lina El Arabi, Merle Dandridge, Gabriel Leone and Rayna Vallandingham.

The season finales of 9-1-1, 9-1-1: Nashville and Grey’s Anatomy will all air on ABC at 8, 9 and 10 PM respectively on May 7; meanwhile, that same day the finale of the new period piece drama Hope Valley: 1874 will air online on Hallmark+. And, also that night, the season finale of The Hunting Party will air on NBC at 10 PM.

On May 7, the new Netflix drama Legends will debut online. As drugs flood the streets of ’90s Britain, a team of civil servants is thrust undercover to topple the gangs behind it. Inspired by an untold true story. The cast includes Aml Ameen, Charlotte Ritchie, Douglas Hodge, Tom Hughes, Steve Coogan and Tom Burke (among others).

The new Peacock drama M.I.A. will debut online on May 7. Restless in the Florida Keys, Etta Tiger Jonze (Shannon Gisela) dreams of a life in Miami’s glittering, sub-tropical kingdom. When her family’s drug-running business shatters in tragedy, however, Etta embarks on a dangerous journey through Miami’s neon-lit underbelly that will define who she is and what she’s ultimately capable of. The cast includes Cary Elwes, Danay Garcia and Maurice Compte (among others).

On May 8, the new limited series Amadeus will debut on Starz at 9 PM. A 25-year-old Amadeus (Will Sharpe) arrives in Vienna, unemployed after his father’s death. He allies with singer Constanze Weber (Gabrielle Creevy), who helps bring him into the orbit of court composer Antonio Salieri (Paul Bettany), igniting a rivalry that defines their legacies.

The new Netflix movie Remarkably Bright Creatures will debut online on May 8. While working nights at a small-town aquarium, a widow (Sally Fields) bonds with a clever octopus and an adrift young man (Lewis Pullman) in this moving drama based on the bestseller. The cast includes Alfred Molina.

Also on May 8, the new movie Broad Trip will debut online on The Roku Channel. When buttoned-up daughter Alice (Sophia Bush) plans a “bachelorette” road trip with her wild and impulsive mother, Jeanie (Lauren Holly), to talk her out of marrying a guy she just met (Steve Guttenberg), they rediscover their unbreakable bond, confronting old wounds and old flames.

The Hallmark Channel movie All’s Fair in Love & Mahjong will debut on May 9 at 8 PM. A school nurse finds unexpected hope through teaching Mahjong, the centuries‑old Chinese game, which helps her build community and open her heart again. The movie stars Fiona Gubelmann, Paul Campbell, Yan-Kay Crystal Lowe, Tamera Mowry-Housley and Melissa Peterman.

Also on May 9, the Lifetime movie Love, Again will debut at 8 PM. Caroline (Valerie Bertinelli) and Henry (Henry Czerny) have shared a nearly perfect life and marriage for almost three decades. Their world shifts dramatically when Henry is diagnosed with early-onset Alzheimer’s. As her soulmate gradually slips away, Caroline finds unexpected solace in a friendship with Leo (Eric McCormack). As Henry’s memory fades, Caroline must navigate the unimaginable journey of losing her lifelong partner while finding strength in a new friendship.

Lastly, the season finales of Call the Midwife and The Count of Monte Cristo will air on PBS on May 10 at 8 and 10 PM respectively.

Mark your calendars!