Rueben's Ramblings

Hey All,

Here are the news items for today, few though they may be:

TELEVISION

Actress Julianne Nicholson (Law & Order: Criminal Intent) has been cast as the female lead in the new Sundance Channel drama series called The Descendants, that received a straight-to-series order for six episodes. The drama revolves around Harold Jensen, a sheriff struggling to keep his family together while simultaneously policing two clashing communities: the small town where he grew up and the neighboring Ramapo Mountains, home of the Ramapo Mountain Indians. After a terrible tragedy and cover-up occurs involving the sheriff’s wife, Jean (Nicholson), an unholy alliance is forged between the sheriff and a dangerous member of the tribe that will come back to haunt all involved. Jean, an over-controlling and over-bearing recovering alcoholic who seems to suffer from dementia stemming from her alcohol use and the loss of her brother, goes on a rampage when she finds her daughter has run off with her new boyfriend. (Nellie Andreeva at Deadline)

Actor James McCaffrey (Rescue Me) will guest star in an upcoming episode of Suits, playing Harvey’s dad Gordon Specter. He will appear in flashbacks since fans of the show know Harvey’s father is deceased. Suits is back for its new season on the USA Network on July 16. (Vlada Gelman at TV Line)

Starz has ordered 16 episodes of the small adaptation of the Diana Gabaldon best-seller Outlander that will be executive produced by Ronald D. Moore (Battlestar Galactica). The series follows Claire Randall, a married combat nurse from 1945 who is swept back to 1743, forced to marry Scottish warrior Jamie Fraser and finds herself torn between two times. (Tim Molloy at The Wrap)

That’s it. Enjoy!