Rueben's Ramblings

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

Both Covert Affairs and Suits will be back with new seasons on the USA Network on July 16 at 9 and 10 PM respectively.

On July 19, the Disney Channel movie Teen Beach Movie will debut at 8 PM. Brady and McKenzie are both high school sweethearts. They both enjoy surfing and watching their favorite beach musical film, “Wet Side Story”, set in the 1960’s era of rock ‘n roll, bikers, beach and surfing. They’ve talked so much about how they would love to be in their favorite movie to live that era. After the death of her mother, McKenzie promised her aunt she would focus on her future, including college, and has to move away with her, putting her relationship with Brady in trouble. After Brady insists on McKenzie having one last wave with him, they both fall off their boards. As they wake up, they realize they have been transported into “Wet Side Story” and decide to play along with the plot and try to fit in. The cast includes Grace Phipps (The Vampire Diaries) and Garrett Clayton (Holiday Spin).

The first original scripted drama from Hallmark Channel called Debbie Macomber’s Cedar Cove will debut on July 20 at 8 PM. Andie MacDowell (Jane By Design) plays Judge Olivia Lockhart whose Cedar Cove Municipal Court is the professional milieu and social microcosm of issues the judge will face in her own day-to-day life with family and friends. The cast includes Dylan Neal (Blood Ties).

On July 21, the PBS Masterpiece Mystery made-for-TV mini-series Endeavour will air another episode at 9 PM. In this episode called “Rocket”, a royal visit to a family-owned munitions factory begins as a proud occasion for the people of Oxford, but the joyous day ends with murder. Morse delves into the family’s murky past, as well as his own, as he attempts to uncover the culprit before more lives are lost.

Mark your calendars!