Rueben's Ramblings

Let Fall TV begin!

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

On September 16 – Bones will be back with a new season on FOX at 8 PM followed by the debut of the new series Sleepy Hollow at 9 PM. Sleepy Hollow is about Ichabod Crane (Tom Mison from Salmon Fishing in the Yemen), who is resurrected and pulled two and a half centuries through time to unravel a mystery that dates all the way back to the founding fathers. Revived alongside Ichabod is the infamous Headless Horseman who is on a murderous rampage in present-day Sleepy Hollow. Bound to the Headless Horseman by a blood spell cast on the battlefield of the American Revolution, Ichabod quickly realizes that stopping Headless is just the beginning, as the resurrected rider is but the first of the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse.

Also on September 16, the season finale of the summer series Under the Dome will air at 10 PM on CBS.

Covert Affairs and Suits will both air their summer finales on the USA Network on September 17 at 9 and 10:01 PM respectively.

On September 18, BBC America will air the season finale of Law & Order: UK at 9 PM.

The Hallmark Channel movie The Watsons Go To Birmingham will debut at 8 PM on September 20. Set in the Summer of 1963 in Flint, Michigan, the Watsons are a close knit “All American Family” made up of Daniel and Wilona Watson, (Wood Harris and Anika Noni Rose) and their three kids, 15 year-old juvenile delinquent Byron (Harrison Knight), nerdy 11 year-old Kenny (Bryce Jenkins) and eight year-old adorable sister Joetta (Jackson). When Byron’s antics go over the top, his parents realize enough is enough and they decide the family needs a dose of Grandma Sands (LaTanya Richardson) no nonsense approach in Birmingham, Alabama. So the Watsons load up the 1948 Plymouth Brown Bomber outfitted with a true tone Ultra-Glide turntable and head South with plenty of comedy en route. When they finally make it to Birmingham, they meet Grandma Sands and her friend, Mr. Robert (David Alan Grier), who show them around town and the Watsons discover that life is very different there than in Flint – and not necessarily for the better. During that historic summer, the Watsons find themselves caught up in something far bigger than Byron’s antics. Something that will change their lives and country forever.

Then on September 22, Dexter will air its series finale on Showtime at 9 PM followed by the season finale of Ray Donovan at 10 PM.

Mark your calendars!