Rueben's Ramblings

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

On January 13, there is a lot of programming options, including the return of existing major networks dramas from their holiday hiatus, the season premieres of several cable shows, the debut of a new drama and more. The programming breaks down as follows:

Hart of Dixie and Beauty And the Beast are back from their holiday hiatus on The CW at 8 and 9 PM respectively and The Blacklist will be back after its holiday hiatus on NBC at 10 PM. The new drama Intelligence will move to its regular night and time on CBS at 10 PM.

Major Crimes will air its finale on TNT at 9 PM; Lost Girl and Being Human will return for new seasons on Syfy at 8 and 9 PM respectively and a marathon of Switched at Birth episodes will air on ABC Family from 12 Noon to 7 PM, leading up to the return of the new season of the show at 8 PM followed by the return of the new series The Fosters at 9 PM.

Lastly, the new Canadian series Bitten will debut on Syfy at 10 PM. Based on the novels by Kelley Armstrong, the series is an emotionally charged supernatural thriller stars Laura Vandervoort (Smallville) as Elena Michaels, the lone female werewolf in existence. Desperate to escape both a world she never wanted to be part of and the man who turned her into a werewolf, Elena has abandoned her Pack and taken refuge in a new city. There, she works as a photographer and hides her werewolf existence from her new boyfriend. When bodies start turning up in her Pack’s backyard, Elena finds herself back at Stonehaven, the werewolves’ ancestral domain. Torn between two worlds and two loves, she quickly realizes that – when push comes to shove – she’ll stop at nothing to defend her Pack. The cast includes Greg Bryk (XIII The Series), Greyston Holt (Alcatraz) and Paul Greene (The Client List).

Then on January 14, The Originals and Supernatural will both be back after their holiday hiatus on The CW at 8 and 9 PM respectively as well as NCIS: Los Angeles coming back after its holiday hiatus on CBS at 9 PM

Arrow and The Tomorrow People will both be back from their holiday hiatus on The CW at 8 and 9 PM respectively and Criminal Minds and CSI will also both be back from their holiday hiatus on CBS at 9 and 10 PM respectively all on January 15.

On January 16, the Critics’ Choice Movie Awards will air on The CW at 8 PM.

The Hallmark Channel movie June in January will debut on January 18 at 7 PM. June Fraser (Brooke D’Orsay from Royal Pains) has envisioned her wedding day her entire life and even managed to plan every detail with her loving mother, Kathryn (Anne Marie DeLuis from Cedar Cove), before Kathryn’s passing only a few years ago. Now an adult, June has met Alex Blackwell (Wes Brown), a handsome attorney who hails from a very well-to-do family, with his intimidating and icy mother, Diana (Marilu Henner), at the helm. After an exciting New Year’s Eve engagement, June can’t wait to plan the June wedding she’s always wanted to honor her mother’s memory with and she starts using a portfolio of bridal magazine clippings she created with Kathryn as a guide. Then, when Alex suddenly receives a job offer in Cleveland and needs to move right away, he asks June if they can move the wedding date up to January – just three weeks away! In a panic, June and Alex accept Diana’s offer to host the wedding at the Blackwell’s gorgeous home, giving Diana the footing she needs to plan the event her way. June tries to salvage her special day and pull off the perfect summer wedding she’s always wanted despite the chilly calendar change and Diana’s cold calculating scheming.

Also on January 18, the Lifetime movie Flowers in the Attic, based on the cult classic novel by V. C. Andrews, will air at 8 PM. The story weaves the twisted story of the Dollanganger kids who, after the unexpected death of their father, are convinced by their mother Corrine (Heather Graham) to stay hidden in the attic of their wealthy grandparents’ mansion so she can reclaim the family fortune. But as her visits begin to wane after she becomes involved with a new husband (Dylan Bruce), the children endure unimaginable treatment at the hands of their ruthless grandmother Olivia Foxworth (Ellen Burstyn). As years go by and the eldest children Cathy (Kiernan Shipka) and Christopher (Mason Dye) come of age, both emotionally and physically, their family’s sordid past entraps them further as they look to each other for comfort.

The series finale of Betrayal will air on January 19 on ABC at 10 PM. Also that same night, Sherlock will be back with a new season on PBS at 10 PM and The Following will air a special preview episode on FOX at approximately 10 PM, airing after the NFC Championship game.

Mark your calendars!