Rueben's Ramblings

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

On April 14, the final season of Warehouse 13 will start on Syfy at 9 PM while the new anthology series Metal Hurlant Chronicles will debut on Syfy at 10 and 10:30 PM. The series is based on the popular comic of the same name, each of the 12 episodes (from season 1 and season 2) takes place on a different planet with a different cast, linked together by the presence of an asteroid, which plays a vital role in their lives and the future of their civilization. The cast includes James Marsters (Buffy, the Vampire Slayer and Caprica), Joe Flanigan (Stargate Atlantis), Michael Jai White (Arrow) and legendary actor Rutger Hauer. Also, Dallas will air its mid-season finale on TNT at 9 PM.

On April 15, The Originals and Supernatural will both return from a short break on The CW at 8 and 9 PM respectively. Meanwhile that same night, the new FX drama Fargo – based on the box office film – will debut at 10 PM. Billy Bob Thornton will play Lorne Malvo, a manipulative man who meets a small town insurance salesman and sets him on a path of destruction. The cast includes Kate Walsh (Private Practice), Colin Hanks (Roswell), Martin Freeman (Sherlock), Adam Goldberg (Saving Private Ryan), Rachel Blanchard (Clueless) and newcomer Allison Tolman.

On April 17, The Vampire Diaries will be back with new episodes on The CW at 8 PM while the season finales of both Parenthood and Scandal will air at 10 PM on NBC and ABC respectively.

On April 19, the second season of Orphan Black will air its season premiere on BBC America at 9 PM. While the Hallmark Channel original movie A Lesson In Romance will debut at 7 PM. Money can’t buy happiness for career-driven mom Megan Mills (Kristy Swanson from Psych), or her family. Even a multi-million dollar windfall from a company merger is not enough to make up for the time that Megan lost with her husband, Mike (Scott Grimes from ER) and her twin children, Sean (Paul Butcher from Zooey 101) and Zoe (Allie Gonino from The Lying Game), while building a career. When Mike leaves her and joins Sean and Zoe in college, Megan realizes she must take drastic measures to bring her family back together. In order to save her marriage and reconnect with her children, she enrolls alongside them as a college undergrad. Megan quickly discovers that rebuilding her family while surviving freshman year is going to take much more than just business prowess and school spirit.

That same night, the Lifetime original movie A Day Late and a Dollar Short will debut at 8 PM. Based on the New York Times bestseller by Terry McMillian the film stars Whoopi Goldberg as irascible matriarch Viola Price, who learns that her next asthma attack will likely kill her. Because of that she is determined to fix her fractured family before she leaves this world. The cast includes Mekhi Phifer (Torchwood), Kimberly Elise (Diary of a Mad Black Woman), Anika Noni Rose (Dreamgirls) and Tichina Arnold (Everybody Hates Chris).

Meanwhile over on BBC America, that same night, The Real History of Science Fiction, Robots special will air at 10 PM. The special delves into the real history of science fiction with filmmakers, writers, actors, and graphic artists looking back on their experiences and on how their obsession and imagination has taken them into the unknown. Among some of the famous faces taking part in the special include actors William Shatner, Nathan Fillion, Zoe Saldana, Richard Dreyfuss, David Tennant, Christopher Lloyd, Karen Gillan, Scott Bakula, Nichelle Nichols and Edward James Olmos as well as creative minds such as Steven Moffat, Chris Carter, Ronald D Moore John Carpenter and Neil Gaiman.

On April 20, the first drama to air on the cable channel WGN America, the period piece Salem will debut at 10 PM. The series revolves around the infamous trials of witches in Salem, Massachusetts in the 17th century. The cast includes Janet Montgomery (Human Target), Shane West (Nikita), Seth Gabel (Fringe and Arrow), Ashley Madekwe (Revenge) and Xander Berkeley (Nikita). Meanwhile, that same night, Devious Maids will air its second season premiere on Lifetime at 10 PM.

The new Hallmark Channel drama Signed, Sealed, Delivered will also debut on April 20 at 8 PM. The series, based on the 2013 made-for-TV movie of the same name, follows the lives of four postal workers who transform themselves into an untraditional team of detectives to track down intended recipients of undeliverable mail The cast includes Eric Mabius (Ugly Betty), Kristin Booth (The Kennedys), Crystal Lowe (Smallville) and Geoff Gustafson (Primeval: New World).

And lastly, that same night, the new Hallmark Hall of Fame movie In My Dreams will debut on ABC at 9 PM. Nick (Mike Vogel from Under the Dome) and Natalie (Katharine McPhee from Smash) are the perfect couple, but there are a couple of things blocking their path to romantic bliss. First, they’ve never actually met, except in their dreams. Second, they have precisely seven days to turn those sweet dreams into romantic reality. The cast includes JoBeth Williams.

Mark your calendars!