Rueben's Ramblings

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

On June 23, Teen Wolf will air its season four premiere episode on MTV at 10 PM while that same night CBS will air a one-hour special, Under the Dome: Inside Chester’s Mill, at 10 PM that will take a look at the show’s season premiere [which happens next week] that will feature highlights from last season.

The fifth season of Covert Affairs will kick off on the USA Network on June 24 at 10 PM. Meanwhile over on FX, the new Middle East-set series Tyrant will debut that night at 10 PM. In this new series, Adam Rayner stars as the son of a dictator of a war-torn country who returns to his homeland after a self-imposed 20-year exile.

On June 25, the new summer series Taxi Brooklyn will debut on NBC at 10 PM. This is an action-comedy police procedural centered on the fractious, closely bonded partnership between a streetwise Marseilles-born New York City taxi driver (Jacky Ido) and an intensely driven NYPD detective (Chyler Leigh from Grey’s Anatomy) for whom this immigrant cabbie becomes chauffeur, insider on the streets and unofficial partner.

Continuum will air its season finale on Syfy on June 27 at 10 PM.

On June 28, the Hallmark Channel movie When Sparks Fly will debut at 9 PM. Fireworks go off when Amy Peterson (Meghan Markle from Suits) comes home to help save her family’s annual 4th of July celebration and discovers she really does love the man who she left to pursue her dreams of being a journalist. There’s just one problem: he’s engaged to be married to her best friend, and Amy has been asked to be the maid of honor.

That same night, the Lifetime movie Outlaw Prophet: Warren Jeffs will debut at 8 PM. This film tells the true story of the fundamentalist Mormon leader Warren Jeffs (Tony Goldwyn from Scandal) who spent more than a year on the FBI’s 10 Most Wanted List for unlawful flight on charges related to his alleged arrangement of illegal marriages involving underage girls.

On June 29, the new drama Reckless will debut on CBS at 9 PM followed by the return of Unforgettable at 10 PM. Reckless is set in Charleston, S.C., where a gorgeous Yankee litigator (Anna Wood from Deception) and a charming southern attorney (Cam Gigandet from Burlesque and Twilight) must hide their intense mutual attraction as a police sex scandal threatens to tear the city apart.

It will be a busy night over on PBS on June 29, with the premiere of the second season of the acclaimed 6-part mini-series Last Tango in Halifax at 8 PM followed by the PBS Masterpiece Mystery four-week series Endeavor, Season 2 at 9 PM, which will run for 90 minutes. At 10:30, the debut of the 6-part half-hour mini-series Vicious will debut. Vicious follows partners Freddie (Ian McKellen) and Stuart (Derek Jacobi), who have lived together in a small central London flat for nearly 50 years, are always at each other’s throats, making snide remarks aimed at the other’s age, appearance and flaws. However, underneath their vicious fighting, they share a deep love. Freddie and Stuart are often joined by feisty best friend Violet (Frances de la Tour from Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows) and Ash (Iwan Rheon from Game of Thrones), their young, upstairs neighbor.

Lastly, also on June 29 will be the debut of HBO drama The Leftovers at 10 PM. The series is based on the best-selling novel of the same name, the series will revolve around the residents of a New York town who’ve been left behind after millions and millions of people around the world vanish mysteriously in a Rapture-like event.

Mark your calendars!