Rueben's Ramblings

The new 8-episode drama The Divide will have a two-hour debut on WE TV on July 16 at 9 PM.

Eleven years ago, the Butler family was attacked in their Philadelphia home and all but the youngest daughter were brutally murdered. The senseless deaths of this affluent African American family, seemingly at the hands of two white construction workers, Terry Kucik (Joe Anderson from Across the Universe) and Jared Bankowski (Chris Bauer from True Blood), threatened to ignite a racial firestorm. Adam Page (Damon Gupton from The Wire and Treme), himself an affluent black man and the city’s District Attorney as well as a political rising star, made a name for himself by securing convictions for both men, leading to the death penalty ruling for Bankowski.

Now, Christine Rosa (Marin Ireland from Homeland and Boss), a caseworker with the Innocence Initiative, believes Bankowski was wrongly convicted of the heinous murders and struggles to stop his impending execution, while tirelessly working to exonerate Kucik.

The cast includes Nia Long (House of Lies), Clark Peters (The Wire) and Paul Schneider (Water for Elephants).

The Divide will then move to its regular 10 PM timeslot on Wednesday, July 23.

Here is the trailer for The Divide.