Rueben's Ramblings

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

On November 17, the new NBC drama State of Affairs will debut at 10 PM (taking over the time-slot from The Blacklist). Each day the President is faced with dozens of life and death decisions, and to prioritize the biggest international crises facing the country, one top CIA analyst – Charleston Tucker (Katherine Heigl from Grey’s Anatomy) – assembles the President’s Daily Briefing (PDB). This list of the most vital security issues facing the nation brings with it moral and political judgment calls for Charleston and her trusted group of brilliant analysts at the agency. Aside from the political minefields she has to walk, Charlie has a close personal relationship with the President (Alfre Woodard) because she was once engaged to her son before a tragic terrorist attack took his life. Charlie survived that attack and is now determined to bring the perpetrators to justice.

The fall finales of Grey’s Anatomy, Scandal and How to Get Away with Murder will all air on ABC on November 20 at 8, 9 and 10 PM respectively. That same night, Parenthood will air its fall finale on NBC at 10 PM.

The Hallmark Channel original movie A Royal Christmas will debut on November 22 at 8 PM. A young working girl (Lacey Chabert from Party of Five) with a blue-collar background is surprised when her new fiancé announces he is actually a prince of a small sovereign country in Europe. After the couple quickly takes off to spend the holidays at his family’s sprawling, royal castle, she must work hard to win over her disapproving and unaccepting future mother-in-law—the Queen (Jane Seymour) —and find out if love truly can conquer all.

On November 23, the fall finale of The Good Wife will air on CBS at 9 PM.

The new Hallmark Movies and Mysteries movie Signed, Sealed, Delivered for Christmas will debut on November 23 at 9 PM. When the beloved quartet of postal detectives – Oliver (Eric Mabius), Shane (Kristin Booth), Rita (Crystal Lowe) and Norman (Geoff Gustafson) – discover an urgent letter written to God, they delay their own travel plans to help a little girl who’s mother’s life hangs in the balance on Christmas Eve. With guidance from a mysterious post office volunteer, Jordan (Rob Estes) and Oliver’s former Sunday School teacher (Marion Ross), the Postables are surprised to discover they’ve been a part of more than one miracle on this Christmas Eve.

Also on November 23, the Hallmark Channel movie The Christmas Shepherd will debut at 8 PM. A successful children’s book author and Army widow loses her late husband’s German Shepherd, Buddy, only to later find him adopted by a new family – a single father and his daughter. Each finds a sense of Christmas spirit as they struggle to decide with whom the dog really belongs. The cast includes Teri Polo (The Fosters) and Martin Cummins (When Calls the Heart).

The Lifetime original movie Seasons of Love will debut on November 23 on 9 PM. Kyla (LeToya Luckett, Single Ladies) and Amir’s (Cleo Anthony, Divergent) new romance is thrown for a loop when Amir’s father (Richard Portnow) suddenly passes away and Kyla’s ex, Miles (Rob Riley, Hit the Floor), comes back into the picture. The two struggle to determine what truly matters to them in this story of life, love and family. Taraji P. Henson stars and executive produces, while Gladys Knight and Cliff “Method Man” Smith also star.

Mark your calendars!