Rueben's Ramblings

The following season and/or series) finales will air over the course of this coming week:

May 16: Jane the Virgin on The CW at 9 PM; Bates Motel on A&E at 10 PM and Castle (SERIES FINALE) on ABC at 10 PM.

May 17: Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. on ABC at 9 PM (two hours); NCIS and NCIS: New Orleans on CBS at 8 and 9 PM respectively; and Chicago Med and Chicago Fire will both air their season finales on NBC at 9 and 10 PM respectively.

May 18: Empire on FOX at 9 PM.

May 19: The Blacklist on NBC at 9 PM; DC’s Legends of Tomorrow and The 100 on The CW at 8 and 9 PM respectively and Grey’s Anatomy on ABC at 8 PM followed by The Catch (two hours) at 9 PM.

May 20: Grimm (two hours) on NBC at 9 PM; The Originals on The CW at 9 PM and Banshee (SERIES FINALE) on Cinemax at at 10 PM.

May 22: Call the Midwife on PBS at 8 PM and Mr. Selfridge (SERIES FINALE) at 10:30 PM; and Fear the Walking Dead (Spring Finale) on AMC at 9 PM.

Also, the following shows will air their season premiere and/or debut:

May 18: The final season of Royal Pains will get underway on the USA Network at 10 PM.

May 22: The new drama Preacher will debut on AMC at 10 PM. Based on Garth Ennis and Steve Dillon’s popular ’90’s comic book franchise of the same name, this 10-episode series is a supernatural, twisted and darkly comedic drama that follows a West Texas preacher named Jesse Custer (Dominic Cooper), who is inhabited by a mysterious entity that causes him to develop a highly unusual power. The cast includes Ruth Negga (Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.), Lucy Griffiths (Robin Hood) and Jackie Earle Haley.

Then there will be these new made-for-TV movies:

May 21 – The new Hallmark Channel movie Date With Love will debut at 9 PM. The movie is about what happens when a small-town boy’s video “promposal” to a star goes viral, it scores him a date to prom with his celebrity crush. But when the star begins to fall for the boy’s teacher, things get complicated. The film stars Shenae Grimes, Andrew Walker and Bailee Madison.

May 21 – The HBO film All The Way will debut at 8 PM. Lyndon B. Johnson (Bryan Cranston) becomes the President of the United States in the chaotic aftermath of JFK’s assassination and spends his first year in office to quickly pass the Civil Rights Act. Anthony Mackie will star as Martin Luther King, Jr., Bradley Whitford as Hubert Humphrey, Melissa Leo as Lady Bird Johnson and Stephen Root as J. Edgar Hoover. The cast also includes Joe Morton and Frank Langella.

Mark your calendar!