Rueben's Ramblings

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

On July 18, the fourth season premiere of Being Mary Jane will air on BET at 10 PM while that same night Shooter will air its second season premiere on the USA Network at 10 PM.

The new streaming series Ozark will debut on Netflix on July 21. The 10-episode series revolves around financial planner Marty (Jason Bateman from Arrested Development) and Wendy Bird (Laura Linney from The Big C) and their family’s sudden relocation from the suburbs of Chicago to a summer resort community in the Missouri Ozarks when his dealing with a drug cartel go awry.

Also on July 21, the new movie Descendants 2 will debut simultaneously on Lifetime, Disney, Freeform and ABC at 8 PM. When the pressure to be royally perfect gets to be too much for Mal (Dove Cameron from Liv and Maddie), she returns to the Isle of the Lost. She discovers that her archenemy Uma (China Anne McClain from A.N.T. Farm and House of Payne), the daughter of Ursula, has taken over as queen, and that her gang is finalizing plans to bring down the barrier. Also reprising their roles from the first movie is Cameron Boyce (Jessie), Sofia Carson (the made-for-TV movie Adventures in Babysitting), Booboo Stewart (The Twilight Saga) and Mitchell Hope.

And, the Lifetime original movie Story of a Girl will debut on July 23 at 8 PM. When a sex video of 13-year-old Deanna (Ryann Shane from Lights Out and Banshee) and Tommy (Tyler Johnson from Supernatural and The Killing) goes viral, her life of carefree innocence is changed forever. Three years later, Deanna is still dealing with the fallout of the video, including being branded the school slut. Ready to move on, Deanna longs to escape a life defined by the mistakes of her past. Kevin Bacon (Footloose) and his daughter Sosie Bacon also star while his wife Kyra Sedgwick (The Closer) makes her directorial debut.

Mark your calendars!