Rueben's Ramblings

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

On September 4, the new USA Network drama The Purge will debut. Based on the hit movie franchise and set in the same universe, this one-hour dram will follow several seemingly unrelated, conflicted characters as they prepare for a 12-hour period when all crime – including murder – is legal.

Also on September 4, the new FX drama Mayans M.C. will debut at 10 PM. Set in a post-Jax Teller world, Ezekiel “EZ” Reyes (JD Pardo from Revolution and The Messengers) is fresh out of prison and a prospect in the Mayans M.C. charter on the Cali/Mexi border. Now, EZ must carve out his new identity in a town where he was once the golden boy with the American Dream in his grasp.

The second season of Marvel’s Iron Fist will stream on Netflix on September 7.

Also on September 7, the Netflix feature film Sierra Burgess Is a Loser will debut. Loosely based on the 1897 play Cyrano de Bergerac, the telefilm is set in a high school and follows Sierra Burgess (Shannon Purser from Stranger Things and Riverdale), a good (but unpopular) student who finds herself caught up in a case of mistaken identity that might just lead to love.

The Hallmark Channel original movie Wedding of Dreams will debut on September 8 at 9 PM, starring Debbie Gibson, Robert Gant and Pascale Hutton.

On September 9, the season finale of Power will air on Starz at 8 PM; meanwhile, that same day, the 5th and final season of The Last Ship will premiere on TNT at 9 PM.

The first part of the 3-part PBS mini-series The Miniaturist will debut on September 9 at 9 PM. Adapted from Jessie Burton’s internationally best-selling novel, the mini-series is in 1686, where 18-year-old Nella Oortman (Anya Taylor-Joy from the movie Split) arrives in Amsterdam to meet her wealthy merchant husband Johannes Brandt (Alex Hassell from Genius: Picasso), but is instead met by his sister Marin (Romola Garai from Atonement and The Hour). When Johannes appears, he presents her with a wedding gift: a cabinet that is a miniature replica of their home, to be furnished by an elusive Miniaturist, whose tiny creations mirror what is happening within the house in unexpected ways and seem to be predicting and unravelling the future with unsettling precision. Parts 2 and 3 of this mini-series will air on September 16 and September 23.

The new Lifetime drama You will debut on September 9 at 10 PM. The new drama is a 21st-century love story about obsessive, yet brilliant, 20-something Joe Goldberg (Penn Badgley from Gossip Girl), who uses the hyper-connected digital age to make the woman of his dreams fall in love with him.

Mark your calendars!