Rueben's Ramblings

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

On April 9, The Bold Type will air its season premiere on Freeform at 8 PM; while that same night the NBC drama The Village will move to its new time of 9 PM tonight followed by the return of New Amsterdam on NBC at 10 PM.

The new CBS drama The Code will debut on April 9 at 9 PM. The series follows the military’s brightest minds who take on our country’s toughest legal challenges. Go inside the courtroom and out, in the only law office in the world where every attorney is trained as a prosecutor, a defense lawyer, an investigator – and a Marine. Operating out of Judge Advocate General Headquarters in Quantico, these active-duty Marines are attorneys who have chosen to serve their country in pursuit of military justice at home and abroad. The cast includes Dana Delany, Luke Mitchell, Ato Essandoh, Anna Wood and Phillipa Soo.

Also on April 9, the series premiere of Fosse/Verdon will debut on FX at 10 PM. Based on the biography written by Sam Wasson, the series tells the story of the singular romantic and creative partnership between Bob Fosse (Sam Rockwell) and Gwen Verdon (Michelle Williams). He was a visionary filmmaker and one of theater’s most influential choreographers and directors. She was the greatest Broadway dancer of all time. Together, they changed the face of American entertainment – at a perilous cost. The cast includes Evan Handler, Margaret Qualley and Nate Corddry [among others].

The new Netflix romantic comedy movie The Perfect Date will debut online on April 12. Ivy League hopeful Brooks (Noah Centineo from The Fosters and Netflix’s hugely popular film To All The Boys I Loved Before) has everything it takes to get into Yale University except the cash. So he starts charging by the hour – posing as a temporary boyfriend for rich students like Celia (Laura Marano from Austin & Ally and the box office film Lady Bird) in need of the perfect plus-one. Along the way, he falls for Shelby the girl of his dreams (Camila Mendes from Riverdale), who may not be so receptive to his means of employment.

On April 13, the new movie Bottled with Love will debut on the Hallmark Channel at 8 PM. Abbey (Bethany Joy Lenz) is a career-focused executive from Boston who decides in a moment of impulsiveness, to pour her feelings out and admit her desire to find love, in an anonymous letter she seals in a bottle and tosses into Boston Harbor. Months later, the bottle washes ashore in Maine and is discovered by Nick (Andrew Walker), son of the CEO of Everett Valley Farms – the company where Abbey works and is about to secure the biggest deal of her career. When Nick is called home to help with his father’s company, he decides to contact the mystery woman with the only information he has – an email. Without knowing each other’s identity, Abbey and Nick begin an online relationship which becomes a budding romance, while at the same time, they are being forced to work together on a project where they are not getting along.

The season finale of God Friended Me will air on CBS on April 14 at 8 PM; while that same night the first episode of the final season of Game of Thrones will air on HBO at 9 PM.

Also on April 14, the premiere of the 6-part mini-series Les Miserables will debut at 9 PM on PBS. This new adaptation of the classic novel stars Dominic West (The Affair and The Hour) as Jean Valjean, David Oyelowo (Selma) as Javert, Lily Collins (Rules Don’t Apply) as Fantine, as well as Oscar winner Olivia Colman.

Lastly also on April 14, the Hallmark Movies & Mysteries movie Morning Show Mysteries: A Murder in Mind will debut at 9 PM. Billie Blessings (Holly Robinson Peete) is drawn into a murder investigation when Katie Sanders, a former server at Blessings-turned TV star, becomes the focus when it’s discovered the victim was blackmailing her. Billie must sift through the mounting evidence – and list of suspects – to get to the truth and clear her friend’s name. Rick Fox also stars.

Mark your calendars!