Rueben's Ramblings

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

On May 13, the new drama L.A.’s Finest, based on The Bad Boys film series, will debut on Spectrum’s cable service.
The series follows Syd Burnett (Gabrielle Union), last seen in Miami taking down a drug cartel, who has seemingly left her complicated past behind to become an LAPD detective. Paired with a new partner, Nancy McKenna (Jessica Alba), a working mom with an equally complex history, Syd is forced to confront how her unapologetic lifestyle may be masking a greater personal secret. Taking on the most dangerous criminals in Los Angeles while skirting the rules, and speed limits, Syd and Nancy become a force to be reckoned with – on the streets, and in each other’s lives.

Also on May 13, the season finales of the following dramas will air:

* 9-1-1 on FOX at 8 PM
* Arrow on The CW at 9 PM
* Bull on CBS at 10 PM
* Knightfall on the History Channel at 10 PM

On May 14, the following dramas will air their finales:

* The Flash on The CW at 8 PM
* FBI and NCIS: New Orleans on CBS at 9 PM and 10 PM respectively
* New Amsterdam on NBC at 10 PM

On May 15, the season finale of Riverdale will air on The CW at 8 PM while that same night Gone will air its season finale on WGN America at 9 PM.

The following season finales will air on May 16:

* The Good Fight on CBS All Access
* Grey’s Anatomy, Station 19 and For the People on ABC at 8 PM, 9:01 PM and 10 PM respectively
* Law & Order: Special Victims Unit on NBC at 10 PM
* S.W.A.T. on CBS at 10 PM

Also on May 16, the Netflix film Good Sam will debut online. Tiya Sircar (The Good Place) is based on the mystery book series of the same name by Dete Meserve, which follows Intrepid TV news reporter Kate Bradley who is assigned to uncover the identity of a mysterious Good Samaritan—Good Sam—who has been anonymously leaving $100,000 cash gifts on the doorsteps of seemingly random New Yorkers. As interest in the extraordinary gifts sweeps across the country, Kate seeks to unravel the identity of Good Sam and the powerful and unexpected reasons behind the extraordinary gifts.

On May 17, the following season finales will air:

* The Blacklist on NBC at 9 PM
* Hawaii Five-0 on CBS at 10 PM

The second season of The Rain will air on May 17 on Netflix while the new streaming series Catch-22 will debut on Hulu on May 17. Based on Joseph Heller’s seminal novel of the same name, the story of the incomparable, artful dodger, Yossarian (Christopher Abbott), a US Air Force bombardier in World War II who is furious because thousands of people he has never met are trying to kill him. But his real problem is not the enemy, but rather his own army, which keeps increasing the number of missions the men must fly to complete their service. Yet if Yossarian makes any attempt to avoid his military assignments, he’ll be in violation of Catch-22, a hilariously sinister bureaucratic rule which specifies that a concern for one’s own safety in the face of dangers which are real and immediate is the process of a rational mind; a man is considered insane if he willingly continues to fly dangerous combat missions, but a request to be removed from duty is evidence of sanity and therefore makes him ineligible to be relieved from duty.

On May 18, the Hallmark Channel movie Sailing Into Love will debut at 9 PM. Biology teacher Claire (Leah Renee from Hallmark Channel’s Love by the Book) is a bridesmaid and conducts a class on Blue Island. Claire takes action when she learns her former boyfriend works for the developer building a resort on Blue Island. The film also stars Chris McNally (When Calls the Heart).

The following season finales will air on May 19:

* Call the Midwife and Les Miserables on PBS at 8 PM and 9 PM respectively
* Supergirl and Charmed on The CW at 8 PM and 9 PM respectively
* The Red Line and NCIS: Los Angeles on CBS at 8 (2 hours) and 10 PM respectively

Also on May 19, the new Hallmark Movies & Mysteries movie Hailey Dean Mysteries: Killer Sentence will debut at 9 PM. Hailey Dean (Kellie Martin) knows District Attorney Paulina D’Orazio is innocent of the murder of a man she once put behind bars and must do all she can to prove it in the face of mounting evidence.

And, the much anticipated series finale of Game of Thrones will air on May 19 on HBO at 9 PM.

Mark your calendars!