Rueben's Ramblings

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

On December 16, the two-hour special presentation of Good Trouble will air on Freeform at 9 PM. The Adams-Foster clan comes to the Coterie to spend Christmas with Callie and Mariana. Callie struggles to tell her moms about quitting her clerkship, while Mariana agrees to volunteer for a holiday festival for the underprivileged.

The season finales of The Purge and Treadstone will air on the USA Network on December 17 at 9 PM and 10 PM respectively.

The new Netflix musical drama Soundtrack will debut online on December 18. The streaming series looks at the love stories connecting a diverse, disparate group of people in contemporary Los Angeles through the music that lives inside their hearts and minds. The cast includes Callie Hernandez (Graves), Paul James (The Path), Jenna Dewan (Witches of East End), Campbell Scott (House of Cards) and Madeleine Stowe (Revenge).

The classic story The Christmas Carol is remade (yet again), but this time by FX, airing on December 19 at 7:30 PM. On Christmas Eve we meet Ebenezer Scrooge (Guy Pearce). A skinflint, isolated, begrudging, resentful of the world. He is aloof and miserable, always testing humanity to find the worst in people and to ratify his own confirmation bias. All the friendships that he had in the world he has lost, and the hopes/optimism he had as a child have been shattered by a brutal upbringing. Can the advent of his business partner Marley and three ghosts reinvigorate the spirit/joys/hopes of a once-lost boy? The cast includes Andy Serkis, Stephen Graham, Joe Alwyn, Vinette Robinson and Jason Flemyng.

On December 20, the Netflix fantasy series The Witcher will debut online. The series follows the story of Geralt of Rivia (Henry Cavill), a solitary monster hunter, who struggles to find his place in a world where people often prove more wicked than beasts. But when destiny hurtles him toward a powerful sorceress, and a young princess with a dangerous secret, the three must learn to navigate the increasingly volatile Continent together.

Also on December 20, the Lifetime movie The Christmas Temp will debut at 8 PM, starring Sara Canning (The Vampire Diaries) and Robin Dunne (Sanctuary).

The season finale of Van Helsing will air on December 20 at 10 PM on Syfy.

The following holiday movies will debut on December 21:

* Christmas Love Letter on Lifetime at 6 PM, starring Ashley Newbrough (A Merry Christmas Match) and Tilky Jones (Nashville).
* The Christmas Hotel on Lifetime at 8 PM, starring Tatyana Ali (The Fresh Prince of Bel Air), Sean Patrick Thomas (Save the Last Dance) and veteran actresses Sheryl Lee Ralph and Telma Hopkins.
* 12 Pups of Christmas on ION at 7 PM, starring Charlotte Sullivan (Rookie Blue) and Danny Boaz (Six).
* It’s Beginning To Look A Lot Like Christmas on Hallmark Channel at 8 PM, starring Eric Mabius (Ugly Betty) and Tricia Helfer(Battlestar Galactica).
* Christmas On My Mind on Hallmark Movies & Mysteries at 9 PM, starring Ashley Greene (Twilight franchise), Andrew Walker (When Calls the Heart) and veteran actress Jackee Harry.

The following holiday movies will debut on December 22:
* Christmas Crush on ION at 7 PM, starring Cindy Sampson (Private Eyes) and Robin Dunne (Sanctuary).
* A Family Christmas Gift on Hallmark Movies & Mysteries at 9 PM, starring Holly Robinson Peete (The Morning Show Mysteries franchise), singer Patti Labelle and Dion Johnstone (Ties That Bind)
* Christmas Wedding Runaway on UP TV at 7 PM, starring Sara Mitich (Star Trek: Discovery), Harmon Walsh (As the World Turns), relative newcomer Candice Mausner and Joseph Cannata (A Very Country Christmas).
* A Date By Christmas Eve on Lifetime at 8 PM, starring Vanessa Lengies (Glee and Hawthorne) and Evan Williams (Versailles and awkward.).
* Double Holiday on the Hallmark Channel at 8 PM, starring Carly Pope (Popular and Arrow) and (Kristoffer Polaha (Mystery 101 franchise).

Also on December 22, the CBS special A Home for the Holidays with Idina Menzel will air at 9 PM. The iconic special is hosted by Idina Menzel and features performances by the Broadway star herself as well as Ne-Yo, Adam Lambert and Kelly Rowland.

Lastly, also on December 22, the series finale of Mr. Robot will air on the USA Network at the special time of 9:10 PM, airing for 2 hours and 20 minutes.

Mark your calendars!