Rueben's Ramblings

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

On August 31, the new comedy series Only Murders in the Building will debut online on Hulu. This comedic murder-mystery series follows three strangers (Steve Martin, Martin Short and Selena Gomez) who share an obsession with true crime and suddenly find themselves wrapped up in one when a grisly death occurs inside their exclusive Upper West Side apartment building. The trio suspects murder and employs their precise knowledge of true crime to investigate the truth. The cast includes Amy Ryan.

The season finale of the Disney+ animated series Monsters at Work will air online on September 1.

On September 2, the Netflix feature film Afterlife of the Party will debut online. Party planner and social butterfly Cassie (Victoria Justice) is on top of the world, but a freak accident during her 25th birthday extravaganza brings it all crashing down – literally. When she finds herself in the waiting room of the afterlife, Cassie meets Val (Robyn Scott), her guardian angel, who explains that she has five days as an angel-in-training to make things right on Earth with the people who meant the most to her. The cast includes Midori Francis (Dash & Lily) and Adam Garcia (Coyote Ugly).

The feature film Cinderella will debut on Amazon online on September 3. This modern take on the traditional tale follows Cinderella (singer Camila Cabello) who lives with her abusive and overprotective stepmother (Idina Menzel) and stepsisters. The royal family will be played by Pierce Brosnan and Minnie Driver along with Nicholas Galitzine along with Billy Porter as Cinderella’s genderless fairy godparent.

Also on September 3, the Netflix feature film Worth will debut online. In Washington, D.C., lawyer Kenneth Feinberg (Michael Keaton) battles cynicism, bureaucracy and politics to help the victims of 9/11. The ensemble cast includes Stanley Tucci, Amy Ryan, Tate Donovan, Laura Benanti, Talia Balsam and Marc Maron.

The Hallmark Channel movie Journey of My Heart will debut on September 4 at 9 PM. A young wildlife biologist (Rhiannon Fish from the Australian soap Home and Away and the Hallmark Channel movie The 27-Hour Day) travels to a remote Alaskan nesting area of bald eagles where she receives inspirational guidance from a Native American family and help from a mysterious wilderness guide (Darien Martin from Legends of Tomorrow and the Lifetime movie V.C. Andrews’ Pearl in the Mist).

On September 5, the season finale of DC’s Legends of Tomorrow will air on The CW at 8 PM; also on September 5, the 5th season of Billions will premiere on Showtime at 9 PM.

The UPtv movie A Vineyard Romance will debut at 7 PM on September 5. When Seattle magazine writer Samantha Hart (Rebecca Olson from The CW’s Kung Fu and the Hallmark Channel movie My Best Friend’s Bouquet) is sent home to write an article about the wedding destination of Hawthorne Vineyards, she discovers the ex (Marcus Rosner from When Calls the Heart and the Hallmark Channel movies A Harvest Wedding and Love on Harbor Island) who broke her heart not only runs the vineyard, but he’s about to get married there.

Lastly also on September 5, the PBS 4-part series Guilt, originally from the BBC, will debut at 9 PM. In Edinburgh, two brothers (Mark Bonnar from Unforgotten and Jamie Sives from To the Ends of the Earth) accidentally kill a man while driving home from a wedding. After deciding to cover it up, they must dodge encroaching suspicions from the man’s family and friends who suspect that his death was not a mistake.

Mark your calendars!