Rueben's Ramblings

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

On January 3, Ordinary Joe will be back with new episodes starting tonight on NBC at 10 PM; NCIS and NCIS: Hawai’i will be back with new episodes on CBS at 9 and 10 PM respectively while that same night 9-1-1: Lone Star will air its season premiere on FOX at 8 PM followed by the debut of the new drama The Cleaning Lady at 9 PM. The Cleaning Lady is about a whip-smart Cambodian doctor (Elodie Yung from Daredevil) comes to the U.S. for a medical treatment to save her son, but when the system fails and pushes her into hiding, she uses her cunning and intelligence to fight back, breaking the law for all the right reasons. The cast includes Adan Canto (Designated Survivor).

The final season of This Is Us will premiere on NBC at 9 PM followed by the return of New Amsterdam at 10 PM on January 4 while that same night the CBS dramas FBI, FBI: International and FBI: Most Wanted will return with new episodes at 8, 9 and 10 PM respectively; and also that night, Queens will return with new episodes on ABC at 10 PM.

On January 5, Chicago Med, Chicago Fire and Chicago P.D. will return with new episodes on NBC at 8, 9 and 10 PM respectively.

The new CBS medical drama Good Sam will debut on January 5 at 10 PM. The series is about Dr. Sam Griffith (Sophia Bush from One Tree Hill and Chicago P.D.), a gifted heart surgeon, who excels in her new leadership role as Chief of Surgery after her renowned boss (Jason Isaacs), who is also her father, falls into a coma. When he wakes up months later demanding to resume his duties, Sam is tasked with supervising this egotistical expert with a scalpel who never acknowledged her stellar talent. The cast includes Wendy Crewson (When Hope Calls and Frankie Drake Mysteries) and Edwin Hodge (The Tomorrow War and Six) [among others].

The 6-part limited series Women of the Movement will debut on ABC for two hours at 8 PM on January 6. Based on the true story of Mamie Till-Mobley (Adrienne Warren from the Broadway play Tina: The Tina Turner Musical), who in 1955 risked her life to find justice after her son Emmett (Cedric Joe) was brutally murdered in the Jim Crow South. Unwilling to let Emmett’s murder disappear from the headlines, Mamie chose to bear her pain on the world’s stage, emerging as an activist for justice and igniting the Civil Rights movement as we know it today. The cast includes Alex Desert, Carter Jenkins, Gil Bellows, Joshua Caleb Johnson, Ray Fisher and Timothy Hutton. This limited series will air in three two-hour parts over three consecutive weeks.

Also on January 6, The Blacklist, Law & Order: Special Victims Unit and Law & Order: Organized Crime will be back with new episodes starting tonight on NBC at 8, 9 and 10 PM respectively. That same night, the winter premiere of Bull will air on CBS at 10 PM and the season finale of the reboot of The Game will air online on Paramount+ today.

Nancy Drew will return with new episodes starting tonight on The CW on January 7 at 9 PM; and that same night, Magnum P.I. and Blue Bloods will be back with new episodes on CBS at 9 and 10 PM respectively.

On January 7, the Amazon movie The Tender Bar will debut online. This is an adaptation of the 2005 memoir by J. R. Moehringer, directed by George Clooney about a boy (played by Daniel Ranieri, Tye Sheridan and Ron Livingston throughout his life), seeking a replacement for his father, who disappeared shortly after his birth, who bonds with his uncle (Ben Affleck) and the patrons at a bar. The cast includes Lily Rabe, Christopher Lloyd and Max Martini.

The GAC Family movie The Winter Palace will debut on January 8 at 8 PM. A novelist (Danica McKellar) with writer’s block becomes the caretaker at an empty winter chateau to finish her book. The owner, a prince (Neal Bledsoe), suddenly shows up with his royal entourage, and her job as the caretaker includes taking orders from the royal group.

On January 8, the Hallmark Channel movie The Wedding Veil will debut at 9 PM. The first installment of a new trilogy which follows three longtime college friends (Lacey Chabert, Autumn Reeser and Alison Sweeney) who discover a mysterious, antique veil fabled to unite its bearer with her true love. After discovering a long-lost painting, museum curator Avery and new board member Peter investigate the artwork’s origins as they plan a gala to unveil it. Kevin McGarry co-stars.

The third and final season of A Discovery of Witches will air online on Sundance Now starting on January 8.

On January 9 – The season finale of Mayor of Kingstown will air online on Paramount+; the season finale of Dexter: New Blood will air on Showtime at 9 PM; the season two premiere of All Creatures Great and Small will air on PBS at 9 PM and Euphoria will return to HBO for its second season at 9 PM.

The Hallmark Movies & Mysteries movie North to Home will debut on January 9 at 10 PM. The McBride sisters (Lyndsy Fonseca, Kimberley Sustad and Erica Durance) reunite in Alaska for a memorable birthday celebration connecting their past to the present. Barbara Niven co-stars.

Lastly, also on January 9, the UPtv movie Love’s Second Chance will debut at 7 PM. When Rose (Gabrielle Christian), a passionate fashion stylist in her 30’s living in New York, inherits her grandmother’s vintage dress shop, she returns to her small hometown to take care of the store. As she’s contemplating closing the store for good, she runs into her charming high school crush, Cole Murphy (Cody Ryan Thompson), who convinces her to restore the store and help people in need that can’t afford new clothes. After hesitantly agreeing, the two friends reminisce about their old feelings, and realize that the store is not the only that deserves a second chance, but so does their love.

Mark your calendars!