Rueben's Ramblings

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

On April 4, the Spectrum Original drama Long Slow Exhale will debut. The drama follows J.C. Abernathy (Rose Rollins), a successful Head Coach of a competitive women’s college basketball team who finds herself in the middle of a potentially career shattering sexual abuse scandal. As she tries to find the truth among the many secrets she uncovers, she has to make hard decisions that will affect her, her family and the team of female athletes who all rely on her. The cast includes Josh Lucas, Ian Harding, Famke Janssen, Lyriq Bent and Brent Sexton.

The second season of The Hardy Boys will premiere online on Hulu on April 6.

On April 7, the season finale of The Dropout will air online on Hulu.

The HBO Max drama Tokyo Vice will debut online on April 7. Loosely inspired by American journalist Jake Adelstein’s non-fiction first-hand account of the Tokyo Metropolitan Police beat, the crime drama series, filmed on location in Tokyo, captures Adelstein’s (Ansel Elgort) daily descent into the neon-soaked underbelly of Tokyo in the late ’90s, where nothing and no one is truly what or who they seem. The cast includes Ken Watanabe.

On April 8, the Amazon feature film All the Old Knives will debut online. Ex-lovers and spies Henry and Celia (Chris Pine and Thandie Newton) meet over dinner to reminisce on their time together at Vienna station. The conversation moves to the disastrous hijacking of Royal Jordanian Flight 127, which ended in the deaths of all on board. That failure haunts the CIA to this day, and Henry seeks to close the book on that seedy chapter. Over a sumptuous dinner, it becomes clear that one of them is not going to survive the meal. The film also stars Laurence Fishburne and Jonathan Pryce.

The season finales of The Last Days of Ptolemy Grey and Severance will both air on Apple TV+ on April 8.

On April 9, the Lifetime movie Fallen Angels Murder Club: Heroes and Felons will debut at 8 PM. The members of the Fallen Angels Murder Club must band together again as they search for answers surrounding the death of one of their own. Hollis (Toni Braxton) finds herself at the center of the investigation when a journalist reporting on the murder also winds up dead. As bodies begin to stack up, and Hollis connects the dots, she must solve the murders before it’s too late. The ensemble cast also includes Yanic Truesdale, Rainbow Sun Francks,Henderson Wade, Kaitlyn Leeb, Rob Stewart and Kelly Hu.

The new movie A Royal Runaway Romance will debut on the Hallmark Channel at 8 PM on April 9. Princess Amelia of Bundbury (Philippa Northeast) travels across America to explore a budding romance with an artist, only to fall in love with her bodyguard Grady (Brant Daugherty).

Also on April 9, The Look Back Diaries will debut online [check online for further details about where to watch]. To celebrate the ten year anniversary of The Lizzie Bennet Diaries (LBD), lead star Ashley Clements is launching The Look Back Diaries, a twice weekly vlog show where she will rewatch LBD on the anniversary of each episode, sharing memories, stories, and commentary about the making of the show, her experiences at the time and ten years of perspective. Expect appearances by cast, crew and more along the way.

There will be a special presentation of Fear the Walking Dead online on April 10 on AMC+; while that same night, the series finale of Killing Eve will air online on AMC+; also the season finale of Billions will air at 9 PM on Showtime that same night while the spring finale of The Walking Dead will air on AMC at 9 PM on April 10. Also that night, the 100th episode of S.W.A.T. will air on CBS at 10 PM; and that same night the season finale of Super Pumped: The Battle for Uber will air on Showtime at 10 PM.

The Hallmark Movies & Mysteries movie Curious Caterer: Dying for Chocolate will debut on April 10 at 9 PM. Goldy (Nikki Deloach) is a spirited, single mom who’s thrust into the role of town sleuth to help solve a friend’s mysterious death. With the clock ticking to find the culprit, Goldy strikes up an unlikely partnership with Detective Tom Schultz (Andrew Walker), who leans into Goldy’s local knowledge. As their relationship shows signs of becoming something more, the suspect list rises. Will Goldy narrow in on the killer before the killer narrows in on her?

Lastly also on April 10, the new drama 61st Street will debut online on AMC+ and on AMC at 10 PM. This drama will show what courses through the dark heart of the infamous Chicago criminal justice system as police and prosecutors investigate a deadly drug bust that threatens to unravel the police department’s code of silence. Courtney B. Vance leads an ensemble cast that includes Aunjanue Ellis (King Richard and NCIS: Los Angeles), Mark O’Brien (City on a Hill), Holt McCallany (Mindhunter) and Tosin Cole (Doctor Who).

Mark your calendars!