Rueben's Ramblings

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

On June 21, the third season premiere of Motherland: Fort Salem will air on Freeform at 10 PM.

The season finale of Obi-Wan Kenobi will air online on Disney+ on June 22. That same day, the much anticipated third season of The Umbrella Academy will air online on Netflix.

On June 22, the Netflix original movie Love & Gelato, based on the book by author Jenna Evans Welch, will debut online. Lina Emerson (relative newcomer Susanna Skaggs) is spending the summer in Tuscany, but she isn’t in the mood for Italy’s famous sunshine and fairy-tale landscape. She’s only there because it was her mother’s dying wish that she get to know her father. But what kind of father isn’t around for sixteen years? All Lina wants to do is go back home. But then she is given a journal that her mom had kept when she lived in Italy. Suddenly Lina’s uncovering a magical world of secret romances, art, and hidden bakeries. A world that inspires her, along with the ever-so-charming Lorenzo “Ren” Ferrazza, to follow in her mother’s footsteps and unearth a secret that has been kept for far too long. It’s a secret that will change everything she knew about her mother, her father—and even herself. The cast includes Stargirl alum Anjelika Washington, Robin Tunney (The Mentalist) and Owen McDonnell (Killing Eve).

The season finale of Walker will air on The CW on June 23 at 8 PM.

On June 24, the 6-episode limited series Chloe will debut online on Amazon. The series follows Becky Green (Erin Doherty from The Crown), who is obsessed with stalking her childhood friend Chloe Fairbourne’s (relative newcomer Poppy Gilbert) perfectly curated social media presence. Chloe’s charmed life, adoring husband, and circle of high-achieving friends are always just a click away, and Becky can’t resist peering into a world that contrasts so starkly with her own, as she cares for her mother, who has early onset dementia. When Chloe suddenly dies, Becky assumes a new identity and infiltrates the enviable lives of Chloe’s closest friends to find out what happened to her. Through her alter-ego Sasha, Becky becomes a powerful, transgressive heroine; a popular, well-connected “someone” with a life-and loves-that are far more exciting and addictive than the “no-one” she is as Becky. However, the pretense soon obscures and conflates reality, and she discovers Chloe’s real life had not been nearly as perfect as it was portrayed online. As Becky gets deeper into her con, and Chloe’s inner circle, she risks losing herself completely in the game she is playing. The cast includes Jack Farthing (Poldark).

The original Hallmark Channel movie Two Tickets to Paradise will debut on June 25 at 8 PM. Two strangers meet on what feels like the worst day of their lives. Hannah (Ashley Williams) and Josh (Ryan Paevey) have both been stood up at the altar. While shocked and devastated, they happen to meet at the park, which turns out to be the morale boost they need to commit to taking their honeymoon vacations. They realize they are going to the same honeymoon resort and keep crossing paths in tropical paradise. Seeing the futility of fighting fate, Hannah and Josh eventually join forces and help learn from one other to enjoy their vacations. The film also stars Mary-Margaret Humes (Dawson’s Creek).

On June 26, the UPtv movie Planning on Forever will debut at 7 PM. Emma (Emily Tennant from Cedar Cove), an events planner with no time for love, agrees to plan her sister’s wedding – in just six weeks – with the help of Liam (Alec Santos from Rise and Shine, Benedict Stone), who Emma had a disastrous blind date with years ago.

Lastly, also on June 26, the season four premiere of Westworld will air on HBO Max online today as well as on HBO at 9 PM; and that same night the 5th season of The Chi will premiere at 9 PM on Showtime.

Mark your calendars!