Rueben's Ramblings

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

On January 23, the dramas All American and All American: Homecoming will return from their winter breaks on The CW at 8 and 9 PM respectively; meanwhile, on the same night, The Good Doctor will be back with new episodes starting tonight on ABC at 10:01 PM.

The fourth season premiere of 9-1-1: Lone Star will air on FOX on January 24 at 8 PM followed by a new episode of the new drama Accused which will move to its regular timeslot of 9 PM that night.

Also on January 24, The CW prequel series The Winchesters will be back with new episodes at the new timeslot of 9 PM.

The season finale of Leverage: Redemption will air online on Freevee on January 25.

On January 26, the series finale of the rebooted version of Gossip Girl will air online on HBO Max.

The new drama Clean Sweep will debut online on Sundance Now on January 26. This Irish thriller follows Shelly Mohan (Charlene McKenna), a housewife, mother of three, married to a Garda detective, who kills her former partner in crime when he threatens to expose her dark past. With her unsuspecting husband hunting for the killer, Shelly must cope with pressures of the tightening noose as well as continue caring for an ailing son, her unfaithful husband, and all usual burdens of motherhood.

Also on January 26, the British TV series Wild at Heart – that aired over there from 2006 to 2013 – will have its US network debut on UPtv at 8:30 PM. The drama tells the story of an English family who moves to the South African bush to set up and run a game reserve. The series stars Stephen Tomkinson, Deon Stewardson and Nomsa Xaba.

Paramount+ will debut the one-off flick Teen Wolf: The Movie online on January 26. A full moon rises in Beacon Hills and with it a terrifying evil has emerged. The wolves are howling once again, calling for the return of banshees, werecoyotes, hellhounds, kitsunes and every other shapeshifter in the night. But only a werewolf like Scott McCall (Tyler Posey), no longer a teenager yet still an alpha, can both gather new allies and reunite trusted friends to fight back against what could be the most powerful and deadliest enemy they’ve ever faced. Returning cast members include Tyler Hoechlin, Holland Roden, Shelley Hennig, Crystal Reed, Colton Haynes, Ian Bohen, J.R. Bourne, Linden Ashby, Melissa Ponzio, Dylan Sprayberry, Seth Gilliam, Ryan Kelley and Orny Adams.

Also on January 26, the new series Wolf Pack will debut online on Paramount+. The series follows a teenage boy and girl whose lives are changed forever when a California wildfire awakens a terrifying supernatural creature and drives it to attack a highway traffic jam beneath the burning hills. Wounded in the chaos, the boy and girl are inexplicably drawn to each other and to two other teenagers who were adopted sixteen years earlier by a park ranger after another mysterious wildfire. As the full moon rises, all four teens come together to unravel the secret that connects them – the bite and blood of a werewolf. The cast includes Sarah Michelle Gellar, Rodrigo Santoro, Armani Jackson, Bella Shepard, Chloe Rose Robertson and Tyler Lawrence Gray.

The Netflix series Lockwood & Co. will debut online on January 27. A girl (Ruby Stokes) with extraordinary psychic abilities joins two gifted teen boys (Cameron Chapman and Ali Hadji-Heshmati) at a small ghost-hunting agency to fight the many deadly spirits haunting London.

On January 28, the Hallmark Channel movie Love in Glacier National: A National Park Romance at 8 PM. An avalanche forecasting expert brings her new technology to Glacier National Park where she faces push-back from the Director of Mountain Rescue who’s trained in intuition and common sense. The movie stars Ashley Newbrough and Stephen Huszar.

The Great American Family movie Fall Into Winter will debut on January 28 at 8 PM. Life quickly changes for Kerry as she has to work alongside her high school nemesis, Brooks, an old friend of her brother’s who unexpectedly buys into Kerry’s family-owned candy shop. The movie stars Lori Loughlin, in her first role since the college scandal that sent her to prison, and James Tupper.

On January 29, a special episode of Fire Country will air on CBS at 10 PM.

Lastly, the UPtv movie Finding Love in San Antonio will debut on January 29 at 7 PM. A successful Los Angeles TV chef is offered a new network series that will send her traveling around Europe, but her young daughter’s heart is in San Antonio, Texas, and the restaurant where she got her start is struggling. The movie stars Valentina Izarra, George Akram and Isabella Rivera-Gandulla.

Mark your calendars!