Rueben's Ramblings

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

The season finale of Invasion will air online on Apple TV+ on October 25.

On October 26, the season finale of The Vanishing Triangle will air online on Sundance Now; while that same day, the third season of American Horror Stories will air on FX on Hulu online.

The Hallmark Movies & Mysteries movie Ms. Christmas Comes to Town will debut on October 26 at 8 PM. A shopping channel host known as Ms. Christmas (Barbara Niven) receives a terminal diagnosis, which inspires a multi-city excursion set to spread Christmas cheer before her farewell broadcast. The cast includes Erica Durance and Brennan Elliott.

On October 27, the season finale of the new series Still Up will air online on Apple TV+.

The Hallmark Channel movie Christmas by Design will debut on October 27 at 8 PM. A fashion designer (Rebecca Dalton) gets accepted into a Christmas challenge to create a new holiday-themed collection and not only finds the inspiration for her next line but decides to redesign her approach to what’s most important in life. Jonathan Keltz co-stars.

Also on October 27, the new Netflix movie Pain Hustlers will debut online. Liza (Emily Blunt) dreams of a better life for her and her daughter so she gets a job at a bankrupt pharmacy and Liza’s guts catapult the company and her into the high life not knowing that she will soon be in the middle of a criminal conspiracy. The cast includes Chris Evans, Andy Garcia, Catherine O’Hara, Chloe Coleman and Brian d’Arcy James.

The new limited series Fellow Travelers will debut online on Paramount+ with Showtime on October 27. After a chance encounter in Washington D.C. in the 1950s, Hawkins Fuller (Matt Bomer) and Timothy Laughlin (Jonathan Bailey) start a volatile romance that spans the Vietnam War protests of the 1960s, the drug-fueled disco hedonism of the 1970s and the AIDS crisis of the 1980s, while facing obstacles in the world and in themselves. The cast also includes Allison Williams, Linus Roache and Chris Bauer.

On October 28, the Hallmark Channel movie Mystic Christmas will debut at 8 PM. Juniper (Jessy Schram) travels to Mystic, Connecticut during the holidays to work at the rehabilitation center and aquarium. She reconnects with Sawyer (Chandler Massey), the owner of the pizza shop.

The Great American Family movie Bringing Christmas Home will debut on October 28 at 8 PM. Retired military officer, now Military History professor, Caroline Upton (Jill Wagner) is enlisted to assist antiques store owner, Russell Carlisle (Paul Greene) in finding the family of WWII Army officer Orin Newton before Christmas with the hope of returning precious personal artifacts – Orin’s dress uniform, medals, and a stack of love letters from his beloved Alice who waits for him back home. Epaulettes and insignia provide initial clues, though the search seems to dead end when Caroline discovers Orin was captured and listed as MIA. Caroline and Russell then search the love letters for clues as to what happened to Orin and whether he ever made it home to Alice.

On October 29, the series Fellow Travelers will make its cable network debut on Showtime at 9 PM. That same night, the series finale of Billions will air on Showtime at 8 PM and also on October 29, the second season premiere of The Gilded Age will air on HBO at 9 PM.

The Hallmark Channel movie Joyeux Noel will debut at 8 PM on October 29. When a romantic painting of a Christmas market captures the imagination of copy editor Lea (Jaicy Elliot), she is sent to France with pragmatic reporter Mark (Brant Daugherty) to uncover the mystery behind the artist.

On October 29, the Great American Family movie Journey to Christmas will debut at 8 PM. While on a charity press tour, a model ends up stranded by the weather at the family home of the driver she hired to assist her for the week. The movie stars Ash Tsai and Joey Heyworth.

Lastly, also on October 29, the UPtv movie Love at the Lodge will debut at 9 PM. Emma (Megan Elizabeth Barker), an uptight lawyer, plans the perfect retreat in hopes of making partner. But as Emma and the retreat center’s manager, Liam (Marc Herrmann), get to know each other better, Emma starts to learn the value of cutting loose.

Mark your calendars!