Rueben's Ramblings

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

On March 26, the Great American Family movie Just in Time will debut at 8 PM. Hannah (Laura Osnes) and her husband, Rowan (Greyston Holt), who have focused all their time, energy, and attention into trying to have a baby. The pressure to complete their family starts weighing heavily on their relationship. The couple is left questioning if having a child is the right thing to do and if they are still right for one another. When Hannah receives a call from a stranger, named Franklin (Peter Bryant), who claims to have discovered an antique on the beach bearing an inscription unique to Hannah and Rowan, she reluctantly agrees to meet him to look. Franklin is certain the watch is a long-lost heirloom from Hannah’s family. In the end, Franklin’s patient approach helps Hannah see that the answers to all she seeks will be revealed in God’s time.

The finale of the Apple TV+ series Constellation will air online on March 27.

On March 28, the Hulu limited series We Were the Lucky Ones will debut online. Inspired by the incredible true story of one Jewish family separated at the start of World War II but determined to survive and reunite. The cast includes Logan Lerman, Joey King, Robin Weigert, Sam Woolf and Henry Lloyd-Hughes.

The Amazon Prime series The Baxters will debut online on March 28. Based on the best-selling book series by Karen Kingsbury, the series is a riveting family drama that follows Elizabeth (Roma Downey) and John Baxter (Ted McGinley) and their five adult children, centering on Elizabeth and John’s daughter, Kari (Ali Cobrin), who learns the shocking truth that her professor husband, Tim (Brandon Hirsch), has been secretly having an affair with one of his college students. As her relationship is tested, Kari must seek comfort in her faith and family to discover if love is truly a choice and if her marriage can be redeemed. The cast includes Cassidy Gifford, Emily Peterson, Josh Plasse, Masey McLain and Reilly Anspaugh.

On March 28, American Rust: Broken Justice (which debuted in 2021 as American Rust on Showtime) will now premiere its second season on Amazon Prime.

The Disney+ series Renegade Nell will debut online on March 29. England, 1705. Framed for murder and on the run with her sisters, Nell Jackson (Louisa Harland) turns her hand to highway robbery to survive. Aided by her superpowered sidekick, a plucky little sprite called Billy Blind (Nick Mohammed), Nell realizes that fate has put her on the wrong side of the law for a reason, a reason much bigger than she could have ever imagined: to defeat a magical plot against the Queen of England. The series includes Joely Richardson, Adrian Lester, Frank Dillane and Pip Torrens.

On March 29, the Netflix movie The Beautiful Game will debut online. Mal (Bill Nighy) is the manager of England’s homeless football team, taking his players to Rome with the hope of being crowned champions of the Homeless World Cup, a global street soccer tournament. At the last minute he decides to bring with them a talented striker Vinny (Micheal Ward), who could give them a real chance at winning, but only if he’s ready to let go of his past and become part of the team. The movie also stars Kit Young.

The Apple TV+ series The Completely Made-Up Adventures of Dick Turpin will air its finale online on March 29.

Also on March 29, A Gentleman in Moscow will debut online on Paramount+. The series follows Count Alexander Rostov (Ewan McGregor), who, in the aftermath of the Russian Revolution, finds that his gilded past has placed him on the wrong side of history. Spared immediate execution, he is banished by a Soviet tribunal to an attic room in the opulent Hotel Metropol and threatened with death if he ever sets foot outside again. As the years pass and some of the most tumultuous decades in Russian history unfold outside the hotel’s doors, Rostov’s reduced circumstances provide him entry into a much larger world of emotional discovery. As he builds a new life within the walls of the hotel, he discovers the true value of friendship, family and love. Mary Elizabeth Winstead and Leah Harvey co-star. This show will also debut on Showtime at 9 PM on March 31.

An Easter Bloom, the latest Hallmark Channel movie, will debut on March 30 at 8 PM. A young gardener (Aimee Teegarden) sets out to save her family farm by entering a floral competition for Easter. She meets a local pastor (Benjamin Hollingsworth) along the way who helps her restore the hope she lost.

On March 31, the season finale of Nolly will air on PBS at 9 PM.

The Walking Dead: The Ones Who Live will air its season finale on both AMC+ and on AMC on March 31 at 9 PM followed by the new drama Parish will debut on AMC at 10 PM. Parish stars Giancarlo Esposito as Gracian “Gray” Parish, a family man and proud owner of a luxury car service in New Orleans. After his son is violently murdered and his business collapses, an encounter with an old friend from his days as a wheelman resurfaces old habits, sending Gray on a high-stakes collision course with a violent criminal syndicate. The series also stars Paula Malcomson, Bradley Whitford and Skeet Ulrich.

On March 31, the season finale of The Way Home will air on the Hallmark Channel at 9 PM.

Lastly also on March 31, the UPtv movie Writing a Love Song will debut at 7 PM. Aspiring music producer Chloe Brandon puts her career on the line by promising a hit song to the record label from Dustin Miller, a once-successful country musician with writer’s block, while keeping it all a secret from her boss. Can a blossoming romance inspire the hit love song they both need? The movie stars Nina Kiri, Connor McMahon, Britt McRae, Lauren Howe and Kent Sheridan.

Mark your calendars!