Rueben's Ramblings

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

On January 1, the new Netflix series Harlan Coben’s Missing You will debut online. Based on the Harlan Coben novel, the series focuses on Detective Kat Donovan (Rosalind Eleazar), who gets caught up in a dark conspiracy after unexpectedly encountering an old flame online. The cast includes James Nesbitt, Richard Armitage, Ashley Walters and Sir Lenny Henry.

The box office movie Murder Company will make its small screen debut online on Paramount+ on January 1. In the midst of the D-Day invasion, a group of US soldiers are given orders to smuggle a member of the French resistance behind enemy lines to assassinate a high-value Nazi target. The film stars Kelsey Grammer, William Moseley, Joe Anderson, Pooch Hall and Gilles Marini.

Also on January 1, the box office movie Slingshot will also make its small screen debut online on Paramount+. An astronaut struggles to maintain his grip on reality aboard a possibly fatally compromised mission to Saturn’s moon, Titan. The movie stars Casey Affleck, Laurence Fishburne, Emily Beecham, Tomer Capone and David Morrissey.

The second season of Only Murders in the Building will make its linear debut on ABC on January 2 at 9 PM.

On January 2, the limited series Lockerbie: A Search for Truth will debut online on Peacock. Dr. Jim Swire (Colin Firth) searches for justice following the death of his daughter in one of the world’s worst air disasters: the bombing of Pan Am Flight 103. The cast includes Catherine McCormack, Sam Troughton and Mark Bonnar [among others].

The third season of The Way Home will premiere on Hallmark Channel at 9 PM on January 3. Each episode will then be available online on Hallmark+ the next day.

On January 4, the Hallmark Channel movie Love of the Irish will debut at 8 PM. Tired of her bad luck, Fiona (Shenae Grimes-Beech) takes her mom (Moira Kelly) on a trip to Ireland to turn things around where she meets a charming single dad who helps her make her own luck. Stephen Hagan co-stars.

Lastly, all on January 5, the second season of the AMC thriller series Mayfair Witches will premiere at 9 PM while that same night the fourth season of Vienna Blood will premiere on PBS at 10 PM. Also, the 82nd Annual Golden Globes Awards will air at 8 PM on CBS; and the 12th season of When Calls the Heart will premiere on the Hallmark Channel at 9 PM.

Mark your calendars!