Rueben's Ramblings

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

On September 8, the finale of Irish Blood will air online on Acorn TV.

The new drama The Crow Girl will debut online on Acorn TV on September 8. Adapted from the internationally best-selling novel, the series follows DCI Jeanette Kilburn (Eve Myles) and eminent psychotherapist Dr. Sophia Craven (Katherine Kelly) as they join forces to hunt the killer of young men. The investigation takes Jeanette and Sophia into a dangerous world of historic abuse and murder. Dougray Scott co-stars.

On September 9, the first three episodes of the fifth season of Only Murders in the Building will premiere online on Hulu.

The NBC special Downton Abbey Celebrates the Grand Finale will air on September 10 at 9 PM. Join the cast of Downton Abbey in a toast to the global phenomenon’s final chapter with an all-new primetime special. The one-hour telecast features conversations with the beloved cast of the upcoming third and final film as they convened at London’s famed Savoy Hotel to exclusively share personal memories and never-before-told secrets from the franchise’s 15-year journey.

On September 10, the new Amazon Prime drama The Girlfriend will debut online. Based on Michelle Frances’ novel of the same name, The Girlfriend follows Laura (Robin Wright), a woman who seemingly has it all: a glittering career, a loving husband, and her precious son, Daniel. Her perfect life begins to unravel when Daniel brings home Cherry (Olivia Cooke), a girlfriend who changes everything. After a tense introduction, Laura becomes convinced Cherry is hiding something. Is she a manipulative social climber, or is Laura just paranoid? The truth is a matter of perspective. The cast includes Anna Chancellor and Leo Suter.

The Britbox period piece drama The Hardacres will debut online on September 10. The show chronicles the sweeping rags to riches story of a working-class family in 1890s Yorkshire. The series follows the lives, loves and fortunes of the Hardacre family as they move from a grimy fish dock to a vast country estate. When an accident at work on the docks lands Sam (Liam McMahon) and Mary Hardacre (Claire Cooper) – along with their three kids Joe (Adam Little), Liza (Shannon Lavelle) and Harry (Zak Ford-Williams), and Mary’s inimitable mother Ma (Julie Graham) – unemployed and destitute, they have to think fast. In a bid to avoid the workhouse, the driven and determined Hardacres put their last penny into a radical business venture they hope will free them from their harsh existence on the quays of the North Yorkshire coast.

On September 11, the finale of Star Trek: Strange New Worlds will air online on Paramount+.

The Netflix rom-com movie The Wrong Paris will debut online on September 12. A woman (Miranda Cosgrove) joins a dating show thinking it’s in Paris, France for an art opportunity, but it’s actually in Paris, Texas. She tries to get eliminated until falling for the bachelor (Pierson Fode), complicating her plans. The movie also stars Madison Pettis, Yvonne Orji, Torrance Coombs and Frances Fisher.

On September 12, the season finale of the sci-fi series Foundation will air online on Apple TV+. [NOTE: The show was picked up for a fourth season one day before its finale was to air.]

The Hallmark+ franchise movie The Groomsmen: Second Chance will make its linear debut on Hallmark Channel on September 13 at 8 PM. This movie debuted on Hallmark+ back on October 24.

On September 14, the Hallmark Channel movie Mystery Island: House Rules will debut at 9 PM. Mystery Island success raises plans of expansion, and the Island team meets their Mystery Mountain counterparts for a friendly murder game, but the fun ends with a murder in plain sight. Elizabeth Henstridge and Charlie Weber star.

Lastly, the 77th Annual Emmy Awards will air on CBS on September 14 at 8 PM; and that same night, the second season of the FOX medical drama Doc will air on the special night (Sunday) and at the special time of 8 PM.

Mark your calendars!