Rueben's Ramblings

On February 20, the new drama Watching You will debut online on Hulu.

Are our secrets ever safe – in a world where anyone could be watching? After a passionate one-night stand in a friend’s rental property, Lina (Aisha Dee from The Bold Type) is horrified to discover her affair has been captured by cameras hidden in the apartment.

Amid mounting threats and paranoia, she sets out to unmask an insidious voyeur, only to realize the threat is closer and more dangerous than she could have imagined. Fighting for her life, and those around her, Lina vows to bring down her tormentor no matter the cost.

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On February 19, the new drama Blue Skies will debut online on UP Faith & Family.

The show follows former military police officer Jodi Larsen (Scarlet Hunter) as she returns to her hometown to start over as a criminal investigator for the National Park Police. Driven by a love of the outdoors and a deep sense of justice, Jodi is determined to protect the park, its visitors and her community, whether from natural dangers or human threats.

But Jodi’s fresh start is anything but simple. She’s navigating a new team, a by-the-book superintendent and a journey to reconnect with her father after her mother passed away while she was deployed. Her unexpected partner? A mischievous stray Labrador named Blue, whose instincts prove sharper than most trained K9s.

The cast includes Markian Tarasiuk, Veronica Long, David Lennon, Darius Willis, Miranda Edwards and Shaughnessy Redden.

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On February 18, the new drama 56 Days will debut online on Amazon Prime.

The series is adapted from the best-selling novel by Catherine Ryan Howard that follows Oliver and Ciara (Avan Jogia and Dove Cameron), who, after meeting randomly in a supermarket, fall for each other fast, and dangerously hard. Fifty-six days later, homicide investigators arrive at Oliver’s apartment to find an unidentified body – brutally murdered and intentionally decomposed.

Did he kill her? Did she kill him? Intercutting between an intense single day in the present investigation, and the twisted trajectory of the young lovers’ affair in the past, the series is both a unique crime story and a riveting, sexy, psychological thriller.

Dorian Missick also stars.

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The first installment in the Ryan Murphy Love Story anthology – Love Story: John F. Kennedy Jr. & Carolyn Bessette – will debut its first three episodes on February 12 at 9 PM on FX.

Inspired by the Elizabeth Beller book, this limited series will focus on the love story between John F. Kennedy Jr., (Paul Anthony Kelly) who was the closest thing to American royalty. The country watched him grow from a boy to a beloved bachelor and media sensation. Carolyn Bessette (Sarah Pidgeon) was also a star in her own right, as she rose from a sales assistant to an executive at Calvin Klein.

The cast includes Grace Gummer as Caroline Kennedy, Naomi Watts as Jackie O, Alessandro Nivola as Calvin Klein and Constance Zimmer as Ann Maire Messina

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On February 1, the new MGM+ drama Vanished will debut at 9 PM.

When a couple’s trip to Paris takes a dark turn with the sudden disappearance of her boyfriend Tom (Sam Claflin) aboard a train to the south of France, Alice (Kaley Cuoco) is plunged into a web of intrigue and danger, uncovering shocking secrets about the man she thought she knew.

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On January 27, the new Marvel series Wonder Man will make its debut online on Disney+.

Aspiring Hollywood actor Simon Williams (Yahya Abdul-Mateen II) is struggling to get his career off the ground. During a chance meeting with Trevor Slattery, an actor whose biggest roles may be well behind him, Simon learns legendary director Von Kovak is remaking the superhero film “Wonder Man.” These two actors, at opposite ends of their careers, doggedly pursue life-changing roles.

The cast includes Sir Ben Kingsley, Demetrius Grosse and Ed Harris.

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On January 25, the new FOX drama Memory of a Killer will debut at (approximately) 10 PM [after the NFC Championship Game].

Angelo Doyle (Patrick Dempsey) lives a double life as an assassin and a family man -, which all worked out well until he was hit with early onset Alzheimer’s. Now his worlds are colliding, putting his family in danger.

The cast includes Gina Torres, Michael Imperioli, Michaela McManus, Peter Gadiot and Richard Harmon.

Tonight’s episode will be the first of two-parts, airing over two nights.

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On January 21, the new Amazon Prime drama Steal will debut online.

Show Synopsis: A major heist at a pension fund company, forcing employees into executing fraudulent trades, while a detective with personal money troubles investigates.

The series stars Sophie Turner, Archie Madekwe and Jacob Fortune-Lloyd.

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The new Game of Thrones prequel series A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms will debut on HBO on January 18 at 10 PM.

A century before the events of “Game of Thrones,” two unlikely heroes wandered Westeros… a young, naïve but courageous knight, Ser Duncan the Tall (Peter Claffey), and his diminutive squire, Egg (Dexter Sol Ansell).

Set in an age when the Targaryen line still holds the Iron Throne, and the memory of the last dragon has not yet passed from living memory, great destinies, powerful foes, and dangerous exploits all await these improbable and incomparable friends.

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On January 15, the period piece drama Ponies will debut online on Peacock.

The series is set in 1977 in Moscow. Two “PONIES” (persons of no interest, in intelligence speak) work anonymously as secretaries in the American Embassy. That is until their husbands are killed under mysterious circumstances in the USSR, and the pair become CIA operatives. Bea (Emilia Clarke) is an over-educated, Russian-speaking child of Soviet immigrants.

Her cohort, Twila (Haley Lu Richardson), is a small-town girl who is as abrasive as she is fearless. Together, they work to uncover a vast Cold War conspiracy and solve the mystery that made them widows in the first place.

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