Rueben's Ramblings

The new 8-episode FX drama Taboo will debut on January 10 at 10 PM.

Set in 1814, Taboo follows James Keziah Delaney (box office star Tom Hardy), a man who has been to the ends of the earth, comes back irrevocably changed. Believed to be long dead, he returns home to London from Africa to inherit what is left of his father’s shipping empire and rebuild a life for himself. But his father’s legacy is a poisoned chalice, and with enemies lurking in every dark corner, James must navigate increasingly complex territories to avoid his own death sentence.

The cast includes Oona Chaplin (The Longest Ride), Franka Potente (Copper), Jonathan Pryce (Pirates of the Caribbean franchise) and Edward Hogg (Beowulf) [among others].

Here is a trailer for Taboo:

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The new NBC series Emerald City will debut for two hours on January 6 at 9 PM.

Swept up into the eye of a tornado, 20-year-old Dorothy Gale (newcomer Adria Arjona) is transported to another world – a mystical land where an all-powerful ruler (Vincent D’Onofrio from Daredevil) governs over one kingdom, has outlawed magic, and faces not only the wrath of a growing cauldron of witches but a looming disaster brought on by a mythical force.

The cast includes Oliver Jackson-Cohen (Dracula), Isabel Lucas (Home and Away) and Joely Richardson.

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The new BBC America series Undercover will have a two-night premiere on November 16 and November 17 airing at 8 PM both nights.

This six-part series, which stars Sophie Okonedo (Hotel Rwanda) and Dennis Haysbert (24), is a bold political thriller told through a family on the brink of destruction. Pulled from factual events in UK history, the series tackles hot buttons issues including government espionage and race relations to weave a tale of corruption, betrayal, and miscarriages of justice.

The cast also includes Adrian Lester (Hustle) and Angel Coulby (Merlin).

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On November 16, the new DirecTV crime drama Ice will debut at 8 PM.

This high-impact, serialized crime drama follows the Green Family, as they plunge into the underbelly of the Los Angeles diamond trade. Jake (Cam Gigandet from The O.C. and Burlesque) and Freddy (Jeremy Sisto from Suburgatory) are half-brothers brought together by their father Isaac (Raymond J. Barry from Justified and The 100), the patriarch behind G&G Diamonds and their uncle Cam (Ray Winstone from The Departed).

After wildcard Freddy kills a prominent diamond dealer, his brother Jake must bail him out and save the family business from a crime lord of the Los Angeles diamond trade (Judith Shekoni from Heroes Reborn). Jake must endure all of this while maneuvering amongst jewelry thugs, blood diamond deals, false certificates, the Feds, and Pieter Van De Bruin (veteran actor Donald Sutherland), a ruthless Afrikaanz diamond merchant who now heads up an Antwerp-based diamond cartel with the same cutthroat skills he applied as a surgeon in the South African armed forces.

Here is a trailer for Ice:

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The USA Network series Shooter, based on the best-selling novel by Stephen Hunter and the 2007 film that starred Mark Wahlberg, will debut on November 15 at 10 PM.

Ryan Phillippe (Secrets and Lies) takes over the lead role in the story that follows the courageous journey of Bob Lee Swagger, a highly-decorated ex-marine sniper who is coaxed back into action after he learns about a plot to kill the President.

The cast includes Cynthia Addai-Robinson (Arrow and The Accountant), David Marciano (Due South and Homeland), Omar Epps (House and Resurrection), Shantel VanSanten (The Messengers and The Flash) and Tembi Locke (Eureka).

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