Rueben's Ramblings

The new Hallmark Channel series Chesapeake Shores will debut on August 14 at 9 PM.

Based on the best-selling books by Sherryl Woods, this multi-generational family drama focuses on Abby O’Brien (Meghan Ory from Once Upon a Time), a high-powered career woman, divorcee and mother to twin daughters, who makes a trip from New York City to her hometown of Chesapeake Shores. Her visit home brings Abby face to face with her past, including her high school sweetheart Trace (Jesse Metcalfe from Dallas), her uncompromising father Mick (Treat Williams from Everwood) and her esteemed grandmother Nell (Diane Ladd from Wild At Heart). Abby realizes the toll her career has taken on her ability to be a hands-on mother to her daughters, and considers a permanent move to Chesapeake Shores.

The show will also star Barbara Niven (Cedar Cove).

Here is a trailer for Chesapeake Shores.

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The new Netflix series The Get Down will debut online on August 12.

The series follow a rag-tag crew of South Bronx teenagers in a broken down and beaten up, violent New York City at the brink of bankruptcy, which gave birth to hip-hop, punk and disco – a story told through the lives and music of the South Bronx kids who changed the city, and the world forever.

The cast includes relative newcomers Justice Smith, Herizen Guardiola, Shameik Moore, Yahya Abdul-Mateen II and T.J. Brown, Jr. as well as Skylan Brooks (Southpaw), Jimmy Smits (NYPD Blue) and Giancarlo Esposito (Breaking Bad and Once Upon a Time).

Here is a trailer for The Get Down:

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The new Netflix drama Stranger Things will debut online on July 15.

The 8-episode drama focuses on a young boy who vanishes into thin air and how friends, family, and local police search for answers. They are drawn into an extraordinary mystery involving top secret experiments, terrifying supernatural forces, and one very strange little girl.

The cast includes Winona Ryder, David Harbour (Suicide Squad) and Matthew Modine (Proof).

Here is a trailer for Stranger Things:

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On June 28, the new series Dead of Summer will debut on FreeForm at 9 PM.

Set in the late 1980s, school is out for the summer and a sun-drenched season of firsts beckons the counselors at Camp Stillwater, a seemingly idyllic Midwestern summer camp, including first loves, first kisses – and first kills. Stillwater’s dark, ancient mythology awakens, and what was supposed to be a summer of fun soon turns into one of unforgettable scares and evil at every turn.

The cast includes Elizabeth Lail (Once Upon a Time), Elizabeth Mitchell (Lost), Mark Indelicato (Ugly Betty) and Charles Mesure (The Magicians and V).

Here is a trailer for Dead of Summer:

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On June 21 and June 22, the new OWN 13-episode series Greenleaf will air its two-night debut at 10 PM both nights

The series centers on the journey of estranged daughter and disillusioned preacher Grace Greenleaf (Merle Dandridge from The Night Shift and Star-Crossed), who has returned home after 20 years on the occasion of the mysterious death of her sister, Faith. As she re-enters the world of Calvary Fellowship World Ministries, the Memphis megachurch run by her powerful parents Bishop James Greenleaf (Keith David) and Lady Mae Greenleaf (Lynn Whitfield), it becomes evident that things are not as virtuous as they seem and that the family’s outward display of faith hides sin and misdeeds.

In a recurring role, Oprah Winfrey will play Grace’s aunt Mavis, a blues club owner, who reveals some shocking information about Grace’s uncle Mac (Gregory Alan Williams). Mavis is still estranged from the Greenleaf family and it starts to become evident that she intends to use Grace to sow the seeds of destruction.

Here is a trailer for Greenleaf:

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