Rueben's Ramblings

On March 9, the new WGN America series Underground will debut at 10 PM.

The period piece drama tells the story of revolutionaries of the Underground Railroad who use their ingenuity, power and perseverance to attempt the greatest escape in history despite the dire consequences that awaited them on the other side.

The large cast includes Aldis Hodge (Leverage and Turn), Jurnee Smollett-Bell (Friday Night Lights and True Blood), Christopher Meloni (Law & Order: Special Victims Unit), Alano Miller (Jane the Virgin), Jessica De Gouw (Arrow and Dracula), Amirah Vann (Tracers and Girls), Marc Blucas (Necessary Roughness), Mykelti Williamson (Justified), Adina Porter (The 100), Theodus Crane (Christmas in Conway), Renwick Scott (Treme), Johnny Ray Gill (Rectify), Reed Diamond (Wayward Pines) and James Lafferty (One Tree Hill).

Here is a trailer for Underground:

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The new drama Of Kings and Prophets will debut on ABC on March 8 at 10 PM.

One thousand years before Christ, the first king of the Israelites, Saul, struggles to unify the 12 Israelite tribes and defend his fledgling nation against savage enemy attacks. The prophet Samuel relays a message from God to King Saul that he must destroy one of Israel’s ancient enemies. But when Saul defies that message, Samuel prophesies that the Lord will tear the kingdom of Israel from him and choose another in his place. In time, Saul comes to realize that his greatest threat will not come from his enemies, but from the shepherd, David.

The series stars Ray Winstone (The Departed), relative newcomer Olly Rix, Simone Kessell (Terra Nova), Jeanine Mason (Bunheads), Haaz Sleiman (Killing Jesus and Covert Affairs), Maisie Richardson-Sellers (The Originals) and Nathaniel Parker (Merlin) [among others].

Here is a trailer for Of Kings and Prophets:

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The new Hulu 9-hour streaming series 11-22-63 will debut online on February 15.

High school history teacher Jake Epping (James Franco) travels back in time to prevent the assassination of President John F. Kennedy – but his mission is threatened by Lee Harvey Oswald, falling in love and the past itself, which doesn’t want to be changed.

The cast includes film star Chris Cooper, Josh Duhamel (the Transformers franchise), T.R. Knight (Grey’s Anatomy), Cherry Jones (24 and Transparent) and Sarah Gadon (Dracula Untold) [among others].

Here is the trailer for 11-22-63:

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On January 25, the new drama Recovery Road will debut on FreeForm (formerly ABC Family) at 9 PM.

Based on the popular young adult novel by Blake Nelson, the series focuses on a teenage girl dealing with addiction. Maddie (newcomer Jessica Sula) has a reputation as a party girl who doesn’t think she has a problem, until she’s confronted one day by her school guidance counselor and is forced to choose between expulsion and rehab. Maddie makes the difficult decision to live with other recovering addicts at a sober living facility while facing the daily pressures of her teenage life.

The cast includes Kyla Pratt (Dr. Doolittle movies) and Sharon Leal (Hellcats and the movie Dreamgirls).

Here is a trailer for Recovery Road:

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The new Syfy drama The Magicians will air two back-to-back episode on January 25 at 9 PM.

The series centers on Quentin (Jason Ralph from Aquarius and Manhattan), a brilliant grad student chosen to attend Brakebills College for Magical Pedagogy, a secret upstate New York university specializing in magic. He and his 20-something friends soon discover that the magical fantasy world they read about as children is all too real – and poses grave danger to humanity.

The cast includes Stella Maeve (Chicago P.D.), Arjun Gupta (How to Get Away With Murder), Olivia Taylor Dudley (Chernobyl Diaries), Hale Applebaum (Teeth) and Summer Bishil (The Last Airbender).

Here is a trailer for The Magicians:

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On January 25, the new drama Lucifer will debut on FOX at 9 PM.

Based upon the characters from DC Entertainment’s Vertigo imprint, the series tells the story of Lucifer Morningstar (Tom Ellis from Downton Abbey), the Lord of Hell, who has abandoned his throne and retired to L.A. When he is introduced to LAPD homicide detective Chloe Decker (Lauren German from Chicago Fire), Lucifer becomes intrigued by her compassion for humanity, which causes a struggle between his temptation toward the side of Good and his original calling toward Evil.

The cast includes D.B. Woodside (Scandal), Kevin Alejandro (Ugly Betty), Lesley-Ann Brandt (The Librarians) and Rachael Harris (Suits).

Here is a trailer for Lucifer:

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The new drama Beowulf will debut on Esquire on January 23 at 10 PM.

Based on the legendary English poem over a thousand years old, Beowulf (Kieran Bew from Da Vinci’s Demons) tells the story of a disillusioned and damaged hero. This drama will chronicle Beowulf’s return to his home Herot, to make peace with his past. Unwittingly in search of a cause to believe in and a community to fight for, Beowulf finds himself wrongly accused of murder and hunts down the true perpetrator to avenge the death of his fellow kinsmen.

Beowulf becomes Herot’s tough but unconventional hero, responsible for upholding the law and protecting the town from danger. The last of a dying breed, Beowulf is a man capable of shaping the world around him by his actions and force of will. While this may seem like a familiar tale, Beowulf unearths the full story of the complicated, driven man behind the lore.

The cast includes Joanne Whalley (Wolf Hall), Ed Speelers (Downton Abbey), Laura Donnelly (Outlander) and David Ajala (Black Box).

Here is a behind the scenes trailer for Beowulf.

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On January 21, the new BBC America limited series London Spy will debut at 10 PM.

The five-part mystery begins with a chance romance between two people from two very different walks of life: one from the high-powered ranks of investment banking and the other from a world of clubbing and youthful excess. But their love story quickly unravels when the reclusive banker disappears under suspicious circumstances, exposing his real identity as a spy and forcing his lover down a dark path to reveal the truth.

The cast includes Ben Whishaw (Spectre), Jim Broadbent (Iris), Charlotte Rampling (Broadchurch) and newcomer Edward Holcroft (Wolf Hall).

Here is a trailer for London Spy:

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