Rueben's Ramblings

Powers, the first original live-action series on PlayStation Network, will debut the first three episodes on March 10.

The series is set in a world full of people with superhuman abilities, where all of those powers are just another catalyst for mayhem and murder. It follows detectives Christian Walker (Sharlto Copley from District 9 and The A-Team) and Deena Pilgrim (Susan Heyward from The Following), who are assigned to protect humans like us and investigate cases involving Powers, who can glide through the sky on lightning bolts and fire and clash above cities in epic battle, oblivious to the mortals below.

The cast includes Michelle Forbes (The Killing), Eddie Izzard (The Riches and Hannibal), Noah Taylor (Lara Croft: Tomb Raider), Logan Browning (Hit the Floor) and Olesya Rulin (Greek).

NOTE: A new episode will then air every Tuesday.

Here is a lenghty behind-the-scenes look at Powers:

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The debut of the American version of The Returned will debut on A&E on March 9 at 10 PM.

This Americanized version of the French series focuses on a small town that is turned upside down when several local people, who have been long presumed dead suddenly reappear, bringing with them both positive and detrimental consequences. As families are reunited, the lives of those who were left behind are challenged on a physical and emotional level. Interpersonal relationships are examined with intrigue and depth as strange phenomena begin to occur.

The cast includes Mark Pellegrino (Lost and Suupernatural), Kevin Alejandro (Golden Boy and Ugly Betty), Aaron Douglas (Battlestar Galactica), Jeremy Sisto (Suburgatory), Michelle Forbes (The Killing), Carl Lumbly (Alias), Mary Elizabeth Winstead (Scott Pilgrim vs. the World), Agnes Bruckner (The Bold and the Beautiful), Sandrine Holt (House of Cards) and Sophie Lowe (Once Upon a Time in Wonderland).

Here is a trailer for The Returned:

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On March 5, the new USA Network event series Dig debuts at 10 PM.

The series centers on Peter (Jason Isaacs from the Harry Potter franchise), an FBI agent stationed in Jerusalem who, while investigating a murder of a woman archaeologist, uncovers a conspiracy 2000 years in the making that threatens to change the course of history.

The cast includes Anne Heche (Men in Trees), Lauren Ambrose (Six Feet Under) and David Costabile (Suits).

Here is a trailer for Dig:

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The new ABC drama American Crime will debut on March 5 at 10 PM.

A young couple in Modesto, California were brutally attacked in their home leaving Matt Skokie, a war vet, murdered, and his wife, Gwen, unconscious, barely hanging on. The crime sends shock waves throughout the community stirring up tensions across socio-economic and racial lines.

The cast includes Felicity Huffman (Desperate Housewives), Timothy Hutton (Leverage), Penelope Ann Miller (Mistresses) and Benito Martinez (Sons of Anarchy and Supernatural) [among others].

Here is a trailer for American Crime:

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CSI: Cyber is the latest incarnation on CBS to debut on March 4 at 10 PM.

The FBI’s team of cyber-crime investigators, headed by Special Agent Avery Ryan (Patricia Arquette from Medium), works to solve cases involving the dark-net.

The series will also star James Van Der Beek (Dawson’s Creek), Peter MacNicol (Ally McBeal and Numb3rs), Shad Moss (formerly rapper Lil Bow Wow), Hayley Kiyoko (The Fosters) and Charley Koontz (Community).

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On March 1, the new CBS drama Battle Creek will debut at 10 PM.

Josh Duhamel (Las Vegas) and Dean Winters (Oz) star as two mismatched law enforcement officers whose polar opposite views of the world and crime-solving breed frustration, disdain, humor and possibly a grudging respect as they clean up the hardscrabble streets of Battle Creek, Michigan.

The cast includes Janet McTeer (The White Queen), Kal Penn (House), Aubrey Dollar (Women’s Murder Club), Damon Herriman (Justified) and Liza Lapira (NCIS).

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The new ABC drama Secrets and Lies will air its two-hour debut on March 1 at 9 PM.

This is the American version of the Australian series that follows Ben Garner (film star Ryan Phillippe), a family man who discovers the body of a young boy and quickly becomes the prime suspect in his death. Ben then goes in search of the real killer in order to clear his name.

The cast includes Juliette Lewis (The Firm), Kadee Strickland (The Practice), Natalie Martinez (Under the Dome), Dan Fogler (Fan Boys) and Indiana Evans (Home and Away).

The show will move to 9 PM, its regular timeslot, next Sunday.

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The two-hour series premiere of Good Witch will air on February 28 at 8 PM on the Hallmark Channel.

The series will take viewers on a new magical journey with Cassie Nightingale (Catherine Bell) and her bright, young-teenage daughter Grace (Bailee Madison from Once Upon a Time and Northpole), who shares her mom’s special intuitive charm. When Sam, a doctor (James Denton from Desperate Housewives), and his teenage son Nick (newcomer Rhys Matthew Bond) move in next door to Grey House, they are immediately charmed by the ‘magical’ mother-daughter duo.

Reprising their roles from the movies include Catherine Disher as Martha Tinsdale, Peter MacNeill as George O’Hanrahan, Hannah Endicott-Douglas as Lori Russell and Noah Cappe as Derek Sanders.

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The new NBC series The Slap, based on the Australian series of the same name, will debut on February 12 at 8 PM.

As Hector (Peter Sarsgaard from An Education) tries to navigate family politics, awkward friendships and the young woman he is dangerously captivated by, the built-up tension explodes when Hector’s hot-headed cousin slaps another couple’s misbehaving child. Everyone is understandably stunned, and the party abruptly ends with the child’s parents vowing legal action. But what the hosts and guests don’t know is that this moment will ignite a chain of events that will uncover long-buried secrets within this group of friends and family.

The cast includes Peter Sarsgaard (An Education) Thandie Newton (Rogue), Melissa George (Alias and the original The Slap), Zachary Quinto (Star Trek and Heroes), Thomas Sadoski (The Newsroom), Uma Thurman (Kill Bill), Brian Cox (The Game), Penn Badgley (Gossip Girl) and Marin Ireland (The Divide).

You can see the trailer for The Slap at the show’s official page.

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The new NBC drama Allegiance will debut on February 5 at 10 PM.

Relative newcomer Gavin Stenhouse plays Alex O’Connor, a young idealistic CIA analyst specializing in Russian affairs, who learns a shocking secret about his close-knit, affluent family when it is revealed that his parents, Mark (Scott Cohen, from Necessary Roughness and Gilmore Girls) and Katya (Hope Davis from The Newsroom) are covert Russian spies deactivated decades ago. But today the Kremlin has re-enlisted them into service as they plan a terrorist operation inside the U.S. border that will bring America to its knees. Years ago, Russian-born Katya was tasked by the KGB to recruit American businessman Mark O’Connor as a spy – and the two fell in love.

A deal was struck: As long as Katya remained an asset for Russia, and it was agreed that her services could be called on in the future, she would be allowed to marry Mark and move to America. After years in America building a happy life and without word from Moscow, they thought they had escaped. Now it seems that the new Mother Russia has one more mission – turning Alex into a spy.

Here is a trailer for Allegiance.

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