Rueben's Ramblings

On May 4, the new period piece drama Miss Austen will debut on PBS at 9 PM.

The drama begins in 1830, a while after Jane Austen has died. Cassandra (Keeley Hawes) races to see her young friend Isabella (Rose Leslie) who is about to lose her home following her father’s death. Cassandra is ostensibly there to help her friend, but her real motive is to find a stash of private letters which, in the wrong hands, could destroy Jane’s reputation.

On discovering them, Cassandra is overwhelmed as she is transported back to her youth. In flashback, we meet Young Cassy and Jane (Patsy Ferran) as they navigate the infatuations, family feuds and dashed hopes which shaped their lives and laid the foundations for Jane’s unforgettable stories.

The cast includes Alfred Enoch, Kevin McNally, Max Irons and Phyllis Logan.

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On May 2, the movie special Inheritance will debut online on AMC+.

When Maya (Phoebe Dynevor from Bridgerton) learns her father Sam was once a spy, she suddenly finds herself at the center of an international conspiracy. As she seeks answers, Maya herself becomes a target and must quickly learn the skills of her father.

The cast includes Rhys Ifans and Necar Zadegan.

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The comedy series The Four Seasons, based on the 1981 box office movie, will debut online on Netflix on May 1.

Based on the 1981 feature film, six old friends head for a relaxing weekend away only to learn that one couple in the group is about to split up. The three couples, Kate (Tina Fey) and Jack (Will Forte), Nick (Steve Carell) and Anne (Kerri Kenney-Silver) and Danny (Colman Domingo) and Claude (Marco Calvani), are completely upended by the news.

Over the course of a year, the series follows the friends on four vacations, and shows how this shake-up affects everyone’s dynamic, sending old issues and new bubbling to the surface.

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On April 24, the new drama Etoile will debut on Amazon Prime.

The series from Amy Sherman-Palladino (creator of Gilmore Girls and The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel) follows the dancers and artistic staff of two world-renowned ballet companies as they embark on an ambitious gambit to save their storied institutions: swapping their most talented stars.

The cast includes Charlotte Gainsbourg, Luke Kirby, Simon Callow and Yanic Truesdale.

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On April 17, the new drama Ransom Canyon will debut online on Netflix.

With three ranching family dynasties locked in a contest for control of the land, their lives and legacies are threatened by outside forces intent on destroying their way of life. At the center of it all is stoic rancher Staten Kirkland (Josh Duhamel), who is healing from heartbreaking loss and on a quest for vengeance. Staten’s only glimmer of hope rests in the eyes and heart of Quinn O’Grady (Minka Kelly), longtime family friend and owner of the local dancehall. But as the battle to save Ransom wages on, a mysterious cowboy drifts into town, dredging up secrets from the past. Vise tightening, Staten fights to protect the land he calls home, and the only love that can pull him back from the demons that haunt him.

The cast includes Eoin Macken, James Brolin and Lizzy Greene [among others].

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The new Freeform drama The Stolen Girl will debut on April 16 at 10 PM.

This series, based on the best-selling novel by Alex Dahl, tells the story of fascinating, relatable and complex women in an unimaginable situation.

The cast includes Holliday Grainger, Jim Sturgess and Ambika Mod.

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On April 16, the new drama Sherlock & Daughter will debut at 9 PM on CW.

Sherlock Holmes (David Thewlis) out of his comfort zone, mysteriously unable to investigate a sinister case without risking the lives of his closest friends. Enter: young American Amelia (Blu Hunt from The Originals). After her mother’s mysterious murder, she learns her missing father may be the legendary detective. Despite wildly different backgrounds and attitudes, the pair must work together to solve a global conspiracy, crack her mother’s murder, and find out for sure if she really is Sherlock’s daughter.

Dougray Scott will play Moriarty.

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Agatha Christie’s Towards Zero will debut online on Britbox on April 16.

It’s England, 1936. After a scandalous celebrity divorce, British tennis star Nevile Strange (Oliver Jackson-Cohen) and his ex-wife Audrey (Ella Lily Hyland) make the unthinkable decision to spend a summer together at Gull’s Point, their childhood home and the coastal estate of Nevile’s aunt, Lady Tressilian (Anjelica Huston).With unfinished business between the former childhood sweethearts, plus the presence of Nevile’s new wife Kay (Mimi Keene), tensions are running high. Add to this a long-suffering lady’s companion, a mysterious gentleman’s valet, an exiled cousin with a grudge, a venerable family lawyer, an inquisitive orphan and a French con man, and soon there will be murder. A troubled detective must rediscover his purpose to untangle a toxic web of jealousy, deceit and dysfunction. Can he solve the crime before another victim meets their death? An explosive love triangle, a formidable matriarch and a house party of enemies. All compelled…Towards Zero.

The cast includes Clarke Peters, Matthew Rhys and Jack Farthing.

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The comedy North of North will debut online on April 10 on Netflix.

A young Inuk mother (Anna Lambe) wants to build a new future for herself, but it won’t be easy in her small Arctic town where everyone knows your business.

Outlander’s Braeden Clarke, Beauty and the Beast’s Jay Ryan and 24’s Mary Lynn Rajskub co-star.

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