Rueben's Ramblings

The new Syfy event series Ascension will air on December 15, 16 and 17 at 9 PM each night.

The drama follows a covert U.S. space mission launched in the 1960’s that sent hundreds of men, women and children on a century-long voyage aboard the starship Ascension to populate a new world. Half way into their journey, as they approach the point of no return, the mysterious murder of a young woman causes the ship’s population to question the true nature of their mission.

The cast includes Brian Van Holt (Cougar Town), Tricia Helfer (Battlestar Galactica), Gil Bellows (Ally McBeal), Ryan Robbins (Sanctuary) and Andrea Roth (Rescue Me).

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The new TNT series The Librarians, based on the popular made-for-TV movie franchise, will air its 2-hour debut on December 7 at 8 PM.

Noah Wyle (Falling Skies) reprises his role of Flynn Carsen in this new weekly series based on the popular made-for-TV movies that will find Rebecca Romijn (X-Men franchise), Christian Kane (Leverage), Lindy Booth (October Road and Copper), John Kim (Neighbours), Matt Frewer (Eureka and Orphan Black) and John Larroquette (Night Court) as part of the cast.

The show centers on an ancient organization hidden beneath Gotham’s Metropolitan Public Library, dedicated to protecting an unknowing world from the secret, magical reality hidden around them.

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The new Bravo drama series Girlfriends’ Guide to Divorce will debut on December 2 at 10 PM.

Lisa Edelstein (House) stars as Abby, a self-help author who publicly separates from her “perfect” husband (Paul Adelstein from Private Practice) and begins navigating life as a single woman.

The cast also includes Beau Garrett (Criminal Minds: Suspect Behavior) and Necar Zadegan (Emily Owens M.D.).

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State of Affairs to debut on NBC on November 17 at 10 PM, taking over the time-slot from The Blacklist, which goes on hiatus.

Each day the President is faced with dozens of life and death decisions, and to prioritize the biggest international crises facing the country, one top CIA analyst – Charleston Tucker (Katherine Heigl from Grey’s Anatomy) – assembles the President’s Daily Briefing (PDB).

This list of the most vital security issues facing the nation brings with it moral and political judgment calls for Charleston and her trusted group of brilliant analysts at the agency. Aside from the political minefields she has to walk, Charlie has a close personal relationship with the President (Alfre Woodard) because she was once engaged to her son before a tragic terrorist attack took his life. Charlie survived that attack and is now determined to bring the perpetrators to justice.

The cast includes Leslie Odom, Jr. (Smash) and Adam Kaufman (Without a Trace).

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On November 5, the new 6-part mini-series The Game will debut on BBC America at 10 PM.

In 1972 London, tensions are at a terrifying peak as the world’s super powers plot against their enemies. The threat: a dangerous and deadly Soviet plot, designed to bring Britain to its knees, dubbed Operation Glass. When an MI5 agent is contacted by a defecting KGB officer about the plan to destroy the British establishment, MI5 leader, Daddy (Brian Cox from The Bourne Supremacy), assembles a secret committee to investigate the threat in a frantic race against time. Their mission is to stop the plot, save Britain and in turn, the world.

The cast includes Tom Hughes (Dancing on the Edge), Marcel Lures (Foyle’s War), Paul Ritter (Quantum of Solace), Victoria Hamilton (Lark Rise to Candleford), Jonathan Aris (Sherlock) and Shaun Dooley (The White Queen).

Here is a trailer for The Game.

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The debut of the new thriller Constantine will air on NBC on October 24 at 10 PM.

The series will is based on the wildly popular comic book series “Hellblazer” from DC Comics about seasoned demon hunter and master of the occult John Constantine (Matt Ryan from Criminal Minds: Suspect Behavior) is armed with a ferocious knowledge of the dark arts and a wickedly naughty wit. He fights the good fight – or at least he did.

With his soul already damned to hell, he’s decided to abandon his campaign against evil until a series of events thrusts him back into the fray, and he’ll do whatever it takes to protect the innocent. With the balance of good and evil on the line‎, Constantine will use his skills to travel the country, find the supernatural terrors that threaten our world and send them back where they belong. After that, who knows maybe there’s hope for him and his soul after all.

The cast includes Harold Perrineau (Lost), Charles Halford (True Detective) and Angelica Celaya (Dallas).

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The new TNT series Transporter: The Series will debut on October 18 with two back-to-back episodes starting at 9 PM.

Based on the Luc Besson Transporter film franchise, the series stars Chris Vance (Prison Break, Burn Notice and Rizzoli & Isles) as professional transporter Frank Martin, who can always be counted on to get the job done discreetly.

Here is a trailer for Transporter: The Series.

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The new CW drama Jane the Virgin will debut on October 13 at 9 PM.

Set in Miami, the series will detail the surprising and unforeseen events that take place in the life of Jane Villanueva (Gina Rodriguez), a hard-working, religious young Latina woman whose family tradition and a vow to save her virginity until her imminent marriage to a detective (Brett Dier from Ravenswood) is shattered when a doctor accidentally artificially inseminates her by mistake during a checkup. And to make matters worse, the biological donor is a married man (Justin Baldoni from Everwood), a former playboy and cancer survivor who is not only the new owner of the hotel where Jane works, but was also her former teenage crush.

The cast includes Ivonne Coll (Switched at Birth and Teen Wolf), Michael Rady (Intelligence and Emily Owens, MD) and Yael Grobglas (Reign).

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