Rueben's Ramblings

The new Netflix 13-episode series Bloodline will debut online on March 20.

When the eldest brother and black sheep of the Rayburn family returns home, he exposes the emotional demons that lie at the core of the family, threatening to tear them apart.

The cast includes Kyle Chandler (Friday Night Lights), Ben Mendelsohn (The Dark Knight Rises), Linda Cardellini (Freaks and Geeks and ER), Norbert Leo Butz (The Deep End), Jacinda Barrett (Suits and Zero Hour), Jamie McShane (Murder in the First and The Fosters), Enrique Murciano (Without a Trace) and veteran actors Sissy Spacek and Sam Shepard.

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On March 15, the new scripted drama The Royals will debut at 10 PM on E!

Show Synopsis: The series focuses on the lives of a fictional modern-day monarchy in England.

The cast includes Elizabeth Hurley (Gossip Girl) as Queen Helena, Vincent Regan (Atlantis) as King Simon, William Moseley (The Chronicles of Narnia franchise) as Prince Liam, Alexandra Park (Home and Away) as Princess Eleanor and Merritt Patterson (Ravenswood) as Ophelia, Liam’s American lover.

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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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