Rueben's Ramblings

The new 8-episode drama The Divide will have a two-hour debut on WE TV on July 16 at 9 PM.

Eleven years ago, the Butler family was attacked in their Philadelphia home and all but the youngest daughter were brutally murdered. The senseless deaths of this affluent African American family, seemingly at the hands of two white construction workers, Terry Kucik (Joe Anderson from Across the Universe) and Jared Bankowski (Chris Bauer from True Blood), threatened to ignite a racial firestorm. Adam Page (Damon Gupton from The Wire and Treme), himself an affluent black man and the city’s District Attorney as well as a political rising star, made a name for himself by securing convictions for both men, leading to the death penalty ruling for Bankowski.

Now, Christine Rosa (Marin Ireland from Homeland and Boss), a caseworker with the Innocence Initiative, believes Bankowski was wrongly convicted of the heinous murders and struggles to stop his impending execution, while tirelessly working to exonerate Kucik.

The cast includes Nia Long (House of Lies), Clark Peters (The Wire) and Paul Schneider (Water for Elephants).

The Divide will then move to its regular 10 PM timeslot on Wednesday, July 23.

Here is the trailer for The Divide.

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On July 15, the El Rey Network drama Matador will debut at 9 PM .

This new series chronicles the unlikely rise of Antonio “Matador” Bravo (Gabriel Luna from Prison Break), a popular soccer star, who comes to be known as much for his playboy antics off the field as his dynamic moves on it. But what his fans and family don’t realize is that it’s all a cover–in truth, he is a skilled covert operative executing missions for a little known branch of the CIA. “Matador” has the kind of fame and notoriety that affords him access to powerful circles of corruption and villainy. But, in balancing the dueling roles in which he’s been cast, he will be forced to confront the question of his true identity and it is this mission which will prove to be his most dangerous.

The cast includes Nicky Whelan (Left Behind), Alfred Molina (Spider-Man 2), Neil Hopkins (Bones and Lost), Elizabeth Pena (Off the Map) and Peter Gadiot (Once Upon a Time in Wonderland).

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The new CBS drama Extant will debut on July 9 at 9 PM.

Halle Berry stars as astronaut Molly Woods, who returns home from a year-long solo mission in space and tries to reconnect with her husband John (Goran Visnjic from ER) and son Ethan (who isn’t all he seems to be) (Pierce Gagnon from One Tree Hill) in their everyday life. Her experiences in space and home lead to events that ultimately will change the course of human history.

The cast also includes Camryn Manheim (Ghost Whisperer and Person of Interest) and Hiroyuki Sanada (Revenge).

Here is a first look at Extant.

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On July 8, the new MTV drama Finding Carter will debut at 10 PM

The series centers on Carter, a teenage girl who thinks she has the perfect life until one night after a police bust at a high school party she is told that the woman who she believes to be her biological mother actually abducted her as a toddler.

The cast includes Kathryn Prescott (Skins and Reign), Milena Govich (Rescue Me), Cynthia Watros (Lost) and Alexis Denisof (Angel and Grimm).

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On June 29, the new HBO drama The Leftovers will debut at 10 PM.

Based on the best-selling novel of the same name, the series will revolve around the mysterious disappearances, world-wide, and specifically follows a group of people who are left behind in the suburban community of Mapleton. They must begin to rebuild their lives after the loss of more than 100 people.

The series stars Justin Theroux (Wanderlust), Amy Brenneman (Private Practice), Christopher Eccleston (Doctor Who), Liv Tyler (Lord of the Rings franchise), Michael Gaston (Jericho and TURN), Charlie and Max Carver (Teen Wolf) and Chris Zylka (The Secret Circle and The Amazing Spider-Man).

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The new drama Reckless will debut on June 29 on CBS at 9 PM.

The series is set in Charleston, S.C., where a gorgeous Yankee litigator and a charming southern attorney must hide their intense mutual attraction as a police sex scandal threatens to tear the city apart. Jamie Sawyer (Anna Wood from Deception) is enviously cool, confident and armed with south side of Chicago street-smarts as she takes on the good ol’ boys in the South. Her handsome courtroom rival is Roy Rayder (Cam Gigandet from Burlesque and Twilight), is a divorced father of two who embodies the Old South and is the newly minted City Attorney, thanks to his influential former father-in-law, Dec Fortnum (veteran actor Gregory Harrison).

When disgraced cop Lee Anne Marcus (Georgina Haig from Fringe) hires Jamie to represent her in a lawsuit against the police department, Jamie and Roy discover that Lee Anne is at the epicenter of a sinister case with dire implications for the members of the Charleston PD. Heading that department is Deputy Chief Holland Knox (Michael Gladis from Mad Men), a family man who radiates integrity. Working under him are Terry McCandless (Shawn Hatosy from Southland), a cocky and corrupt detective, and Preston Cruz (Adam Rodriguez from CSI: Miami), Jamie’s well-respected boyfriend who might not be all that he appears. Helping Jamie is her confidante and paralegal, Vi Briggs, an expert at digging up case-winning information. As Jamie and Roy spar in and out of the courtroom, dark secrets simmer behind every door and threaten to tarnish the genteel facade of seductive Charleston.

The cast also includes Kim Wayans (In Living Color).

Here is a behind the scenes trailer for Reckless.

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The new FX Middle East-set series Tyrant will debut on June 24 at 10 PM.

The drama tells the story of an unassuming American family drawn into the workings of a turbulent Middle Eastern nation. Bassam “Barry” Al Fayeed (Adam Rayner from Hunted and Hawthorne), the younger son of the dictator of a war-torn nation, ends a self-imposed 20-year exile to return to his homeland, accompanied by his American wife (Jennifer Finnigan from Close to Home) and children, for his nephew’s wedding. Barry’s reluctant homecoming leads to a dramatic clash of cultures as he is thrown back into the familial and national politics of his youth.

The cast includes Justin Kirk (Weeds), Jordana Spiro (My Boys) and Alice Krige (Star Trek franchise).

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