Rueben's Ramblings

On April 3, the new medical drama Pulse will debut online on Netflix.

A group of ER residents navigate medical crises and personal drama amid a divisive allegation at their Miami hospital.

The ensemble cast includes Willa Fitzgerald, Justina Machado, Jessica Rothe, Colin Woodell, Nestor Carbonell, Jessie T. Usher and Daniela Nieves [among others].

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The new thriller series The Bondsman will debut online on April 3 on Amazon Prime.

Kevin Bacon stars as Hub Halloran, a murdered bounty hunter who’s back from the dead after being resurrected by the Devil to trap and send back demons that have escaped from the prison of Hell. By chasing down those demons with the help and hindrance of his estranged family, Hub learns how his own sins got his soul condemned — which pushes him to seek a second chance at life, love, and country music.

The cast includes Sugarland singer Jennifer Nettles, Jolene Purdy, Maxwell Jenkins, Damon Herriman and Beth Grant.

Here is a trailer for The Bondsman:

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On March 30, the new drama MobLand will debut online on Paramount+.

Helen Mirren stars as Maeve Harrigan and Pierce Brosnan as Conrad Harrigan, the heads of an organized crime family as they fight for power within a global crime syndicate.

The cast includes Paddy Considine, Tom Hardy, Joanne Froggatt, Janet McTeer and Lara Pulver.

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On March 20, the new Paramount+ drama Happy Face will debut online.

The series focuses on the story of Melissa Jesperson-Moore (Annaleigh Ashford), who at age 15 discovered that her father, Keith Hunter Jesperson (Dennis Quaid), was the serial murderer known as the Happy Face Killer.

The cast includes James Wolk.

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The new Netflix drama The Residence will debut online on March 20.

132 rooms. 157 suspects. One dead body. One wildly eccentric detective. One disastrous State Dinner. The Residence is a screwball whodunnit set in the upstairs, downstairs and backstairs of the White House, among the eclectic staff of the world’s most famous mansion.

The ensemble cast includes Uzo Aduba, Susan Kelechi Watson, Giancarlo Esposito, Isiah Whitlock, Jr., Jason Lee, Bronson Pinchot, Ken Marino and Randall Park.

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On March 20, the new Britbox drama Ludwig will debut online.

Puzzle setter John ‘Ludwig’ Taylor sees his life of solitude turned upside down when his identical twin brother, James, disappears without a trace. In a quest to track James down and bring him home, Ludwig assumes his brother’s identity – but by taking over every aspect of James’s life, Ludwig is forced to confront his own issues.

The series stars Anna Maxwell Martin, David Mitchell, Dipo Ola and Dorothy Atkinson.

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On March 19, the new limited series drama Good American Family will debut online on Hulu.

Told from multiple points of view, as a means to explore issues of perspective, bias and trauma, the series is inspired by the disturbing stories surrounding a Midwestern couple who adopts a girl with a rare form of dwarfism. But as they begin to raise her alongside their three biological children, mystery emerges around her age and background, and they slowly start to suspect she may not be who she says she is.

The ensemble cast includes Ellen Pompeo, Mark Duplass, Dule Hill, Jenny O’Hara, Christina Hendricks, Sarayu Blue and Imogen Reid.

Here is a trailer for Good American Family:

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The new Apple TV+ drama series Dope Thief will debut online on March 14.

The series, based on the book by Dennis Tafoya, follows long-time Philly friends and delinquents who pose as DEA agents to rob an unknown house in the countryside, only to have their small-time grift become a life-and-death enterprise, as they unwittingly reveal and unravel the biggest hidden narcotics corridor on the Eastern Seaboard.

The cast includes Kate Mulgrew, Amir Arison, Brian Tyree Henry, Marin Ireland, Ving Rhames, Wagner Moura and Nesta Cooper.

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The new Peacock limited series Long Bright River will debut online on March 13.

Amanda Seyfried stars as Mickey, a police officer who patrols a Philadelphia neighborhood hit hard by the opioid crisis. When a series of murders begins in the neighborhood, Mickey realizes that her personal history might be related to the case.

The cast includes Ashleigh Cummings, Britne Oldford and Dash Mihok.

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On March 13, the new limited series drama Adolescence will debut online on Netflix.

The series tells the story in real-time of how a family’s world is turned upside down when a 13-year-old boy is arrested and charged with the murder of a teenage girl.

The cast includes Stephen Graham, Erin Doherty, Ashley Walters and Owen Cooper.

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