Rueben's Ramblings

On January 9, the new medical drama The Pitt will debut online on MAX.

The daily lives of healthcare professionals in a Pittsburgh hospital as they juggle personal crises, workplace politics, and the emotional toll of treating critically ill patients, revealing the resilience required in their noble calling.

The series stars Noah Wyle, Katherine LaNasa, Tracy Ifeachor, Fiona Dourif, Isa Briones and Gerran Howell.

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The limited series American Primeval will debut online on Netflix on January 9.

A mother (Betty Gilpin) and son (Preston Mota) fleeing from their past form a found family while confronting a harsh landscape of freedom and cruelty in the American West.

The cast includes Taylor Kitsch, Shea Whigham, Jai Courtney and Dane DeHaan.

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On January 7, the new FOX medical drama Doc will debut at 9 PM.

Based on the globally acclaimed Italian series Nelle Tue Mani, this version stars Molly Parker as the hard-charging, brilliant Dr. Amy Elias, Chief of Internal and Family Medicine at Westside Hospital in Minneapolis. After a brain injury erases the last eight years of her life, Amy must navigate an unfamiliar world where she has no recollection of patients she’s treated, colleagues she’s crossed, the soulmate she divorced, the man she now loves and the tragedy that caused her to push everyone away. She can rely only on her estranged 17-year-old daughter, whom she remembers as a 9-year-old, and a handful of devoted friends, as she struggles to continue practicing medicine, despite having lost nearly a decade of knowledge and experience.

The series also stars Scott Wolf, Omar Metwally, Amirah Vann, Jon Ecker, Patrick Walker and Anya Banerjee.

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On January 2, the limited series Lockerbie: A Search for Truth will debut online on Peacock.

Dr. Jim Swire (Colin Firth) searches for justice following the death of his daughter in one of the world’s worst air disasters: the bombing of Pan Am Flight 103.

The cast includes Catherine McCormack, Sam Troughton and Mark Bonnar [among others].

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On December 13, the prequel series Dexter: Original Sin will debut online on Paramount+.

The series follows Dexter (Patrick Gibson with Michael C. Hall provided the inner voice for Dexter) as he transitions from student to avenging serial killer. When his bloodthirsty urges can’t be ignored any longer, Dexter must learn to channel his inner darkness.

With the guidance of his father, Harry (Christian Slater), he adopts a Code designed to help him find and kill people who deserve to be eliminated from society without getting on law enforcement’s radar. This is a particular challenge for young Dexter as he begins a forensics internship at the Miami Metro Police Department.

The cast includes Patrick Dempsey, Sarah Michelle Gellar, Christina Milian and Reno Wilson [among others].

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The Netflix feature film Carry-On will debut online on December 13.

In this action thriller film, a mysterious traveler (Jason Bateman) blackmails Ethan Kopek (Taron Egerton), a young TSA officer, to let a dangerous package slip through security and onto a Christmas Day flight.

The film also stars Logan Marshall-Green, Sofia Carson, Danielle Deadwyler, Theo Rossi, Dean Norris and Sinqua Walls.

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On December 6, the limited series The Sticky will debut online today on Amazon Prime.

The series follows Ruth Landry (Margo Martindale), a tough, middle-aged maple syrup farmer who turns to crime when the bureaucratic authorities threaten to take away everything she loves. She teams up with the hot-tempered Bostonian mobster (Chris Diamantopoulos), and a mild-mannered French-Canadian security guard (Guillaume Cyr) to carry out a multi-million dollar heist on Quebec’s maple syrup surplus.

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On December 6, the Hulu series Paris Has Fallen, based on the movie franchise, will debut online.

Set within the Has Fallen box office movie franchise that starred Gerard Butler and Aaron Eckhart, the small screen adaptation focuses on what happens when a terrorist group led by the villainous Jacob Pearce (Sean Harris) attacks a high-profile event, with the French Minister of Defense as their target.

Protection officer Vincent Taleb (Tewfik Jallab) finds himself working with street-smart MI6 operative Zara Taylor (Ritu Arya from The Umbrella Academy) to save the day. But when events take a dark turn, Vincent and Zara soon realize that the plan extends beyond just one politician. When they suspect that one of their colleagues in the security services is feeding information to Jacob, Vincent and Zara find themselves needing to rely only on each other. Increasingly isolated and with Jacob always one step ahead, can this unlikely pair stop Paris from falling to a man hell-bent on vengeance?

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The Netflix drama Black Doves will debut online on December 5.

In this British spy thriller, Helen (Keira Knightley) begins a passionate affair that may endanger her secret identity when her lover becomes victim to London’s underworld and her employers send an old friend to protect her.

Sarah Lacashire, Ben Whishaw and Tracey Ullman also star.

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