Rueben's Ramblings

On September 13, the new Starz drama Three Women will debut at 10 PM.

The series finds three women on a crash course to radically overturn their lives.

Lina (Betty Gilpin), a homemaker in suburban Indiana, is a decade into a passionless marriage when she embarks on an affair that quickly becomes all-consuming and transforms her life. Sloane (DeWanda Wise), a glamorous entrepreneur in the Northeast, has a committed open marriage with Richard (Blair Underwood), until two sexy new strangers threaten their aspirational love story.

Maggie (Gabrielle Creevy), a student in North Dakota, weathers an intense storm after accusing her married English teacher (Jason Ralph) of an inappropriate relationship.

Gia (Shailene Woodley), a writer grieving the loss of her family, persuades each of these three spectacular “ordinary” women to tell her their stories and her relationships with them change the course of her life forever.

Here is a trailer for Three Women:

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On September 10, the new drama The Chicken Sisters will debut online on Hallmark+ (formerly Hallmark Movies Now).

With legendary actress Margo Martindale as the Narrator, this new family drama is dipped in southern charm, served up with a saucy side of romance. The setting is the fictional town of Merinac, where a generations-old rift between dueling fried chicken restaurants – Mimi’s and Frannie’s – has left the founders’ families fractured and the locals taking sides. When the popular cooking competition show Ultimate Kitchen Clash comes to town, it could be the recipe for ending this feud once and for all. But things are fixing to heat up both inside and outside of the kitchen as the reality show spotlight causes sparks to fly as secrets are spilled and feathers get ruffled.

The cast includes Lea Thompson, Wendie Malick, Schuyler Fisk, Rukiya Bernard, Genevieve Angelson and Jake Foy.

Here is a first look at The Chicken Sisters:

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On September 5, the Peacock series Fight Night: The Million Dollar Heist will debut online.

Based on the acclaimed iHeart true-crime podcast, the series follows the infamous story of how an armed robbery on the night of Muhammad Ali’s historic 1970 comeback fight changed not only one man’s life but ultimately transformed Atlanta into the “Black Mecca.” When a hustler named Chicken Man (Kevin Hart) hosts an afterparty to celebrate the fight with a guest list of the country’s wealthiest, the night ends with the most brazen criminal underworld heist in Atlanta’s history.

The cast includes Don Cheadle, Samuel L. Jackson, Terrence Howard, Taraji P. Henson, Sinqua Walls, Chloe Bailey, Clifton Powell and Rockmond Dunbar.

Here is a trailer for Fight Night: The Million Dollar Heist:

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The new drama These Stones will debut online on UP Faith & Family on September 5.

A grieving daughter (Madeline Carroll) finds herself drawn into the same supernatural program her late mother worked – matching undercover Bible characters with people facing challenges today. It’s all this stunned daughter can do to keep up normal appearances while seeking redemption for her past mistakes.

The cast includes Karen Abercrombie and Charlene Amoia.

Here is a trailer for These Stones:

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On September 5, the new limited series The Perfect Couple will debut online on Netflix.

Amelia Sacks (Eve Hewson) is about to marry into one of the wealthiest families on Nantucket, until a shocking death derails the wedding — and turns everyone into a suspect.

The ensemble cast includes Nicole Kidman, Liev Schreiber, Dakota Fanning, Jack Reynor, Michael Beach, Meghann Fahy and Billy Howle.

Here is a trailer for The Perfect Couple:

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The new genre-bending Netflix drama Kaos will debut online on August 29.

This series will put a modern twist on Greek and Roman mythology, exploring themes of gender politics, power and life in the underworld.

The cast includes Aurora Perrineau, Cliff Curtis, David Thewlis, Janet McTeer, Jeff Goldblum and Stephen Dillane.

Here is a trailer for Kaos:

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On August 1, the new Netflix drama A Good Girl’s Guide to Murder will debut online.

Five years after the murder of a 17-year-old girl in a sleepy English town, one student (Emma Myers from Wednesday) is determined to uncover the truth and find the real killer.

Here is a trailer for A Good Girl’s Guide to Murder:

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The new comedy series Time Bandits will debut online on Apple TV+ on July 24.

Created for the small screen by the likes of Jemaine Clement and Taika Waititi, and starring Friends alum Lisa Kudrow, this is the first-ever TV adaptation of the beloved cult classic movie about an unpredictable journey through time and space with a ragtag group of thieves and their newest recruit: an 11-year-old history buff named Kevin. Together, they set out on a thrilling quest to save the boy’s parents – and the world.

Guided by Lisa Kudrow, the eccentric crew of bandits embark on epic adventures while evil forces threaten their conquests and life as they know it. As the group transports through time and space, the gang stumbles upon fascinating worlds of the distant past while seeking out treasure, depending on Kevin to shed light on each situation.

Here is a trailer for Time Bandits:

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On July 19, the Apple TV+ 7-episode drama Lady in the Lake will debut online.

When the disappearance of a young girl grips the city of Baltimore on Thanksgiving 1966, the lives of two women converge on a fatal collision course. Maddie Schwartz (Natalie Portman) is a Jewish housewife seeking to shed a secret past and reinvent herself as an investigative journalist, and Cleo Sherwood (Moses Ingram) is a mother navigating the political underbelly of Black Baltimore while struggling to provide for her family.

Their disparate lives seem parallel at first, but when Maddie becomes fixated on Cleo’s mystifying death, a chasm opens that puts everyone around them in danger.

The cast includes Noah Jupe and Pruitt Taylor Vince.

Here is a trailer for Lady in the Lake:

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