Rueben's Ramblings

On February 11, the new CBS drama Tracker will debut after the Super Bowl, starting approximately at 10:30 PM.

Justin Hartley stars as Colter Shaw, a lone-wolf survivalist who roams the country as a reward seeker, using his expert tracking skills to help private citizens and law enforcement solve all manner of mysteries while contending with his own fractured family.

The cast includes Mary McDonnell and Robin Weigert.

Here is an extended trailer for Tracker:

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On February 8, the new 14-episode limited series One Day, a small screen adaptation of the box office movie, will debut online on Netflix.

Based on a novel by David Nicholls, it’s Edinburgh in 1988. After graduation night, Emma (Ambika Mod) and Dexter (Leo Woodall) go their separate ways. But fate leads to the unexpected.

The series also stars Toby Stephens, Essie Davis, Eleanor Tomlinson and Joely Richardson.

Here is a trailer for One Day:

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On February 2, the small screen adaptation of Mr. and Mrs. Smith will debut online on Amazon Prime as an 8-episode drama series.

In this reimagining of the 2005 film, the series stars Donald Glover as John Smith and Maya Erskine as Jane Smith. In this version, two lonely strangers land jobs working for a mysterious spy agency that offers them a glorious life of espionage, wealth, world travels, and a dream brownstone in Manhattan. The catch? New identities in an arranged marriage as Mr. and Mrs. John and Jane Smith.

Now hitched, John and Jane navigate a high-risk mission every week while also facing a new relationship milestone. Their complex cover story becomes even more complicated when they catch real feelings for each other. What’s riskier: espionage or marriage?

Episodes will feature Paul Dano, Michaela Coel, Eiza Gonzalez, Parker Posey, Sarah Paulson, Ron Perlman, Alexander Skarsgard, John Turturro, Billy Campbell and Sharon Horgan.

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The anthology series Genius: MLK/X will debut its first two episodes on National Geographic starting at 9 PM on February 1 while the first episode only will air on ABC at 9 PM.

The series explores simultaneously the formative years, pioneering accomplishments, dueling philosophies and key personal relationships of both Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. (Kelvin Harrison Jr.) and Malcolm X (Aaron Pierre). While King advanced racial equality through nonviolent activism, X advocated for Black empowerment, identity and self-determination.

The eight-part series also brings their wives, Coretta Scott King (Weruche Opia) and Betty Shabazz (Jayme Lawson), to the forefront and shows them as formidable equals of the Movement. While King and X met only once and often challenged each other’s views, the two visionaries, with their wives leading by their sides, ultimately rose to pioneer a movement that lives on today.

The late Ron Cephas Jones co-stars.

Here is a trailer for Genius: MLK/X:

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On February 1, the 6-part British series Three Little Birds will debut online on Britbox.

A life-affirming drama, written by Sir Lenny Henry (who also appears in several episodes) inspired by his mother’s stories about leaving Jamaica in the 1950s for Great Britain. Follows sisters Leah and Chantrelle (Rochelle Neil and Saffron Coomber respectively) and their friend Hosanna (Yazmin Belo) starting a new life in England.

The cast also includes Arthur Darvill (Doctor Who).

Here is a trailer for Three Little Birds:

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On January 31, the latest installment of Feud: Capote vs. The Swans will air its first two episodes tonight on FX at 10 PM.

Acclaimed writer Truman Capote (Tom Hollander) surrounded himself with a coterie of society’s most elite women – rich, glamorous socialites who defined a bygone era of high society New York – whom he nicknamed “the swans.” Beautiful and distinguished, the group included grande dame Barbara “Babe” Paley (Naomi Watts), Slim Keith (Diane Lane), C.Z. Guest (Chloë Sevigny) and Lee Radziwill (Calista Flockhart).

Enchanted and captivated by these doyennes, Capote ingratiated himself into their lives, befriending them and becoming their confidante, only to ultimately betray them by writing a thinly veiled fictionalization of their lives, exposing their most intimate secrets. When an excerpt from the book, Answered Prayers, Capote’s planned magnum opus, was published in Esquire, it effectively destroyed his relationship with his swans, banished him from the high society he so loved and sent him into a spiral of self-destruction from which he would ultimately never recover.

The cast includes Demi Moore, Molly Ringwald, Russell Tovey, Joe Mantello and the late Treat Williams.

Here is a trailer for Feud: Capote vs. The Swans:

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The new period piece drama Masters of the Air will debut its first two episodes online on January 26 on Apple TV+.

From executive producers Steven Spielberg and Tom Hanks, this action-packed drama follows the true story of an American bomber group in World War II.

The ensemble cast includes Austin Butler, Callum Turner, Isabel May and Ncuti Gatwa [among others].

Here is a trailer for Masters of the Air:

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On January 26, 5he Amazon Prime drama Expats will debut online.

The series centers on three American women – Margaret (Nicole Kidman), Hilary (Sarayu Blue), and Mercy (Ji-young Yoo) – whose lives intersect after a sudden family tragedy. The series interrogates privilege and explores what happens when the line between victimhood and culpability becomes blurred.

Brian Tee plays Margaret’s husband Clarke and Jack Huston plays Hilary’s husband David.

Here is a trailer for Expats:

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The Paramount+ prequel of Sexy Beast will debut online on January 25.

The prequel series explores the origins of Gal (James McArdle) and Don’s (Emun Elliott) complicated relationship as they find themselves descending into the seductive madness of the London criminal world during the vibrant and volatile 1990s, while Gal’s budding relationship with Deedee (Sarah Greene) threatens everything in their world.

The series also stars Stephen Moyer and Tamsin Greig.

Here is a trailer for Sexy Beast:

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On January 25, the limited series Griselda will debut online on Netflix.

This limited series inspired by the savvy and ambitious Colombian businesswoman Griselda Blanco (Sofia Vergara), who created one of the most profitable cartels in history.

The series also stars Vanessa Ferlito.

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