Rueben's Ramblings

The new drama The Artful Dodger will debut online on November 29 on Hulu.

This series is an irreverent follow up to Charles Dickens Oliver Twist that explores the adult double life of Jack Dawkins (Thomas Brodie-Sangster). Set in 1850’s Australia, in the lively colony of Port Victory, we meet Jack, The Artful Dodger, who’s transferred his fast fingers as a pickpocket to the nimble skilled fingers of a surgeon.

His past returns to haunt him, though with the arrival of Fagin (David Thewlis), luring him back into a world of crime. A greater threat – to Dodger’s heart – is Lady Belle (Mia Mitchell), the Governor’s daughter, determined to become the colony’s first female surgeon. From heists to life-and-death surgeries, from soirées to street violence, this is a tale of reinvention, betrayal, redemption and love with a twist.

The cast also includes Damon Herriman and Jessica De Gouw.

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The new 5-episode romantic comedy series The Holiday Shift will debut online on The Roku Channel on November 17.

The series follows the intersecting love stories of young mall employees during the holiday season.

The ensemble cast includes Varun Saranga, Jean-Luc Bilodeau, Devyn Nekoda, Nadine Bhabha, Brielle Robillard and Michael Delleva.

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The new Apple TV+ series Monarch: Legacy of Monsters will debut its first two episodes online on November 17.

This dramatic saga tracks two siblings following in their father’s footsteps to uncover their family’s connection to the secretive organization known as Monarch. Clues lead them into the world of monsters and ultimately down the rabbit hole to Army officer Lee Shaw (played by both Kurt Russell and his real-life son Wyatt Russell), taking place in the 1950s and half a century later where Monarch is threatened by what Shaw knows.

The cast includes Mari Yamamoto, Kiersey Clemons and Joe Tippett [among others].

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The Sundance Now series The Long Shadow will debut online on November 16.

This true crime drama takes viewers back to the 1970s and 1980s, following the victims and survivors of the infamous serial killer, the Yorkshire Ripper, aka Peter Sutcliffe. It starts when mother of four, Wilma McCann, is found murdered near her home in October 1975 and a desperate cat and mouse game ensues.

The series stars David Morrissey and Toby Jones.

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On November 14, the new series A Murder at the End of the World will debut its first two episodes online on FX on Hulu.

This mystery series finds a Gen Z amateur sleuth and tech-savvy hacker named Darby Hart (Emma Corrin), along with eight other guests, invited by a reclusive billionaire (Clive Owen) to participate in a retreat at a remote and dazzling location. When one of the other guests is found dead, Darby must use all of her skills to prove it was murder against a tide of competing interests and before the killer takes another life.

The cast includes Alice Braga, Brit Marling and Joan Chen [among others].

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On November 14, the Australian spin-off series NCIS: Sydney will debut on CBS at 8 PM.

With rising international tensions in the Indo-Pacific, a brilliant and eclectic team of U.S. NCIS agents and the Australian Federal Police (AFP) are grafted into a multinational taskforce to keep naval crimes in check in the most contested patch of ocean on the planet.

The cast includes Olivia Swann, Todd Lasance, Tuuli Narkle, Sean Sagar, Mavournee Hazel and William McInnes.

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The three-part special event BlackBerry will debut at 10 PM on AMC, airing on November 13, November 14 and November 15.

This series tells the story of the meteoric rise and catastrophic demise of the world’s first smartphone.

The cast includes Jay Baruchel, Glenn Howerton, Cary Elwes, Martin Donovan, Saul Rubinek, Rich Sommer and Michael Ironside.

NOTE: All 3 parts of this special event series will also be available on AMC+ on November 13.

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The new Showtime series The Curse will debut on November 12 at 10 PM.

This genre-bending series explores how an alleged curse disturbs the relationship of a newly married couple (Emma Stone and Nathan Fielder) as they try to conceive a child while co-starring in their new home-improvement show.

Benny Safdie also stars.

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The new sci-fi drama Beacon 23 will debut on November 12 at 9 PM on MGM+ (formerly EPIX) followed by another new episode at 10 PM.

Based on the best-selling book by Hugh Howey, the series takes place in the farthest reaches of the Milky Way, following Aster (Lena Headey), a government agent and Halan (Stephan James), a stoic ex-military man, whose fates become entangled after they find themselves trapped together inside one of many Beacons that serve as a lighthouse for intergalactic travelers.

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The new 8-episode Apple TV+ period drama The Buccaneers will debut online on November 8.

Inspired by Pulitzer Prize-winning author Edith Wharton’s unfinished novel, the series focuses on girls with money and men with power. New money and old secrets.

A group of fun-loving young American girls explode into the tightly corseted London season of the 1870s, kicking off an Anglo-American culture clash as the land of the stiff upper lip is infiltrated by a refreshing disregard for centuries of tradition.

Sent to secure husbands and titles, the buccaneers’ hearts are set on much more than that and saying “I do” is just the beginning.

The cast is led by Mad Men alum Christina Hendricks as well as Kristine Frøseth, Alisha Boe, Josie Totah, Aubri Ibrag and Imogen Waterhouse.

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