Rueben's Ramblings

On November 5, the Paramount+ western series Lawmen: Bass Reeves will debut online.

The series follows the journey of Bass Reeves (David Oyelowo) and his rise from enslavement to law enforcement as the first Black U.S. Marshal west of the Mississippi. Despite arresting over 3,000 outlaws during the course of his career, the weight of the badge was heavy, and he wrestled with its moral and spiritual cost to his beloved family.

The ensemble cast includes Dennis Quaid, Donald Sutherland, Garrett Hedlund, Shea Whigham, Barry Pepper, Dale Dickey, Mo Brings Plenty, Lonnie Chavis and Margot Bingham.

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The new Netflix limited series All the Light We Cannot See will debut online on November 2.

Based on the Pulitzer Prize-winning bestseller, Marie-Laure (Aria Mia Loberti), a blind French girl and Werner Pfenning (Louis Hofmann), a young German soldier’s paths collide during WWII.

The cast includes Mark Ruffalo and Hugh Laurie.

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The first three episode of the new drama Black Cake will debut online on Hulu on November 1.

Based on The New York Times-bestselling book by Charmaine Wilkerson, the story takes place in Jamaica, Italy, Scotland, England and Southern California. In the late 1960s, a runaway bride named Covey (Mia Isaac) disappears into the surf off the coast of Jamaica and is feared drowned or a fugitive on the run for her husband’s murder.

In present day California, a widow named Eleanor Bennett (Chipo Chung), loses her battle with cancer, leaving her two estranged children, Byron (Ashley Thomas) and Benny (Adrienne Warren), a flash drive that holds previously untold stories of her journey from the Caribbean to America.

These stories, narrated by Eleanor, shock her children and challenge everything they thought they knew about their family’s origin.

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On October 27, the new limited series Fellow Travelers will debut online on Paramount+ with Showtime.

After a chance encounter in Washington D.C. in the 1950s, Hawkins Fuller (Matt Bomer) and Timothy Laughlin (Jonathan Bailey) start a volatile romance that spans the Vietnam War protests of the 1960s, the drug-fueled disco hedonism of the 1970s and the AIDS crisis of the 1980s, while facing obstacles in the world and in themselves.

The cast also includes Allison Williams, Linus Roache and Chris Bauer.

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On October 19, the new series Bodies will debut online on Netflix.

Four detectives. Four timelines. One victim. In order to save the future, they’ll need to solve the murder that altered the course of history first.

The cast includes Shira Haas, Stephen Graham, Kyle Soller, Jacob Fortune-Lloyd and Amaka Okafor.

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The series premiere of Goosebumps will air online on both Disney+ and Hulu on October 13.

This 10-episode series tells the story of five teenagers investigating the death of a teen named Harold Biddle who died 30 years before. As they investigate, they uncover their parents’ dark secrets from the past.

The cast includes Justin Long and Rachael Harris.

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On October 13, the new Apple TV+ drama Lessons in Chemistry will debut online.

Based on the best-selling novel, the series is set in the early 1950s and follows Elizabeth Zott (Brie Larson) whose dream of being a scientist is put on hold in a patriarchal society. When Elizabeth finds herself fired from her lab, she accepts a job as a host on a TV cooking show, and sets out to teach a nation of overlooked housewives – and the men who are suddenly listening – a lot more than recipes.

The series also stars Aja Naomi King and Thomas Mann [among others].

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The limited series The Fall of the House of Usher will debut online on Netflix on October 12.

To secure their fortune, and future, two ruthless siblings build a family dynasty that begins to crumble when their heirs mysteriously die, one by one.

The ensemble cast includes Carla Gugino, Willa Fitzgerald, Kate Siegel, Henry Thomas, Annabeth Gish, Mary McDonnell, Zach Gilford, Mark Hamill, Bruce Greenwood, Michael Trucco, Rahul Kohli and Carl Lumbly.

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On October 12, the 6–part limited series Little Bird will debut on PBS at 9 PM.

The series explores universal themes of resilience in the face of trauma and loss, following Bezhig Little Bird (Darla Contois) as she embarks on a path to find her birth family and uncover the hidden truth of her family history.

The series also stars Lisa Edelstein.

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