Rueben's Ramblings

On March 1, the small screen adaptation of True Lies will debut on CBS at 10 PM.

The series follows Harry Tasker (Steve Howey), a first-class international spy for U.S. intelligence agency Omega Sector, and his wife, Helen (Ginger Gonzaga), a language professor bored with her daily routine, who makes the shocking discovery that her seemingly ordinary husband is leading an extraordinary double life. With the secret out, Omega recruits Helen, who impresses everyone with her formidable skills (thanks to Tae Bo and yoga), and she joins Harry and his team of top-notch operatives, embarking on covert missions around the globe and an exhilarating life of danger and adventure – all while keeping their adventures a secret from their children.

Here is a trailer for True Lies:

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On February 24, the new drama Liaison will debut online today on Apple TV+.

Eva Green and Vincent Cassel stars in this high-stakes, contemporary thriller exploring how the mistakes of our past have the potential to destroy our future, combining action with an unpredictable, multilayered plot where espionage and political intrigue play out against a story of passionate and enduring love.

This will be the first French and English-language original series on the streaming service.

Here is a trailer for Liaison:

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On February 19, the new ABC drama The Company You Keep will debut at 10 PM.

The series, based on the Korean format “My Fellow Citizens, follows con man Charlie (Milo Ventimiglia) and undercover CIA officer Emma (Catherine Haena Kim). A night of passion leads to love between the pair, who are unknowingly on a collision course professionally.

The cast includes Sarah Wayne Callies, William Fichtner, Polly Draper and James Saito [among others].

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On February 17, the new 10-episode dramedy Hello Tomorrow will debut online on Apple TV+.

Billy Crudup stars as Jack in this series that is set in a retro-future world that centers around a group of traveling salesmen hawking lunar timeshares.

The cast includes Alison Pill, Dewshane Williams, Jacki Weaver and Hank Azaria.

Here is your first look at Hello Tomorrow:

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On February 3, the new Apple TV+ drama Dear Edward will debut online.

Adapted from the best-selling novel by Ann Napolitano, the series is a heartbreaking, life-affirming and uplifting story about survival, resilience, connection and the examination of what makes us human.

The ensemble cast includes Taylor Schilling, Connie Britton, Amy Forsyth and Maxwell Jenkins [among others].

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On February 1, the new sci-fi series The Ark will debut on Syfy at 10 PM.

Created by Dean Devlin (Leverage and Leverage: Redemption), the series takes place 100 years in the future when planetary colonization missions have begun as a necessity to help secure the survival of the human race. The first of these missions on a spacecraft known as Ark One encounters a catastrophic event causing massive destruction and loss of life. With more than a year left to go before reaching their target planet, a lack of life-sustaining supplies and loss of leadership, the remaining crew must become the best versions of themselves to stay on course and survive.

The cast includes Reece Ritchie, Christie Burke, Richard Fleeshman, Ryan Adams and Stacey Read.

Here is a trailer for The Ark:

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On January 30, the new thriller series The Watchful Eye will debut on Freeform at 9 PM with a new episode also airing at 10 PM, the show’s regular timeslot.

The series follows Elena Santos (Mariel Molino), a young woman with a complicated past, maneuvering her way into working as a live-in nanny for an affluent family in Manhattan. She quickly learns that everyone in the mysterious building has deadly secrets and ulterior motives. What they don’t know, however, is that Elena has some shocking secrets of her own.

The series also stars Amy Acker, Warren Christie, Kelly Bishop and Jon-Michael Ecker.

Here is a trailer for The Watchful Eye:

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On January 27, the Netflix series Lockwood & Co. will debut online.

A girl (Ruby Stokes) with extraordinary psychic abilities joins two gifted teen boys (Cameron Chapman and Ali Hadji-Heshmati) at a small ghost-hunting agency to fight the many deadly spirits haunting London.

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The new series Wolf Pack will debut online on Paramount+ on January 26.

The series follows a teenage boy and girl whose lives are changed forever when a California wildfire awakens a terrifying supernatural creature and drives it to attack a highway traffic jam beneath the burning hills. Wounded in the chaos, the boy and girl are inexplicably drawn to each other and to two other teenagers who were adopted sixteen years earlier by a park ranger after another mysterious wildfire. As the full moon rises, all four teens come together to unravel the secret that connects them – the bite and blood of a werewolf.

The cast includes Sarah Michelle Gellar, Rodrigo Santoro, Armani Jackson, Bella Shepard, Chloe Rose Robertson and Tyler Lawrence Gray.

Here is a trailer for Wolf Pack:

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On January 22, the new FOX drama Accused will debut at 9 PM.

This series is a collection of 15 intense, topical and exquisitely human stories of crime and punishment. Each episode is a fast-paced provocative thriller, exploring a different crime, in a different city, with an entirely original cast. Told from the defendant’s point of view through flashbacks, the show holds a mirror up to current times with evocative and emotional stories.

Among the cast who will be feature include Aaron Ashmore, Abigail Breslin, Aisha Dee, Ian Anthony Dale, Jack Davenport, Jill Hennessy, Kyle Schmid, Malcolm Jamal Warner, Margo Martindale, Mary Lynn Rajskub, Megan Boone, Michael Chiklis, Molly Parker, Rachel Bilson, Rhea Perlman, Robert Wisdom, Wendell Pierce and Whitney Cummings.

Here is a trailer for Accused:

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