Rueben's Ramblings

The Hulu drama The Dropout will debut the first 3 episodes of its freshman season online on March 3.

The series follows the story of Elizabeth Holmes (Amanda Seyfried) and Theranos, the technology company the college drop-out founded that was set on revolutionizing the healthcare industry, making her the world’s youngest self-made female billionaire who lost everything in the blink of an eye.

The ensemble cast includes Anne Archer, Alan Ruck, Dylan Minnette, Elizabeth Marvel, Kate Burton, Kurtwood Smith, Laurie Metcalf, LisaGay Hamilton, Mary Lynn Rajskub, Michael Ironside, Michaela Watkins, Naveen Andrews, Sam Waterston, Stephen Fry and William H. Macy.

Here is a trailer for The Dropout:

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The new Showtime anthology series Super Pumped: The Battle for Uber will air at 10 PM on February 27.

The anthology series tells the story of one of Silicon Valley’s most successful and most destructive unicorns: Uber. The season pivots on Travis Kalanick (Joseph Gordon-Levitt), Uber’s hard-charging CEO who was ultimately ousted in a boardroom coup, and his sometimes tumultuous relationship with his mentor Bill Gurley (Kyle Chandler), the plainspoken, brilliant Texan venture capitalist who bets his sterling reputation on Uber’s success – and then has to live with the consequences.

The ensemble cast includes Ben Feldman, David Krumholtz, Elisabeth Shue, Hank Azaria, Kerry Bishe, Richard Schiff, Rob Morrow and Uma Thurman.

Here is a trailer for Super Pumped: The Battle for Uber:

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The CW spin-off drama All American: Homecoming will debut on February 21 at 9 PM.

The series follows tennis star Simone Hicks (Geffri Maya) as she pursues her athletic career at a historically Black college. She’s joined by Damon Sims (Peyton Alex Smith), a talented baseball player who’s also navigating the highs, lows and sexiness of unsupervised early adulthood.

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On February 21, the new NBC drama Endgame will debut at 10 PM.

A pulse-pounding high-stakes two-hander about Elena Federova (Morena Baccarin), a recently captured international arms dealer and brilliant criminal mastermind who orchestrates a number of coordinated bank heists throughout New York City for a mysterious purpose. Her antagonist is Val Turner (Ryan Michelle Bathe), the principled, relentless and socially outcast FBI agent who will stop at nothing to foil her ambitious plan. The gripping heist drama reveals how far some people will go for love, justice and the most valuable commodity in the world: the truth.

The cast includes Jordan Johnson-Hinds and Noah Bean.

Here is a trailer for Endgame:

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The new thriller series From will debut on EPIX at 9 PM on February 20.

The series unravels the mystery of a nightmarish town in middle America that traps all those who enter. As the unwilling residents fight to keep a sense of normalcy and search for a way out, they must also survive the threats of the surrounding forest – including the terrifying creatures that come out when the sun goes down.

The cast includes Harold Perrineau, Eion Bailey, David Alpay and Catalina Sandino Moreno [among others].

Here is a trailer for From:

NOTE: The correct airtime of From on EPIX is 9 PM on February 20!

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On February 13, Bel Air (the dramatic reboot of Fresh Prince of Bel Air) will debut online on Peacock.

Leaning into the original premise, Will’s (Jabari Banks) complicated journey from the streets of West Philadelphia to the gated mansions of Bel-Air. The series will dive deeper into the inherent conflicts, emotions and biases that were impossible to fully explore in a 30-minute sitcom format, while still delivering swagger and nods to the original show.

The ensemble cast includes Adrian Holmes, Cassandra Freeman, Jimmy Akingbola, Simone Joy Jones, Akira Akbar, Coco Jones, Olly Sholotan and Jordan L. Jones.

Here is a trailer for Bel Air:

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On February 11, the Netflix limited series Inventing Anna will debut online.

A journalist investigates the case of Anna Delvey (Julia Garner), the Instagram-legendary heiress who stole the hearts — and money — of New York’s social elite.

The cast includes Anna Chlumsky, Anna Deavere Smith, Katie Lowes, Jeff Perry, Laverne Cox and Terry Kinney.

Here is a trailer for Inventing Anna:

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The HBO Max 4-episode limited series The Girl Before will debut online on February 10.

The show tells the story of Jane (Gugu Mbatha-Raw), who gets the chance to move into a beautiful, ultra-minimalist house designed by an enigmatic architect (David Oyelowo). There’s just one catch: the occupants must abide by his list of exacting rules.

Jane starts to feel the house changing her in unexpected ways, but when she makes the shocking discovery about her predecessor, Emma (Jessica Plummer), she’s forced to confront unnerving similarities. As the two women’s timelines interweave, Jane begins to question if her fate will be the same as the girl before.

Here is a trailer for The Girl Before:

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On February 7, the 6-part thriller Angela Black, that debuted on ITV in England this past October, will debut exclusively on Spectrum Originals (for those cable subscribers)

Angela Black (Joanne Froggatt from Downton Abbey), a wife and mother of two, is approached by a mysterious man (Samuel Adewunmi from The Watch) who reveals secrets about her abusive husband (Michiel Huisman from Game of Thrones and The Flight Attendant).

Here is a trailer for Angela Black:

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