Rueben's Ramblings

The first two episode of Hawkeye will debut online on Disney+ on November 24.

Show Synopsis: While in New York City post-Blip, Clint Barton [aka Hawkeye] (Jeremy Renner) must work together with the young archer Kate Bishop (Hailee Steinfeld) to confront enemies from his past in order to get back to his family in time for Christmas.

The cast includes Vera Farmiga, Zahn McClarnon, Brian d’Arcy James and Florence Pugh.

Linda Cardellini, Ava Russo, Ben Sakamoto and Cade Woodward will reprise their roles as Clint’s wife and children.

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The new series Cowboy Bebop, based on the animated series, will debut online on Netflix on November 19.

Show Synopsis: A ragtag crew of bounty hunters chases down the galaxy’s most dangerous criminals in this live-action adaptation of the popular anime TV series. They’ll save the world…for the right price.

The cast includes John Cho, Elena Satine, Geoff Stults and Daniella Pineda.

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On November 19, the new fantasy series The Wheel of Time will debut online on Amazon.

The series follows Moiraine (Rosamund Pike), a member of the Aes Sedai, a powerful organization of women who can use magic. She takes a group of five young people on a journey around the world, believing one of them might be the reincarnation of the Dragon, a powerful individual prophesied to either save the world or destroy it.

Among the large ensemble cast is Sophie Okonedo and Maria Doyle Kennedy.

Here is a trailer for The Wheel of Time:

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The Showtime drama Yellowjackets will debut on November 14 at 10 PM.

The series focuses on the saga of a team of wildly talented high school girls soccer players who become the (un)lucky survivors of a plane crash deep in the remote northern wilderness. The series chronicles their descent from a complicated but thriving team to savage clans, while also tracking the lives they’ve attempted to piece back together nearly 25 years later, proving that the past is never really past and what began out in the wilderness is far from over.

The ensemble cast includes Chirstina Ricci, Juliette Lewis, Melanie Lynskey, Tawny Cypress, Warren Kole, Sophie Nelisse, Sarah Desjardins, Sammi Hanratty, Ella Purnell and Peter Gadiot.

Here is a trailer for Yellowjackets:

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On November 14, the new series Mayor of Kingstown will debut simultaneously on the Paramount Network at 10 PM (after a new episode of Yellowstone) and also online on Paramount+.

The series follows the powerful McLusky family (Jeremy Renner, Dianne Wiest, Taylor Handley and Kyle Chandler), power brokers in Kingstown, Michigan, where the business of incarceration is the only thriving industry.

The cast also includes Derek Webster and Aidan Gillen.

NOTE: The series will move to its permanent home at Paramount+ starting next week, airing only on that streaming platform from that night forward.

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On November 11, the reboot of The Game will premiere on Paramount+ online.

Relocating from San Diego to Sin City, the series returns with a mix of new players and original cast to offer a modern-day examination of Black culture through the prism of pro football.

Returning cast members include Wendy Raquel Robinson, Brittany Daniel, Coby Bell and Pooch Hall.

Tim Daly also stars.

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On November 11, the new thriller Ragdoll will debut online on AMC+.

Six people have been murdered, dismembered and sewn into the shape of one grotesque body – nicknamed the ‘Ragdoll’. Assigned to this shocking case are newly-reinstated DS Nathan Rose (Henry Lloyd-Hughes); his best friend and boss, DI Emily Baxter (Thalissa Teixeira); and the unit’s new recruit, DC Lake Edmunds (Lucy Hale).

The ‘Ragdoll Killer’ taunts the police by sending them a list of his next victims, with Rose’s name at the very end. And with those victims to protect, our heroes soon come under intense public scrutiny. A gruesomely imaginative serial killer thriller, Ragdoll captures the fascinating but flawed friends struggling with the consequences of institutionalization and trauma.

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The British sci-fi short-lived series Intergalactic (it only had one season before being canceled by the UK’s Sky One network) that aired on Peacock here in the US will get its network TV debut on Syfy with a back-to-back series premiere on November 10 at 10 and 11 PM.

The year 2143. After sky cop Harper (Savannah Steyn) is framed for a crime, she is placed on board prisoner transport ship the Hemlock bound for an off-planet prison. On board she is thrown into the melee of a mutiny stirred up by a band of hardened female criminals who threaten to kill her if she doesn’t fly them to safety… Climate change has affected the planet and the world’s cities, now mostly under new structures, are controlled by a pseudo democratic government called the ″Commonworld″.

The cast includes Eleanor Tomlinson (Poldark), Parminder Nagra (Bend It Like Beckham), Phyllis Logan (Downton Abbey) and Hakeem Kae-Kazim (Black Sails).

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The new drama Colin in Black and White will debut online on Netflix on October 29.

The series focuses on the high school years of Colin Kaepernick (Jaden Michael) and the experiences that led him to become an activist.

The cast includes Mary-Louise Parker and Nick Offerman as Kaepernick’s adoptive parents.

Kaepernick provides his voice as the narrator.

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On October 25, the new drama 4400 (a reboot of the USA Network series The 4400) will debut at 9 PM on The CW.

Show Synopsis: Over the last century at least, 4400 people who were overlooked, undervalued, or otherwise marginalized vanished without a trace off the face of the planet. But then, inexplicably, they are all returned in an instant to Detroit, MI, having not aged a day and with no memory of what happened to them.

The ensemble cast includes Joseph David-Jones, Ireon Roach, Brittany Adebumola, Cory Jeacoma, TL Thompson, Jaye Ladymore, Derrick A. King, Amarr Wooten and newcomers Khailah Johnson and Autumn Best.

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