Rueben's Ramblings

On September 8, the Disney+ series Doogie Kamealoha, M.D. (a reboot of sorts to Doogie Howser, M.D.) will debut online.

Set in modern-day Hawaii, Lahela Kamealoha (Peyton Elizabeth Lee from Andi Mack and the Disney movie Secret Society of Second Born Royals) is a 16-year-old prodigy juggling a budding medical career and life as a teenager.

Her parents are played by Kathleen Rose Perkins (Colony and Fresh Off the Boat) and Jason Scott Lee (box office movies Dragon and Mulan).

Here is a trailer for Doogie Kamealoha, M.D.:

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The PBS 4-part series Guilt, originally from the BBC, will debut on September 5 at 9 PM.

In Edinburgh, two brothers (Mark Bonnar from Unforgotten and Jamie Sives from To the Ends of the Earth) accidentally kill a man while driving home from a wedding. After deciding to cover it up, they must dodge encroaching suspicions from the man’s family and friends who suspect that his death was not a mistake.

Here is a trailer for Guilt:

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The new comedy series Only Murders in the Building will debut online on August 31 on Hulu.

This comedic murder-mystery series follows three strangers (Steve Martin, Martin Short and Selena Gomez) who share an obsession with true crime and suddenly find themselves wrapped up in one when a grisly death occurs inside their exclusive Upper West Side apartment building. The trio suspects murder and employs their precise knowledge of true crime to investigate the truth.

The cast includes Amy Ryan.

Here is a trailer for Only Murders in the Building:

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On August 22, the new EPIX drama Chapelwaite will debut at 10 PM.

Based on the short story Jerusalem’s Lot by Stephen King, the series is set in the 1850s, following Captain Charles Boone (Adrien Brody), who relocates his family of three children to his ancestral home in the small, seemingly sleepy town of Preacher’s Corners, Maine after his wife dies at sea.

However, Charles will soon have to confront the secrets of his family’s sordid history, and fight to end the darkness that has plagued the Boones for generations.

Emily Hampshire (12 Monkeys) also stars.

Here is a trailer for Chapelwaite:

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The new dramedy The Chair will debut online on Netflix on August 20.

Sandra Oh and Jay Duplass star in the new series that follows the chair of an English department at a major university.

The cast includes Bob Balaban, David Morse and Holland Taylor.

Here is a trailer for The Chair:

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The new Hulu drama Nine Perfect Strangers will debut online on August 18.

Based on the bestselling book by author Liane Moriarty, the series takes place at a boutique health-and-wellness resort that promises healing and transformation as nine stressed city dwellers try to get on a path to a better way of living. Watching over them during this 10-day retreat is the resort’s director, Masha (Nicole Kidman), a woman on a mission to reinvigorate their tired minds and bodies. However, these nine “perfect” strangers have no idea what is about to hit them.

The cast includes Bobby Cannavale, Luke Evans, Melissa McCarthy, Michael Shannon, Regina Hall, Samara Weaving and Tiffany Boone (among others).

Here is a trailer for Nine Perfect Strangers:

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On August 15, the new drama Heels will debut on Starz at 9 PM.

The show is focused on the men and women who chase their dreams in the world of small town pro wrestling. Set in a close-knit Georgia community, it follows a family-owned wrestling promotion as two brothers and rivals – Jack Spade (Stephen Amell from Arrow) and Ace Spade (Alexander Ludwig from Vikings) war over their late father’s legacy. In the ring, somebody must play the good guy and somebody must play their nemesis, the heel. But in the real world, those characters can be hard to live up to – or hard to leave behind.

The cast includes Alison Luff, Mary McCormack and Chris Bauer.

Here is a trailer for Heels:

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