Rueben's Ramblings

On November 22, the Netflix original anthology series Heartsongs will debut online.

The 8-episode anthology series will focus on 8 songs written by prolific singer-songwriter Dolly Parton, showcasing the stories, memories and inspirations behind those beloved songs, which includes “Jolene,” “These Old Bones,” “If I Had Wings,” “JJ Sneed,” “Two Doors Down,” “Down from Dover,” “Sugar Hill” and “Cracker Jack.”

The cast of the episodes will include Kathleen Turner, Ginnifer Goodwin, Gerald McRaney, Delta Burke, Brooke Elliott, Tim Reid, Colin O’Donoghue, Julianne Hough, Kimberly Williams-Paisley, Sarah Shahi, Rochelle Aytes, Willa Fitzgerald, Bellamy Young, Patricia Wettig, Timothy Busfield, Michele Weaver, Robert Taylor, Dallas Roberts, Camryn Manheim, Kyle Bornheimer and Melissa Leo.

And, of course, Dolly will appear in a cameo role in each episode.

Here is a trailer for Heartsongs:

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On November 21, the new mini-series Cheat will debut on Sundance Now.

This 4-part mini-series focuses on a dangerous relationship between university professor Leah (Katherine Kelly from Strike Back and The Night Manager) and her student Rose (Molly Windsor from Three Girls). In what is seemingly an open and shut case of academic deception quickly spirals out of control, ending in fatal consequences and triggering a devastating sequence of events that threaten to engulf them both.

Here is a trailer for Cheat:

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The new streaming series The Mandalorian will debut online on November 12 on Disney+.

Five years after the fall of the Empire (as depicted in Return of the Jedi), and 25 years before the emergence of the First Order (as depicted in The Force Awakens), this series follows an independent Mandalorian bounty hunter in the outer reaches of the galaxy far from the authority of the New Republic.

The cast includes Pedro Pascal, Gina Carano, Nick Nolte, Giancarlo Esposito, Carl Weathers, Emily Swallow, Omid Abtahi, Ming-Na Wen and Natalia Tena.

Here is a trailer for The Mandalorian:

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The new Disney+ series High School Musical: The Musical will debut online on November 12.

The series follows a group of students at East High who stage a performance of High School Musical for their winter theater production, only to realize that there is as much drama that happens offstage as there is onstage.

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The new Starz drama the Dublin Murders will debut on November 10 at 8 PM.

The series focuses on two murder investigations led by ambitious and charismatic detectives Rob Reilly (Killian Scott from Ripper Street) and Cassie Maddox (Sarah Greene from Penny Dreadful and Ransom). The victims are seemingly unrelated, but they are knitted together by powerful shared themes.

The cast includes Conleth Hill (Game of Thrones) and Tom Vaughan-Lawlor (Avengers: Endgame).

Here is a trailer for Dublin Murders:

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On November 4, the HBO series His Dark Materials will debut at 9 PM.

The series follows Lyra (Dafne Keen), a seemingly ordinary but brave young woman from another world. Her search for a kidnapped friend uncovers a sinister plot involving stolen children and becomes a quest to understand a mysterious phenomenon called Dust.

The cast includes James McAvoy, Lin-Manual Miranda and Ruth Wilson.

Here is a trailer for His Dark Materials:

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The new Apple TV+ streaming series See will debut online on November 1.

Set 600 years in the future after a virus has decimated humankind and rendered the remaining population blind, Jason Momoa and Alfre Woodard star in lead roles. When all humanity has lost the sense of sight, humans must adapt and find new ways to survive until children are born with the ability to see.

The cast includes Nesta Cooper, Sylvia Hoeks and Yadira Guevara-Prip (among others).

Here is a trailer for See:

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On November 1, the new Apple TV+ series The Morning Show will debut online.

Reese Witherspoon and Jennifer Aniston star and executive produce alongside co-star Steve Carell in this cutthroat drama that explores the world of morning news and the ego, ambition and misguided search for power behind the people who help America wake up in the morning.

The cast includes Steve Carell, Billy Crudup, Gugu Mbatha-Raw, Mark Duplass and Nestor Carbonell.

Here is a trailer for The Morning Show:

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For All Mankind is a new streaming series that will debut on Apple TV+ on November 1.

This new series from Ronald D. Moore imagines what would have happened if the global space race never ended and the space program remained the cultural centerpiece of America’s hopes and dreams.

The cast includes Joel Kinnaman, Shantel VanSanten, Jodi Balfour, Eric Ladin, Sarah Jones and Rebecca Wisocky (among others).

Here is a trailer for For All Mankind:

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