Rueben's Ramblings

The new DC series Batwoman will debut on The CW at 8 PM on October 6.

Kate Kane (Ruby Rose) never planned to be Gotham’s new vigilante. Three years after Batman mysteriously disappeared, Gotham is a city in despair. Without the Caped Crusader, the Gotham City Police Department was overrun and outgunned by criminal gangs. Enter Jacob Kane (Dougray Scott) and his military-grade Crows Private Security, which now protects the city with omnipresent firepower and militia. Years before, Jacob’s first wife and daughter were killed in the crossfire of Gotham crime. He sent his only surviving daughter, Kate, away from Gotham for her safety. After a dishonorable discharge from military school and years of brutal survival training, Kate returns home when the Alice in Wonderland gang targets her father and his security firm, by kidnapping his best Crow officer Sophie Moore (Meagan Tandy).

Although remarried to wealthy socialite Catherine Hamilton-Kane (Elizabeth Anweis), who bankrolls the Crows, Jacob is still struggling with the family he lost, while keeping Kate at a distance. But Kate is a woman who’s done asking for permission. In order to help her family and her city, she’ll have to become the one thing her father loathes: a dark knight vigilante. With the help of her compassionate stepsister, Mary (Nicole Kang), and the crafty Luke Fox (Camrus Johnson), the son of Wayne Enterprises’ tech guru Lucius Fox, Kate continues the legacy of her missing cousin, Bruce Wayne, as Batwoman. Still holding a flame for her ex-girlfriend, Sophie, Kate uses everything in her power to combat the dark machinations of the psychotic Alice (Rachel Skarsten), who’s always somewhere slipping between sane and insane.

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The new Netflix series Raising Dion will debut online on October 4.

A single mom (Alisha Wainwright from Shadowhunters) must hide her young son’s (Ja’Siah Young) superpowers to protect him from exploitation while investigating their origins and her husband’s death.

The cast includes Michael B. Jordan and Jason Ritter.

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The new EPIX drama Godfather of Harlem will debut on September 29 at 10 PM.

Inspired by the story of infamous crime boss Bumpy Johnson (Forest Whitaker), who in the early 1960s returned from 10 years in prison to find the neighborhood he once ruled in shambles. With the streets controlled by the Italian mob, Bumpy must take on the Genovese crime family to regain control.

The show will also star Paul Sorvino (Goodfellas), Vincent D’Onofrio (Daredevil), Giancarole Esposito (Breaking Bad) and Ilfenesh Hadera (Deception) and Lucy Fry (Vampire Academy).

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On September 26, the new thriller series Evil will debut at 10 PM on CBS.

The series focuses on a skeptical female psychologist (Katja Herbers from Manhattan and Westworld) who joins a priest-in-training (Mike Colter from Luke Cage) and a carpenter (Aasif Mandvi from Blue Bloods and A Series of Unfortunate Events) as they investigate the Church’s backlog of unexplained mysteries, including supposed miracles, demonic possessions and hauntings. Their job is to assess if there is a logical explanation or if something truly supernatural is at work.

The cast includes Kurt Fuller (Supernatural and Psych) and Michael Emerson (Person of Interest and Lost).

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On September 25, the new ABC drama Stumptown will debut at 10 PM.

Based on the graphic novel, the series follows Dex Parios (Cobie Smulders from How I Met Your Mother) – a strong, assertive and sharp-witted army veteran with a complicated love life, gambling debt and a brother to take care of in Portland, Oregon. Her military intelligence skills make her a great PI, but her unapologetic style puts her in the firing line of hardcore criminals and not quite in alliance with the police.

The cast also includes Michael Ealy (Almost Human and Secrets and Lies), Tantoo Cardinal (Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman and Outlander), Camryn Manheim (Ghost Whisperer and The Practice) and Jake Johnson (New Girl).

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The new ABC drama Emergence will debut on September 24 at 10 PM.

The series is about a police chief (Alison Tolman from Fargo) who takes in a young child (Alexa Swinton from Billions) she finds near the site of a mysterious accident who has no memory of what has happened. The investigation draws her into a conspiracy larger than she ever imagined, and the child’s identity is at the center of it all.

The show also stars Donald Faison (Scrubs), Clancy Brown (The Shawshank Redemption and Sleepy Hollow), Zabryna Guevara (New Amsterdam and Gotham) and Owain Yeoman (The Mentalist).

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On September 23, the new NBC legal drama Bluff City Law will debut at 10 PM.

Coming from a famous Memphis family known for taking on injustice, brilliant lawyer Sydney Strait (relative newcomer Caitlyn McGee) used to work at her father Elijah’s (Jimmy Smits) celebrated law firm until their tumultuous relationship got in the way. After barely speaking to him for years, Sydney is suddenly thrust back into the family fold when her philanthropist mother passes away unexpectedly. In the wake of her loss, hoping to reconnect with the daughter he loves, Elijah asks Sydney to rejoin his firm. She agrees because despite her lingering resentment and distrust, she knows that working alongside her father is her best hope at changing the world…if they can ever get along.

The cast includes Barry Sloane (Revenge and Six).

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The new CBS legal drama All Rise will debut at 9 PM on September 23.

This courthouse drama that follows the chaotic, hopeful and sometimes absurd lives of its judges, prosecutors and public defenders, as they work with bailiffs, clerks and cops to get justice for the people of Los Angeles amidst a flawed legal process. Among them is newly appointed Judge Lola Carmichael (Simone Missick), a highly regarded and impressive deputy district attorney who doesn’t intend to sit back on the bench in her new role, but instead leans in, immediately pushing the boundaries and challenging the expectations of what a judge can be.

The cast includes Wilson Bethel (Hart of Dixie and Daredevil), Jessica Camacho (Sleepy Hollow), J. Alex Brinson (Travelers) and Marg Helgenberger (CSI and China Beach).

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