Rueben's Ramblings

On December 18, the new Netflix musical drama Soundtrack will debut online.

The streaming series looks at the love stories connecting a diverse, disparate group of people in contemporary Los Angeles through the music that lives inside their hearts and minds.

The cast includes Callie Hernandez (Graves), Paul James (The Path), Jenna Dewan (Witches of East End), Campbell Scott (House of Cards) and Madeleine Stowe (Revenge).

Here is a trailer for Soundtrack:

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On December 6, the new Apple TV+ drama Truth Be Told will debut online.

True crime podcaster Poppy Scoville-Parnell (Oscar winner Octavia Spencer) is called to investigate the case of convicted serial killer Warren Cave (Aaron Paul from Breaking Bad), a man she incriminated after he murdered the father of identical twins. Soon, Parnell must decide where the lines between guilty and innocent lie when Cave confesses to the fact that he was framed for the crime.

The cast includes Lizzy Caplan (Castle Rock and Masters of Sex), Elizabeth Perkins (Weeds), Michael Beach (The Rookie and The 100), Mekhi Phifer (ER and Torchwood), Tracie Thoms (9-1-1, Gone and Rent) and Ron Cephas Jones (This Is Us).

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The new Hulu drama Reprisal will debut online on December 6.

The series focuses on a relentless femme fatale (Abigail Spencer from Timeless and Suits) who, after being left for dead, leads a vengeful campaign against a bombastic gang of gearheads.

The cast includes Mena Massoud (Aladdin), Rodrigo Santoro (Westworld and Love Actually), Madison Davenport (Shameless and Sharp Objects) and Rhys Wakefield (Home and Away).

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The new Netflix drama V Wars will debut online on December 5.

The series follows Dr. Luther Swann (Ian Somerhalder from The Vampire Diareis), a scientist and Michael Fayne (Adrian Holmes from Arrow and 19-2), his best friend, as they face the evolving crisis of a deadly outbreak that fractures society into opposing factions, potentially escalating to a future war between humans and vampires.

The cast includes Peter Outerbridge (Orphan Black and Zoo), Laura Vandervoort (Bitten and Smallville) and Kimbelry-Sue Murray (Shadowhunters).

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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.

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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.

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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).

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