Rueben's Ramblings

The Amazon streaming series The Boys will debut online on July 26.

This series is a fun and irreverent take on what happens when superheroes – who are as popular as celebrities, as influential as politicians and as revered as Gods – abuse their superpowers rather than use them for good. It’s the powerless against the super powerful as The Boys embark on a heroic quest to expose the truth about The Seven, and Vought – the multi-billion dollar conglomerate that manages these superheroes and covers up all of their dirty secrets.

The Boys are Hughie (Jack Quaid from The Hunger Games), Billy Butcher (Karl Urban from Star Trek), Mother’s Milk (Laz Alonso from Detroit), Frenchie (Tomer Capon from Hostages), and The Female (Karen Fukuhara from Suicide Squad).

Simon Pegg (Mission: Impossible – Fallout) guest stars as Hughie’s father. The cast also includes Anthony Starr (Banshee), Chace Crawford (Gossip Girl), Dominique McElligott (Hell on Wheels), Elisabeth Shue (CSI), Erin Moriarty (Jessica Jones) and Jessie T. Usher (Survivor’s Remorse)

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On July 25, the new Netflix drama Another Life will debut online.

Show Synopsis: The series centers on astronaut Niko Breckinridge (Katee Sackhoff of Battlestar Galactica fame) who is focused on searching for alien intelligence. As she leads a young crew on a mission to explore the genesis of an alien artifact, they face unimaginable danger on what might very well be a one-way mission. Selma Blair will play Harper Glass, a 21st-century influencer who uses journalism, social media and keen intelligence in an attempt to break one of the biggest stories in human history.

The cast also includes Tyler Hoechlin (Supergirl and Teen Wolf), Justin Chatwin (Shameless), Jessica Camacho (The Flash), Elizabeth Faith Ludlow (The Walking Dead) Alex Ozerov (Orphan Black), Jake Abel (Supernatural) and Barbara Williams (Rookie Blue).

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The debut of the new drama – and Suits spin-off – Pearson will air on July 17 on the USA Network at 10 PM.

The Suits spin-off series centers on the world of recently disbarred NYC powerhouse lawyer Jessica Pearson (Gina Torres) as she adjusts to down and dirty Chicago politics. Newly appointed as Chicago Mayor Bobby Novak’s (Morgan Spector from Homeland and The Mist TV series) right hand fixer, Jessica is quickly embroiled in a crooked and dangerous new world where every action has far-reaching consequences. With her compulsion to win, Jessica is forced to reconcile her unstoppable drive with her desire to do the right thing – two things very much at odds.

The cast includes Bethany Joy Lenz (One Tree Hill), Chantel Riley (Wynonna Earp and Frankie Drake Mysteries), Eli Goree (Riverdale and Dead of Summer), Simon Kassianides (Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.) and Isabel Arraiza (The Oath).

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On July 16, the new drama Pandora will debut on The CW at 8 PM.

This sci-fi action series is set in the year 2199, centering on a resourceful young woman who has lost everything but finds a new life at Earth’s Space Training Academy where she and her friends learn to defend the Galaxy from threats, both alien and human. When secrets about the nature of her own identity begin to surface, she must uncover the truth, and whether she will be humanity’s savior or the instrument of its destruction.

The cast includes Priscilla Quintana (Polaroid and Traffik), Oliver Dench (Technology), Raechelle Banno (Home and Away) John Harlan Kim (The Librarians), Ben Radcliffe (Random), Banita Sandhu (October), Martin Bobb-Semple (Free Rein) and Noah Huntley (Free Rein).

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On July 9, the new WGN America drama The Disappearance will debut at 10 PM.

This 6-part summer event series centers around the unexplained and sudden disappearance of a 10-year-old boy, and the investigation that leaves a devastating and unforeseen impact on every member of the family.

The cast includes Aden Young (Rectify), Camille Sullivan (The Man in the High Castle), Joanne Kelly (Warehouse 13), young newcomer Michael Riendeau and veteran actor Peter Coyote (Law & Order).

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The new HBO 6-part limited drama Years and Years will debut on June 24 at 9 PM.

The series follows the members of one family as their complex lives converge on one crucial night in 2019, when Britain is rocked by political, economic and technological advances.

The cast includes Emma Thompson, Russell Tovey and Rory Kinnear.

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On June 20, the new ABC drama Reef Break will debut at 10 PM.

Poppy Montgomery (Without a Trace) stars as Cat Chambers, a thief-turned-fixer for the governor of a stunning and seductive Pacific Island paradise. Impulsive, reckless, and irresistible, Cat’s less-than-perfect past gives her an instinctive gift for understanding crime and criminals as she becomes enmeshed in fast-paced, high-octane adventures and island intrigue.

The cast includes Desmond Chiam and Ray Stevenson.

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The new ABC soap opera Grand Hotel will debut on June 17 at 10:01 PM.

This provocative drama is set at the last family-owned hotel in multicultural Miami Beach. Owned by charismatic Santiago Mendoza (Demian Bichir), while his glamorous second wife, Gigi (Roselyn Sanchez), and their adult children – Alicia (Denyse Tontz) and Javi (Bryan Craig) enjoy the spoils of success. The hotel’s loyal staff round out a contemporary fresh take on an upstairs/downstairs story. Wealthy and beautiful guests bask in luxury, but scandals, escalating debt and explosive secrets hide beneath the picture-perfect exterior.

The cast includes Lincoln Younes and Wendy Raquel Robinson.

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The new HBO drama Euphoria will debut on June 16 at 10 PM.

The series follows 17-year-old Rue Bennett (Zendaya), a drug addict fresh from rehab, who’s struggling to make sense of her future. Her life changes dramatically when she meets Jules Vaughn (Hunter Schafer), a trans girl who recently moved to town following her parents’ divorce, and like Rue is searching for where she belongs.

Also in Rue’s orbit are classmates Nate Jacobs (Jacob Elordi), a jock whose anger issues mask sexual insecurities; Maddy Perez (Alexa Demie), Nate’s on- and off-again girlfriend; Chris McKay (Algee Smith), a football star who finds the adjustment from high school to college harder than expected; Cassie Howard (Sydney Sweeney), whose sexual history continues to dog her; Lexi Howard (Maude Apatow), Cassie’s younger sister and Rue’s level-headed childhood friend; and Kat Hernandez (Barbie Ferreira), a body-conscious teen exploring her sexuality.

Eric Dane and Storm Reid also stars.

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On June 16, the new Showtime drama City on A Hill will debut at 9 PM.

Set in early 1990s Boston, rife with criminals emboldened by local law enforcement agencies in which corruption and racism was the norm. In this fictional account, assistant district attorney Decourcy Ward (Aldis Hodge from Leverage and Underground) arrives from Brooklyn and forms an unlikely alliance with a corrupt yet venerated FBI veteran, Jackie Rohr (Kevin Bacon from The Following). Together, they take on a family of armored car robbers from Charlestown in a case that grows to involve, and ultimately subvert, the entire criminal justice system of Boston.

The series also stars Jonathan Tucker (Kingdom), Amanda Clayton (If Loving You Is Wrong), Sarah Shahi (Person of Interest), Mark O’Brien (Halt and Catch Fire), Jill Hennessy (Crossing Jordan) and Kevin Chapman (Person of Interest).

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