Rueben's Ramblings

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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On September 23, the new FOX drama Prodigal Son will debut at 9 PM.

The series stars Tom Payne (The Walking Dead) as the son of a convicted serial killer (Michael Sheen, Masters of Sex and Good Omens), who has made hunting murderers his life’s work. T

he series also stars Bellamy Young (Scandal), Lou Diamond Phillips (Longmire), Halston Sage (The Orville) and Keiko Agena (Gilmore Girls).

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On September 20, the new Netflix series Criminal will debut online.

The series consists of 12 episodes of 45 minutes with three episodes each set across four countries – France, Spain, Germany and the UK. The drama takes place exclusively within the confines of a police interview suite. It is a stripped down, cat-and-mouse drama that will focus on the intense mental conflict between the police officer and the suspect in question.

The cast includes David Tennant (Doctor Who and Good Omens) and Hayley Atwell (Avengers franchise and Agent Carter).

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The 8-episode streaming series Unbelievable will debut online on Netflix on September 13.

Marie Adler (Kaitlyn Dever from Justified and Last Man Standing), a teenager who was charged with lying about having been raped, and the two female detectives, Grace Rasmussen (Toni Collette) and Karen Duvall (Merritt Weaver) who followed a twisting path to arrive at the truth.

The cast will also include Elizabeth Marvel and Vanessa Bell Calloway.

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On September 12, the Netflix series The I-Land will debut online.

The 7-episode mystery follows what happens when 10 people wake up on a treacherous island with no memory of who they are or how they got there. As the group sets off on a trek to try to get back home, they soon discover this world is not as it seems.

The cast includes Natalie Martinez (Under the Dome), Kate Bosworth (Superman Returns), Michelle Veintimilla (Gotham), Alex Pettyfer (I Am Number Four and Magic Mike) and Kyle Schmid (Six, Copper and Blood Ties) [among others].

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The When Calls the Heart spin-off series When Hope Calls will debut online on August 30 on Hallmark Movies Now.

In the early 1900s, sisters Lillian and Grace (Morgan Kohan and Jocelyn Hudon) open an orphanage in a northwestern town which is on the cusp of change; the sisters strive to find happiness and romance while meeting the challenges of taking care of children in their care.

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The new Amazon Prime drama Carnival Row will debut online on August 30.

A human detective and a fairy (Orlando Bloom and Cara Delevingne) rekindle a dangerous affair in a Victorian fantasy world; the city’s uneasy peace collapses when a string of murders reveals an unimaginable monster.

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