Rueben's Ramblings

On January 14, the new FOX drama The Passage will debut at 9 PM.

Based on author Justin Cronin’s best-selling trilogy, the series focuses on Project Noah, a secret medical facility where scientists are experimenting with a dangerous virus that could lead to the cure for all disease, but also carries the potential to wipe out the human race.

The cast includes Saniyya Sidney (Hidden Figures), Mark-Paul Gosselaar (Pitch), Caroline Chikezie (The Shannara Chronicles), Vincent Piazza (Boardwalk Empire), Jamie McShane (Sons of Anarchy), Brianne Howey (The Exorcist) and Emmanuelle Chriqui (Entourage).

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The two-hour series premiere of the new National Geographic Channel drama Valley of the Boom will air on January 13 at 9 PM.

Silicon Valley spawned some of the world’s most influential people and recognizable brands during the 1990s tech bubble. The series pulls back the curtain and introduces the audience to the real stories of these founders’ friendships, rivalries, victories and failures. Told with unparalleled access to the most groundbreaking and prominent figures in the tech world, the six-part limited series will follow the stories that made the history of the era.

The cast includes Bradley Whitford (The West Wing), Steve Zahn (The Crossing) and Lamorne Morris (New Girl).

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On January 11, the new Amazon Prime drama Informer will debut online.

The series centers on Raza (Nabhaan Rizwan), a young, aimless second-generation Pakistani living in east London. After he gets busted on a minor drug charge following a night out with friends, counterterrorist agent Gabe (Paddy Considine) manipulates him into becoming an informer. Meanwhile, Gabe is hiding his own secrets from his nosy and ambitious new field partner Holly (Bel Powley).

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The new History Channel series Project Blue Book will debut on January 8 at 10 PM.

Based on the true, Top Secret investigations into Unidentified Flying Objects and related phenomena conducted by the United States Air Force from 1952-1969, the series follows the personal experiences of Dr. J. Allen Hynek (Aidan Gillen from Game of Thrones), a brilliant college professor recruited by the U.S. Air Force to spearhead this clandestine operation that researched thousands of cases, over 700 of which remain unsolved to this day. Each episode will draw from the actual case files blending UFO theories with authentic historical events from one of the most mysterious eras in United States history.

The series also stars Michael Malarkey (The Vampire Diaries).

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On January 8, the new Freeform drama Good Trouble – the spin-off series from The Fosters – will debut at 8 PM.

The series follows Callie (Maia Mitchell) and Mariana (Cierra Ramirez) as they embark on the next phase of their young adult lives in Los Angeles, as Mariana tackles the male-dominated world of tech and Callie faces the harsh realities of the federal legal system clerking for a federal judge.

After moving to The Coterie in Downtown Los Angeles, Callie and Mariana realize that living on their own is not all that it’s cracked up to be. Faced with new neighbors, new challenges and, of course, new romances, the sisters must depend on one another to navigate the City of Angels.

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On November 25, Dirty John is the new limited event series to debut on Bravo at 10 PM.

Based on the articles and breakout true crime podcast with over 30 million downloads from Los Angeles Times reporter Christopher Goffard, the series tells the cautionary tale of how a whirlwind romance between Debra Newell (Connie Britton) and the charismatic con-man John Meehan (Eric Bana) spiraled into a frightening web of deception, denial and mental terror that nearly tore a family apart.

The cast includes Jake Abel, Jean Smart, Julia Garner, Juno Temple, Cliff Chamberlain, Kevin Zegers and Sprague Grayden.

Here is a trailer for Dirty John.

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On November 14, the YouTube original streaming series Origin will debut online.

This series is an intergalactic space thriller starring Harry Potter alums Tom Felton and Natalia Tena that follows a group of outsiders who find themselves abandoned on a ship bound for a distant land.

Now they must work together for survival, but quickly realize that one of them is far from who they claim to be.

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The new streaming series The Cry will debut online on Sundance TV on November 8.

Doctor Who and Victoria alum Jenna Coleman stars in this powerful, psychological thriller that chronicles the collapse of a relationship between two young parents in the aftermath of a tragedy, exploring the myths and truths of motherhood, marriage, and post-partum depression.

The cast includes Ewen Leslie.

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On November 7, the two-hour series premiere of the new 6-part drama Clique will air on POP at 10 PM.

The series follows childhood best friends Georgia (Aisling Franciosi) and Holly (Synnove Karlsen) as they embark on the so-called best years of their lives at a university. They are quickly drawn into an alluring world of lavish parties and an elite clique of alpha girls, who intern at a corporation led by their economics professor, Jude (Louise Brearley).

But after witnessing an underbelly of drug use, sex, betrayal, violence and self-harm, Holly suspects a darkness lurking behind the corrupt corporation and must work to figure out its mysteries without encountering deadly consequences.

Here is a trailer for Clique.

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On November 2, the new Amazon streaming series Homecoming will debut online.

This mind-bending psychological thriller will Julia Roberts as Heidi Bergman, a caseworker at the Homecoming Transitional Support Center, a Geist Group facility helping soldiers transition back to civilian life. Walter Cruz (Stephan James) is one of these soldiers, eager to begin the next phase of his life. Overseeing Heidi and the facility is Colin Belfast (Bobby Cannavale), an ambitious company man whose manic demands point to questionable motives.

Four years later, Heidi has started a new life, living with her mother (Sissy Spacek) and working as a small-town waitress, when a Department of Defense auditor (Shea Whigham) comes to her with questions about why she left the Homecoming facility. Heidi begins to realize that there’s a whole other story behind the story she’s been telling herself. Other cast members include Dermot Mulroney, Jacob Pitts, Fran Kranz, Marianne Jean-Baptiste and Sydney Tamiia Poitier.

Here is a trailer for Homecoming:

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