Rueben's Ramblings

The new CBS thriller Zoo, based on the James Patterson book, will debut on June 30 at 9 PM.

James Wolk (Lone Star and Mad Men) will star as a renegade biologist, who is thrust into a race to unlock the mystery of a pandemic that begins after animals ferociously attack humans across the globe, leaving them no place to hide. The series is based on the James Patterson book of the same name.

The cast includes Nonso Anozie (Game of Thrones, Dracula and Cinderella), Billy Burke (Revolution), Kristen Connolly (House of Cards), Nora Arnezeder (Mozart in the Jungle and Safe House) and Carl Lumbly (Alias).

Here is a trailer for Zoo.

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On June 28, AMC will debut the 8-part drama Humans at 9 PM

The series follows a strained suburban family who, in the hope of transforming the way they live, purchases a refurbished Synth (basically a humanized android) only to discover that sharing life with a machine has far-reaching and chilling consequences.

The series stars William Hurt and Colin Morgan (Merlin) [among others].

Here is a trailer for Humans:

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On June 24, the new USA Network drama Mr. Robot will debut at 10 PM.

This new series follows a mysterious anarchist (Christian Slater) who recruits a young computer programmer (Rami Malek from 24 and The Pacific) who suffers from an anti-social disorder and connects to people by hacking them.

The cast includes Gloria Reuben (ER), Portia Doulbeday (Youth in Revolt) and Carly Chaikin (Suburgatory)

Here is a trailer for Mr. Robot:

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The new Syfy drama Killjoys will debut on June 19 at 10 PM.

Killjoys follows a fun-loving, hard living trio of interplanetary bounty hunters sworn to remain impartial as they chase deadly warrants throughout the Quad, a distant system on the brink of a bloody, multi-planetary class war.

The cast features Aaron Ashmore (Warehouse 13), Luke Macfarlane (Brothers & Sisters) and Hannah John-Kamen (The Hour and Whitechapel).

Here is a trailer for Killjoys:

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On June 19, The Astronaut Wives Club will debut on ABC at 8 PM.

Based on the book by Lily Koppel, this new series will focus on seven women who were key players behind some of the biggest events in American history. As America’s astronauts were launched on death-defying missions, the lives of their young wives were transformed, seemingly overnight, from military spouses to American royalty. As their celebrity rose, and tragedy began to touch their lives, they rallied together.

The cast includes Dominique McElligott (Hell on Wheels), Yvonne Strahovski (Chuck), Odette Annable (Rush and House), Joanna Garcia-Swisher (Once Upon a Time), Erin Cummings (Spartacus), Azure Parsons (Salem), Sam Reid (the box office film Belle), Zoe Boyle (Downton Abbey), Desmond Harrington (Dexter), Bret Harrison (Reaper), Aaron McCusker (Shameless and Fortitude), Kenneth Mitchell (Jericho) and Wilson Bethel (Hart of Dixie).

Here is a trailer for The Astronaut Wives Club:

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