Rueben's Ramblings

The three-night six-hour mini-series Sons of Liberty will air on the History Channel on January 25 through January 27 at 9 PM each night.

The mini-series follows a defiant and radical group of young men – Sam Adams, John Adams, Paul Revere, John Hancock and Dr. Joseph Warren – as they band together in secrecy to change the course of history and make America a nation.

The cast includes Ben Barnes (The Chronicles of Narnia), Ryan Eggold (The Blacklist), Michael Raymond-James (True Blood and Once Upon a Time), Rafe Spall (Life of Pi), Henry Thomas (E.T.), Jason O’Mara (Terra Nova and Life on Mars), Dean Norris (Under the Dome) and Marton Csokas (Rogue).

Here is a trailer for Sons of Liberty:

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The Hallmark Hall of Fame movie Away & Back will debut on January 25 at 8 PM on the Hallmark Channel.

When a family of swans make their home on the Peterson farm, it is love at first sight for 10-year-old daughter Frankie. But along comes no-nonsense ornithologist Ginny Newsom (Minka Kelly from Friday Night Lights), who rushes in to “save” the majestic birds. For Frankie’s dad Jack (Jason Lee from My Name Is Earl), it is dislike at first sight when he encounters pushy, know-it-all Ginny. Frankie and her brothers are anything but neutral observers as they watch the initial hostility between their widowed father and the strong-willed Ginny transform into something else.

Here is a trailer for Away & Back:

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On January 24, the Lifetime movie With This Ring will debut at 8 PM.

After attending their friend Elise’s (Brooklyn Sudano from My Wife and Kids) wedding to Nate (Stephen Bishop from Being Mary Jane) on New Year’s Eve, Trista (Regina Hall from Think Like a Man Too), a career-driven talent agent, Viviane (singer-actress Jill Scott), a successful gossip columnist, and Amaya (singer-actress Eve), a struggling actress, make a pact to get married within the year to either a new love or a man waiting in the wings. But the close friends face their own set of challenges – Trista has not gotten over her commitment-phobic ex-boyfriend Damon (Brian White from Moonlight), Viviane is secretly in love with Sean (Jason George from Grey’s Anatomy and Witches of East End), the father of her son, and Amaya is desperate to break up her boyfriend Keith’s (football player Deion Sanders) unhappy marriage so they can live happily ever after. Each woman starts the year with high hopes and dreams of what will happen over the next 12 months, but will they all make it to the altar?

Here is a trailer for With This Ring.

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The Hallmark Channel movie Love By the Book will debut on January 24 at 9 PM.

After a childhood filled with reading fairytales, bookstore owner Emma (Leah Renee from Satisfaction) believes in handsome princes and happily ever afters. Unlike her happily married co-worker Marilyn (veteran actress Stefanie Powers), Emma has yet to be swept away by her own prince charming. Trying to both find an idyllic love life and impress her store’s investor, Frank (John Schneider), Emma balances time dating romantic suitor Landon (Ryan Bittle from All My Children) and time at her store with Frank’s nettlesome son, Eric (Kristopher Turner from Saving Hope). Although Landon demonstrates real knight and shining armor potential with his romantic overtures, he doesn’t understand her priorities or support her passions like Eric does. As Emma weighs fairytale courtship against genuine commitment, she learns that real love has more layers than storybook romances.

Here is a trailer for Love By the Book.

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The six-part Masterpiece Mystery mini-series Grantchester will debut on PBS on January 18 at 10 PM.

Based on the acclaimed mystery novels by James Runcie, the mini-series stars James Norton (Death Comes to Pemberley) as a charismatic young clergyman and Robson Green (Strike Back) as a down-to-earth cop who team up to fight crime in the beautiful hamlet of Grantchester in 1953.

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On January 17, the Hallmark Channel movie Bridal Wave will debut at 9 PM.

As her wedding day draws near, Georgie Dwyer (Arielle Kebbel from The Vampire Diaries) has doubts surrounding her plans to marry Dr. Phillip Hamilton (David Haydn-Jones from A Cookie Cutter Christmas), a dashing and prominent plastic surgeon. Georgie’s anxiety level soars when an extravagant wedding ceremony is arranged at a romantic island resort. Preferring things low-key and simple, Georgie feels she’s lost control of her own wedding, as well as her life. Though Phillip qualifies as the “perfect” fiancé, Georgie feels a romantic spark is missing in their relationship.

Tensions rise even further when Phillip’s sophisticated mother, Felice (veteran actress Jaclyn Smith), blatantly frowns upon Georgie’s working class origins. On the picturesque island, Georgie keeps finding herself in chance encounters with Luke Griggs (Andrew W. Walker from When Calls the Heart), a scruffily handsome ex-architect, who walked away from a high-end architectural firm to enjoy a simple, no-frills life. When an undeniable chemistry develops between Georgie and Luke, Georgie must decide if she’s going to move ahead with her rapidly approaching marriage to Phillip.

Here is a trailer for Bridal Wave.

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