Rueben's Ramblings

On October 9, the new DirecTV series Full Circle will debut at 9 PM.

The series follows 11 people whose lives are unknowingly intertwined. Each episode features a restaurant-set conversation between two characters, one of whose storylines will continue in the next outing during a discussion with a new character.

The cast includes David Boreanaz, Kate Walsh, Julian McMahon, Billy Campbell, Keke Palmer, Cheyenne Jackson, Ally Sheedy, Minka Kelly and Robin Weigert.

Here is a behind the scenes look at Full Circle.

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The new Lifetime series Witches of East End will debut on October 6 at 10 PM.

Inspired by the Melissa de la Cruz best-selling novel, the series centers on the mysterious Beauchamp family: free-spirited artist Joanna (Julia Ormond) and her two grown daughters, wild-child bartender Freya (Jenna Dewan-Tatum) and shy librarian Ingrid (Rachel Boston), both of whom are unaware that they are gifted (and cursed) with a magical birthright: they are witches.

The cast includes Mädchen Amick, Eric Winter, Jason George, Virginia Madsen and newcomer Daniel DiTomasso.

Here is a trailer for Witches of East End.

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The Vampire Diaries spin-off The Originals will debut on October 3 on The CW at 9 PM.

The spin-off centers on the Mikaelson siblings, otherwise known as the world’s original vampires: Klaus (Joseph Morgan), Elijah (Daniel Gillies) and Rebekah (Claire Holt). Werewolf Hayley (Phoebe Tonkin) is pregnant with Klaus’ child; and now Klaus must take down his protégé, Marcel (Charles Michael Davis), who is now in charge of New Orleans, in order to re-take his city, as he originally built New Orleans.

Here is a trailer for The Originals.

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On October 2, the new NBC drama Ironside will debut at 10 PM.

In the gritty world of the NYPD, no one’s tougher than Det. Robert Ironside (Blair Underwood); he’s a fearless cop who won’t stop until the guilty are brought to justice. He and his trusted, handpicked team of specialists, including Virgil (Pablo Schreiber), Holly (Spencer Grammer) and Teddy (Neal Bledsoe) as well as his former partner Gary (Brent Sexton) and boss Det. Ed Rollins (Kenneth Choi), will do whatever it takes to solve New York’s most difficult and notorious crimes. As a detective, Ironside’s instincts are second to none, and those around him have to stay on their toes if they want to keep up because when his spine was shattered by a bullet two years ago, Ironside swore he’d never let a wheelchair slow him down. Nothing gets in his way.

Here is a trailer for Ironside.

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The new drama Betrayal will debut at ABC on September 29 at 10 PM.

A chance meeting between photographer Sara (Hannah Ware from Boss) and attorney Jack (Stuart Townsend from XIII) leads to an instant and undeniable attraction. Sarah’s husband, Drew (Chris Johnson from The Vampire Diaries), is a successful prosecutor with political aspirations, while Jack is married to Elaine (Wendy Moniz from Guiding Light), the daughter of his boss, Thatcher (James Cromwell from American Horror Story). When Thatcher’s brother-in-law Lou is murdered, all evidence points to Thatcher’s son, T.J. (Henry Thomas from E.T.). Jack, the company’s lead counsel, will have to defend him, but for Sara’s prosecutor husband, Drew, this is the kind of high-profile murder case that can secure his political future. Just as Sara and Jack’s affair is starting, the lovers find themselves in an impossible situation.

The cast also includes Elizabeth McLaughlin (The Clique) and Braeden Lemasters (Men of a Certain Age).

Here is a trailer for Betrayal.

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On September 29, the new Showtime series Masters of Sex will debut at 10 PM.

The series follows the real-life pioneers of the science of human sexuality, William Masters and Virginia Johnson (to be played by Michael Sheen and Lizzy Caplan). The series chronicles the unusual lives, romance, and pop culture trajectory of Masters and Johnson. Their research touched off the sexual revolution and took them from a mid-western teaching hospital in St. Louis to the cover of Time magazine and nearly a dozen appearances on Johnny Carson’s couch.

The cast includes Nicholas D’Agosto, Caitlin FitzGerald and Teddy Sears.

Here is a trailer for Masters of Sex.

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On September 24, the new ABC drama Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. will debut at 8 PM.

Clark Gregg reprises his role of Agent Phil Coulson from Marvel’s feature films, as he assembles a small, highly select group of Agents from the worldwide law-enforcement organization known as S.H.I.E.L.D. Together they investigate the new, the strange, and the unknown across the globe, protecting the ordinary from the extraordinary. Coulson’s team consists of Agent Grant Ward (Brett Dalton from Killing Lincoln), highly trained in combat and espionage; Agent Melinda May (Ming-Na Wen from Eureka), expert pilot and martial artist; Agent Leo Fitz (Iain De Caestecker from The Fades), brilliant engineer; and Agent Jemma Simmons (Elizabeth Henstridge from Hollyoaks), genius bio-chemist. Joining them on their journey into mystery is new recruit and computer hacker, Skye (Chloe Bennet from Nashville).

Here is a trailer for Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.

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The new NBC drama The Blacklist will debut on September 23 at 10 PM.

For decades, ex-government agent Raymond “Red” Reddington (James Spader) has been one of the FBI’s most wanted fugitives. Brokering shadowy deals for criminals across the globe, Red was known by many as “The Concierge of Crime.” Now, he’s mysteriously surrenders to the FBI with an explosive offer: he will help catch a long-thought-dead terrorist, Ranko Zamani, under the condition that he speaks only to Elizabeth “Liz” Keen (newcomer Megan Boone), an FBI profiler fresh out of Quantico.

The cast includes Diego Klattenhoff (Homeland), Harry Lennix (Dollhouse) and Ryan Eggold (90210).

Here is the trailer for The Blacklist.

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