Rueben's Ramblings

The Hour

On August 17 the new drama The Hour will debut on BBC America at 10 PM. This six-part series is set in a BBC news room in 1950s London that stars  Ben Whishaw (the film Bright Star) as renegade journalist Freddie Lyon, ambitious producer Bel Rowley (Romola Garai from Emma) and handsome anchor Hector Madden (Dominic West from The Wire) as they create a weekly investigative news program titled The Hour.  Tensions rise when they become embroiled in a highly competitive, sharp-witted, and passionate love triangle. Their personal drama is set against the backdrop of 1950s Cold War paranoia and spy intrigue.

Here is the trailer for The Hour.

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The Lying Game

The new ABC Family Channel series The Lying Game will debut on August 15 at 9 PM. Based on the books by Sara Shepard (who is also the author of the Pretty Little Liars series of books), the series follows Emma, a kind-hearted foster kid who learns she has an identical twin sister, Sutton. Sutton, unlike Emma, was adopted by wealthy parents and is seemingly living an ideal life. After their initial meeting, Sutton talks Emma into stepping into her life for a few days while she pursues a lead on the mysterious identity of their birth mother. After Sutton inexplicably fails to return to the girls’ designated meeting place, Emma must decide whether to come clean about her identity and risk her own safety in the hope of uncovering her twin sister’s whereabouts, along with the truth about why they were separated in the first place.

The Lying Game Cast

The series stars Alexandra Chando (As The World Turns), Andy Buckley (The Office), Helen Slater (Supergirl), Blair Redford (Switched at Birth), Sharon Pierre-Louis (Lincoln Heights), Kirsten Prout (Kyle XY), Alice Greczyn (Lincoln Heights) and Allie Gonino (10 Things I Hate About You).

You can watch a trailer for The Lying Game here.

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Strike Back

The new Cinemax series Strike Back will debut on August 12 at 10 PM. The series is inspired by the U.K. Sky series Strike Back (that starred Richard Armitage), which in turn was based on the Chris Ryan book of the same name.

In this version the mission is lead by Damien Scott (Sullivan Stapleton from the Australian show Neighbours), a charismatic former U.S. Special Forces operative who teams up with a British military unit led by Section 20 Officer Michael Stonebridge (Philip Winchester from Fringe) to stop an international terrorist group.

There will be 10 episodes of this action series from writers Frank Spotnitz (The X-Files) and Richard Zadjlic (Eastenders)

You can see a video of Strike Back here.

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Against the Wall

The new Lifetime series Against the Wall will debut on July 31 at 10 PM

Rachael Carpani (The Glades), Treat Williams (Everwood) and Kathy Baker (Picket Fences) star in this new drama where loyalties are put to the test when Chicago police detective Abby Kowalski (Carpani) causes a rift within her close knit, blue collar family of cops when she decides to join the department’s Internal Affairs division. Williams and Baker appear as Abby’s parents.

Her brothers, who are all cops, include Brandon Quinn (Entourage and Vampire Diaries), Steve Byers (Smallville and Falcon Beach) and James Thomas (Covert Affairs and Swingtown). Also Marisa Ramirez (Spartacus: Gods of the Arena and Mental) is Abby’s partner, Daniel Kash (The Dresden Files) is Abby’s boss, Andrew Walker (the made-for-TV movies Abducted: Fugitive for Love and Carnal Innocence) is the partner of one of Abby’s brothers, Mayko Nguyen (the made-for-TV movie Why I Wore Lipstick to My Mastectomy and Being Erica) is Abby’s neighbor and Chris Johnson (The Vampire Diaries and South Beach) is a lawyer and an old friend of Abby’s.

You can watch a trailer for Against the Wall here.

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Alphas

The new Syfy series Alphas will debut on July 11 at 10 PM.

The show follows a team of ordinary people with extraordinary mental and physical abilities. Taking the law into their own hands, the unlikely team, led by Dr. Leigh Rosen (David Strathairn) investigates cases that suggest other Alpha activity to uncover what the CIA, FBI and Pentagon have not been able, or willing, to solve. These gifted individuals must balance their quirky personalities and disparate backgrounds with their not always visible powers as they work to solve crimes, stop the ticking time bomb and catch the enemy. Alphas also stars Malik Yoba, Warren Christie, Laura Mennell, Ryan Cartwright and Azita Ghanizada.

You can see a clip of this new show along with behind the scenes interviews with the cast here.

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