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The Worst Episodes of The New Yorker Presents

A groundbreaking series that brings America's most award-winning magazine, The New Yorker, to the screen with documentaries, short narrative films, comedy, poetry, animation, and cartoons...

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  1. 6.1/10(21 votes)

    #1 - Episode 4

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    Director:Roger Ross Williams
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  2. 6.5/10(16 votes)

    #2 - Episode 6

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  3. 6.7/10(19 votes)

    #3 - Episode 3

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  4. 6.7/10(13 votes)

    #4 - Episode 8

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  5. 6.8/10(13 votes)

    #5 - Episode 5

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    Director:Lucy Walker
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  6. 6.9/10(15 votes)

    #6 - Episode 7

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  7. 7.0/10(23 votes)

    #7 - Episode 2

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    The Ride of Their Lives: Filmmaker Steve James (Hoop Dreams) profiles two young people in the world's most dangerous sport - bull riding. Black Bodies in Motion and in Pain: Writer Edwidge Danticat looks at racist violence in America through art. The Death and Life of Atlantic City: Writer Nick Paumgarten on the closure of the Revel casino. Cartoons by Roz Chast and Liana Finck.

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  8. 7.0/10(14 votes)

    #8 - Episode 11

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  9. 7.4/10(14 votes)

    #9 - Episode 10

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  10. 7.5/10(16 votes)

    #10 - Episode 9

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    THE SILVER THIEF: Filmmakers Chapman Way and Maclain Way (Wild Wild Country; The Battered Bastards of Baseball) profile master thief Blane Nordahl. UP AND THEN DOWN: Writer Nick Paumgarten explains why life as we know it depends on elevators. TOM OF FINLAND: The artist called Tom of Finland changed the image of gay men forever. Is his work porn, or is it art? CARTOONS by Farley Katz and Benjamin Schwartz.

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    Directors:Jyllian Gunther, Chapman Way, Maclain Way
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  11. 7.7/10(48 votes)

    #11 - Episode 1

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    Filmmaker Alex Gibney (Going Clear) tells how the FBI could have prevented the 9/11 attacks - if it weren't for the CIA. Le Cafe de Balzac: Paul Giamatti plays 19th-century French author Honore de Balzac, who drank 50 cups of coffee each day. Unreality Star: Patients with "The Truman Show delusion" believe their lives are being watched on TV. Cartoon by Roz Chast.

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    Director:Alex Gibney
    Writer:Alex Gibney

Worst Episodes Summary

"Episode 4" is the worst rated episode of "The New Yorker Presents". It scored 6.1/10 based on 21 votes. Directed by Roger Ross Williams and written by N/A, it aired on 3/22/2016. This episode scored 0.4 points lower than the second lowest rated, "Episode 6".