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A narrative documentary news program that features one or two of the New York Times’ biggest and most important visual stories each week following the stories and the reporters that work on them every step
Season 1
7.5/1043 votesThe Education of T.M. Landry
Season 1 Episode 1 - Aired 6/2/2019
A tiny school in rural Louisiana attracted national attention for sending students to the Ivy League. But a New York Times investigation shows that the viral success stories were full of deception, and that the truth was much darker.
Director: Samantha Stark
Writer: Unknown
7.2/1026 votesThe Myth of the Medallion
Season 1 Episode 2 - Aired 6/9/2019
New York City taxi drivers have been pushed to bankruptcy, foreclosure - even suicide. A yearlong investigation into the collapse of the taxi medallion industry reveals how the system was rigged against the drivers, and who profited from it.
Director: Suzanne Hillinger
Writer: Unknown
6.9/1017 votesBaby Constantin
Season 1 Episode 3 - Aired 6/16/2019
The separation of children from their families at the border remains among the most controversial practices of the Trump administration. The Weekly uncovers the untold story of Baby Constantin, who spent most of his first 10 months of life separated from his parents by the American government.
Director: Sweta Vohra
Writer: Unknown
7.4/1016 votesCollision
Season 1 Episode 4 - Aired 6/23/2019
An idealistic American couple bicycling around the world. A group of young men radicalized by ISIS. The Weekly investigates how these lives tragically intersected on a remote mountain pass.
Director: Singeli Agnew
Writer: Unknown
7.4/1014 votesInauguration, Inc.
Season 1 Episode 5 - Aired 6/30/2019
With exclusive documents, photos, interviews and found footage, The Weekly and The New York Times's Washington reporters piece together an anatomy of President Trump's inauguration, the most expensive inaugural weekend the country has ever seen.
Director: John Pappas
Writer: Unknown
7.0/1015 votesThe End of the Line
Season 1 Episode 6 - Aired 7/7/2019
As an iconic car company transforms itself into a tech company, thousands of auto workers will lose their jobs. No one thinks it's fair, but does the American economy have room for fairness anymore?
Director: Alyse Shorland
Writer: Unknown
8.0/1021 votesConnecting The World
Season 1 Episode 7 - Aired 7/28/2019
A horror story about Facebook scammers who pose as American servicemen and prey on vulnerable women - and the tech company that does little to stop it.
Director: Unknown
Writer: Unknown
7.1/1016 votesThe Rabbit Hole
Season 1 Episode 9 - Aired 8/11/2019
YouTube played a major role in the election of an extreme right-wing president in Brazil. If YouTube can change a huge country's trajectory, what else can YouTube do?
Director: Unknown
Writer: Unknown
7.1/1014 votesThe Memo
Season 1 Episode 10 - Aired 8/18/2019
In 2007, the Justice Department had a chance to hold drug company executives accountable for the escalating opioid epidemic, yet at the last minute the charges were watered down. In the years since, the opioid epidemic has claimed tens of thousands of lives.
Director: Unknown
Writer: Unknown
7.2/1013 votesThe Six Million Dollar Claim
Season 1 Episode 11 - Aired 8/25/2019
What happens when the medicine a family needs to survive costs $1.5 million a year? Who pays the bill? And who's reaping the profits?
Director: Unknown
Writer: Unknown
7.1/1014 votesApple's Gold
Season 1 Episode 12 - Aired 9/1/2019
How can gold from illegal Colombian mines make its way to the phone in your pocket? "The Weekly" traces the supply chain run by violent paramilitaries.
Director: Unknown
Writer: Unknown
7.3/1012 votesThe Blueprint
Season 1 Episode 13 - Aired 9/8/2019
Russia's meddling in the 2016 U.S. election felt like a bolt from the blue. It wasn't. Moscow used crude versions of the same tactics, to great effect, a decade earlier in faraway Estonia.
Director: Unknown
Writer: Unknown
7.6/1012 votesV. Johnson & Johnson
Season 1 Episode 14 - Aired 10/6/2019
Johnson & Johnson publicly insisted that its baby powder was safe. But asbestos was a concern inside the company for years. Only now is the truth coming out.
Director: Unknown
Writer: Unknown
7.4/1015 votesRudy! Rudy?
Season 1 Episode 15 - Aired 10/13/2019
After 9/11, he was a national hero: America's Mayor. Now his back-channel work in Ukraine has helped spark an impeachment process that may forever tarnish both him and his client, President Trump. What happened to Rudy Giuliani? An FX Original Series. Sundays at 10 PM.
Director: Unknown
Writer: Unknown
7.4/1011 votesSegregated City
Season 1 Episode 16 - Aired 10/20/2019
New York's school system is among the most segregated in the country. Student activists are demanding change. Can a new schools chancellor finally deliver equal opportunities for all? An FX Original Series. Sundays at 10 PM.
Director: Unknown
Writer: Unknown
7.6/1012 votesMr. McGahn
Season 1 Episode 17 - Aired 10/27/2019
Most Americans don't know Donald McGahn's name. But they will be living with his legacy for decades to come. THE WEEKLY tells the story of perhaps the most influential person in the Trump administration. An FX Original Series. Sundays at 10 PM.
Director: Unknown
Writer: Unknown
7.4/1011 votesGuilty by Machine
Season 1 Episode 18 - Aired 11/3/2019
Are police breathalyzers fundamentally flawed? Do they even work? The Weekly investigates one of the most widely used forensic tools in law enforcement.
Director: Unknown
Writer: Unknown
8.1/1022 votesEl Chapo’s Son: The Siege of Culiacán
Season 1 Episode 20 - Aired 11/17/2019
When Mexican forces came to arrest the son of a notorious drug lord, it ignited war on the streets of Culiacán. Using never-before-seen video and eyewitness accounts, The Weekly investigates how the Sinaloa Drug Cartel took on the Mexican army and won.
Director: Unknown
Writer: Unknown
8.1/108 votesFake Believe
Season 1 Episode 21 - Aired 11/24/2019
Don't trust your eyes. The Weekly goes inside the race to create the first perfect deepfake - an ultrarealistic fake video that could permanently undermine your ability to trust what you see and hear.
Director: Unknown
Writer: Unknown
8.6/107 votesThe Hot List
Season 1 Episode 22 - Aired 12/1/2019
A mysterious man emerged with an explosive claim: he said he had thousands of hours of surveillance footage from Jeffrey Epstein's mansions that showed some of the most powerful men in America having sex. Then his story took a turn.
Director: Unknown
Writer: Unknown
8.1/1020 votesThe Gallagher Effect
Season 1 Episode 23 - Aired 12/27/2019
THE WEEKLY has obtained exclusive videos, including confidential law enforcement interviews with Eddie Gallagher's fellow Navy SEALs.
Director: Unknown
Writer: Unknown
5.4/1018 votesThe Endorsement
Season 1 Episode 25 - Aired 1/19/2020
For more than a century, The New York Times editorial board has endorsed a presidential candidate every four years. And now, for the first time, their decision-making process will be filmed & revealed to the public in this exclusive episode of The Weekly.
Director: Unknown
Writer: Unknown
8.5/106 votesFire And Water
Season 1 Episode 26 - Aired 2/14/2020
The siege of Hong Kong Polytechnic University incited 12 days of pure chaos as the world watched in real time on social media. The Weekly reconstructs what happened through the eyes of the reporters and the protesters who were there.
Director: Unknown
Writer: Unknown
7.3/106 votesThe Promise
Season 1 Episode 27 - Aired 2/21/2020
After a year-long investigation, metro reporter Benjamin Weiser comes across a horrific case of abuse inside one group home in The Bronx, New York.
Director: Unknown
Writer: Unknown
7.3/107 votesThe Sicario
Season 1 Episode 28 - Aired 2/28/2020
A notorious hitman - who claims to have killed about 100 people - may walk free without being charged with a single crime.
Director: Unknown
Writer: Unknown
7.1/107 votesOpen Arms
Season 1 Episode 30 - Aired 3/20/2020
American arms manufacturers are supplying bombs in a war that is considered the world's worst humanitarian crisis. Schools, hospitals and mosques are often targets. Why does the U.S. allow this? The Trump administration believes it creates jobs.
Director: Unknown
Writer: Unknown
