The Weekly
The Weekly is a new documentary TV series from The New York Times, bringing unparalleled journalism to the screen.
- 2019-2020
- 1 season
- FX Network
- News
The Weekly is a new documentary TV series from The New York Times, bringing unparalleled journalism to the screen.
Season 1 Episode Guide
30 Episodes 2019 - 2020
Episode 1
The Education of T.M. Landry
Sun, Jun 2, 2019
A tiny school in rural Louisiana attracts national attention for sending students to the Ivy League; a New York Times investigation shows that the viral success stories were full of deception, and that the truth was much darker.
Episode 2
The Myth of the Medallion
Sun, Jun 9, 2019 26 mins
New York City taxi drivers have been pushed to bankruptcy, foreclosure -- even suicide. A year-long investigation into the collapse of the taxi medallion industry reveals how the system was rigged against the drivers, and who profited from it.
Episode 3
Baby Constantin
Sun, Jun 16, 2019
Separation of children from families at the border is among the most controversial practices of the Trump administration. The Weekly uncovers the story of a baby who spent his first months of life separated from his mother at the U.S. border.
Episode 4
Collision
Sun, Jun 23, 2019
An idealistic American couple bicycling around the world. A group of young men radicalized by ISIS. The Weekly investigates HOA these lives tragically intersected on a remote mountain pass.
Episode 5
Inauguration, Inc.
Sun, Jun 30, 2019
An investigation of the anatomy of President Trump's inauguration, the most expensive inaugural weekend the country has ever seen.
Episode 6
The End of the Line
Sun, Jul 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?
Episode 7
Connecting the World
Sun, Jul 28, 2019 47 mins
A tragic story about Facebook scammers who pose as American servicemen and prey on vulnerable women - and the tech company that does little to stop it. An FX Original Series.
Episode 8
Hard Left
Sun, Aug 4, 2019
A look at the young activists who are trying to push the Democratic Party further to the left.
Episode 9
The Rabbit Hole
Sun, Aug 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 they do?
Episode 10
The Memo
Sun, Aug 18, 2019
This show covers stories that have been from the NY Times. Here they look into why top U.S. law enforcement officials had an opportunity to limit the Opioid crisis and chose not to.
Episode 11
The Six Million Dollar Claim
Sun, Aug 25, 2019 25 mins
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?
Episode 12
Apple Gold
Sun, Sep 1, 2019
This show does an overview on stories that have been covered in the NY Times. This time, they trace the supply chain of illegally-mined Colombian gold to your iPhone.
Episode 13
The Blueprint
Sun, Sep 8, 2019
Russia's meddling in the 2016 U.S. election felt like a bolt from the blue. It wasn't. Moscow uses crude versions of the same tactics, to great effect, a decade earlier in far away Estonia.
Episode 14
V. Johnson and Johnson
Sun, Oct 6, 2019
And investigation into a moment when top U.S. law enforcement officials had an opportunity to take on the drugmaker that was planting the seeds for the opioid crisis - but instead chose a less-aggressive path.
Episode 15
Rudy! Rudy?
Sun, Oct 13, 2019
Rudy Giuliani becomes a national hero after the events of 9/11, but his back-channel work in Ukraine helps spark an impeachment process that may forever tarnish both him and his client, President Trump.
Episode 16
Segregated City
Sun, Oct 20, 2019
Students rise up against the segregation in the New York City School district.
Episode 17
Mr. McGahn
Sun, Oct 27, 2019
Don McGahn was White House counsel to Donald Trump. Mr. McGahn helped push over a hundred lifetime appointments for conservative justices of the United States, including two supreme court justices.
Episode 18
Guilty by Machine
Sun, Nov 3, 2019
The New York Times investigates the use of breathalyzers in the police force. Focusing in how accurate and effective they are as a forensic tool.
Episode 19
Hands On
Sun, Nov 10, 2019 26 mins
The Weekly investigates the culture of inappropriate touching in yoga. They focus in on complaints of unwelcome touching and assault in a booming fitness category in America.
Episode 20
El Chapo's Son: The Siege of Culiacán
Sun, Nov 17, 2019
The Weekly investigates the case of Mexican forces attempting to arrest the son of the notorious drug lord El Chapo. The government's actions ignited a war in the city of Culiacán and we get eye-witness testimony over what transpired.
Episode 21
Fake Believe
Sun, Nov 24, 2019
The Weekly investigates the new technology of deep-fake videos. Deep-fake videos make incredibly realistic videos that are 100% fake and can change how we see the world.
Episode 22
The Hot List
Fri, Nov 29, 2019 46 mins
The hunt for Jeffrey Epstein's hidden files.
Episode 23
The Gallagher Effect
Sun, Dec 29, 2019
The Weekly discusses exclusive interviews and videos with Eddie Gallagher's Navy SEALS. They get an insight into what war can unfortunately look like from the inside.
Episode 24
My Blood
Fri, Jan 10, 2020 26 mins
The Weekly follows the story of a 16-year of girl with sickle-cell disease who is attempting to beat the odds with a new gene therapy.
Episode 25
The Endorsement
Sun, Jan 19, 2020 63 mins
For more than a century, The New York Times editorial board has endorsed a presidential candidate every four years. For the first time, their decision-making process will be revealed to the public.
Episode 26
Fire and Water
Fri, Feb 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.
Episode 27
The Promise
Fri, Feb 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.
Episode 28
The Sicario
Fri, Feb 28, 2020
A notorious hitman - who claims to have killed about 100 people - may walk free without being charged with a single crime. Is it a perversion of justice, or a bold approach to fighting crime in Mexico.
Episode 29
Balaraba
Fri, Mar 13, 2020
Balaraba was a teenager when she was kidnapped by Boko Haram fighters in Nigeria. She refused to carry out a suicide bombing, saving dozens of lives. Now for the first time, she's sharing her story openly.
Episode 30
Open Arms
Fri, Mar 20, 2020 26 mins
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.
