Overview of 'The Weekly' Season 1

The Weekly (2019)

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 of the way.

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Release Date: 2019-06-02
Seasons: 1

4.7/10

Country: US
Language: English
Runtime: 22

Season 1 Episode List

Episode 1 - The Education of T.M. Landry
Release Date: 2019-06-02
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.
Episode 2 - The Myth of the Medallion
Release Date: 2019-06-09
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.
Episode 3 - Baby Constantin
Release Date: 2019-06-16
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.
Episode 4 - Collision
Release Date: 2019-06-23
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.
Episode 5 - Inauguration, Inc.
Release Date: 2019-06-30
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.
Episode 6 - The End of the Line
Release Date: 2019-07-07
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
Release Date: 2019-07-28
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.
Episode 8 - Hard Left
Release Date: 2019-08-04
How far is too far? Inside the circle of young activists who are pushing the Democratic party further to the left as its presidential candidates vie to unseat President Trump.
Episode 9 - The Rabbit Hole
Release Date: 2019-08-11
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?
Episode 10 - The Memo
Release Date: 2019-08-18
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.
Episode 11 - The Six Million Dollar Claim
Release Date: 2019-08-25
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's Gold
Release Date: 2019-09-01
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.
Episode 13 - The Blueprint
Release Date: 2019-09-08
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.
Episode 14 - V. Johnson & Johnson
Release Date: 2019-10-06
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.
Episode 15 - Rudy! Rudy?
Release Date: 2019-10-13
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.
Episode 16 - Segregated City
Release Date: 2019-10-20
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.
Episode 17 - Mr. McGahn
Release Date: 2019-10-27
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.
Episode 18 - Guilty by Machine
Release Date: 2019-11-03
Are police breathalyzers fundamentally flawed? Do they even work? The Weekly investigates one of the most widely used forensic tools in law enforcement.
Episode 19 - Hands On
Release Date: 2019-11-10
THE WEEKLY investigates the culture of sexualized yoga, unwelcome adjustments and outright assault in one of the most accessible, affordable forms of group fitness in America.
Episode 20 - El Chapo’s Son: The Siege of Culiacán
Release Date: 2019-11-17
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.
Episode 21 - Fake Believe
Release Date: 2019-11-24
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.
Episode 22 - The Hot List
Release Date: 2019-12-01
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.
Episode 23 - The Gallagher Effect
Release Date: 2019-12-27
THE WEEKLY has obtained exclusive videos, including confidential law enforcement interviews with Eddie Gallagher's fellow Navy SEALs.
Episode 24 - My Blood
Release Date: 2020-01-12
A 16-year old girl is the youngest person to receive an experimental treatment that could be the first genetic cure for a common disease. If it works, millions of people around the world could benefit.
Episode 25 - The Endorsement
Release Date: 2020-01-19
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.
Episode 26 - Fire And Water
Release Date: 2020-02-14
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.
Episode 27 - The Promise
Release Date: 2020-02-21
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
Release Date: 2020-02-28
A notorious hitman - who claims to have killed about 100 people - may walk free without being charged with a single crime.
Episode 29 - Balaraba
Release Date: 2020-03-13
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
Release Date: 2020-03-20
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.