The program has aired in two distinct formats. The first format, The Weekly, was a television spin-off of the daily news podcast, The Daily, that covered recent topical news and cultural stories with the involvement of Times journalists in a half-hour timeslot, and premiered on FX on June 2, 2019.[2] Thirty episodes were ordered for the first season.[3]
On May 26, 2020, the series was renewed for a second season, reformatted as a series of longer documentaries, released approximately monthly, under the new blanket title The New York Times Presents.[1][4] A third production season, its second season under the NYT Presents title, began airing on May 20, 2022.[5] These documentaries are also distributed internationally under the title The Weekly: Special Edition.[6]
Broadcast
Each episode of The Weeklystreamed exclusively on Hulu a day after its FX premiere.[2] Each episode was made available to New York Times subscribers in the United States five weeks after streaming on Hulu.[7] Following the reformatting as The New York Times Presents, new editions are now released on Hulu simultaneously with their FX airings.[1]
T.M. Landry College Preparatory attracted national attention for sending students to the Ivy League. Erica Green and Katie Benner's investigation proved that the viral success stories were full of deception, and that the truth was much darker.
New York City taxi drivers have been pushed to bankruptcy, foreclosure, and even suicide. Brian Rosenthal and Emma Graves's 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.
An idealistic American couple, bicycling around the world, crosses paths with a group of young men radicalized by ISIS. Rukmini Callimachi investigates how these lives tragically intersect on a remote Tajikistan road.
Using exclusive documents, photographs, interviews and found footage, journalists piece together an anatomy of President Trump's inauguration, the most expensive inaugural weekend in American history.
Sabrina Tavernise investigates General Motors, an iconic American car company, attempting to transform itself into a technology company, costing thousands of workers their jobs.
Astead Herndon reports on young activists pushing the Democratic Party further to "the left" as its presidential candidates vie to unseat President Trump.
YouTube videos were key in the election of Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro, an extreme right-wing populist, raising the question of the power of the website. Max Fisher and Amanda Taub report.
In 2007, the U.S. Justice Department had a chance to hold the executives of Purdue Pharma, a drug company, accountable for the escalating opioid epidemic, yet at the last minute the charges were watered down. In the years since, the epidemic has claimed tens of thousands of lives. Journalist Barry Meier investigates what happened inside the Justice Department.
Katie Thomas and Reed Abelson investigate an American family's medicinal costs that total $1.5 million a year – who pays the bill and who is reaping the profits.
Nicholas Casey investigates Apple's supply chain, uncovering how the gold in iPhones might trace back to violent paramilitary groups that extort, and sometimes kill, Colombian miners.
Johnson & Johnson insisted that its baby powder was safe. However, asbestos within the company was linked to ovarian cancer. Reporters Tiffany Hsu and Roni Caryn Rabin investigate.
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?
Most Americans do not 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.
Are police breathalysers fundamentally flawed? Do they even work? The Weekly investigates one of the most widely used forensic tools in law enforcement.
The Weekly explores why some of us are willing to go along with things at a yoga studio that we might question outside of one, and why many of these methods have gone unexamined for so long.
When Mexican forces came to arrest the son of El Chapo, it ignited war on the streets of Culiacan. Using never before seen footage; The Weekly explores how the Sinaloa Drug Cartel took on the Mexican army and won.
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.
A mysterious man emerged with an explosive claim: he had thousands of hours of surveillance footage from Epstein's mansions that showed some of the most powerful men in America having sex. Then his story took a turn.
Combat Video, text messages, and confidential interviews with members of the Navy SEALs obtained by The New York Times reveals chilling details about the conduct of SOC Edward Gallagher.
A 16-year-old girl becomes the youngest person to receive an experimental treatment that could be the first genetic cure for a common disease. Should it work, millions of people from around the world could benefit.
Between coffee-shop chats in Iowa and stump speeches in New Hampshire, candidates for the Democratic nomination for president visited The New York Times for a series of on-the-record conversations.
The Weekly takes a look at the protesters clutching smartphones and wearing masks, and the armour-clad riot police who fired water cannons and tear gas to reassert authority.
The Bodies were piling up and Alberto Capella, then the police chief in the Mexican state of Morelos, was desperate. So he turned to a man intimately familiar drug violence.
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. She shares her story for the first time.
American arms manufacturers are supplying weapons in a war considered one of the world's worst humanitarian crisis. Schools, hospitals and mosques are frequent targets. Why does the U.S allow this? The Trump administration believes it creates jobs.
As Covid-19 spreads through more and more American cities, we look back to the city hit hardest: New York City. Doctors and nurses documented and recorded their lives, capturing awe-inspiring resolve in the face of a breakdown in the health-care system.
The making of a pop star in 2020: A young musician is plucked from obscurity - Jail and given a multi-million record deal. Meet Dominic Fike as he prepares for his first international tour.
The purported allegations of Miss USA 2022 being fixed
September 23, 2023 (2023-09-23)
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"Broken Horses"
The sobering reality beneath the glitz and glamour of horse racing
April 26, 2024 (2024-04-26)
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"Lie To Fly"
An incident occurred on Alaska Airlines Flight 2059 in 2023 when an off duty professional pilot dealing with mental health issues tried to crash an airplane while flying as a passenger.
August 23, 2024 (2024-08-23)
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"Weight of the World"
Our culture's relentless pursuit of thinness has led to the rise in the use and misuse of GLP-1 drugs such as Ozempic.
November 21, 2024 (2024-11-21)
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Reception
Critical response
On Metacritic, the series has an overall score of 77 out of 100, based on 5 reviews, indicating "generally favorable reviews".[42] On Rotten Tomatoes, the first season has an approval rating of 84% with an average rating of 6.50/10 based on 51 reviews.[43]
