The New York Times Presents

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The New York Times Presents
Intertitle with transparent letters on a black background
Original intertitle as The Weekly
GenreDocuseries
Based onThe Daily
Country of originUnited States
Original languageEnglish
No. of seasons3[1]
No. of episodes42 (list of episodes)
Production
Executive producers
  • Banks Tarver
  • Jason Stallman
  • Ken Druckerman
  • Mat Skene
  • Sam Dolnick
  • Mary Robertson
  • Stephanie Preiss
Running time
  • 26 minutes (The Weekly)
  • 50 minutes (The New York Times Presents)
Production companies
  • The New York Times Company
  • Left/Right Productions
Distributor
  • Hulu (United States)
  • Red Arrow Studios International (international)
Release
Original networkFX
Original releaseJune 2, 2019 (2019-06-02) –
present (present)

The New York Times Presents (previously The Weekly) is an American narrative investigative journalism docuseries produced by The New York Times for FX and Hulu.

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 Weekly streamed exclusively on Hulu a day after its FX premiere.[2] Each episode was made available to New York Times subscribers in the U.S. 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]

Outside the United States, the series is distributed by Red Arrow Studios, parent company of series co-producer Left/Right Productions, and does not usually air on FX's international offshoots.[6]

Episodes[]

The Weekly[]

No.TitleFeatureOriginal air dateProd.
code		 Viewers
(millions)
1"The Education of T.M. Landry"T.M. Landry scandalJune 2, 2019 (2019-06-02)103[8]0.337[9]
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.
2"The Myth of the Medallion"New York City taxicab medallionsJune 9, 2019 (2019-06-09)102[8]0.274[10]
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.
3"Baby Constantin"President Trump's DACA rescissionJune 16, 2019 (2019-06-16)106[8]0.335[11]
The separation of children from their families at the Mexico–United States border remains among the most controversial presidential practices since Barack Obama was in office. Caitlin Dickerson 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.
4"Collision"American cyclists killed in TajikistanJune 23, 2019 (2019-06-23)101[8]0.381[12]
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.
5"Inauguration, Inc."President Trump's inaugurationJune 30, 2019 (2019-06-30)110[8]0.321[13]
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.
6"The End of the Line"General Motors' electric car initiativeJuly 7, 2019 (2019-07-07)109[8]0.350[14]
Sabrina Tavernise investigates General Motors, an iconic American car company, attempting to transform itself into a technology company, costing thousands of workers their jobs.
7"Connecting The World"Facebook scammersJuly 28, 2019 (2019-07-28)107[8]0.438[15]
Facebook scammers pose as American servicemen and prey on vulnerable women; and the tech company that does little to stop it. Jack Nicas investigates.
8"Hard Left"The Green New DealAugust 4, 2019 (2019-08-04)119[8]0.417[16]
Astead Herndon reports on young activists pushing the Democratic Party further to "the left" as its presidential candidates vie to unseat President Trump.
9"The Rabbit Hole"YouTubeAugust 11, 2019 (2019-08-11)114[8]0.186[17]
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.
10"The Memo"Opioid abuse in the U.S.August 18, 2019 (2019-08-18)118[8]0.167[18]
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.
11"The Six Million Dollar Claim"Exorbitant medicinal costsAugust 25, 2019 (2019-08-25)112[8]0.277[19]
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.
12"Apple's Gold"Apple Inc.'s iPhone supply chainSeptember 1, 2019 (2019-09-01)105[8]0.300[20]
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.
13"The Blueprint"Russia's interference in international electionsSeptember 8, 2019 (2019-09-08)104[8]0.184[21]
Matt Apuzzo investigates Russia's suspected meddling in the U.S. and Estonian elections.
14"V. Johnson & Johnson"Johnson & Johnson's baby powder litigationOctober 6, 2019 (2019-10-06)115[8]0.152[22]
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.
15"Rudy! Rudy?"Rudy Giuliani and the Trump–Ukraine scandalOctober 13, 2019 (2019-10-13)132[8]0.226[23]
The man once hailed as "America's Mayor" is now at the center of the most confounding political story of the Trump presidency.
16"Segregated City"New York City's school systemOctober 20, 2019 (2019-10-20)117[8]0.187[24]
17"Mr. McGahn"Don McGahnOctober 27, 2019 (2019-10-27)122[8]0.217[25]
18"Guilty By Machine"Police breathalyzer testsNovember 3, 2019 (2019-11-03)113[8]0.238[26]
19"Hands On"TantraNovember 10, 2019 (2019-11-10)116[8]0.226[27]
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.
20"El Chapo's Son: The Siege of Culiacán"The Sinaloa CartelNovember 17, 2019 (2019-11-17)108[8]0.216[28]
21"Fake Believe"The deepfake techniqueNovember 24, 2019 (2019-11-24)123[8]0.201[29]
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.
22"The Hot List"Jeffrey EpsteinDecember 1, 2019 (2019-12-01)133[8]0.150[30]
23"The Gallagher Effect"Eddie GallagherDecember 29, 2019 (2019-12-29)130[8]0.345[31]
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.
24"My Blood"Sickle cell diseaseJanuary 12, 2020 (2020-01-12)120[8]0.164[32]
25"The Endorsement"The New York Times presidential candidate endorsement processJanuary 19, 2020 (2020-01-19)134[8]0.334[33]
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.
26"Fire and Water"The Siege of the Hong Kong Polytechnic UniversityFebruary 14, 2020 (2020-02-14)135[8]0.213[34]
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.
27"The Promise"Abuse of patients at Willowbrook State SchoolFebruary 21, 2020 (2020-02-21)124[8]0.177[35]
Decades after children endured inhumane treatment at a notorious state institution, some of them were abused again at a group home for adults.
28"The Sicario"Alberto Capella's witness program for cartel assassinsFebruary 28, 2020 (2020-02-28)111[8]0.220[36]
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.
29"Balaraba"Woman who escaped from Boko HaramMarch 13, 2020 (2020-03-13)127[8]0.255[37]
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.
30"Open Arms"Military Industrial ComplexMarch 20, 2020 (2020-03-20)129[8]0.208[38]

The New York Times Presents[]

Season 1 (2020–2021)[]

No.
overall		No. in
season		TitleFeatureOriginal air dateProd.
code		 Viewers
(millions)
11"They Get Brave"COVID-19 pandemic in New York CityJuly 10, 2020 (2020-07-10)201[39]N/A
22"Dominic Fike, At First"The rise of Dominic FikeAugust 7, 2020 (2020-08-07)203[39]N/A
33"The Killing of Breonna Taylor"Killing of Breonna TaylorSeptember 4, 2020 (2020-09-04)204[39]N/A
44"Hurricane of Fire"2019–20 Australian bushfire seasonSeptember 18, 2020 (2020-09-18)202[39]N/A
55"The Teenager Who Hacked Twitter"2020 Twitter bitcoin scamNovember 20, 2020 (2020-11-20)206[39]N/A
66"Framing Britney Spears"The career and conservatorship of Britney SpearsFebruary 5, 2021 (2021-02-05)205[39]N/A
77"Who Gets to Be an Influencer?"The rise of Collab Crib, a collective of Black influencers in AtlantaJune 4, 2021 (2021-06-04)207[39]N/A
88"Move Fast & Vape Things"The creation of Juul and its controversiesSeptember 17, 2021 (2021-09-17)208[39]N/A
99"Controlling Britney Spears"A follow-up to the earlier "Framing Britney Spears", about her conservatorshipSeptember 24, 2021 (2021-09-24)209[39]N/A
1010"Malfunction: The Dressing Down of Janet Jackson"Super Bowl XXXVIII halftime show controversyNovember 19, 2021 (2021-11-19)210[39]0.200[40]
1111"To Live and Die in Alabama"Execution of Nathaniel WoodsDecember 3, 2021 (2021-12-03)211[39]N/A

Season 2 (2022)[]

No.
overall		No. in
season		TitleFeatureOriginal air dateProd.
code		 Viewers
(millions)
121"Elon Musk's Crash Course"Problems with Tesla AutopilotMay 20, 2022 (2022-05-20)301[39]N/A
132"Superspreader"Joseph Mercola propagating pseudoscience and COVID-19 misinformationAugust 19, 2022 (2022-08-19)TBAN/A

Reception[]

Critical response[]

On Metacritic, the series has an overall score of 77 out of 100, based on 5 reviews, indicating "generally favorable reviews."[41] On Rotten Tomatoes, the first season has an approval rating of 84% with an average rating of 6.50/10 based on 51 reviews.[42]

Accolades[]

Year Award Category Nominee(s) Result Ref.
2021
 Dorian Awards Best TV Documentary or Documentary Series The New York Times Presents Won [43]
NAACP Image Awards Outstanding News/Information (Series or Special) Won [44]
Primetime Creative Arts Emmy Awards Outstanding Documentary or Nonfiction Special Ken Druckerman, Stephanie Preiss, Mary Robertson, Banks Tarver, Liz Day, Samantha Stark, and Liz Hodes (for "Framing Britney Spears") Nominated [45]
2022
 Hollywood Critics Association TV Awards Best Broadcast Network or Cable Docuseries or Non-Fiction Series The New York Times Presents Nominated [46]
News and Documentary Emmy Awards Outstanding Health or Medical Coverage "Move Fast & Vape Things" Nominated [47]
[48]
Outstanding Research: News Nominated
Outstanding Arts, Culture or Entertainment Coverage "Malfunction: The Dressing Down of Janet Jackson" Won
Outstanding Social Issue Documentary "To Live and Die in Alabama" Nominated
Primetime Creative Arts Emmy Awards Outstanding Documentary or Nonfiction Special Mary Robertson, Ken Druckerman, Banks Tarver, Liz Day,
Samantha Stark, and Timothy Moran (for "Controlling Britney Spears") 		Nominated [49]

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