The New York Times Presents

  • Premiered: Jun 2019
  • Episodes: 50
  • Followers: 35
  • Running
  • FX
  • Sunday at 22
  • Documentary News

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Season 2
2x1
They Get Brave
Episode overview
Air date
Jul 10, 2020
As the coronavirus ravages more and more American cities, we look back to the place hit hardest: New York City. Doctors and nurses documented their lives, capturing awe‐inspiring resolve in the face of a breakdown in the health‐care system.
2x2
Dominic Fike, At First
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Aug 07, 2020
The making of a pop star in 2020: A young musician is plucked from obscurity -- jail, actually -- and given a multi-million dollar record deal. Meet Dominic Fike as he prepares for his first international tour and makes his debut album.
2x3
The Killing of Breonna Taylor
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Sep 04, 2020
A New York Times investigation examines what happened at 3003 Springfield Drive in Louisville, Kentucky, just after midnight on March 13, when police executed a warrant that resulted in the death of Breonna Taylor.
2x4
Hurricane of Fire
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Air date
Sep 18, 2020
Perhaps a fitting start to 2020, Australia rang in the New Year with much of the country engulfed in flames. A few people decided to confront the blaze. Watch them stand face to face with one of the most ferocious infernos in history.
2x5
The Teenager Who Hacked Twitter
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Air date
Nov 20, 2020
Elon Musk. Bill Gates. Kanye West. Joe Biden. Barack Obama. They and dozens of others were being hacked recently, and Twitter appeared powerless to stop it. Who had brought the tech giant to its knees? A 17-year-old kid in Tampa.
2x6
Framing Britney Spears
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Air date
Feb 05, 2021
Her rise was a global phenomenon. Her downfall was a cruel national sport. People close to Britney Spears and lawyers tied to her conservatorship now reassess her career as she battles her father in court over who should control her life.
2x7
Who Gets To Be an Influencer?
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Jun 04, 2021
The New York Times chronicles the rise of Collab Crib, one of the first mainstream Black "creator mansions," exclusively documenting their whirlwind drive to achieve social media stardom in 90 days.
2x8
Move Fast & Vape Things
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Sep 17, 2021
Two Stanford graduate students had an inspired idea and an idealistic mission: create an e-cigarette that would help millions of people stop smoking. How did the founders of Juul lose their way and end up accused of addicting a whole new generation?
2x9
Controlling Britney Spears
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Air date
Sep 24, 2021
Britney Spears has said that her conservatorship had become “an oppressive and controlling tool against her.” This New York Times investigation reveals much of how it worked, including .. show full overview
2x10
Malfunction: The Dressing Down of Janet Jackson
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Air date
Nov 19, 2021
In 2004, a culture war was brewing when the Super Bowl halftime show audience saw a white man expose a Black woman's breast for 9/16ths of a second. A national furor ensued. The woman was Janet Jackson, and her career was never the same.
2x11
To Live and Die in Alabama
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Air date
Dec 03, 2021
Three police officers died in a shootout at a drug house in Alabama. One man was sentenced to death for the shootings, even though he was never accused of even touching the murder weapon. This is the story of Nathaniel Woods.

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