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She was a Hollywood “bombshell” in the 50s, but Jayne Mansfield died in a car accident when her daughter — the actress Mariska Hargitay — was just three years old. The Law & Order star steps behind the camera to direct this deeply personal documentary that unravels like a mystery as it reframe  …

A first for a Broadway production: George Clooney’s new stage production of the 2005 film about the veteran CBS newscaster Edward R. Murrow — who took a stand against the anti-communist “witch hunts” during the 1950s — will stream live on CNN and CNN International, as well as on HBO Max. Clooney s  …

A timely and darkly comedic satire with characters you’ll recognize from the headlines, Mountainhead comes from the man behind HBO’s Emmy-winning juggernaut “Succession,” Jesse Armstrong. The story pivots around a social media platform owner, Venis, and his three billionaire friends who gather for a  …

Two years after Season 2 wrapped, the Sex and the City reboot returns to a somehow more exciting New York City with a theme of reinvention.  Aidan is in Virginia, Charlotte’s kids are applying to colleges, Miranda has a new love interest, and Logan Marshall-Green, Rosie O’Donnell, Patti LuPone, and  …

A high-adrenaline crime thriller set in the 1970s Southwest, Duster follows the FBI’s first Black woman agent and a handsome getaway drive for a crime syndicate that’s been pulling up smuggling, gun-running, and racketeering across the region. Lost heartthrob Josh Holloway and Rachel Hilson star in  …

Aviation safety and pilot communication are the centerpiece of the second season of this “experimental” documentary series from cringe comedian Nathan Fielder, who uses role playing and a faux airplane set to ask some bigger questions about decision-making under pressure. The timeliness of the issue  …

An urgent and revealing two-part documentary about the role and impact of untraceable donors to political campaigns — also known as dark money. Divided into two films, the first investigates the death of a powerful political lobbyist and its overlap with Ohio’s largest public corruption case, expos  …

The long-awaited follow-up to the Emmy-winning drama about life in the wake of a pandemic, Season 1 followed a teenager who was immune to the virus and a father figure who somehow survived and protected her in their harrowing cross-country quest to reach the scientists with the cure. Play catch-up o  …

The final season of the hilarious dark comedy created by and starring Danny McBride wraps up the saga of the celebrity televangelist family with a few big surprises and plot twists – and a few new characters played by Megan Mullally and Sean William Scott. The perfect counter-programming watch after  …

A Spanish crime thriller set in an Andalusian village during Holy Week, the HBO series follows two parallel investigations – a suspicious suicide that occurs during an Easter procession, and the disappearance of a U.S. soldier from a nearby military base. As the two cases intertwine, a web of corrup  …

It may seem like a docuseries strictly for Boston basketball fans, but Celtics City captures the cultural and historical significance of the NBA by focusing on one of its most storied teams. Bill Simmons and a team from ESPN’s 30 for 30 productions weave together different eras and their social back  …

Putting the civil rights movement into today’s context, HBO’s new six-part anthology docuseries anthology is an essential watch that follows in the footsteps of the powerful Eyes on the Prize series that first aired on PBS in 1987 and 1990, fundamentally shifting our collective understanding of civi  …

A shocking four-part docuseries that captures how a violent white supremacist gang in Texas rose up to terrifying prominence in the late 2000s, committing murders and trafficking drugs, and the ATF agent and former girlfriend who risked their lives to go undercover and take them down.

Two high school lab partners discover a powerful healing mushroom that pits them against the DEA and big pharma in this comedic thriller from Adult Swim from legendary producers Greg Daniels (The Office, Parks & Rec) and Mike Judge (King of the Hill, Silicon Valley).  Two episodes stream on Max  …

With a British outsider’s view of American politics, John Oliver is more needed than ever as he takes on Trump Two’s overwhelming developments with a mix of timely news segments, editorial takes, and deadpan wit. The show’s ability to capture and distill complex issues – and drive actual impact – ha  …

A taut Polish spy thriller that brings a European perspective to the geopolitical espionage genre, HBO Max’s The Eastern Gate pivots around Ewa, a Polish spy who wants to leave the secret service after a personal tragedy – but ends up drawn in deep when her partner is exposed by the Russians and dis  …

An HBO version of ER set against the real-time clock of 24, The Pitt stars Noah Wylie as frazzled emergency room doc in a Pittsburgh trauma hospital — with each episode capturing one hour in a 12 –hour shift.  It will feel fresh to those who never saw (or don’t remember) ER, and it delivers enough  …

For the teens and grown-up fans of James Gunn and Suicide Squad, a raunchy and profusely violent DC Comics series about a WWII G.I. Robot, a child slayer, a fish-woman (Zoë Chao), Frankenstein (David Harbour), his Bride (Indira Varma), and a Doctor Phosphorous (Alan Tudyk) sent on geopolitical missi  …

Not your typical British detective series, HBO-Channel 4 production follows a Scotland Yard detective who heads home to Kingston, Jamaica, only to end up back in London in an explosive international missing persons case. Created by the Booker Prize-winning author Marlon James, who mined his own pers  …

The breakout college-set comedy from Mindy Kaling returns for a third season — taking us into the four roommates’ sophomore year after leaving off on a Season 2 cliffhanger.  You should probably watch the final episode of S2 at least before jumping into S3.  This one is aiming to be a Thanksgiving  …