After building an audience of 2 million+ YouTube followers, Mormon mother of six Ruby Franke ended up arrested for child abuse. Her estranged husband and two oldest kids tell their side of the story along with unseen YouTube footage and the POVs of friends and neighbors in this jaw-dropper — a revealing three-part documentary.
Kate Hudson stars as the unlikely new president of an LA Lakers-inspired basketball franchise who has to prove herself in the spotlight after her brother resigns in scandal in this Mindy Kaling-created comedy (which counts real-life Lakers execs Jeanie Buss and Linda Rambis as producers). A breezy, escapist binge watch that counts Max Greenfield, Brenda
After their children were born with deformities, three British mothers from a small town in England take on the goliaths in this true story-inspired drama starring Jodie Whittaker, Brendan Coyle, Rory Kinnear, and others. The suspenseful four-part series feels like an urgent must-watch for the moment. “The result here is unexpectedly uplifting. Toxic Town’s winning,
Nominated for an Academy Award, the National Geographic documentary is an investigation into abuse and missing children at an Indian residential school in Canada, which provoked a reckoning at the nearby Sugarcane Reserve. From the New York Time‘s Alissa Wilkinson: “…it’s immersive and incredibly beautiful, shot like poetry and scored by Mali Obomsawin. The result
A pair of British community police officers go undercover to infiltrate a police gang in this fresh BBC comedy that has some fun with all the murder, corruption, and systemic racism that underscores their new jobs. The comedy is broad but consistently entertains, and American audiences will find it all brand new.
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 civil rights through the stories of ordinary people who
Just as Timothy Chalamet took home the SAG Award for his role as Bob Dylan, the Best Picture contender arrives on premium streaming platforms like Apple and Fandango at Home (at $24.99!). The quasi-authorized biopic zeroes in on Dylan’s early rise to fame and the people and events that shaped him. Watch it with someone
The second Yellowstone prequel pairs Harrison Ford with fellow legend Helen Mirren, who plays Irish immigrant Cara to his Jacob Dutton, a couple who have to out-shoot and out-kill their way through the Western expanse against the backdrop of prohibition and the Great Depression. Joining the cast this season is a wealthy and powerful local
Murder and misadventure, cheating PTA parents and dog killers drive the plot of this light suburban-set drama that’s a mix of Desperate Housewives and Big Little Lies. Scheduled to follow Suits LA on NBC’s new Sunday night end-of-winter lineup, it’s also streaming on Peacock the next day. The NBC show comes from the creative team
Thanks to the original drumming up a new fanbase on Netflix in 2023, Meghan Markle’s legal drama gets this spinoff set in an LA entertainment law firm that returns one of the stars from the original — Gabriel Macht — to his role as the witty and cocky closer. No plans for Meghan in this