Back for its 11th season weeks after earning its eighth Emmy, John Oliver’s news-making show returns to HBO and Max Sunday (10 EST/PST). As he shared with USA Today, he plans to go deeper in some segments, and while trying to avoid the horse race aspects of the campaign, “some of the big stories that
At 54, Albert Einstein was a wanted man in Nazi Germany and one of the most recognizable scientists in the world. As we learn in this riveting docudrama, pamphlets were distributed claiming that ‘Jews Are Watching You,’ and accusing Einstein of producing “lying atrocity propaganda against Adolf Hitler.” Under his picture it said: “Not yet
The hype behind all things Bennifer might make this autobiographical musical a tough sell, but it is not what it seems. A visually surreal production, it weaves in everything from a sex addiction intervention to Derek Hough and ballroom dancing to a Neil DeGrasse Tyson voiceover (“You must respect the ebb and flow of the
The semi-autobiographical comedy-drama from Amy Schumer returns for a second season, and there are hints of a marriage proposal and new terrain. This one is a binge watch for anyone facing some childhood wounds, the loss of a parent, or starting over after a breakup.
A rompy comedy-drama inspired by the true story of a Tongan-Australian gang that deposited a half-billion dollars of meth to New Zealand — only to come up against a 70-year-old Maori mechanic and his water aerobic instructor wife. Deadline calls this one ‘New Zealand’s version of Fargo.”
The second season of the Jordan-set high series centered around Miriam, who gathers her friends and creates a plan to take down the mean girls in this fresh take on the teen drama set in Jordan. The Watercooler’s Sarah Mina Osman found it “fun and addictive – and worth sticking around for the ending (of
A fast-paced British military thriller about an attack drone gone rogue, the six episode drama follows Scottish DCI Amy Silva (Suranne Jones) as she investigates a death onboard the top-secret British Royal Navy submarine HMS Vigil. “A thrilling watch that’s full of truth bombs.” – The Guardian Look for Game of Thrones’ Rose Leslie and
An absurdly funny and brutally frank scripted comedy from Long Beach, California rapper Vince Staples, who plays a version of himself in this story of his life that’s depicted from his childhood to today. black-ish producer Kenya Barris and the producers behind Kid Cudi’s Netflix series Entergalactic are behind it. All five episodes stream today.
A New York sportswriter Mack (Gina Rodriguez) and her male BFF Adam (Damon Wayans Jr.) have been plotting one night stand “plays” for years. Until, you guessed it, Mack catches feelings for her latest “score.” Intended as a date night romcom the sports loving guys-guys will embrace, reviews are decidedly mixed. On one end, “It’s
The new late night host on CBS gets her own Netflix stand-up special, and uses to reframe the “women can have it all” debate. Anxiety and insomnia, the question for the perfect mate and job, and other universal themes are raised — culminating in a satisfying “button.”