Time Bomb Y2K
Just in time for another new year, a retrospective look at the hysteria and doomsday-ing that surrounded Y2K, with an investigative look at what drove so much fear. A lesson in managing current day end-times prognosticators.
Captains of the World
A tense, inspiring close-up look at the men’s players and teams on and off the fields during the 2022 FIFA World Cup. As the announcer says, “Our planet unites around its ultimate game.”
Restoring Galveston: The Inn
If you’ve ever dreamed of becoming a hotelier on the beach, this new series from Discovery’s Magnolia Network follows parents Michael and Ashley Cordray as they restore an abandoned 1912 boarding house into a 25 room hotel on the beach in Texas…despite hurricanes, termites, and history popping in.
Berlin
A prequel to the global hit series Money Heist, Berlin follows Andrés (aka “Berlin”) — the mastermind thief and romantic who appeared in the first and third seasons of the original — as he teams up with four hotties to steal $40 million in jewelry from an auction house. Set in Paris and Madrid, the
The Holdovers
A grumpy prep school teacher (Paul Giamatti) is stuck on campus for the holidays with the left behinds, but finds a connection with the school’s head cook and a troubled young student in this nostalgic holiday dramedy set in the 70s. From the Austin Chronicle: “It finds reasons to move forward even in the hardest
46th Annual Kennedy Center Honors
The annual special honoring the lifetime contributions of artists in music, dance, theater, opera, movies and TV returns with tributes to the unlikely mashup of Billy Crystal, Renée Fleming, Barry Gibb, Queen Latifah, and Dionne Warwick.
What if…?
The second season of the anthology series of one-off animated Marvel stories blends different familiar characters with all new stories that ask bigger questions. Each night between Christmas and New Year’s, a new story unfolds, such as tonight’s story (voiced by Cate Blanchett) that asks, “What if… Hela found the Ten Rings?”
Oprah and The Color Purple Journey
Nearly 40 years after she was picked by Steven Spielberg to star in the first The Color Purple film, executive producer Oprah Winfrey narrates a documentary about “the greatest desire of my life” — to bring the reimagined story to new audiences. A behind the scenes look at the musical adaptation that elevates “the making
Run the Burbs
A former CW Canadian comedy picked up by Hulu, Run the Burbs centers around the Phams, the centrifugal force of their cul-de-sac, led by stay-at-home dad Andrew (Andrew Phung of Kim’s Convenience). A fun fresh take on Modern Family that brings more representation, it’s the kind of broad, escapist sitcom that parents can watch with
Fargo
In the tradition of Fargo, there’s always one episode that veers over into the surreal. This time, Dot (June Temple) — who was treated quite badly by her ex husband Sheriff Roy (Jon Hamm) — finds herself in “Camp Utopia,” a world with other abused women, and you’ll just have to watch the alt world