Spike Lee returns to New Orleans 20 years after Hurricane Katrina, the topic of his Emmy-winning 2006 docuseries When the Levees Broke. Taylor Kitsch stars in a prequel to the army motion drama The Terminal Listing, offering an origin story for his SEAL-turned-CIA operative, Ben Edwards. Prime Video’s The Twisted Story of Amanda Knox docuseries depicts the wrongly accused scholar’s ordeal in an Italian jail. There’s excessive nervousness on Platonic when Charlie goes on Jeopardy! as a contestant.
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Katrina: Come Hell and Excessive Water
Described as a reckoning quite than a retelling, this three-episode docuseries (considered one of many this anniversary yr) relives the horrors of Hurricane Katrina among the many residents of New Orleans 20 years in the past, and the catastrophe’s lingering aftermath. The director/government producer first addressed the troubling story within the 2006 docuseries When the Levees Broke: A Requiem in 4 Acts, which garnered Emmy and Peabody awards. With showrunner Alisa Payne and fellow administrators Geeta Gandbhir and Samantha Knowles, Lee returns to New Orleans to listen to survivors’ tales and replicate on town’s restoration and future.
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The Terminal Listing: Darkish Wolf
Issues didn’t finish properly for Ben Edwards (Taylor Kitsch) in 2022’s army motion drama The Terminal Listing. However how did he go from a Navy SEAL chief to a shady CIA operative? A seven-part prequel (launching with three episodes) gives the origin story for Ben, set seven years earlier than the unique. “We do nothing midway,” he tells his fellow SEALs as they embark on a mission whereas stationed in Iraq. Staying true to his pledge, if to not the orders of his superior officers, Ben goes rogue, organising a series of occasions that leads him to be recruited by a CIA spymaster (Robert Knowledge).
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The Twisted Story of Amanda Knox
The true-crime docudrama’s third episode splits its focus between a traumatized Amanda Knox (Grace Van Patten), who’s gradual to appreciate that she’s been jailed on suspicion of murdering her roommate, and the Italian prosecutor Mignini (Francesco Acquaroli), a zealot who sees his mission as a calling from God. “I used to be anointed to search out the reality,” he proclaims, even whereas ignoring Amanda’s protestations amid a definite lack of bodily proof. Whereas Amanda’s frantic mom Edda (Sharon Horgan) wades by a authorized labyrinth to see her daughter, the sensational media start portraying the American school scholar as “Cunning Knoxy,” to her and her household’s horror.
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Platonic
Probably the most nerve-wracking expertise one can think about. Query: What’s it like to seem on Jeopardy!? Sylvia’s (Rose Byrne) husband, Charlie (Luke Macfarlane) is about to find this first-hand, and it’s a day he’ll not quickly overlook. On the house entrance, Sylvia and Charlie’s dwelling life is disrupted when runaway groom Will (Seth Rogen) strikes into the visitor home. Saturday Night time Dwell alum Kyle Mooney guest-stars as an impish new worker at J6 who’s decided to make Will’s work life depressing. Talking of labor, Sylvia is overwhelmed to find that her new gig as celebration planner for Charlie’s legislation agency simply acquired much more sophisticated.
Toby Keith: American Icon
Following the most recent outcomes present of America’s Received Expertise (8/7c), NBC replays the live performance particular honoring the late nation music star, who handed away in February 2024 from abdomen most cancers. The musical tribute was the community’s highest-rated, non-holiday particular final yr, and options performances and visitor appearances from an all-star roster together with Willie Nelson, Dolly Parton, Reba McEntire, Carrie Underwood, Miranda Lambert, Hint Adkins, Luke Bryan, Darius Rucker, Blake Shelton, and lots of extra.
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