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'' for FX and

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. The program has aired in two distinct formats. The first format, ''The Weekly'', was a television spin-off of the daily news

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, '' The Daily'', that covered recent topical news and cultural stories with the involvement of ''Times'' journalists in a half-hour timeslot, and premiered on FX on June 2, 2019. Thirty episodes were ordered for the first season. On May 26, 2020, the series was renewed for a second season, reformatted as a series of longer documentaries, released approximately monthly, under the new blanket title ''The New York Times Presents''. A third production season, its second season under the ''NYT Presents'' title, began airing on May 20, 2022. These documentaries are also distributed internationally under the title ''The Weekly: Special Edition''.

Broadcast

Each episode of ''The Weekly'' streamed exclusively on

a day after its FX premiere. Each episode was made available to ''New York Times'' subscribers in the U.S. five weeks after streaming on Hulu. Following the reformatting as ''The New York Times Presents'', new editions are now released on Hulu simultaneously with their FX airings. Outside the United States, the series is distributed by

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, and does ''not'' usually air on FX's international offshoots.

Episodes

''The Weekly''

''The New York Times Presents''

Season 1 (2020–2021)

Season 2 (2022)

Reception

Critical response

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, the series has an overall score of 77 out of 100, based on 5 reviews, indicating "generally favorable reviews." On

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, the first season has an approval rating of 84% with an average rating of 6.50/10 based on 51 reviews.

Accolades

References

External links

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