What to Watch This Week with Kate Casey
November 20-27, 2023
Happy Thanksgiving week! I have all new episodes this week, so plenty to listen to on your long drives, plane rides, or in the kitchen cooking.
Also, with all of your Black Friday sales this week, I put together an Amazon list of gifts for kids, families, and for yourself. Kate Casey Amazon List
This is what you have to look forward to watching this week:
Loving Elvis (Peacock TV) explores the life and career of Elvis Presley and his unforgettable music; his songs are considered an important legacy of modern music history. This completely spins the myth surrounding Elvis Presley and the women in his life. (Streaming now) *** My interview with the director is in my episode on Wednesday.
Hard Knocks in Season with the Miami Dolphins (HBO) follows the Dolphins in real time “as they navigate the final eight games of the regular season and battle to return to the NFL playoffs. (November 21)
Lost Cities Revealed with Albert Lin (National Geographic) - National Geographic Explorer Albert Lin is on an extraordinary mission to unlock the secrets of these lost cities and the mysterious people who built them. (November 23)
Bye Bye Barry (Amazon Prime Video) reveals, in intimate detail, the unprecedented journey of Barry Sanders. One of the giants of the sport, Sanders displayed a style and flair that has never been replicated. His record-breaking career at both Oklahoma State—where he won the Heisman Trophy in 1988—and with the Detroit Lions created a standard that will be celebrated forever. … But in his prime, at the peak of his game, Sanders did the unthinkable. At age 31, in the summer of 1999, he walked away from the game, never to return. Few retirements have ever been so shocking. (November 21)
The Pike County Murders: A Family Massacre (Oxygen) - How did it come to pass that eight members of the same family could be brutally murdered execution-style in four different locations in one night by members of another family they called friends? One of largest murder investigations in Ohio’s history rips off the veneer of small-town America, exposing an underbelly of violence, pitting family against family, mother against son, and brother against brother in a haunting story of lies, secrets, and betrayal. (November 24)
Let Us Prey: A Ministry of Scandals (ID) - Since its inception in the 1950s, the IFB has evolved into one of the dominant religious forces in the United States today with an estimated 8 million believers spread out over 6,000 churches across the country. Let Us Prey uncovers the dark innerworkings behind the IFB’s cheery and virtuous exterior by exposing depraved secrets and violence that have existed within their churches for decades. (November 24 and 25)
The New Independent Fundamentalist Baptist churches (also known as the New IFB) or officially the New Independent Fundamental Baptist Movement are an association of conservative, King James Only, independent Baptist churches.
Nova: Lee and Liza’s Family Tree (PBS) - Many descendants of enslaved people have little record of their family’s ancestry. Follow one family’s quest to discover their lost history, and see how science and genealogy can help rebuild a family tree broken by slavery. Join filmmaker Byron Hurt at his extended family reunion as they celebrate the joy of family in the African diaspora, and discover new details of their history that they thought were lost forever. (November 22)
BONUS: (Oldie, but goodie)
Twas the Fight Before Christmas (Apple TV+) follows the story of a North Idaho neighborhood turned upside down by one man's obsession with bringing Christmas cheer to all, through the biggest community Christmas event America has ever seen. Christmas-loving lawyer Jeremy Morris' plan hits a snag when the home owners' association informs him that the event violates the rules of the neighborhood. A contentious fight over the festivities erupts and things snowball out of control. As the situation escalates, the film asks the question, who wins when different rights and interests collide? Director Becky Read pieces together the polarized perspectives in this quirky Christmas tale about freedoms, with a message about differences and tolerance at its heart. (Streaming now)
