Euphoria’s Sydney Sweeney gives a remarkable performance as whistleblower Reality Winner in a film version of a play taken directly from FBI transcripts of her initial interrogation. A three-part History docuseries profiles Franklin D. Roosevelt, the longest-serving U.S. president. The CW looks abroad for new content with the supernatural British thriller The Rising and the Australian surf drama Barons. BBC America’s Happy Valley takes a grim turn when Sgt. Catherine Cawood is made aware of a betrayal within her own family.

Reality

Movie Premiere

10/9c

Two-time Emmy nominee Sydney Sweeney (The White Lotus, Euphoria) is likely to get a third bid for her detailed, restrained performance as 25-year-old Reality Winner, a former Air Force member turned intelligence specialist who is confronted at her home in Augusta, Georgia by FBI agents (Josh Hamilton, Marchánt Davis), charging her with mishandling classified information. Adapted by director/writer Tina Satter from her acclaimed play Is This a Room, the text is taken verbatim from FBI transcripts (at times redacted) of their interrogation on June 3, 2017. The tone slowly evolves from awkward small talk to a serious confrontation when she is accused of leaking a report about Russian interference in the 2016 election to a news website. Her mood of quietly peeved confusion shifts to one of overwhelmed terror at the consequences of her impulsive act.

FDR

Series Premiere

8/7c

Over three nights (continuing Tuesday and Wednesday), a...

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