Recommendations TVs

O Nome Dela é Gal (pt)
A four-part biography on the life of the Brazilian singer Gal Costa, from her humble beginning singing in the streets of Salvador, where she became friends with many artists who would be other great names in Brazilian music in the following decades to her 50th career anniversary in 2015.

Hard Time (en)
Hard Time is an American reality-documentary television series on the National Geographic Channel. The series debuted on February 1, 2011 and is hosted by Thurston Moore as he sheds light on the daily life of the prisoners and guards at the Correctional Reception Center located in Orient, Ohio.

Denji Sentai Megaranger (ja)
When his video game prowess is discovered by the International Network of Excel-Science and Technology — or I.N.E.T. — high school student Kenta Date is brought in to lend his expertise to their mysterious research. Meanwhile, four classmates show up, wanting to know more about the I.N.E.T. facility. Their experience will change their lives forever, as I.N.E.T. survives an attack by the nefarious Dr. Hinelar and an army from another dimension determined to conquer our reality! Now, it's up to Kenta and his four classmates to "install Megaranger" and become the team of heroes their video games prepared them to be!

Gay for Play Game Show Starring RuPaul (en)
A game show in which a celebrity panel helps contestants answer questions about pop culture.

Himawari! (ja)
Himawari was saved by a ninja when she was little, and has wanted to be a ninja ever since. On her first day at ninja school she meets Hayato, a non-ninja teaching to pay off his debts. Interestingly, he has the same mark on his neck as the ninja who saved her.

Warm Time With You (zh)
Wu Yi is a little boy who has lost his parents but lives a warm and happy life with his aunt, Wu Jiao Jiao, who runs a martial arts hall. His uncle, domineering president Qi Mo, wants his father to meet his only grandson and so he begins a custody battle with Wu Jiao Jiao, who is a passionate young woman that will not give up easily.

Justice (en)
Justice is the first Harvard course to be made freely available online and on public television. In this 12-part series, college professor Michael Sandel challenges us with hard moral dilemmas and invites us to ponder the right thing to do—in politics and in our everyday lives.

Don’t Disturb Me Farming (zh)
A beautiful, innocent village girl and a rich, cold-hearted man find themselves married because of their family, who secretly engaged them when they were young.