New Docuseries and 'Fauda' Season Premiere Highlight TV Weekend

This weekend's television lineup features a new docuseries exploring Jewish identity in Israel, a special broadcast of "Fauda" marking three years since the October 7th attacks, and the latest season of "The Simpsons." The docuseries, "The Promised Land," follows five young Jewish adults from around the world as they live together in Tel Aviv to examine their connection to Israel and Jewish identity. Filmed in late 2025, the participants engage with daily life, dating, and Israeli culture, with some motivated by a desire to immigrate and others re-evaluating their ties following October 7th. Their journey culminates in a decision about whether to make Israel their home.

In commemoration of the three-year anniversary of the October 7th massacre, Channel 13 will air the first of two highly anticipated "Fauda" episodes from its fifth season. The second episode airs Sunday, with the full season available on various streaming platforms including Yes, Sting, Partner, and Netflix. "The Simpsons" returns with its 38th season, featuring 15 shorter episodes. The premiere episode sees Marge enlisting a reclusive British children's author, voiced by Emma Thompson, for a book fair to save Springfield Elementary. Critic Daniel Fienberg of The Hollywood Reporter described it as potentially the 810th best-scripted episode in television history.

National Geographic's new seven-part docuseries, "Africa: Earth's Wild Home," narrated by Oscar nominee Wenmi Musaku, explores the diverse environments of the continent. Filmed over four years across approximately 30 countries, each episode focuses on a different habitat, from the Congo jungle to Madagascar, the Sahara Desert, and vast plains. The series documents extreme survival conditions and captures previously unfilmed behaviors and species, including the black rain frog and hyenas hunting elephants at night. Rare footage of a black panther and chimpanzees using tools to fish for algae is also featured. The final episode shifts focus to conservation efforts, highlighting a new generation of African rangers and community-led initiatives aimed at protecting wildlife, which has seen an 80% decline in the last half-century.

Netflix is also premiering Robert Eggers' "Nosferatu," a reimagining of the 1922 silent horror classic, starring Lily-Rose Depp as a young woman haunted by visions, and Nicholas Hoult as her husband who travels to Transylvania to deal with Count Orlok, played by Bill Skarsgård. The film also features Willem Dafoe, Aaron Taylor-Johnson, and Emma Corrin. Other notable releases include "Outlander: Blood of My Blood" on Yes, "Jay-Z: Made in America" on HBO Max, "Four Hands, Two Sonatas" on Netflix, and "A Meeting with Ronny Kovan" featuring Benny Gantz on Kan 11.