{"id":411382,"date":"2026-07-24T23:35:08","date_gmt":"2026-07-24T23:35:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/411382\/"},"modified":"2026-07-24T23:35:08","modified_gmt":"2026-07-24T23:35:08","slug":"what-to-watch-this-weekend-star-trek-strange-new-worlds-stuart-fails-to-save-the-universe-and-more","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/411382\/","title":{"rendered":"What To Watch This Weekend: &#8216;Star Trek: Strange New Worlds,&#8217; &#8216;Stuart Fails To Save The Universe,&#8217; And More"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> Within that framework, the season turns toward choices that shape the future of the land and the families tied to it. What emerges is a portrait of people negotiating the pull of home, the weight of legacy and the realities of a landscape where every decision carries consequences. <\/p>\n<p>   \u201cPompeii: Out of Time with Tom Hiddleston\u201d  <\/p>\n<p> Tom Hiddleston; produced by Plimsoll Productions for National Geographic <\/p>\n<p>  <img decoding=\"async\" id=\"722562-1784848503\" data-image=\"722562-1784848503\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Pompeii_Tom Hiddleston_.jpg\" data- \/>  &#8220;Pompeii: Out of Time with Tom Hiddleston.&#8221; (Courtesy of National Geographic)    <\/p>\n<p> National Geographic\u2019s three\u2011part docudrama approaches Pompeii\u2019s final hours with a measured, investigative calm, blending evidence\u2011driven analysis with dramatized reconstructions that give shape to the city\u2019s last day. <\/p>\n<p> The series shifts between excavation sites, geological labs and carefully staged interiors, using each setting to underline the tension between scientific certainty and the human stories preserved in ash. The framing stays close to the central inquiry: who survived, and what their choices reveal about the disaster\u2019s true timeline. <\/p>\n<p> Hiddleston guides the project with a level, investigative posture, positioning himself less as a narrator than as a bridge between the experts and the dramatized accounts. Plimsoll\u2019s pacing keeps the evidentiary threads taut, letting the analysis shape the emotional register rather than the other way around. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Within that framework, the season turns toward choices that shape the future of the land and the families&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":411383,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[48,52,51,47,50,49],"class_list":["post-411382","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-los-angeles","tag-la","tag-la-headlines","tag-la-news","tag-los-angeles","tag-los-angeles-headlines","tag-los-angeles-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/411382","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=411382"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/411382\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/411383"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=411382"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=411382"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=411382"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}