BUILD Series

Inspired by the real life of singer/songwriter Alyssa Robbins, "Becks" follows a Brooklyn musician named Becks who, after a crushing breakup with her girlfriend, moves back in with her Midwestern mother. As she navigates her hometown, playing for tip money in her old friend Dave's bar, an unexpected relationship begins to take shape. Driven by an original score by Alyssa Robbins, the film’s musical numbers bring a unique new voice to the American musical movie. Stars Lena Hall and Mena Suvari came by to speak on the film.

Cooking-challenged recruits settle in to be whipped into shape at culinary boot camp by renowned chefs Anne Burrell and Tyler Florence on "Worst Cooks In America." The new recruits are trained in various cooking techniques, including baking, knife skills, seasoning, temperature, and preparation. The cook who passes the final challenge receives a $25,000 cash prize. Burrell stopped by BUILD to chat about the Food Network series and her restaurant, Phil & Anne’s Good Time Lounge.

"Expedition Unknown" chronicles the adventures of Josh Gates as he investigates iconic mysteries across the globe. Gates begins by interviewing key eyewitnesses and uncovering recent developments in the story, then springboards into a fully immersive exploration. This authentic, roughshod adventure leads Gates closer to the truth behind these unanswered global enigmas, such as the disappearance of Amelia Earhart’s plane.

When their plane from Los Angeles to New York is grounded on the morning of September 11, 2001, strangers Elliott (Joe Purdy) and Joni (Amber Rubarth) are unexpectedly thrust together amidst the chaos of that historic day. With little in common but both needing to get to NYC urgently, they accept help from Joni's family friend Scottie who lends the duo a rusty old 1972 Chevy Van. The shock and stress of 9/11 quickly threatens to derail their cross-country journey until the pair discover what they do have in common: a love for old folk songs. Watch Purdy & Rubarth as they discuss the film, "American Folk."

From award-winning actress Bailee Madison and Reader’s Choice Award Finalist Stefne Miller, comes "Losing Brave." More than a year has passed since seventeen-year-old Payton Brave’s twin sister went missing; and Payton, in her desperate attempt to hold on to what’s left of Dylan’s memory, is starting to crack. Lost in the mystery and turmoil of her sister’s disappearance, Payton must overcome the aftermath of being the one left behind. The more Payton pries open the clenches of her blocked memories, yielding to her need to know what happened, the further down the path of danger she goes. The darkness around her sister’s disappearance grows and the truth becomes more and more unbearable. And what she finds might just cost her her life.

“Atlanta Monster” is an investigation into every single aspect of the Atlanta Child Murders, a case that rocked not just Atlanta, but the entire United States back in the late 70s and early 80s. They’re digging into newscasts and reports, and interviews that have never been heard before, in the hopes of giving a voice to the people who were not given a platform to speak at the time when all this was taking place. Join creators Payne Lindsey and Donald Albright as they discuss their podcast.

Award-winning playwright, performer and activist Eve Ensler ("The Vagina Monologues") returns to the New York stage this winter with her newest play, "In the Body of the World." 2018 – the 20th anniversary of Eve’s global V-Day campaign – is a landmark year for Eve and her presence at the intersection of art and activism. The one-woman play is deeply personal and tells the story of Eve helping to co-found City of Joy, a transformational leadership community for women survivors of violence in the Congo, just as she received a shocking diagnosis of uterine cancer.

It’s been fifteen years since the Emmy Award-winning series created by David Collins, "Queer Eye for the Straight Guy," revolutionized reality television. The series returns to Netflix and is going global, introducing audiences around the world to a modern aesthetic, diverse perspective and a brand new Fab Five: Antoni Porowski (Food & Wine), Bobby Berk (Interior Design), Karamo Brown (Culture), Jonathan Van Ness (Grooming) and Tan France (Fashion). The new Fab Five will forge relationships with men and women from a wide array of backgrounds and beliefs often contrary to their own, touching on everything from LGBTQ rights and social commentary to how to make the best farm-to-table guacamole and more!

The series, "Total Divas," gives viewers an inside look of the lives of WWE Divas from their work within WWE to their personal lives, in addition to behind the scene footage of the Divas. Watch WWE Superstars Natalya & Lana take BUILD stage to chat about the hit E! series.

Based on the classic cyberpunk noir novel by Richard K. Morgan, "Altered Carbon" is an intriguing story of murder, love, sex and betrayal, set more than 300 years in the future. Society has been transformed by new technology: consciousness can be digitized; human bodies are interchangeable; death is no longer permanent. Takeshi Kovacs (Joel Kinnaman) is the lone surviving soldier in a group of elite interstellar warriors who were defeated in an uprising against the new world order. His mind was imprisoned – on ice – for centuries until Laurens Bancroft, an impossibly wealthy, long-lived man, offers Kovacs the chance to live again.