The It List: A new season of 'Black Market' with the late Michael K. Williams, a TLC documentary on a 22 year-old living in an 8 year-old's body, and more pop culture picks for the week.

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This week on The It List: Vice TV is premiering the new season of Black Market With Michael K. Williams, just months after the actor and host died of a drug overdose. The show explores illicit trades and the underground economy. Meanwhile, TLC is offering up a new documentary called I Am Shauna Rae, about a 22-year-old woman living in the body of an 8-year-old girl due to a childhood cancer diagnosis.

Finally, Ava DuVernay is bringing the comic book Naomi to the small screen at the CW. The show tells the story of a 16 year-old who discovers she has superpowers when supernatural events start happening in her town.

Video Transcript

- "The It List" is Yahoo's weekly look at the best in pop culture. Here are our picks for the week of January 10. The second season of "Black Market", a vise docuseries about illicit trade and the underground economy is premiering four months after the death of host Michael K. Williams. This season explores gambling, gun running, credit card scams and features Williams' own personal reflections on crime and life.

MICHEAL K. WILLIAMS: Our goal is just to simply show the world a window as to why people do the things they do. It's like they say, when the system fails you, you create your own system.

- A new documentary about a 22-year-old woman living in an eight-year-old's body is airing this week on TLC. "I Am Shauna Rae" tells the story of a young woman whose cancer diagnosis as a baby led to a final height of 3 feet 10 inches and follows along as she tries to make her way as an adult who is often seen as a kid.

- I'm working on my independence. People tell me I'm a fun drunk.

- Oh.

- Like, something like that.

- Yeah, yeah. You're a natural.

- And I'm determined to make this year my year to shine.

- Ava DuVernay is bringing a new series to the CW with "Naomi". The show is based on a recent DC Comic book series and tells the story of a teenage girl who discovers she has superpowers when strange events start happening in her hometown.

- You were there that day. Do you know what it was?

- It may have something to do with people like us.

- What are you talking about?

- (SINGING) [INAUDIBLE] I call living.

- Are you a superhero?

- No. No.

- Come back next week to check out Yahoo's "It List."