Documentary Now!

Documentary Now!

TV-14 2015 · 4 seasons · 27 eps · ★ 7.1 · Comedy

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Loving parodies of some of the world's best-known documentaries. Each episode is shot in a different style of documentary filmmaking, and honors some of the most important stories that didn't actually happen.

Created by Seth Meyers, Bill Hader

Network: IFC

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