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SEASON
Documentary Now parodies the current obsession with documentaries. Season one features six different stories and stylistic approaches paying tribute to the doc format.
5 February 1987, Santa Clara, California, USA
22 November 1956, Trenton, New Jersey, USA
10 June 1967, Iowa City, Iowa, USA
19 November 1983, Brooklyn, New York, USA
30 July 1939, Kingston, New York, USA
30 September 1979, Queens, New York, USA
23 February 1940, New York City, New York, USA
November 05, 2015
Fred Armisen and Bill Hader immerse themselves in the mockumentary genre with this offbeat six-part series that lovingly parodies notable documentaries and "honors some of the most important stories that didn't actually happen."
August 21, 2015
Documentary Now! is so wonderfully silly it may take viewers a moment to recognize just how smart it is, too.
August 21, 2015
[It's] one of the best laughers on cable.
November 05, 2015
A clever series that emulates the styles of great documentaries past and applies them to fanciful (nonsensical) people and events.
August 20, 2015
There are enough moments -- and quite a lot of them in Episode 3 -- to keep this ambitious enterprise on track and well worth a roll 'em.
November 05, 2015
Documentary Now! is a guided trip to crazy town.
November 05, 2015
For film and comedy geeks, it's a late-summer treat.
November 05, 2015
Documentary Now got picked up for its second and third seasons even before its first episode aired, so we can't wait to see what Hader, Armisen and Meyers have in store next week.
August 21, 2015
These parodies are filmed with loving detail imitating the style as well as the look of each film, yet they're not content with being just parodies.
August 19, 2015
If the show's creators can keep coming up with fresh takes on their subjects - and their track record suggests they can - Documentary Now! will deserve a long run.
