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SEASON
Documentary Now! - Season 1
Documentary Now parodies the current obsession with documentaries. Season one features six different stories and stylistic approaches paying tribute to the doc format.
19 November 1978, St. Louis, Missouri, USA
27 July 1972, Gainesville, Florida, USA
2 December 1956, Berkeley, California, USA
28 July 1982, Iceland
27 December 1971, Gent, Belgium
16 February 1989, Los Angeles, California, USA
7 April 1941, London, England, UK
21 February 1957, Sweetwater, Tennessee, USA
26 March 1972
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.
November 05, 2015
Documentary Now! is a guided trip to crazy town.
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
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
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.
November 05, 2015
For film and comedy geeks, it's a late-summer treat.
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.
August 21, 2015
Documentary Now! is so wonderfully silly it may take viewers a moment to recognize just how smart it is, too.
November 05, 2015
A clever series that emulates the styles of great documentaries past and applies them to fanciful (nonsensical) people and events.
August 21, 2015
[It's] one of the best laughers on cable.