TV Show Releases by Genre
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The Hunt for the Trump Tapes with Tom Arnold: Season 1
September 18, 2018
Former Celebrity Apprentice contestant Tom Arnold seeks out video tapes rumored to be potentially damaging to Donald Trump.
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The Imagineering Story: Season 1
November 12, 2019
The six-part documentary series narrated by Angela Bassett looks at the history of the Imagineers and includes behind-the-scenes footage of the Disney Parks from around the world.
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The Innocence Files: Season 1
April 15, 2020
The documentary series from Liz Garbus, Alex Gibney, and Roger Ross Williams focuses on eight cases from The Innocence Project.
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The Innocent Man: Season 1
December 14, 2018
Directed by Clay Tweel, the six-part documentary adaptation of John Grisham's non-fiction book centers on two 1980s murder cases in Ada, Oklahoma with archival photos, video and interviews from attorneys, friends and families of the victims, journalists, and town residents as well as John Grisham and Barry Scheck, co-director of the Innocence Project.
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The Inventor: Out for Blood in Silicon Valley
March 18, 2019
Alex Gibney's documentary about how Elizabeth Holmes and her company Theranos' claims of a compact blood testing machine went from a Silicon Valley start-up worth $9 billion in 2014 to being cited by the SEC for "massive fraud" in 2016.
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The Invisible Pilot: Season 1
April 4, 2022
The three-part documentary series directed by Phil Lott and Ari Mark looks into the story of an Arkansas pilot named Gary Betzner, who was thought dead by his family but had instead became involved in drug/weapons smuggling for the Contras.
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The Italian Americans: Season 1
February 17, 2015
The four-part documentary series explores the history and impact of Italian Americans on America through archival clips and interviews.
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The Jinx: The Life and Deaths of Robert Durst: Season 2
April 21, 2024
Andrew Jarecki and Marc Smerling uncover more evidence and interviews.
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The Jinx: The Life and Deaths of Robert Durst: Season 1
February 8, 2015
The six-part documentary from Andrew Jarecki and Marc Smerling features interviews with New York City real estate heir Robert Durst, who was suspected (and acquitted in one case) of three murders.
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The Keepers: Season 1
May 19, 2017
Ryan White's seven-part true crime documentary focuses on the investigations by Abbie Schaub and Gemma Hoskins into the 1969 murder of Sister Cathy Cesnik, a young English teacher at a Catholic high school in Baltimore.
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The Killing Season: Season 1
November 5, 2016
Josh Zeman and Rachel Mills follow leads in the Long Island serial killer that began with the 2010 discovery of the remains of four victims near Gilgo Beach in this docuseries executive produced by Alex Gibney.
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The Lady and the Dale: Season 1
January 31, 2021
The four-part documentary series produced by Mark and Jay Duplass looks at the life of Elizabeth Carmichael, her promise of a fuel-efficient, three-wheeled car in the 1970s and the fraud case that exposed her past that included her life as Jerry Dean Michael and being involved in a counterfeiting operation.
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The Last Dance: Season 1
April 19, 2020
The 10-part documentary series directed by Jason Hehir about Michael Jordan and the Chicago Bulls' 1997-98 championship season includes interviews and never-before-seen footage.
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The Last Defense: Season 1
June 12, 2018
Executive produced by Viola Davis and Julius Tennon, the seven-part documentary series follows the death row cases of Darlie Routier and Julius Jones.
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The Last Movie Stars: Season 1
July 21, 2022
The six-part Ethan Hawke documentary about Joanne Woodward and Paul Newman features archival interviews of Woodward and Newman as well as new interviews with Sally Field, Melanie Griffith, and Martin Scorsese.
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The Loving Story
February 14, 2012
The story behind Richard and Mildred Loving's relationship and the impact of the landmark Loving vs. Virginia case that ended the ban against interracial marriage is the subject of this documentary.
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The Making of the Mob: New York
June 15, 2015
The eight-part docudrama utilizes interviews, archival footage and dramatic recreations to illustrate the rise of original Five Families that led to the American Mafia.
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The Man with 1000 Kids: Season 1
July 3, 2024
Several families who discovered their sperm donor, Jonathan Jacob Meijer, had fathered hundreds, if not thousands of children, around the world are interviewed in this three-part documentary.
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The March: Season 1
August 27, 2013
Narrated by Denzel Washington, the documentary about the 1963 March on Washington includes interviews and footage of the organizers and participants.
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The Me You Can't See: Season 1
May 21, 2021
The documentary series co-created by Oprah Winfrey and Prince Harry about mental health features discussions with chef Rashad Armstead, Glenn Close, NBA player DeMar DeRozan, Olympic boxer Virginia "Ginny" Fuchs, Lady Gaga, NBA player Langston Galloway, and Zak Williams.
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The Men Who Built America: Season 1
October 16, 2012
The docuseries tells of how Cornelius Vanderbilt, John D. Rockefeller, Andrew Carnegie, J. P. Morgan, and Henry Ford helped the country move into the industrial age after the Civil War.
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The Mortician
June 1, 2025
The three-part miniseries features an interview with David Sconce, who stole organs, jewelry and even dental filing while mass cremating bodies to maximize his profits at his family's mortuary in Pasadena.
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The Most Dangerous Animal of All: Season 1
March 6, 2020
The four-part documentary series looks at Gary Stewart's search for his biological father and the evidence that reveal the man was the Zodiac Killer.
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The Most Hated Man on the Internet: Season 1
July 27, 2022
The three-part documentary series looks at how Charlotte and Kayla Laws shut down Hunter Moore's revenge porn site.
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The New York Times Presents: Season 2
May 20, 2022
Elon Musk and Tesla's Autopilot technology are the focus of the second season premiere of the documentary anthology series.
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The New York Times Presents: Framing Britney Spears
February 5, 2021
The Samantha Stark-directed documentary about Britney Spears' rise to pop star to her current conservatorship status airs as part of “The New York Times Presents” docuseries.
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The New York Times Presents: Malfunction: The Dressing Down of Janet Jackson
November 19, 2021
The latest The New York Times Presents focuses on the "wardrobe malfunction" between Janet Jackson and Justin Timberlake during the 2004 Super Bowl halftime show and the blowback on Jackson.
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The New York Times Presents: Sin Eater: The Crimes of Anthony Pellicano
March 10, 2023
John Pappas' two-part documentary about Hollywood private investigator Anthony Pellicano airs as part of "The New York Times Presents" docuseries.
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The New Yorker Presents: Season 1
February 16, 2016
The newsmagazine series produced by Alex Gibney features short films, comedy, poetry, animation, documentaries, and interviews.
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The Newspaperman: The Life and Times of Ben Bradlee
December 4, 2017
The life and career of the Washington Post editor Ben Bradley is examined with archival footage, interviews, home movies, and photos in this documentary directed by John Maggio.
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The Pacific: Season 1
March 14, 2010
Three marines are the protagonists in Tom Hanks and Steven Spielberg's miniseries about the war in the Pacific that begins after the attack on Pearl Harbor.
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The Path to 9/11: Season 1
September 10, 2006
This five-hour miniseries dramatizes events described in The 9/11 Commission Report. It is also the subject of controversy, as some critics, politicians and pundits have challenged the validity of some of its assertions.
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The Pharmacist
February 5, 2020
Pharmacist Dan Schneider's search for who killed his 22-year-old son leads him to embark into another investigation into legal drug-dealing of opioid prescriptions by doctors in this four-part documentary series from Julia Willoughby Nason and Jenner Furst.
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The Pitch: Season 1
April 8, 2012
Two advertising agencies prepare and give presentations to big clients to win their business.
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The Preppy Murder: Death in Central Park: Season 1
November 13, 2019
Airing simultaneously on AMC and SundanceTV over three nights, the five-part documentary miniseries looks into the 1968 murder of Jennifer Levin in Central Park by Robert Chambers.
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The Presidents' Gatekeepers: Season 1
September 11, 2013
The two-part documentary interviews 20 former White House chiefs of staff including: James Baker, Rahm Emanuel, Leon Panetta, Donald Rumsfeld and Dick Cheney, about events during their time administration.
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The Price of Glee: Season 1
January 16, 2023
The three-part docuseries features interviews with crew members, reporters, friends of the cast and Naya Rivera's father as it looks into the rapid rise of "Glee" and the tragic death of three cast members.
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The Problem With Apu
November 19, 2017
The documentary from Hari Kondabolu features interviews Utkarsh Ambudkar, Aziz Ansari, W. Kamau Bell, Whoopi Goldberg, Dana Gould, Sakina Jaffrey, Aasif Mandvi, Hasan Minhaj, Aparna Nancherla, Kal Penn, Russell Peters, and Mike Reiss about The Simpsons' character Apu Nahasapeemapetilon.
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The Program: Cons, Cults and Kidnapping
March 5, 2024
The three-part documentary series about the for-profit disciplinary school industry features director Katherine Kubler and other alumni discussing their experiences at the Academy at Ivy Ridge in upstate New York.
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The Putin Interviews: Season 1
June 12, 2017
Airing over four consecutive nights, Oliver Stone's four-part interview with Russian president Vladimir Putin was recorded over a two years from over a dozen conversations.
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The Reagans (2020): Season 1
November 15, 2020
The four-part documentary series directed by Matt Tyrnauer focuses on the eight years of the Reagan White House.
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The Real Housewives of Orange County: Season 1
March 21, 2006
The reality series follows the lives of five women living in a gated community in Orange County: Kimberly Bryant, Jo De La Rosa, Vicki Gunvalson, Jeana Keough and Lauri Waring
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The Rehearsal: Season 1
July 15, 2022
Nathan Fielder helps people "rehearse" major decisions and/or discussions with the aide of actors and realistic sets in this comedy series written and directed by Fielder.
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The Rehearsal: Season 2
April 20, 2025
Nathan Fielder continues his project in the second season of comedy series written and directed by Fielder.
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The Reluctant Traveler: Season 1
February 24, 2023
The travel documentary series hosted by Eugene Levy sees him travel to Costa Rica, Finland, Italy, Japan, Maldives, Portugal, South Africa and the United States.
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The Ripper
December 16, 2020
The four-part documentary series looks into the killing of 13 women between 1975 and 1980 by Peter Sutcliffe, who was dubbed "The Yorkshire Ripper" by the press.
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The Roosevelts: An Intimate History: Season 1
September 14, 2014
The 14-hour documentary series from Ken Burns covers the history and influences the family had from the birth of Theodore Roosevelt in 1858 to the death of Eleanor Roosevelt in 1962.
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The Scheme: Season 1
March 31, 2020
Pat Kondelis’ documentary centers on Christian Dawkins, who ran a sports management firm that led FBI investigators into a much larger college basketball corruption scandal that included Adidas executives and assistant coaches.
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The Secret Life of Marilyn Monroe: Season 1
May 30, 2015
Based on J. Randy Taraborrelli's novel, Marilyn Monroe (Kelli Garner) struggles with fame, her husbands, her mental illness, and always haunted by her mother Gladys (Susan Sarandon), who was secretly institutionalized.
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The Seventies: Season 1
June 11, 2015
The eight-part documentary series follows last year's "The Sixties" with clips and interviews to illustrate a decade of change in culture and politics.
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The Sixties: Season 1
May 29, 2014
The ten-part documentary series executive produced by Tom Hanks, Gary Goetzman and Mark Herzog covers cultural and historical events that shaped the 1960s with interviews and clips.
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The Sons of Sam: A Descent Into Darkness: Season 1
May 5, 2021
Joshua Zeman directs the documentary series narrated by Paul Giamatti that looks into Son of Sam serial killer David Berkowitz and journalist Maury Terry's theory that a cult was actually involved in the killings.
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The Spymasters - CIA in the Crosshairs
November 28, 2015
Narrated by Mandy Patinkin, the documentary focuses on the controversial methods used by the agency after Sept. 11 with interviews with 12 former CIA directors, several operatives, and critics of the CIA.
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The Staircase: Season 1
October 7, 2004
An 8-part documentary series about the celebrated trial of Michael Peterson, a writer who is accused of murdering his wife, executive Kathleen Peterson, who was found dead at the bottom of a staircase in their home.
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The Staircase [2018 Version]: Season 1
June 8, 2018
Jean-Xavier de Lestrade's 2005 Peabody Award-winning eight-part documentary about the Michael Peterson murder trial comes to Netflix with three new episodes (as well as the two episodes released in 2013 for a grand total of 13 episodes).
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The Story of God With Morgan Freeman: Season 1
April 3, 2016
Morgan Freeman travels to seven countries to explore topics such as God, creation of life, death/afterlife, the End of Days, and evil.
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The Super Models: Season 1
September 20, 2023
The four-part documentary series from Roger Ross Williams and Larissa Bills looks at the impact Naomi Campbell, Cindy Crawford, Linda Evangelista and Christy Turlington had on the fashion and modeling industries.
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The Surreal Life: Season 1
December 1, 2011
Oakland, California's Harborside Health Center is the focus of the series that takes a look at the business of medical marijuana and the legal issues surrounding it.
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The Swamp
August 4, 2020
The documentary directed by Daniel DiMauro and Morgan Pehme follows Republican House representatives Matt Gaetz (R-FL), Thomas Massie (R-KY), and Ken Buck (R-CO) as they juggle legislation and demands to fundraise by the RNC.
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The Tower: Season 1
November 8, 2021
Detective Sergeant Sarah Collins (Gemma Whelan) searches for PC Lizzie Adama (Tahirah Sharif) who may have knowledge why her partner and a teenage girl fell to their death from a tower apartment building in this adaptation of Kate London's first novel in the Metropolitan trilogy book series.
[Premiered originally in the UK on ITV on 8 Nov 2021 and in the US on BritBox on 1 Dec 2021]
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The Trade: Season 1
February 2, 2018
The documentary series from Matthew Heineman focuses on all sides of the drug epidemic, from the drug cartel in Mexico, the police in Ohio and the two families impacted by addiction.
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The Trials of Gabriel Fernandez: Season 1
February 26, 2020
The six-part documentary series from Brian Knappenberger looks into the case of an 8-year-old killed by his parents in 2013 and the cracks in the child protective services system that failed to protect him.
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The Truth About Killer Robots
November 26, 2018
The documentary from director Maxim Pozdorovkin and narrated by the Japanese lifelike android, Kodomoroid, takes a look at the growing use of robots/robotics and the possible impact on humans as the use expands.
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The U.S. and the Holocaust: Season 1
September 18, 2022
Narrated by Peter Coyote, the three-part documentry series directed by Ken Burns, Lynn Novick and Sarah Botstein examines the United States' response to the rise of Nazism and the Holocaust through interviews, first-person accounts and archival footage.
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The Vietnam War: Season 1
September 17, 2017
Ken Burns and Lynn Novick returns with a 10-part, 18-hour documentary miniseries about the war features interviews, archival footage, home movies, photos, and audio clips, as well as original music by Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross.
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The Vow (2020): Season 1
August 23, 2020
The documentary series directed by Jehane Noujaim and Karim Amer looks into the NXIVM self-help program where Smallville actress Allison Mack recruited women to eventually join a secret society that allegedly included sexual slavery to co-founder Keith Raniere.
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The Vow (2020): Season 2
October 17, 2022
The second season of the documentary series focuses on NXIVM co-founder Nancy Salzman and the federal trial of co-founder Keith Raniere.
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The Weight of Gold
July 29, 2020
The hour-long documentary narrated by Michael Phelps and directed by Brett Rapkin features interviews about the mental toll of competing from such Olympians as Sasha Cohen, Gracie Gold, Lolo Jones, Bode Miller, Apolo Anton Ohno and Shaun White.
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The Weight of the Nation: Season 1
May 14, 2012
The four-part documentary looks at the causes and possible solutions to stop the growing numbers of obese Americans.
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The World According to Jeff Goldblum: Season 1
November 12, 2019
The documentary series follows actor Jeff Goldblum as he looks into a variety of things that interest him including denim, ice cream, Korean barbecue, sneakers, and tattoos.
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The World According to Paris: Season 1
June 1, 2011
Paris Hilton returns with another reality show, which is described as a look at her "real" persona and life.
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The World Wars: Season 1
May 26, 2014
Narrated by Jeremy Renner, this three-part, six-hour miniseries covers World War I and World War II by utilizing reinactments, interviews, as well as commentary from political figures such as Sen. John McCain, British Prime Minister John Major, and Gen. Colin Powell, to illustrate the experiences and decisions that went into the wars.
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The Yogurt Shop Murders
August 3, 2025
Margaret Brown's four-part documentary series focuses on the unsolved 1991 murders of four teenagers at an Austin yogurt shop. It includes interviews with investigators, victims' families, and the two people who serve time in jail before their convictions were overturned.
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The Zen Diaries of Garry Shandling: Season 1
March 26, 2018
The two-part documentary by Judd Apatow about the late comedian features interviews with over 40 friends and family, including James L. Brooks, Jim Carrey, Sacha Baron Cohen, David Coulier, Jon Favreau, Jay Leno, Kevin Nealon, Conan O’Brien, Bob Saget, Jerry Seinfeld and Sarah Silverman.
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They Call Me Magic: Season 1
April 22, 2022
The four-part Apple documentary series from Rick Famuyiwa looks at Earvin "Magic" Johnson's career from his days playing high school basketball to his current business ventures.
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This American Life: Season 1
March 22, 2007
This spinoff of the popular public radio show (well, as popular as a public radio show can get) hosted by Ira Glass adds visuals to the program's usual mix of storytelling and reporting, revolving around a single theme each week.
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This Giant Beast That Is the Global Economy: Season 1
February 22, 2019
The documentary series about the global economy from Adam McKay is hosted by Kal Penn.
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This Is a Robbery: The World's Biggest Art Heist: Season 1
April 7, 2021
The documentary series directed by Colin Barnicle looks into the still unsolved case where two men dressed up as Boston police stole 13 works of art worth more than $500 million from Boston's Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum in 1990.
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Tig
July 17, 2015
The documentary follows comedian Tig Notaro over two years as she works on her standup, has a double mastectomy, finds a new romance, and tries to have a baby.
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Tiger
January 10, 2021
The two-part documentary series directed by Matthew Heineman and Matthew Hamachek chronicles the career of golfer Tiger Woods and features interviews and previously unseen footage.
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Tiger King: Season 1
March 20, 2020
Subtitled: Murder, Mayhem and Madness, Eric Goode and Rebecca Chaiklin's documentary series about Joe Exotic, self-proclaimed Tiger King, who ran a zoo in Oklahoma and plotted to kill animal activist Carole Baskin also reveals the dark underbelly of breeding and selling big exotic cats.
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Tiger King: Season 2
November 17, 2021
Eric Goode and Rebecca Chaiklin return with an update on the people in the first season, including Joe Exotic, who is currently sentenced for 22-years in prison for attempting a murder-for-hire on Baskin and animal abuse.
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Tiger King: The Doc Antle Story: Season 1
December 10, 2021
The three-part documentary series from Rebecca Chaiklin & Eric Goode features accusations of emotional, sexual and physical abuse as well as animal abuse from another exotic animal zoo owner, Doc Antle, first introduced in Tiger King.
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Time of Death: Season 1
November 1, 2013
The six-part documentary series follows the final weeks of several terminally ill patients.
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TIME: The Kalief Browder Story: Season 1
March 1, 2017
The six-part documentary series produced by Shawn "Jay Z" Carter examines the case of 16-year-old Kalief Browder, who ended up at Riker’s Island prison for three years while awaiting trial after being accused of stealing a backpack (the charge was eventually dropped).
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Titanic: Season 1
March 21, 2012
The story of the people on the fateful voyage of the Titanic is retold in this miniseries by Julian Fellowes of Downton Abbey fame.
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Too Funny To Fail
October 21, 2017
Josh Greenbaum's documentary about the short-lived comedy The Dana Carvey Show features interviews with Dana Carvey, Steve Carell, Robert Carlock, Stephen Colbert, Jon Glaser, and Robert Smigel.
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Top Gear (US): Season 1
November 28, 2010
The popular British car-enthusiast show gets remade in the US with comedian Adam Ferrara, X-Games rally-car winner Tanner Foust, and Speed Channel's NASCAR analyst Rutledge Wood as hosts. There is a Stig, but some segments were renamed; for example, the "Star in a Reasonably Priced Car" is the "Big Star, Small Car" segment.
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Town of the Living Dead: Season 1
October 7, 2014
The docuseries follows a group of friends who have been trying to film a zombie movie based on a local urban legend in their hometown of Jasper, Alabama for the past six years.
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Toy Hunter: Season 1
August 15, 2012
Toy Hunters follows toy and collectibles dear Jordan Hembrough as he travels the country searching for valuable collectibles. Hembrough cleverly maneuvers around tough budgets, unforeseen roadblocks and reluctant sellers in search of rare vintage items.
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Trainwreck: Poop Cruise
June 24, 2025
The Trainwreck documentary directed by James Ross focuses on a 2013 Carnival cruise from Galveston, Texas to Cozumel, Mexico that ended with no electricity, low food supplies and no working toilets for the 4,000+ passengers.
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Trainwreck: Woodstock '99: Season 1
August 3, 2022
The three-part documentary series features interviews with those involved in the disastrous revival of the 1969 festival including Korn's Jonathan Davis, Jewel, Fatboy Slim, Bush's Gavin Rossdale, and the late Woodstock organizer Michael Lang.
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Trial 4
November 11, 2020
The eight-part documentary series directed by Remy Burkel loooks at the case of Sean K. Ellis, who was accused of killing a Boston policeman in 1993 and sought to overturn his conviction over 22 years and four trials.
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Trial by Media: Season 1
May 11, 2020
The six-part documentary series looks into the impact media coverage may have had on high profile cases including the murder of Scott Amedure, who was on The Jenny Jones Show; federal corruption charges against former Illinois governor Rod Blagojevich, and the death of an unarmed immigrant Amadou Diallo, who was shot 41 times by the NYPD.
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Tucci in Italy: Season 1
May 18, 2025
After the cancellation of "Stanley Tucci: Searching for Italy," Tucci continues his exploration of Italy's food, countryside and culture in the five-part docuseries for National Geographic.
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Tuesday Night Book Club: Season 1
June 13, 2006
Real-life suburban housewives get together each week to discuss their personal lives (what, did you think they would actually discuss literature on primetime television?) in this CBS reality show.
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Turning Point: 9/11 and the War on Terror: Season 1
September 1, 2021
The documentary series directed by Brian Knappenberger examines the 9/11 attacks and the War on Terror including the beginnings of al Qaeda after the Soviet-Afghan war and the most recent events in Afghanistan.
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TV Nation: Season 1
July 19, 1994
Following the success of Roger & Me, documentary filmmaker Michael Moore moved to television for this humorous weekly newsmagazine that found Moore and a rotating group of correspondents (including Janeane Garofalo, Louis Theroux, Karen Duffy, Merrill Markoe, and Jonathan Katz) reporting on topics including corporate crime, politics, organized labor, and more. The show later moved from NBC to Fox for its second season, when it won an Emmy.
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TWA Flight 800
July 17, 2013
The documentary directed by Kristina Borjesson reveals interviews with investigators about the other possibilities on what caused the TWA flight to explode on July 17, 1996, after taking off from JFK International Airport.
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Ugly Delicious: Season 1
February 23, 2018
The documentary series follows chef David Chang and food writer Peter Meehan as they talk about food and culture while visiting restaurants from around the world.
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Coming Soon
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Clarkson's Farm: Season 5
- Start date: Jun 5, 2026
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Surviving Earth
- Start date: Jun 11, 2026
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