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Docuseries

  1. responses
    The Amanda Show’s Raquel Lee Bolleau Criticizes the Quiet on Set Team“They did the same thing that the industry always does,” Bolleau, who appeared in the docuseries, said.
  2. trailer mix
    The Jinx – Part Two Picks Up at Robert Durst’s ConfessionA full trailer shows that the series will follow “Bob” Durst in his (failed) attempt to evade capture and (also failed) attempt to avoid conviction.
  3. docuseries
    Nick Stars React to Dan Schneider’s Apology Video in Quiet on Set SpecialEvery disturbing revelation about Nickelodeon and Dan Schneider from Quiet on Set.
  4. the dark side of kids tv
    Matthew Underwood, Kenan Thompson, and More React to Quiet on SetHow have Nickelodeon stars responded to the documentary?
  5. q&a
    ‘I Don’t Know How Much of It Is Immoral’Jerrod Carmichael’s surreal new HBO docuseries Reality Show puts all his relationships to the test. He’s still living with the aftermath.
  6. american nightmare
    True Crime’s ACAB Playbook Is Falling Into PlaceA new crop of docuseries turns the typical explanation for law-enforcement failure on its head.
  7. vulture recommends
    100 Foot Wave Carved Out a Bigger, Better Second SeasonTake the drop into HBO’s immersively entertaining surfing docuseries.
  8. pitch notes
    Wrexham’s Next GoalWith its recently confirmed third season, the docuseries is looking at a golden opportunity.
  9. extremely online
    God Was a LivestreamerDirector Hannah Olson talks us through her cult docuseries, Love Has Won, about alleged cult leader Amy Carlson.
  10. close read
    The Beckham BentFisher Stevens’s doc never questions the footballer’s choices. With its subject serving as executive producer, how could it?
  11. have a cuppa
    Here’s Every Viral Clip From BeckhamBreaking: Victoria Beckham did not grow up working class.
  12. endings
    Savior Complex Doubles DownIn its final ten minutes, the three-part HBO docuseries about a white missionary accused of abusing Ugandan children uncovers a striking parallel.
  13. crime and punishment
    Liz Garbus Checks Back In on the Gilgo Beach KillingsNetflix and Garbus are doubling down with a docuseries about the Lost Girls case.
  14. tv review
    Telemarketers Calls It Like It Sees ItThe scrappy, compulsively watchable series upends a corrupt industry — and what we expect from documentaries in the first place.
  15. docuseries
    The Call Is Coming From Inside the CubicleThe creators of the new HBO docuseries Telemarketers started filming their own office — where they’d later learn they were part of a nationwide grift.
  16. exit interview
    ‘We Can Choose to Not Create More Damage’The creators of docuseries Last Call use a true crime frame to uncover the cycle of hate and violence that stalked queer communities in ’90s New York.
  17. home movies
    The Safdie Brothers Are Into Telemarketing Scams NowExecutive-producing Telemarketers, a new HBO docuseries out August 13.
  18. tv review
    Last Call Sees What Most True Crime MissesLoving yet full of palpable fury, HBO’s docuseries will make you deeply sad, then even sadder that more true-crime stories aren’t told this way.
  19. close read
    Monster Factory Assembles an Unexpected Superhero StoryIn Apple TV+’s new indie-wrestling docuseries, Danny Cage and his students don’t need to be told the odds are against them. It wouldn’t matter anyway.
  20. close read
    The 1619 Project’s Standout Episode Resonates With Infuriating TimelinessA six-episode adaptation of the sprawling New York Times effort can’t help but feel scattered, but “Capitalism” is honed to a sharply incisive point.
  21. the industry
    The Documentary World’s Identity CrisisThe boom — or glut — in streaming documentaries has sparked a reckoning among filmmakers and their subjects.
  22. surviving r. kelly
    Surviving R. Kelly Claims Aaliyah’s Family Forced to Sign NDA After AnnulmentThe family agreed not to press charges after the illegal marriage in exchange for the rights to Kelly’s first three albums.
  23. keeping up with the ex-royals
    All of Harry and Meghan’s Royal and Not-So-Regal RevelationsTakeaways from both volumes of their Netflix docuseries.
  24. trailer mix
    A New Docuseries Grapples With the Sarah Lawrence CultThe director of Hulu’s Stolen Youth describes how anyone could get caught up in a cult.
  25. keeping up with the ex-royals
    Harry & Meghan No Longer Silenced in Upcoming DocuseriesThe first volume premieres December 8 on Netflix.
  26. i love the ‘90s
    There’s a Barney Documentary About ‘the Human Need to Hate’Metal.
  27. trailer mix
    Phil Spector Is a Creep on Trial in the New True-Crime Docuseries Spector“Phil Spector enjoyed bringing people to his home and locking them inside.”
  28. get the sage
    Elizabeth Chambers Has Seen the Armie Hammer Docuseries“It was obviously heartbreaking on so many levels and very painful,” she says of her in-laws.
  29. coming soon
    Sarah Paulson to Play Big-Haired Cult Leader Gwen Shamblin in HBO Max ProjectDavid Zaslav better not be cheap with the wig budget like he was with the cartoons.
  30. naughty aughties
    Nancy Jo, This Is The Real Bling Ring: Hollywood Heist CallingThe criminal mastermind formerly known as Alexis Neiers speaks!
  31. emergency discussion
    Welcome to Wrexham Is Kind of Bizarre, Right?It may present as a feel-good sports docuseries, but there’s something oddly unpleasant going on in this elaborate piece of branded content.
  32. vuture sports
    Rob, Ryan, and Relegation: What to Know About Welcome to WrexhamSome helpful notes for enjoying this inconsistent but compelling sports docuseries–slash–vanity project.
  33. trailer mix
    A New Hulu Doc Connects Unsolved Murders to the Boston Bombings“If police investigated this case thoroughly, would they have prevented the Boston Marathon bombing?”
  34. coming soon
    Nicki Minaj’s Docuseries Promises ‘A Story So Raw’In the first trailer for Nicki: A Six-Part Documentary Series.
  35. overnights
    The Last Movie Stars Series-Finale Recap: Paul and Joanne’s Greatest Success“A good marriage must be created. It is standing together, facing the world. It is a common search for the good and the beautiful.”
  36. overnights
    The Last Movie Stars Recap: Who Is Paul Newman?Amid scenes from his better-known films, Hawke and his friends examine Newman’s inscrutable persona.
  37. overnights
    The Last Movie Stars Series-Premiere Recap: They Meet, They Marry, They Make ItEthan Hawke’s six-part documentary examines Joanne Woodward and Paul Newman’s marriage, careers, and the Hollywood era in which they reigned.
  38. fact or fiction?
    The Staircase Uncovers New Questions Within Tired True-Crime TheoriesA regularly updated look at how the HBO Max miniseries uses the freedom of fiction to explore the mysteries surrounding Kathleen Peterson’s death.
  39. tragedy
    Kristin Chenoweth Is ‘Haunted’ by Her Connection to Oklahoma Tragedy“It has stuck with me my whole life. I could have been one of them.”
  40. we’re far from the shallow now
    Teal Swan Documentary Will Usher in the Summer of CultsThe Deep End airs on Freeform as part of its new docuseries slate.
  41. tv review
    Janet Jackson. Can Reveal Only So Much About Janet JacksonThe Lifetime docuseries is a testament to both Jackson’s tenacity and the limits of showing us who she really is.
  42. tv review
    We Need to Talk About Cosby Wrestles With a Fractured LegacyW. Kamau Bell has made a thought-provoking docuseries that reckons with the two Bill Cosbys — up to a point.
  43. #metoo
    W. Kamau Bell Wants to Keep the Cosby Conversation GoingHis new docuseries enlists scholars and survivors to grapple with the man who “worked as hard at his predation as he worked at his career.”
  44. close reads
    Trinity Valley Deserved Better From CheerThe scrappy team with the gigantic chip on their shoulders and a simmering dislike of Navarro should have been season two’s central focus.
  45. tv review
    Cheer Season Two Puts the ‘Real’ in Sports RealityIn confronting its own success, the breakout Netflix docuseries goes to some darker, heavier places in its extended sophomore season.
  46. trailer mix
    Gimme an S! Gimme a 2! What’s That Spell? Cheer S2 Trailer!They’re addressing the Jerry of it all.
  47. tl;dw
    12 Get Back Moments You Need to Know to Act Like You Watched the Whole ThingGet back … your time with this handy cheat sheet.
  48. tv review
    Peter Jackson’s The Beatles: Get Back Accomplishes the UnthinkableIt rises to the unenviable task of offering new insights into one of the most documented music careers of all time.
  49. cat people
    7 Moments From Tiger King 2 That Almost Justify Its ExistenceIn the dark sea of regret that is this misbegotten sequel, these are the bright spots that will make you reminisce about the good times.
  50. trailer mix
    How to With John Wilson’s Season Two Trailer Is Better Than Most TV EpisodesRIP Gem Spa, and long live Mama.
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