documentary series
Factual television installments
A documentary series is a nonfiction television program presented across multiple episodes, typically exploring a single subject in depth or examining related topics under a unifying theme.
True crime, nature, and historical subjects dominate the format: Have you watched that new documentary series about the cult?
Unlike standalone documentaries, the series format allows for extended investigation and narrative development.
- educationalPromoting knowledge or skill
- biographyWritten life account
- cultureCollective social practices
- crimePunishable illegal act
- deep diveComprehensive examination of topic
science · docuseries · narrative-driven · history · politics · nature · fly on the wall · travel · investigative · exposé · miniseries · archives · Ken Burns · entertaining · observational · dramatized · technology · sports
- TV showsTV shows, sitcom, The Office, cartoon, Modern Family
- news formatsnews specials
- televisionTV, television, broadcast, TV shows, network television
- TVtalk shows, game shows, reality TV, soap operas, miniseries
- productionsfilm, movie, show, TV show, video
- TV programmingprimetime, talk shows, game shows, prime time, sitcoms
documentary seriesfantasy series
Sequential novels featuring magic
soap opera · sitcom · animated series · reality TV · fiction series
documentary seriesraw footage
Unprocessed recorded material
home video · surveillance footage · archival footage · found footage · live stream