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TV Shows & Series: Best "mockumentary" TV Shows/Series

A mockumentary (a portmanteau of mock and documentary) is one type of film or television show depicting fictional events, but presented as a documentary which in itself is a subset of a faux-documentary style of film-making. ()

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Parks and Recreation(2009-2015)

22min per episode | Comedy
4.0/5 (with 671 votes)

In an attempt to beautify her town — and advance her career — Leslie Knope, a mid-level bureaucrat in the Parks and Recreation Department of Pawnee, Indiana, takes on bureaucrats, cranky neighbors, and single-issue fanatics whose weapons are lawsuits, the jumble of city codes, and the democratic process she loves so much.

What We Do in the Shadows(2019-)

20min per episode | Comedy
4.0/5 (with 292 votes)

A documentary-style look into the daily (or rather, nightly) lives of a group of vampires in Staten Island who have “lived” together for hundreds and hundreds of years.

The Office(2005-2013)

12
| Comedy
4.3/5 (with 1,845 votes)

The everyday lives of office employees in the Scranton, Pennsylvania branch of the fictional Dunder Mifflin Paper Company.

The Next Step(2013-)

45min per episode | Kids & Family, Drama
3.6/5 (with 25 votes)

Follow the lives of an elite group of young dancers who train at The Next Step Studio.

Trailer Park Boys(2001-2018)

22min per episode | Comedy
3.9/5 (with 116 votes)

Follow the booze-fueled misadventures of three longtime pals and petty serial criminals who run scams from their Nova Scotia trailer park.

High School Musical: The Musical: The Series(2019-2023)

4.0/5 (with 381 votes)

A group of East High students countdown to the opening night of their school’s first-ever production of “High School Musical.” Showmances blossom; friendships are tested while new ones are made; rivalries flare and lives are changed forever as these young people discover the transformative power that only a high school drama club can provide.

MyMusic(2012-2014)

8min per episode | Comedy
2.5/5 (with 2 votes)

MyMusic was the primary series that aired on the MyMusicShow YouTube channel. It documented the antics of MyMusic, a transmedia production company where, rather than referring to each other by name, the staff go by the varying music genres with which they associate. CEO and founder Indie heads the team, which consists of people following extremely different–and frequently conflicting–tastes and attitudes. The company claims to have been given the YouTube original channel, which brings along with it a documentary crew filming them day to day. The second season picks up following the burning of the MyMusic building at the conclusion of the first season. After this fire, Indie has the MyMusic team returning to its roots, as well as focus more on social media and the MyMusic blog.

Arrested Development(2003-2019)

4.0/5 (with 618 votes)

The story of a wealthy family that lost everything, and the one son who had no choice but to keep them all together.

Reno 911!(2003-2009)

21min per episode | Comedy
3.6/5 (with 68 votes)

This partially unscripted comedy brings viewers into the squad car as incompetent officers swing into action, answering 911 calls about everything from speeding violations and prostitution to staking out a drug den. Within each episode, viewers catch a "fly on the wall" glimpse of the cops' often politically incorrect opinions, ranging from their personal feelings to professional critiques of their colleagues.

Welcome to Flatch(2022-2023)

22min per episode | Comedy
3.2/5 (with 10 votes)

When a documentary crew sets out to explore the lives of residents in a small American town – their dreams, their concerns – they stumble upon the midwestern town of Flatch, which is made up of many eccentric personalities. It’s a place you want to visit and maybe even stay. If there was a decent motel. Which there is not.

The Naked Brothers Band(2007-2011)

30min per episode | Documentary
3.1/5 (with 7 votes)

The Naked Brothers Band is an American musical comedy series created by Polly Draper. The show depicts the daily lives of Draper's sons, who lead a fictional world-renowned rock band from New York City. As a mockumentary, the storyline is a hyperbole of their real lives, and the fictional presence of a camera is often acknowledged. Lead vocals and instrumentation are provided by the siblings; they wrote the lyrics themselves. The show stars Nat Wolff and Alex Wolff, who encounter conflicts with each other that are later omitted. Nat's fictional female admirer and real life preschool friends—including the guitarist who had no prior acquaintance with the family—feature as the band members, with the siblings' genuine father and Draper's husband as their accordion-playing dad and Draper's niece as the group's babysitter. The series is a spin-off of Draper's 2005 film of the same name that was picked up by Nickelodeon, premiering in January 2007. Draper, star of Thirtysomething and her writings The Tic Code and Getting Into Heaven, is the executive producer of the series, and often writer and director. Albie Hecht, affiliated with Nickelodeon and founder of Spike TV, is the executive producer, under his Worldwide Biggies tag. Draper's husband Michael Wolff, of The Arsenio Hall Show fame, serves as the music supervisor and co-executive producer with Draper's brother Tim as the consulting producer.

American Vandal(2017-2018)

35min per episode | Comedy, Crime
3.7/5 (with 132 votes)

A true-crime satire that explores the aftermath of a costly high school prank that left twenty-seven faculty cars vandalized with phallic images.

Directed by Tony Yacenda - With Tyler Alvarez, Griffin Gluck, Jimmy Tatro, Jessica Juarez, Calum Worthy, G Hannelius, ...
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Nathan For You(2013-2017)

21min per episode | Comedy, Documentary, Reality-TV
4.1/5 (with 96 votes)

Self-proclaimed business expert, writer, director and comedian Nathan Fielder helps real small businesses turn a profit with marketing tactics that no ordinary consultant would dare to attempt. From driving foot traffic to an off-the-strip souvenir shop by using Hollywood flair and a Johnny Depp impersonator, to creating a rebate that can only be redeemed by climbing a mountain, to founding a coffee shop called "Dumb Starbucks,” Nathan has always gone to the limit to make his ideas come to life. With his unorthodox approach to problem solving, Nathan’s genuine efforts to do good often draw the real people he encounters into an experience far beyond what they signed up for.

Directed by Nathan Fielder - With Nathan Fielder

People Just Do Nothing(2014-2018)

30min per episode | Comedy
3.7/5 (with 20 votes)

This mockumentary goes behind the microphone of Kurupt FM - the second most popular pirate radio station in West London, receiving up to eight texts per show and playing the finest in UK garage and drum 'n' bass. Co-founded by the MC Sniper and DJ Beats in 2002, the station has now built up a following of over a hundred people and has attracted the attention of the BBC who are making a documentary about the lives of those behind Kurupt FM

The Comeback(2005-2014)

30min per episode | Comedy, Drama
3.8/5 (with 21 votes)

For Valerie Cherish, no price is too high to pay for clinging to the spotlight. Desperate to revive her career, she agrees to star in a reality TV series, allowing cameras to follow her every move as she lands a part on a new network sitcom.

Twenty Twelve(2011-2012)

30min per episode | Comedy
3.8/5 (with 13 votes)

A mock-documentary following the challenges - both personal and professional - faced by the team responsible for delivering the biggest show on Earth: the 2012 Olympics. From getting a busload of non-English speaking Brazilians from A to B, who to appoint to run the Cultural Olympiad and what to do when the much-vaunted wind turbines won't turn because there's no wind, it's all in a day's work for the men and women whose job it is to stage the greatest sporting event in the world.

Le Flambeau, les aventuriers de Chupacabra(2022)

30min per episode | Comedy
3.5/5 (with 21 votes)

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Abbott Elementary(2021-)

22min per episode | Comedy
3.8/5 (with 63 votes)

In this workplace comedy, a group of dedicated, passionate teachers — and a slightly tone-deaf principal — are brought together in a Philadelphia public school where, despite the odds stacked against them, they are determined to help their students succeed in life. Though these incredible public servants may be outnumbered and underfunded, they love what they do — even if they don’t love the school district’s less-than-stellar attitude toward educating children.

Sherman's Showcase(2019-)

22min per episode | Comedy

Travel through time via music and comedy drawn from the forty-year library of the legendary, but fictional, musical variety show called “Sherman's Showcase.”

Documentary Now!(2015-)

23min per episode | Comedy
3.5/5 (with 28 votes)

Loving parodies of some of the world's best-known documentaries. Each episode is shot in a different style of documentary filmmaking, and honors some of the most important stories that didn't actually happen.

Operation Good Guys(1997-2000)

30min per episode | Comedy
3.4/5 (with 2 votes)

Operation Good Guys is a British mockumentary, a fly-on-the-wall documentary series about an elite police unit's bid to snare one of Britain's most powerful crime lords.Blurring the line between fact and fiction, it witnesses, on camera, the total breakdown, professionally and personally, of the Operation Good Guys team. Throughout the operation, The 'Good Guys' have an unfortunate habit of embroiling into their calamitous world some of the country's best-known celebrities, from actors and footballers, to TV presenters and even the odd ex-convict.

Nissene på låven(2001)

12min per episode | Comedy
4.2/5 (with 3 votes)

Santas in the barn is a Nordic Christmas calendar that aired on TVNorge in 2001, and is a spoof of reality TV.

Marion and Geoff(2000-2003)

30min per episode | Comedy, Drama
3.9/5 (with 3 votes)

Keith Barret, a taxi driver, is estranged from his wife, Marion, and children, Rhys and Alun. Although it's clear the separation is having a devastating effect on him, he's determined - to the point of near insanity - to remain positive.

Trial & Error(2017-2018)

22min per episode | Comedy
3.7/5 (with 22 votes)

A bright-eyed New York lawyer takes his first big case defending an eccentric poetry professor accused of murdering his wife.

Clark and Michael(2007)

10min per episode | Comedy
3.9/5 (with 4 votes)

Clark and Michael is a CBS Internet television series created by and starring Clark Duke and Michael Cera. The series takes the form of a mockumentary following Duke and Cera's ambitions to write and sell a pilot for a television series.

Players(2022)

35min per episode | Comedy, Drama
3.1/5 (with 7 votes)

A pro League of Legends esports team pursues their first championship after years of close calls and heartache. To win it all, they will need their prodigy, a 17-year-old rookie, and their 27-year-old veteran to put their egos aside and work together.

The Games(1998-2000)

30min per episode | Comedy
3.5/5 (with 1 vote)

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People Like Us(1999-2001)

30min per episode | Comedy
4.1/5 (with 4 votes)

- No description / details available yet. -

Life's Too Short(2011)

30min per episode | Comedy, Documentary
3.6/5 (with 62 votes)

- No description / details available yet. -

Come Fly with Me(2010-2011)

30min per episode | Comedy
3.5/5 (with 38 votes)

Come Fly with Me is a comedy sketch series starring David Walliams and Matt Lucas. The series is a spoof docu-soap set in a busy airport featuring check-in staff to cabin crew, from pilots to paparazzi with all the principal characters played by the two stars.

Directed by Paul King - With David Walliams, Matt Lucas
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