Top 100 Nonfiction TV Shows of 2024
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Selena and Yolanda: The Secrets Between Them, Season 1
February 17, 2024Yolanda Saldivar, the killer of Tejano music superstar Selena Quintanilla Perez, speaks out about her relationship with the singer.
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Top Gear, Season 18
January 29, 2012Jeremy Clarkson, Richard Hammond and James May head to Italy for a supercar shootout featuring the Lamborghini Aventador, the McLaren MP4-12C and the Noble M600...
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Planet Earth, Series 1
May 20, 2006Life goes to extraordinary lengths to survive this immense realm. A 30 tonne whale shark gorges on a school of fish and the unique overhead heli-gimbal camera r...
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The Hunt for John Wilkes Booth
December 23, 2007It was the largest manhunt in history - ten thousand federal troops detectives and police hunted those responsible for the assassination of Abraham Lincoln. Th...
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Planet Earth II
February 25, 2017The great mountain ranges are some of the planet's most spectacular landscapes, but they are unforgiving places to live in, and only a few animals have what it ...
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America's Backyard Gold, Season 1
March 23, 2024The historic Dahlonega Gold Belt is the Deep South's best-kept secret among miners. Dave takes you through Georgia and Alabama to showcase everyday miners using...
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Blue Planet II
January 20, 2018In recent years, our knowledge of life beneath the waves has been transformed. Using cutting-edge technology, One Ocean takes us on a journey from the intense h...
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Top Gear, The Specials, Vol. 1
February 11, 2007Jeremy Clarkson, James May and Richard Hammond travel to Florida in order to prove that a fly-drive holiday would be more fun if you bought a car instead of ren...
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Quiet on Set: The Dark Side of Kids TV, Season 1
March 19, 2024In the 1990s, a new creator emerges at Nickelodeon, showrunner Dan Schneider, who brings laughter and mentorship to kids' TV. He champions young talent like Ama...
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Planet Dinosaur
September 14, 2011For decades the dinosaurs of Africa were lost to us. But recent discoveries have now revealed some of the most spectacular dinosaurs ever found. Two giant kille...
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Discovery Atlas, Season 1
October 1, 2006Coupling insightful storytelling with spectacular and ground-breaking photographic techniques, "Atlas: China Revealed" brings alive the fascinating and complex ...
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Quiet on Set: The Dark Side of Kids TV, Season 1
March 23, 2024A former child star reveals how he survived abuse at the hands of his acting coach. The harrowing account traces how he met his abuser on set, the ways this coa...
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MythBusters, Season 7
April 8, 2009It's another feature length episode of Mythbusters and this time the team are on a mission to mash metal. In this 'Demolition Derby' the team have four fables o...
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MythBusters, Season 5
August 29, 2007You're not seeing things. As uncomfortable as it is, it's true -- the MythBusters are wearing their underpants on the outside. And why? Well because this episod...
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Top Gear, The Specials, Vol. 2
February 14, 2011The three wise men of Top Gear embark on a seasonal road trip as they attempt to recreate a certain famous journey across the Middle East to Bethlehem. They do ...
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MythBusters, Season 5
December 6, 2006Join the MythBusters team as they crack a host of holiday hype. Could reindeer really help Santa fly? What's the best way to keep all the needles on your Christ...
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Top Gear, The Specials, Vol. 1
December 4, 2009In one of the most spectacular and incredible Top Gear road trips ever attempted, the boys head to Vietnam, aiming to travel the entire length of the country in...
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Top Gear, Season 18
December 28, 2011In this year's Top Gear special, Jeremy Clarkson, Richard Hammond and James May set out to boost the British economy by embarking on a trade mission to India. E...
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Beat Bobby Flay, Season 35
March 22, 2024Sunny Anderson and TV host Ross Mathews team up with chefs Kaleena Bliss and Melissa Donahue-Talmage to boil up a win against Bobby Flay.
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America The Story of Us
May 2, 2010The colonies declare independence, taking on the might of the British Empire. Washington's army is near defeat, but new weapons and battle tactics turn the tide...
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The Idaho College Murders, Season 1
March 13, 2023The brutal murders of four University of Idaho students shook the small town of Moscow, Idaho. Now, investigative journalists and some of the nation's top crimi...
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Ancient Aliens, Season 20
March 8, 2024For thousands of years, Scotland has been an epicenter of otherworldly phenomena. It is home to mysterious ancient stone circles, stories of strange beings, and...
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Top Gear, Season 16
February 7, 2011Jeremy Clarkson subjects the Skoda Yeti to a remarkably thorough road test and James May makes a rare visit to the test track in the insane Aerial Atom V8. Mean...
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Top Gear, Series 15
July 18, 2010The boys build motorhomes before setting off for a bank holiday weekend in the West Country to see how each of their creations performs in the real world. Meanw...
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Top Gear, The Specials, Vol. 1
December 2, 2006The team travel to Norway where they attempt Olympic events - in cars. A rocket-powered mini is fired off a ski jump, Jeremy and James tackle the biathlon with ...
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Planet Earth III
December 2, 2023Sir David Attenborough journeys into the hidden world of forests, where lives are entwined in the most unexpected of ways. From the temperate rainforests of Can...
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Top Gear, Season 22
January 26, 2015Caution: contains explicit language. Hosts Jeremy Clarkson, Richard Hammond and James May are in Russia, taking part in a race across the urban landscape of St ...
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Quiet on Set: The Dark Side of Kids TV, Season 1
March 23, 2024An abuser goes to jail but gets support from big names in Hollywood. Meanwhile, Dan Schneider’s power at the network grows, raising questions about the conten...
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House Hunters International, Season 191
March 22, 2024Fueled by visions of a fairy-tale life together, a young Canadian couple is ready to embrace adulthood in Maastricht, the Netherlands. They're facing a daunting...
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Top Gear, Series 14
December 27, 2009Jeremy Clarkson, Richard Hammond and James May are dropped deep in the Bolivian rain forest armed only with three shabby 4x4s which they bought from the local s...
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Method of a Serial Killer, Season 1
October 28, 2018When Israel Keyes is caught for the murder of 18-year-old Samantha Koenig, police have no clue what they’ve stumbled upon. After intense games of cat and mous...
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Planet Earth, Series 1
March 5, 2006The lives of animals and plants are dominated by the sun and fresh water which trigger seasonal journeys. The latest technology and aerial photography enable th...
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Top Gear, Series 12
February 9, 2009Jeremy, Richard and James set out to discover how easy it is to be a truck driver. It turns out it’s a lot harder than they thought. Jeremy is on the test tra...
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Top Gear, The Specials, Vol. 1
July 25, 2007It's the ultimate test of man against machine - or should that be dog against machine - as the Top Gear team set out on one of their most ambitious and arduous ...
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MythBusters, Season 5
February 20, 2008This reverential episode of MythBusters pays tribute to the man who made something really useful from out of almost anything-MacGyver!
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Planet Earth III
December 9, 2023David Attenborough reveals the extraordinary ways in which animals battle to survive the elements in a world of extremes - places where life exists on a knife e...
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Planet Earth, Series 1
March 12, 2006Tour the mightiest mountain ranges, starting with the birth of a mountain at one of the lowest places on Earth and ending at the summit of Everest. One of Earth...
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Top Gear, Season 16
February 21, 2011Jeremy Clarkson, Richard Hammond and James May head to Albania to test the super luxurious Rolls-Royce Ghost, Bentley Mulsanne and Mercedes S65 AMG. Back in the...
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MythBusters, Season 2
January 18, 2004Will launching a chicken at an airplane disrupt its flight or will it be blown out of the way? The Mythbusters go inside the human body to explore the myth of a...
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Planet Earth II
March 4, 2017Jungles provide the richest habitats on the planet - mysterious worlds of high drama where extraordinary animals attempt to survive in the most competitive plac...
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Top Gear, Season 19
March 11, 2013In the first of a two-part Top Gear special, Jeremy Clarkson, Richard Hammond, and James May are in Africa with a simple mission to find the definitive source o...
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Deadliest Warrior, Season 1
April 21, 2009Spartan, the bronze battle tank celebrated in the movie 300; versus a Ninja, Japan's legendary master of death.
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Top Gear, Season 16
March 14, 2011In the last episode of season 16, Jeremy Clarkson races the new Jaguar XJ against something even bigger and more powerful - the rotation of the Earth itself. Me...
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Planet Earth III
November 18, 2023David Attenborough explores earth’s great wildernesses as nature puts on a dramatic show.
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MythBusters, Season 2
December 12, 2003Jamie and Adam retrace the steps of the infamous prisoners who escaped from Alcatraz without a trace in 1962. Although presumed drowned, they'll find out if it...
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Anthony Bourdain - No Reservations, Vol. 9
September 6, 2010Tony gets to know a little bit about the lives of the city's working class. Explore the varied ethnic communities that contribute to the pulse of Paris.
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Shark Week, 20th Anniversary
July 27, 2004In the world's most shark-infested waters, an extreme team of divers attempt to photograph massive great white sharks without the protection of a cage. The team...
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Top Gear, Season 21
March 24, 2014Jeremy Clarkson, Richard Hammond, and James May continue their journey in three ancient and barely functioning trucks, heading toward their final challenge - bu...
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Top Gear, Season 22
March 2, 2015Caution: contains explicit language. Richard Hammond is dropped into the remote, frozen wastes of Canada to test a watch with a built-in emergency beacon. The d...
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Planet Earth III
November 4, 2023Sir David Attenborough explores the dangerous frontiers created by the world's coasts, where animals fight for survival amidst constant change.
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History Specials
March 4, 2007The Roman Empire, rotten to the core by the fifth century, lay open to barbarian warriors. Europe was beset by famine, plague, persecutions, and a state of war ...
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Top Gear, Series 12
March 30, 2009In one of the most spectacular and incredible Top Gear road trips ever attempted, the boys head to Vietnam, aiming to travel the entire length of the country in...
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Top Gear, Season 19
March 18, 2013In the second part of the Top Gear special, Jeremy Clarkson, Richard Hammond, and James May continue their epic African Odyssey. Having survived insane traffic,...
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MythBusters, Season 2
October 3, 2003MythBusters test whether or not using a cell phone at a gas station can cause the pump to explode.
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Top Gear, Season 16
February 14, 2011The three wise men of Top Gear embark on a seasonal road trip as they attempt to recreate a certain famous journey across the Middle East to Bethlehem. They do ...
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The Men Who Built America
October 16, 2012As the nation attempts to rebuild following the destruction of the Civil War, Cornelius Vanderbilt is the first to see the need for unity to regain America's st...
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Top Gear, Series 15
July 11, 2010Jeremy Clarkson, Richard Hammond and James May test the Aston Martin Rapide, the Porsche Panamera Turbo and the Maserati Quattroporte as they attempt to find th...
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Surviving R. Kelly, Season 1
January 3, 2019As R. Kelly rises to fame and power as an R&B icon, he forms relationships with younger singers and dancers. Rumors about his marriage to a fifteen-year-old Aal...
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Top Gear, Season 21
March 17, 2014In the first of an all-new two-part special, Jeremy Clarkson, Richard Hammond, and James May are on a mission to build a bridge over the River Kwai in Thailand....
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Planet Earth, Series 1
April 23, 2006Jungles cover roughly three per cent of our planet yet contain 50 per cent of the world's species. High-definition cameras enable unprecedented views of animals...
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Top Gear, Season 22
January 19, 2015In part two, Jeremy Clarkson, Richard Hammond and James May continue in their quest to take three V8-engined sports cars on an epic journey through Patagonia to...
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Top Gear, The Specials, Vol. 1
March 30, 2009Our story begins in a little village on the border between Zimbabwe and Botswana. Unusually, James was the first to arrive, in his 1985 Mercedes 230E. Next up i...
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America The Story of Us
April 25, 2010From Jamestown to Plymouth, early settlers fight for survival. Tobacco sows the seeds of opportunity; the north becomes a powerhouse of trade. Tension, taxation...
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The Curse of Oak Island, Season 11
March 19, 2024As the connection between Nolan's Cross and The Knights Templar deepens the team digs up treasure on Lot Five.
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Top Gear, Season 22
January 12, 2015The world's biggest car program is back with a brand new, two-part special in which Jeremy Clarkson, Richard Hammond and James May take three V8-engined sports ...
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This American Life, Season 1
March 22, 2007Three stories of people who hatched plans in the hopes of making their dreams come true, but were snapped back to reality by unpleasant outcomes: an elementary ...
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The Universe, Season 1
May 29, 2007There are billions of stars in the Universe, but one alone dominates our celestial neighborhood, the Sun. It's so large that within its boundaries you could fit...
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Planet Earth III
November 25, 2023The remarkable animal drama in fresh water, the lifeblood of our planet.
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Top Gear, Series 11
June 22, 2008The boys try to build a better police car for just £1500, Clarkson finds out that a well-driven super-car can be greener than a Prius, if you drive it properly...
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MythBusters, Season 5
February 6, 2008The Mythbusters dedicate this one-hour special to the ultimate action hero: James Bond. They put the gadgets and stunts to the test leaving them shaken, not sti...
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Top Gear, The Specials, Vol. 2
February 7, 2011The Top Gear boys are once again let loose in the USA, this time for an epic road trip up the east coast. Jeremy Clarkson, Richard Hammond and James May are com...
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MythBusters, Season 5
January 17, 2007Arggghhh me hearties -- Jamie and Adam have plundered the seven seas in search of pirate parables and maritime myths and the result is this 2-hour spectacular. ...
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The Proof Is Out There, Season 4
March 22, 2024Did a Swedish teenager photograph some of the most convincing UFO evidence ever? Is a video posted online showing a pterodactyl-like creature flying over Idaho ...
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Top Gear, Season 22
February 2, 2015Caution: contains explicit language. Jeremy Clarkson, Richard Hammond and James May embark on a road trip across Australia’s Northern Territory. The trio sets...
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Planet Earth II
February 18, 2017From adorable pygmy sloths to huge living dragons, islands offer a refuge for the planet's strangest creatures. But life on these isolated lands is full of ...
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Quiet on Set: The Dark Side of Kids TV, Season 1
March 19, 2024Dan Schneider’s relationship with his star Amanda Bynes hits a breaking point as new child actors confront uncomfortable scenes and power dynamics until they ...
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History Specials
November 7, 2005In 1099 the Crusaders took Jerusalem in the bloodiest of battles, wrenching it back from the Muslims for the first time in 400 years. But, over the decades that...
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MythBusters, Season 2
October 17, 2003MythBusters: Find out if dropping a penny from a skyscraper can be lethal to pedestrians on the sidewalk below. Explore the effects of microwaves and whether or...
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Planet Earth II
March 11, 2017The world's deserts are lands of extremes that force animals to come up with ingenious ways of coping with hostile conditions. A pride of desert lions are so hu...
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Top Gear, Series 14
November 15, 2009Jeremy, Richard and James take an Aston Martin DBS Volante, a Ferrari California and a Lamborghini Gallardo Spyder to Romania in search of an obscure stretch of...
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MythBusters, Season 5
January 16, 2008"The name's Hyneman. James Hyneman." It's tuxedos and martinis as the Mythbusters take on 007 in this James Bond special one-hour episode. Our stealthy secret...
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Top Gear, Season 19
February 11, 2013The brand new season of the world’s most popular car show continues with an epic road trip across the western side of the United States in three front-engined...
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The Men Who Built America
October 16, 2012Kerosene is lighting America after dark in unprecedented ways. The demand for oil is sky high and Vanderbilt knows that oil can fill his trains. He turns to a y...
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Planet Earth II
March 18, 2017Grasslands cover one quarter of all land and support the vast gatherings of wildlife, but to survive here animals must endure hostile seasonal changes. From Asi...
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Weaponology, Season 2
November 20, 2007Masters of stealth, lords of destruction: the US Navy SEALs is the most versatile special operations force in the world. Packing cutting edge weapons and inser...
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