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2025: Nonfiction TV Shines with Powerful New Stories

1/4/2026

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  • In 2025, nonfiction television gained prominence with Apple TV's Mr. Scorsese, HBO's Pee-wee as Himself, and Ken Burns' The American Revolution.
  • A Netflix documentary, All the Empty Rooms, memorializes children lost to school shootings.
  • The New York Times highlighted the year's best episodes, including a British drama filmed in a single take.
  • Nicole London profiles Hazel Scott (profile subject), illuminating a forgotten talent and the fragility of artistic legacy.