docuseries

noun

doc·​u·​se·​ries ˈdä-kyə-ˌsir-(ˌ)ēz How to pronounce docuseries (audio)
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: a documentary that is telecast in a series of programs

Examples of docuseries in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web More Better Productions currently has over thirty film, television, and docuseries projects in development across a wide range of platforms with notable names like Larry David, Elliot Page, and Nzingha Stewart. Joe Otterson, Variety, 12 Mar. 2024 Hulu announced another partnership with Lewellen Pictures in April 2023: The streaming platform and production company teamed up for a docuseries called Mastermind, which tells the story of renowned nurse and FBI consultant Dr. Ann Burgess, per Variety. Ilana Frost, Peoplemag, 26 Aug. 2023 The couple's relationship was recently discussed during Prime Video's docuseries Shiny Happy People: Duggar Family Secrets and left many wondering what Anna has been up to since her husband's arrest. Jasmine Washington, Seventeen, 16 June 2023 In Showtime docuseries Murder in Big Horn, directors Razelle Benally and Matthew Galkin take viewers on a sobering journey through several higher-profile cases of murdered and missing Indigenous women and girls in Montana. Abbey White, The Hollywood Reporter, 15 Feb. 2023 The Oxygen True Crime docuseries Selena & Yolanda: The Secrets Between Them premieres with back-to-back episodes Feb. 17 at 8 p.m. Christine Pelisek, Peoplemag, 3 Feb. 2024 The revered creature was on the verge of extinction, and this docuseries tells the story of how the buffalo nearly vanished forever. Aramide Tinubu, Variety, 13 Oct. 2023 The new two-part docuseries Crush, also on Paramount+, goes right to a high-profile, real-life source of such anxieties: the chaotic 2022 Halloween crowd catastrophe in Seoul’s Itaewon neighborhood that left 158 people dead (plus one survivor driven to taking their own life by guilt). Chris Vognar, Rolling Stone, 17 Oct. 2023 The last piece of the five-part docuseries finds ESSENCE entering the new millennium. Cierra Black, Essence, 16 Sep. 2023

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Word History

Etymology

documentary + series

First Known Use

1988, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of docuseries was in 1988

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“Docuseries.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/docuseries. Accessed 26 Apr. 2024.

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