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Best Documentary TV Series of the 2000s

Top 500 most popular Documentary series that started in the 2000s

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500 series (top 500 shown)

Barefoot Contessa

★ 6.8
726 313 2002–2021
Documentary · Reality-TV

Wicked Attraction

★ 7.1
726 79 2008–2013
Crime · Documentary

The Haunted

★ 7.0
723 26 2009–present
Documentary · Horror · Mystery

I Love the '70s

★ 7.8
717 10 2003–2003
Comedy · Documentary · History

How Stuff Works

★ 7.2
709 20 2008–present
Documentary

Taboo

★ 7.9
708 106 2002–2014
Documentary

Chasing Classic Cars

★ 7.3
706 200 2008–2020
Documentary

The Gruen Transfer

★ 7.8
695 40 2008–2011
Comedy · Documentary

FutureWeapons

★ 7.4
683 29 2006–present
Action · Crime · Documentary

How Art Made the World

★ 8.2
677 5 2005–present
Documentary

Tiger: Spy in the Jungle

★ 8.4
670 3 2008–2008
Documentary

Carrier

★ 8.3
669 10 2008–2008
Documentary

Derren Brown: Trick of the Mind

★ 8.6
663 18 2004–present
Documentary · Mystery

Lockup

★ 7.9
657 241 2005–present
Documentary · News

Christina Grimmie Zeldaxlove 64

★ 8.6
656 1 2009–2016
Documentary · Music · Musical

Three Sheets

★ 8.8
653 51 2006–present
Comedy · Documentary

Dogfights

★ 8.4
651 30 2005–present
Documentary · History · War

This American Life

★ 8.4
642 14 2007–2026
Documentary

America's Test Kitchen

★ 8.5
641 659 2000–present
Documentary

Dinosaur Planet

★ 7.7
637 4 2003–present
Animation · Documentary · Family

The Janice Dickinson Modeling Agency

★ 5.0
629 42 2006–2008
Documentary · Reality-TV

Medieval Lives

★ 8.3
622 8 2004–2004
Documentary · History

Atom

★ 8.6
620 3 2007–2008
Documentary

The Human Face

★ 7.8
615 4 2001–present
Comedy · Documentary · History
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