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Zach Stone Is Gonna Be Famous

★ 8.2 5K votes 2013–2013 1 season · 12 episodes Canceled MTV
Cringe comedyLaughs mined from social discomfort and embarrassment.This show: 8/10SatiricalComedy sharpened into social and political critique.This show: 7/10
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Starring
Bo BurnhamTom WilsonKari ColemanCameron PalatasArmen WeitzmanKit Goldsmith
Written by
Bo BurnhamDan Lagana
Starring
Bo BurnhamTom WilsonKari ColemanCameron PalatasArmen WeitzmanKit Goldsmith
Written by
Bo BurnhamDan Lagana
Ratings per Episode
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Votes per Episode
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About

"A cringe-comedy time capsule of early internet fame culture"

Zach Stone Is Gonna Be Famous follows a fresh high school grad who talks a documentary crew into filming his quest for celebrity, with no actual talent or plan beyond wanting attention. Each episode he tries on a new persona or path to fame, chasing whatever trend seems fastest. It's a mockumentary in the faux-reality mold, poking at social media culture and the emptiness of fame-for-fame's-sake. The tone is broad and silly rather than sharp satire, with the humor leaning on cringe and Zach's cluelessness. It's slight, breezy, and disposable but occasionally lands a genuinely funny bit.

Watch it for

the satire of manufactured fame and social media obsession, oddly prescient for its era.

Maybe skip if

you need sharp writing or dislike cringe-based mockumentary comedy.

Written by our AI editor to help you decide, spoiler-free by design.

All Seasons

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Season 12013
8.52K124h 1m
Drawn to the perks of stardom, teenager Zach Stone pays a camera crew to shadow him in a bid to be famous... despite having no discernible talent.
EpTitleRatingYoursVotesRuntime
▶1Pilot8.5
20721 min
▶2Zach Stone Is Gonna Be a Recording Artist8.3
16220 min
▶3Zach Stone Is Gonna Get a Makeover8.0
14020 min
▶4Zach Stone Is Gonna Make a Sex Tape8.4
13820 min
▶5Zach Stone Is Gonna Get Wild8.5
13419 min
▶6Zach Stone Is Gonna Be a Famous Chef8.2
13920 min
▶7Zach Stone Is Gonna Be the Zachelor8.3
12820 min
▶8Zach Stone Is Gonna Go Missing8.6
12120 min
▶9Zach Stone Is Gonna Be Scary8.8
12520 min
▶10Zach Stone Is Gonna Be an Actor9.0
13120 min
▶11Zach Stone Is Gonna Be a Hero8.5
11720 min
▶12Zach Stone Is Gonna Be Famous (No, Really)9.3
14721 min

Full Cast & Crew

Cast

Bo Burnham Zach Stone
Tom Wilson Mr. Stone
Kari Coleman Mrs. Stone
Cameron Palatas Andy Stone
Armen Weitzman Greg
Kit Goldsmith Amy
Justin Dray Phillip
Arshad Aslam Hasaad
Robbie Amell Nick
Jason Rogel Marcus

Crew

Dan Lagana

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