mockumentary

American  

[mok-yuh-men-tuh-ree, ‑tree] / ˌmɒk yəˈmɛn tə ri, ‑tri /

noun

Movies,

1. a movie or television show depicting fictional events but presented as a documentary.

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mockumentary British  

/ ˌmɒkjʊˈmɛntərɪ, -trɪ /

noun

1. a satirical television or radio programme in the form of a parody of a documentary

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Etymology

Origin of mockumentary

mock + (doc)umentary

Example Sentences

Eisenberg and his team breathed a massive sigh of relief when Ronald Gladden, the everyman at the center of “Jury Duty,” made it to the courtroom mockumentary’s scripted final reveal: There was no trial, all of his fellow “jurors” were actually actors and the documentary Gladden believed was being filmed about the judicial process was actually a “Truman Show”-style TV experiment.

From Los Angeles Times

She found it in NBC’s new mockumentary series as an oddball boss.

From Los Angeles Times

Alas, the pair’s romantic break-up became Twitter official in 2015, prior to the debut of ABC’s mockumentary sitcom “The Muppets.”

From Salon

Some might recognize her bubbly folk theme from the NBC mockumentary sitcom “Parks and Recreation,” which stretched across seven seasons between 2009 and 2015.

From Los Angeles Times

And here he is again, starring in NBC’s “The Fall and Rise of Reggie Dinkins,” a mockumentary from Robert Carlock and Sam Means, about a disgraced football pro looking to salvage his reputation.

From Los Angeles Times