America Undercover | |
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Genre | Documentary |
Written by | Mark C. Baldwin |
Directed by |
Jon Alpert Fenton Bailey |
Presented by | Oliver Stone |
Country of origin | United States |
Original language(s) | English |
No. of seasons | 9 |
Production | |
Executive producer(s) | Sheila Nevins |
Producer(s) | Brent Owens |
Production company(s) | America Undercover |
Release | |
Original network | HBO |
Original release | 1983 | – present
America Undercover is a series of documentaries that air on the cable television network HBO. Within the series are several sub-series, such as Autopsy, Real Sex, and Taxicab Confessions.
The series began in 1984 and, after a brief time being broadcast weekly in 2001, is now broadcast once per month. In 2006, episodes began being rebroadcast on A&E Network.
Over the years, episodes have covered numerous subjects such as abortion, organized crime, and pedophilia. The show won several awards for the 1998 production of Strippers: The Naked Stages.