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Netflix previews documentaries on Norm Macdonald, Maria Bamford and SCTV

Netflix previews documentaries on Norm Macdonald, Maria Bamford and SCTV
NewsMythscribe9 October 2026

Netflix has previewed its next comedy documentaries with filmmakers Judd Apatow, Neil Berkeley and Jason Hehir at the service’s Tudum Theater. Norm: The Tale of Norm Macdonald arrives October 16, followed by Paralyzed by Hope: The Maria Bamford Story on October 23 and SCTV: The Greatest Show You’ve Never Heard Of on October 30.

Netflix has previewed its next comedy documentaries with filmmakers Judd Apatow, Neil Berkeley and Jason Hehir at the service’s Tudum Theater. Norm: The Tale of Norm Macdonald arrives October 16, followed by Paralyzed by Hope: The Maria Bamford Story on October 23 and SCTV: The Greatest Show You’ve Never Heard Of on

October 30. Apatow’s Macdonald film assembles the comedian’s writing, sketches, stand-up and interviews so his own recorded words guide the portrait. Apatow and Berkeley’s Bamford documentary combines performance and interviews with her experience of loss and mental health. Hehir’s SCTV documentary reunites cast

members and revisits sketches they helped select. Netflix says past seasons of the Canadian series are also available to stream. The new preview adds the directors’ account of how these portraits were built. Read the official source. Image: Netflix; official Norm: The Tale of Norm Macdonald trailer artwork,

representing one film in the announced slate.

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