--- description: "Saturday Night Live" alums Bill Hader, Fred Armisen and Seth Meyers team up for a documentary parody show on IFC. title: Watch Bill Hader and Fred Armisen Spoof Self-Serious Docs in Teaser for Documentary Now! image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt9865675935d11f63/698854e655a859edd9a8c89f/bill-hader-fred-armisen-seth-meyers-156256867.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [Entertainment](/section/entertainment/) ## Entertainment Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Watch Bill Hader and Fred Armisen Spoof Self-Serious Docs in Teaser for _Documentary Now!_  by [Eliza Berman](/author/eliza-berman/)  ## Eliza Berman Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Berman is a senior editor at TIME. Jun 17, 2015 6:06 PM CUT  Bill Hader (l), Fred Armisen (c) and Seth Meyers (r) pictured on Saturday Night Live on Nov. 10, 2012. Bill Hader (l), Fred Armisen (c) and Seth Meyers (r) pictured on Saturday Night Live on Nov. 10, 2012.NBC--NBCU Photo Bank/Getty Images  by [Eliza Berman](/author/eliza-berman/)  ## Eliza Berman Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Berman is a senior editor at TIME. Jun 17, 2015 6:06 PM CUT Some of the greatest gifts _Saturday Night Live_ has to offer are the collaborations that come from its alumni, even years after they’ve left the show. One such collaboration, _Documentary Now!,_ will head to IFC this summer, reuniting Fred Armisen and Bill Hader for a six-episode extended parody of the documentary genre. Created, written and executive produced by Hader, Armisen and fellow _SNL_ alum Seth Meyers (with Lorne Michaels also executive producing), the show is inspired by the _SNL_ [sketch](https://screen.yahoo.com/history-punk-000000227.html "undefined") “Ian Rubbish and the Bizarros: History of Punk,” a mini-mockumentary about a British punk band during the Margaret Thatcher era. The teaser finds Armisen and Hader posing for sepia-toned vintage photographs, dog-sledding and taking advantage of ample opportunities to dress in drag. The shows creators [told](http://www.ew.com/article/2015/05/28/fred-armisen-bill-hader-seth-meyers-documentary-now "undefined") _Entertainment Weekly_ that viewers can expect to see a lampooning of common documentary narrative techniques, such as montages, never-before-seen footage and crime reenactments. _Documentary Now!_, whose guest stars include Jack Black and John Slattery, premieres on IFC on Aug. 20 at 10 p.m. Watch the "Documentary Now!" 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