Erik Pedersen Managing EditorEpix has greenlighted Fiasco, a docuseries from Leon Neyfakh based on his podcast about America’s most pivotal historical events.
The six-episode series about politics, power, and uncertainty hails from Prologue Projects and Left/Right.Set to debut next year on the premium cabler, Fiasco host Neyfakh follows the day-to-day reality of our country’s most pivotal historical events, bringing to life the forgotten twists and turns of the past while shedding light on the present.
Season 1 will tell the story of the Iran-Contra affair, the Cold War-era debacle involving a secret war in Nicaragua and an arms-for-hostages deal with Iran that threatened the presidency of Ronald Reagan in the mid-1980s.
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