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The third and final episode of the HBO docuseries “Telemarketers” is out this week, bringing to a close one of the most unexpected onscreen journeys in recent memory — from

The third and final episode of the HBO docuseries “Telemarketers” is out this week, bringing to a close one of the most unexpected onscreen journeys in recent memory — from

The finale of HBO Max document "Telemarketers" dropped on Sunday, and it seemed to reveal how Congress, the FTC, and America's largest police unions...

The show borrows one of Michael Moore’s oldest tricks—and understands how it really works.

The show borrows one of Michael Moore’s oldest tricks—and understands how it really works.

The amateur sleuths behind HBO's docuseries took their investigation of telemarketing scams to Sen. Richard Blumenthal. Here's what happened next.

The new HBO documentary series is getting people talking about robo calls, spam emails and other major grifts. But is it any good?

Photo Illustration by Thomas Levinson/The Daily Beast/GettyPay Dirt is a weekly foray into the pigpen of political funding. Subscribe here to get it in your inbox every Thursday.Days after HBO released its new Telemarketers documentary series—which raises the curtain on decades of political, police, and charity telemarketing fraud—the producers got a major PR boost from an unexpected place: the Department of Justice.Last week, federal prosecutors in the Southern District of New Yor...

Our critic recommends two fantastic documentaries and a dreamy French show about a 70-year-old pregnant woman.

Vulture culture critic Kathryn VanArendonk talks about HBO's unconventional true crime docuseries Telemarketers, created by two former telemarketers.