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TV series

Drunk History

2013TV-146 seasons6.8 / 10

Historical reenactments from A-list talent as told by inebriated storytellers. A unique take on the familiar and less familiar people and events from America's great past as great moments in history are retold with unforgettable results.

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Checked Jul 24, 2026

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Synopsis

Historical reenactments from A-list talent as told by inebriated storytellers. A unique take on the familiar and less familiar people and events from America's great past as great moments in history are retold with unforgettable results.

Season 1 episodes

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Episode 1

Washington D.C.

22m6.0 / 10

Woodward and Bernstein blow open the Watergate scandal, actors/brothers Edwin and John Wilkes Booth engage in a tragic feud and Elvis crashes The White House to meet President Richard Nixon.

Episode credits

Guest stars Nathan Fielder, Jack Black, Will Forte, Jonathan Ames, Adam Scott, Jack McBrayer, Bob Odenkirk, Dave Grohl

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Episode 2

Chicago

22m6.0 / 10

Al Capone is done in by an easily solved problem, Abraham Lincoln catches a break and police battle with protesters during the Haymarket Riot of 1886.

Episode credits

Guest stars Rich Fulcher, Kyle Kinane, Joe Lo Truglio, Matt Besser, Ike Barinholtz, Charlie Finn, Eric Filipkowski, Will Sasso

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Episode 3

Atlanta

22m6.0 / 10

John Pemberton invents Coca-Cola (from wine and cocaine!), the F.B.I tries to take down Martin Luther King Jr. and Stetson Kennedy infiltrates the Klu Klux Klan.

Episode credits

Guest stars Jenny Slate, James Atkinson, Bill Hader, Simon Helberg, Rob Riggle, Lamorne Morris, Jason Ritter, Matt Walsh

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Episode 4

Boston

22m

Mary Dyer wages war with the Puritan establishment, two cunning thieves pull off a $500 million art heist and the most notorious arsonist in New England history is revealed.

Episode credits

Guest stars Jen Kirkman, Erin Rohr, Michael Rohr, Chris Romano, Winona Ryder, Michael Cera, Brett Gelman, Martin Starr

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Episode 5

San Francisco

22m

Patty Hearst gets kidnapped and brainwashed, Mark Twain flees the city in fear (and finds his unlikely first hit story) and Mary Ellen Pleasant supports abolitionists with her business earnings.

Episode credits

Guest stars Artemis Pebdani, Derrick Beckles, Natasha Leggero, Lisa Bonet, Terry Crews, Steve Little, Ben Hoffman, Kristen Wiig

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Episode 6

Detroit

22m7.0 / 10

The Kellogg brothers litigate over their famous surname (and the newly profitable discovery of corn flakes), Ralph Nader goes to war with General Motors and Harry Houdini and Sir Arthur Conan Doyle go from best friends to bitter rivals.

Episode credits

Guest stars Paget Brewster, Tommy Blacha, Lucius Dillon, Jason Schwartzman, Owen Wilson, Luke Wilson, Ken Marino, Alfred Molina

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Episode 7

Nashville

22m7.0 / 10

Dolly Parton has to leave the man who made her famous, competing lawyers clash in the Scopes Monkey Trial, and Lewis and Clark explore the dangerous West.

Episode credits

Guest stars Seth Weitberg, BJ Porter, Georgia Hardstark, Alie Ward, Tony Hale, Taran Killam, Kumail Nanjiani, Aubrey Plaza

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Episode 8

The Wild West

22m7.0 / 10finale

Teddy Roosevelt makes a name for himself, hold-outs fight to the bitter end at The Alamo, and Billy the Kid goes on the run from lawman Pat Garrett.

Episode credits

Guest stars Mark Gagliardi, Preston Flagg, Matt Gourley, Timm Sharp, Rob Huebel, Andy Daly, Jake Johnson, Chris Parnell

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Episode information updated Jul 24, 2026

More about Drunk History

Cast

Derek WatersSelf - Host / Various Characters
Colin HanksFred Rogers
Stephen MerchantAbraham Lincoln
Jack BlackElvis Presley
Jenny SlateHerself - Narrator
Jason RitterElisha Gray
Michael CeraJohn Endicott
Natasha LeggeroElizabeth Bisland

Credits

Created by
Derek Waters

Production details

Status
Canceled
Series type
Scripted
Episodes
70
Original language
English

Networks & production

  • Comedy CentralUnited States
  • Gary Sanchez ProductionsUnited States

Themes

celebrity guestcelebrity reenactmentdramatizationdrinkingdrunkhilariousreenactmentstorytelling