Greg Whiteley’s absorbing series follows a small Texas college’s championship cheer team.

The American football documentary just released its new series and it is heady, heartrending stuff – hands down one of the best things on TV

Greg Whiteley's documentary series switches teams (Independence Community College Pirates) and states (Kansas) for the third installment.

“Cheer” and “Last Chance U” director Greg Whiteley’s new docuseries is the most compelling kind of underdog story—one in which even the “villains” have something to offer.

As another Husky hoop season begins at East Los Angeles College, Coach Mosley has a wealth of new talent — players who need tough love to move ahead.SUBSCRIB...

From true-crime series to Oscar-winning movies, the streaming giant has gone all in on nonfiction filmmaking. Here are the ones you should check out.

Laney College is trying to defend a state title. One of its best players is homeless.

'Cheer' creator Greg Whiteley's latest Netflix docuseries celebrates the scrappy vitality of independent entertainment

The one-two punch of USA’s Dare Me and Netflix’s Cheer proves that cheerleading can inspire multiple great — and wildly different — series.

Other winners include "RuPaul's Drag Race," "The Voice" and "The Last Dance"

A conversation with the Republican senator about Russia’s threat to the world, the members of the GOP who praise Putin, and how this conflict ends

Being drafted by the Jets completed a circuitous football journey for Johnson that took him from Minnesota to Kansas to Georgia to Florida to New York.

Netflix’s Last Chance U is returning for a third season with a new look, moving to Independence Community College in Kansas with fiery coach Jason Brown.

Netflix has ordered Cheer, a six-episode docuseries about competitive college cheerleaders from Last Chance U creator Greg Whiteley.

Netflix has set the premiere date for a docuseries about the pro wrestling promotion Ohio Valley Wrestling, Variety has learned exclusively.

The story of four teens’ friendship being tested by their inner-city Los Angeles neighborhood is what kept you most glued to Netflix in 2018. The streaming giant on Tuesday released its own “Year in...

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There is a moment after a cheer team floats into their pyramid when they hang still in mid-air, creating the impression that time has stopped. Then the pyramid disassembles in much the same way it …

Greg Whiteley—the man behind 'Last Chance U' and 'Cheer'—is one of best talents on the streamer. But the more I watch his work, the more I worry about the future of stories like these.

Season 2 of Netflix's 'Cheer' tackles the Jerry Harris allegations, Monica Aldama and Navarro's sudden fame, the pandemic and more.

With a focus on personal stories, director Greg Whiteley calls the visual style of his Netflix documentary 'Cheer' 'simultaneously aggressive and poetic.'

The director’s sports docu-series, like “Last Chance U” and “Cheer,” deliver high-stakes drama on and off the field. His new one explores a regional pro wrestling outfit.

As Netflix's sports docuseries drops its final football season, the creators, athletes, and coaches look back at the series' defining moments.

Many sports documentaries are hyper-focused on wins and losses. This Netflix franchise finds some of its greatest moments in the off days.

Buddy Stephens believes the story is just beginning.

The Spirit Awards 2024 nominations include American Fiction, All of Us Strangers, Past Lives, May December, We Grown Now and Passages for Best Picture.

The Netflix documentary Cheer shows viewers something I learned a long time ago: All kinds of people become cheerleaders, for all kinds of reasons — and some are profoundly changed by it. (A few...

The Netflix docuseries from 'Cheer' director Greg Whiteley follows the Louisville-based Ohio Valley Wrestling.

The stakes on the mat are high, but for these cheerleaders, the only thing more brutal than their workouts and more exceptional than their performances are t...

Hit the beach or hit play on any number of new shows — you can’t go wrong either way.

Dan Finkel says math is often taught as a series of rigid steps—which can be intimidating. Instead, he wants kids to see the fun, creative side of math that leads to deep learning and discovery.

Netflix has renewed college-football documentary series "Last Chance U" for a third season.

The U.S. Congress is divided in almost every way. But there is one issue where Republicans and Democrats have found a surprising consensus: hating on the NCAA.