Epix orders Fiasco docuseries on pivotal U.S. events, starting with the Iran-Contra Affair

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Slow Burn's Leon Neyfakh is behind the six-episode history docuseries. "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," per Deadline. "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."