Telemarketers
Follows former telemarketing employees Pat Pespas and Sam Lipman-Stern, two longtime office friends who find themselves hot on the trail of a sobering look at the ugly side of American capitalism and the abuse of customer trust.
- Metascore81
- 2023-2023
- 1 season
- HBO
- Documentary
- TV-MA
Follows former telemarketing employees Pat Pespas and Sam Lipman-Stern, two longtime office friends who find themselves hot on the trail of a sobering look at the ugly side of American capitalism and the abuse of customer trust.
Season 1 Episode Guide
3 Episodes 2023
Episode 1
Episode #1.1
Sun, Aug 13, 2023 58 mins
Sam Lipman-Stern, a 14-year-old high school dropout, joins Civic Development Group in 2001 as a telemarketer raising money for various charities. What starts off as horseplay, filming the outrageous office antics, leads Sam and his colleague Pat Pespas to closely examine their dubious fundraising practices.
Episode 2
Episode #1.2
Sun, Aug 20, 2023 53 mins
After the Federal Trade Commission shuts down CDG, other copy-cat telemarketing companies evade regulation by taking advantage of loopholes. Undeterred, Sam and Pat journey down a wild and twisted path, learning that the questionable industry practices are pervasive.
Episode 3
Episode #1.3
Sun, Aug 27, 2023
Years later, the former coworkers reunite to continue their investigation, only to learn that even more brazen telemarketing schemes have emerged with the advent of robocalling, political action committees, and AI. After traveling the country to gather evidence, Sam and Pat bring their findings to Capitol Hill.
