Netflix Docuserie Reveals Matthew Perry's Final Days and Addiction Struggles
The three-part series features interviews with his sister and friends, detailing the actor's rise to fame and tragic death from addiction.
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The story so far
7 publishers have covered this in 9 articles since 26 Oct 2026. The New York Times published first, on 26 October at 09:01 UTC; TV | Hollywood Reporter followed 21h 59m later. The most recent article, from South China Morning Post, appeared on 29 October at 03:06 UTC.
Outlets reporting it: The New York Times (major outlet), TV | Hollywood Reporter (major outlet), Variety (major outlet), The Guardian Culture (major outlet), Deadline, Rolling Stone, South China Morning Post.
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How it unfolded
Every source in the order it published.
- The New York Times“The One About Matthew Perry” Docuseries Comes to Netflix
- TV | Hollywood Reporter‘The One About Matthew Perry’ Review: Netflix’s Intimate and Sincere but Overly Padded Docuseries
- VarietyNetflix Docuseries ‘The One About Matthew Perry’ Is a Tragic, Mournful Portrait of Addiction: TV Review
- The Guardian CultureThe One About Matthew Perry review – the star of one of TV’s biggest ever shows gets a loving tribute
- Variety‘Friends’ Cast Entered Matthew Perry’s Funeral Holding Hands and Cried Around the Casket, Netflix Documentary Reveals
- DeadlineMatthew Perry Netflix Docuseries: Five Takeaways From Flimsy Look At ‘Friends’ Star’s Life & Death
- Rolling Stone‘The One About Matthew Perry’ Charts Beloved Star’s Hollywood Rise and Tragic Death
- Variety‘The One About Matthew Perry’ Director on Gaining His Sister’s Trust, Explaining How He Died and More
- South China Morning PostMeet Friends star Matthew Perry’s sister, Mia, who talks to Netflix about her late brother
Sources
Every article we clustered into this story. Headlines link to the publisher.
- ‘The One About Matthew Perry’ Director on Gaining His Sister’s Trust, Explaining How He Died and More Variety ·
- ‘Friends’ Cast Entered Matthew Perry’s Funeral Holding Hands and Cried Around the Casket, Netflix Documentary Reveals Variety ·
- The One About Matthew Perry review – the star of one of TV’s biggest ever shows gets a loving tribute The Guardian Culture ·
- ‘The One About Matthew Perry’ Review: Netflix’s Intimate and Sincere but Overly Padded Docuseries TV | Hollywood Reporter ·
- Netflix Docuseries ‘The One About Matthew Perry’ Is a Tragic, Mournful Portrait of Addiction: TV Review Variety ·
- “The One About Matthew Perry” Docuseries Comes to Netflix The New York Times ·
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- Meet Friends star Matthew Perry’s sister, Mia, who talks to Netflix about her late brother South China Morning Post
- ‘The One About Matthew Perry’ Charts Beloved Star’s Hollywood Rise and Tragic Death Rolling Stone
- Matthew Perry Netflix Docuseries: Five Takeaways From Flimsy Look At ‘Friends’ Star’s Life & Death Deadline
In this story
- Matthew Perry
- Netflix
- Friends
- Mary Robertson