IFC Is the Second Network to Postpone a Show That Echoes Virginia Shootings

Delays Documentary Now! episode featuring slain journalists

A second network has decided to delay an episode of one of its shows because of similarities with Wednesday's tragic shootings in Virginia. 

IFC is postponing tonight's episode of Documentary Now!, its new comedy series created by Saturday Night Live alums Seth Meyers, Bill Hader and Fred Armisen. The series features send-ups of some of the most influential documentaries from the last 30 years.

The episode "Dronez" satirizes a Vice-like news organization, Dronez, which sends ultrahipster reporters to Juarez, Mexico, in search of a drug cartel head named El Chingon.

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