Pardon the generalization, but it wasn’t long ago that you could walk into a theater showing a documentary and the seats would be filled mainly with academics and old people. The same was true for documentaries on TV and video. Not anymore. Docs have entered a kind of golden age, especially on TV. On any given night, you can browse through hundreds of choices on cable, VOD and on streaming services like Netflix and Amazon. And that stereotypical viewer? Gone, too. “The documentary audience is as diverse as it is for our series programming,” said David Nevins, CEO of Showtime Networks, the subscription-cable home to shows like “Ray Donovan,” “The Affair” and “Homeland.” Nevins said Showtime has upped its production and acquisition budgets for docs this year.

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