The TV series "Fargo" is not based on a true story. It is an American black comedy crime drama television series created and primarily written by Noah Hawley. The show is inspired by the 1996 film of the same name, which was written and directed by the Coen brothers, and takes place within the same fictional universe
. Each season of "Fargo" claims to be based on a true story, but this is a stylistic choice and not an accurate representation of the show's content
. In a 2014 interview, the show's executive producer Noah Hawley clarified that "the show... It's all just made up. The whole cloth. I didn't go looking for [a] true crime. It started from a character standpoint and everything grew organically out of that"
