| Vice | |
|---|---|
 Title card from seasons 1–3 | |
| Genre | Documentary |
| Created by | Shane Smith |
| Based on | Vice Media |
| Starring | Shane Smith, Gideon Yago, Thomas Morton, Jake Hanrahan, Isobel Yeung, Ben Anderson |
| Theme music composer | Nick Zinner,Ben Vida &Hisham Bharoocha |
| Opening theme | Doomed |
| Country of origin | United States |
| Original language | English |
| No. of seasons | 10 |
| No. of episodes | 164(list of episodes) |
| Production | |
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| Production locations | Syria,Afghanistan,North Korea,Iraq,Nigeria,Ukraine,Venezuela,Brazil,Myanmar,Mexico,South Sudan,Los Angeles,New York (HQ) |
| Editor | Danny Gabai |
| Running time | 27–43 minutes |
| Production companies |
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| Budget | $13.2 million |
| Original release | |
| Network | HBO(seasons 1–6) Showtime(season 7–10) |
| Release | April 5, 2013 (2013-04-05) – June 25, 2023 (2023-06-25) |
Vice (stylised asVICE) is a documentary television series created and hosted byShane Smith ofVice magazine. It covers topics using animmersionist style of documentary filmmaking onShowtime. It premiered on April 5, 2013, onHBO. The show's second season aired in 2014 and won anEmmy Award for Outstanding Informational Series or Special.[1]
The show originally was executive-produced byBill Maher,Shane Smith, and Eddy Moretti, andCNN journalistFareed Zakaria was credited as a consultant.[2][3] On May 7, 2014, HBO renewed the series for two more seasons. The 14-episode third season began March 6, 2015, one week after the hour-long "Killing Cancer" aired on February 27.Vice's sixth season aired on April 6, 2018.[4] On March 25, 2015, HBO announcedVice's renewal through Season 7.[5]
The show's cancellation was announced on February 1, 2019, making the sixth season its last season on HBO.[6] However, on September 24, the series was picked up by Showtime and resumed on March 29, 2020.[7] On July 30, 2020, the series was renewed for an eighth season that premiered on March 7, 2021.[8][9] On February 7, 2022, the series was renewed by for its ninth and tenth season.[10] In July 2023, the series was removed from theShowtime streaming app, with Vice News shopping it to other outlets.[11]
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The show followsVice journalists and founders,Shane Smith andSuroosh Alvi with segment hostsRyan Duffy andThomas Morton as they went to different parts of the world. They interviewed people on political and cultural topics. Subjects includedpolitical assassinations, young weapons manufacturers,child suicide bombers, Indian and Pakistani border politics, the Chineseone-child policy,climate change, andbonded laborers in Pakistan's brick kilns, featuring the work of human and labor rights activistSyeda Ghulam Fatima.
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The first episode aired onHBO on April 5, 2013, and was available for free viaYouTube.[24] The series is the first televised program forVICE, featuringVice staff as correspondents. Politics, culture, and drugs are the main focuses of the Vice series.
The show has received both positive and negative reviews because of its unique, provocative presentation and style. Some compare it to agonzo type of journalism.[25][26] Maureen Ryan ofThe Huffington Post wrote a negative review of the show, due to its presentation.[27]Rolling Stone magazine has written that: "It feels a little like your buddy from the bar just happened to be wandering through eastern Afghanistan with a camera crew."[28] In June 2013, the show was covered extensively in mainstream media for documenting a basketball game withNorth Korean dictatorKim Jong-un. Vice correspondents have filmed from the inside of crack-cooking kitchens in Atlanta to Haitian secret societies in talk of zombie powder.[29]
Vice News Tonight is a nightly news program that debuted on October 10, 2016, onHBO, marking a significant expansion ofVice Media's news coverage. This spin-off was designed to offer a more concentrated news format, focusing on delivering updates and analysis of current events.[citation needed] The program featured a mix of hard news, investigative pieces, and special reports.[citation needed] In 2020,Vice News Tonight underwent a relaunch and was reintroduced on the Vice cable network. This transition was part of Vice Media’s strategy to adapt to changing media consumption trends and maintain its presence in the competitive news landscape.[citation needed] The shift from HBO to the Vice cable network represented a strategic move to leverage Vice Media’s existing resources and audience reach.[citation needed] The program retained its core focus on in-depth reporting and investigative journalism, now with an updated format to fit the new platform.[citation needed]
| Season | Episodes | Originally released | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| First released | Last released | Network | |||
| 1 | 10 | April 5, 2013 (2013-04-05) | June 14, 2013 (2013-06-14) | HBO | |
| 2 | 12 | March 14, 2014 (2014-03-14) | June 13, 2014 (2014-06-13) | ||
| 3 | 14 | March 6, 2015 (2015-03-06) | June 26, 2015 (2015-06-26) | ||
| 4 | 18 | February 5, 2016 (2016-02-05) | July 1, 2016 (2016-07-01) | ||
| 5 | 29 | February 24, 2017 (2017-02-24) | October 13, 2017 (2017-10-13) | ||
| 6 | 30 | April 6, 2018 (2018-04-06) | December 14, 2018 (2018-12-14) | ||
| 7 | 13 | March 29, 2020 (2020-03-29) | June 21, 2020 (2020-06-21) | Showtime | |
| 8 | 15 | March 7, 2021 (2021-03-07) | December 26, 2021 (2021-12-26) | ||
| 9 | 16 | May 1, 2022 (2022-05-01) | September 18, 2022 (2022-09-18) | ||
| 10 | 7 | May 7, 2023 (2023-05-07) | June 25, 2023 (2023-06-25) | ||
It was reported in June 2023 that Showtime pulled an episode of the series originally scheduled to air on May 28, 2023. The episode, "The Gitmo Candidate & Chipping Away", was scheduled to air four days afterRon DeSantis officially announced he was entering the2024 Presidential race. In the scrubbed promo for the episode, it describedSeb Walker investigating claims that DeSantis witnessed acts condemned by theUnited Nations as torture during his time as aJAG officer in theNavy atGuantanamo Bay.[30][31][32][33][34][35]
