Vice | |
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Genre | Documentary |
Created by | Shane Smith |
Starring | Shane Smith |
Theme music composer | Nick Zinner, Ben Vida & Hisham Bharoocha |
Country of origin | United States |
Original language | English |
No. of seasons | 10 |
No. of episodes | 164 (list of episodes) |
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Running time | 27–43 minutes |
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Network | HBO (seasons 1–6) Showtime (season 7–10) |
Release | April 5, 2013 June 25, 2023 | –
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Vice (stylised as VICE) is a documentary television series created and hosted by Shane Smith of Vice magazine. It covers topics using an immersionist style of documentary filmmaking on Showtime. It premiered on April 5, 2013, on HBO. The show's second season aired in 2014 and won an Emmy Award for Outstanding Informational Series or Special.[1]
The show originally was executive-produced by Bill Maher, Shane Smith, and Eddy Moretti, and CNN journalist Fareed 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 announced Vice'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 the Showtime streaming app, with Vice News shopping it to other outlets.[11]