VICE Weekly Newsmagazine Lands at Showtime

Showtime has picked up the rights to the Emmy-winning weekly newsmagazine VICE and ordered a new 13-episode season, to premiere in spring 2020.

Produced by VICE News, the series has been nominated for 12 Primetime Emmy awards across its previous six seasons (which aired on HBO), with two wins, including outstanding informational series or special.

“As so much of television news has moved in a direction of partisan coverage and talking heads, the team behind VICE continues to delve deep into the global issues, conflicts and newsmakers affecting our everyday lives,” said Vinnie Malhotra, executive VP of nonfiction programming at Showtime Networks. “They also do it with an incredibly diverse cadre of journalists—both in front of and behind the camera. Their dogged pursuit of award-winning journalism, is matched by stellar filmmaking and craft in this weekly documentary series. We’re honored and excited to partner with them moving forward.”

“Our team of award-winning reporters, producers and editors have set the tone for gold-standard longform international reporting and we can’t wait to bring those stories to Showtime, who share our passion for quality storytelling, differentiated and important journalism, and distinctive voices that capture the critical issues facing our world today,” said Nancy Dubuc, CEO of VICE Media.