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HBO’s ‘VICE’ Expands Season To 10 Editions

By THE DEADLINE TEAM | Wednesday April 17, 2013 @ 12:26pm PDTTags: HBO, Vice

HBOVICE is expanding its current season from eight editions to ten editions and is devoting its entire June 14 season finale to the show’s recent week-long trip to North Korea. VICE founder and series host Shane Smith had previously reported from within North Korea on two occasions, but was barred from returning to the country because of his critical documentaries on the regime. Determined to return and chronicle the reclusive country under its new leader, Kim Jong-un, Smith sent a team of correspondents and a production crew, including VICE correspondent Ryan Duffy, NBA Hall of Famer Dennis Rodman, and three players from the Harlem Globetrotters on a cultural exchange in late February. VICE kicked off its season on April 5 at 11 PM. Viewership for the second edition of VICE, which debuted Friday, April 12, improved 78% over its premiere, attracting 931,000 viewers at 11 PM.

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Shane Smith Calls ‘Vice’ Style Of Journalism “Immersionism”: TCA

By THE DEADLINE TEAM | Friday January 4, 2013 @ 6:05pm PSTTags: HBO, Vice

Ray Richmond is contributing to Deadline’s TCA coverage.

HBO isn’t in the habit of doing traditional newsmagazine shows, and its new magazine Vice (premiering April 5) is like no series of its ilk that mainstream TV has ever seen. It’s sort of Rolling Stone-meets-The-BBC-meets-Real Time With Bill Maher. And it’s certainly not coincidental that Maher is an exec producer on the globe-trotting newsmagazine fronted by host Shane Smith. Vice is also the name of the media company that produces the show that practices a New Age-style journalism that Smith called “Immersionism” during an afternoon panel at TCA. “We have local stringers, we dress the part (of the locals), and we try not to be intrusive,” Smith explained. “We also try to be smart about it. We aren’t action junkies. We just try to get a good story. Being able to have smaller crews helps.” Smith’s Vice partner and exec producer Eddy Moretti, who joined him on the panel, stressed that the show isn’t like a traditional news crew in any way. They will hang out with story subjects for days before even beginning to record, to cultivate trust. “Because we come as storytellers, rather than journalists, we’re often welcomed into these communities. It gives us an access that allows us to tell a rich human story.” Read More »

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HBO & VICE Develop Newsmagazine Show With Help From Bill Maher & Fareed Zakaria

By DAVID LIEBERMAN, Executive Editor | Thursday May 10, 2012 @ 11:43am PDTTags: HBO, Vice

The weekly news magazine — to be called VICE — will be hosted by Shane Smith, who co-founded VICE Media and helped to build it into a youth oriented multi-media entertainment company. Smith, Bill Maher, and VICE Chief Creative … Read More »

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Vice Bolsters Biz With Blowhard Boasts, And Actual Movers And Shakers Tom Freston And Ari Emanuel

By MIKE FLEMING JR | Tuesday April 5, 2011 @ 6:28am PDTTags: Ari Emanuel, Tom Freston, Vice, WME
Mike Fleming

NEW YORK, NY (April 5, 2011) – Vice today announced it has formed major investment partnerships with some of the most influential leaders in the media business: Tom Freston, MTV Founder and former Viacom CEO; WPP, the world’s leading communications services group; and The Raine Group, a top media

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Andrew Lazar, Platinum Studios And Top Cow Target ‘Vice’

By MIKE FLEMING JR | Wednesday February 2, 2011 @ 8:48pm PSTTags: Andrew Lazar, Cowboys & Aliens, Platinum Studios, Scott Mitchell Rosenberg, Vice
Mike Fleming

EXCLUSIVE: Platinum Studios, a producer of the upcoming Cowboys & Aliens, has joined forces with Andrew Lazar and Top Cow Productions to turn the Top Cow comic Vice into a live action feature film. Vice tells the story of hard-core … Read More »

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