Vice (TV series)

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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
Executive producers	Bill Maher (seasons 1–6); Shane Smith; Suroosh Alvi; Fareed Zakaria; Eddy Moretti; BJ Levin (seasons 1–4); Tim Clancy (season 4–10); Beverly Chase; Craig Thompson; Subrata De;
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	Bill Maher Productions (seasons 1–6); Vice Original Series; HBO Entertainment (seasons 1–6); Showtime Networks (seasons 7–10);
Budget	$13.2 million
Original release
Network	HBO (seasons 1–6); Showtime (season 7–10)
Release	April 5, 2013 –; June 25, 2023

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.

The show originally was executive-produced by Bill Maher, Shane Smith, and Eddy Moretti, and CNN journalist Fareed Zakaria was credited as a consultant.

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. On March 25, 2015, HBO announced Vice's renewal through Season 7.

The show's cancellation was announced on February 1, 2019, making the sixth season its last season on HBO. However, on September 24, the series was picked up by Showtime and resumed on March 29, 2020. On July 30, 2020, the series was renewed for an eighth season that premiered on March 7, 2021. On February 7, 2022, the series was renewed by for its ninth and tenth season. In July 2023, the series was removed from the Showtime streaming app, with Vice News shopping it to other outlets.