The Serial podcast that triggered public fascination with the murder case of Adnan Syed—the Baltimore teen convicted in the 1999 killing of his ex-girlfriend Hae Min Lee—has been downloaded well over 100 million times. One of those listeners was filmmaker Amy Berg. "I came to the podcast late. I listened to it in the…

Podcast phenomenon Serial is back for a third season and is set to explore the criminal court system in Cleveland. The podcast, which today debuted its first trailer for the forthcoming season, starts September 20. The new season, which is once again hosted by Sarah Koenig, will tackle criminal court procedures after…

Serial is finally coming to TV… HBO and Sky have partnered on a four-part documentary – The Case Against Adnan Syed about the disappearance of high school student Hae Min Lee and the subsequent conviction of her ex-boyfriend, Adnan Syed. The series will be directed by Deliver Us From Evil and West of Memphis director…

The team behind the Serial juggernaut has launched a podcast production company and set up its first digital series. Serial Productions' initial project will be S-Town, a nonfiction limited series set in rural Alabama and hosted by longtime This American Life producer Brian Reed. All episodes be released…

Journalist and Oscar-winning screenwriter Mark Boal has settled his First Amendment lawsuit against the U.S. government in a case that challenged the right of reporters to protect confidential sources before military tribunals. The case stems from the Army's threat to subpoena Boal's unaired taped interviews with Sgt…

Nearly four months after being granted a new trial for the 1999 murder of his high school girlfriend, the subject of the first season of the Serial podcast now wants to get out of prison after nearly two decades. “Syed has now served more than 17 years in prison based on an unconstitutional conviction for a crime he…

A Maryland judge has granted a new trial to Adnan Syed, whose murder case was publicized by the podcast Serial. Syed was convicted and sentenced to life in prison for killing of his former high school girlfriend Hae Min Lee in 1999 and burying her in a park. He has been behind bars for 16 years. Baltimore Circuit…

The second season of Serial is off to an auspicious start. The only podcast to win a Peabody Award scored the first interview with former Army Pfc. Bowe Bergdahl, who left his base in Afghanistan in 2009, was captured by the Taliban and has been silent publicly since being released as part of a controversial prisoner…

A judge has reopened the murder case that was the initial subject of “Serial,” the phenomenally popular podcast optioned by Fox 21 Television Studios and writer-producer-directors Christopher Miller and Phil Lord to be developed as a cable series. Co-created by This American Life‘s Sarah Koenig and Julie Snyder, the…

Serial is headed to television. Writer/producer/directors Christopher Miller and Phil Lord (The Lego Movie, 21 Jump Street) and Fox 21 Television Studios have optioned the rights to the podcast phenomenon co-created and is co-produced by This American Life‘s Sarah Koenig and Julie Snyder and hosted by Koenig. Miller…

It was the first podcast to win a Peabody Award. Crime series Serial, from This American Life and WBEZ Chicago, is set to return for a second season in the fall and a third next spring, per an email blasted to subscribers. Season 1 was hosted by Sarah Koenig and explored the 1999 murder of Baltimore teenager Hae Min…

Peabody Awards emphasized the medium rather than the messages in its announcement about this year’s “News and Radio” winners. “New players and platforms elbowed into the ranks of the usual News and Radio suspects in the 74th annual Peabody Awards,” the organization said this morning. Podcast Serial became “the first…