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"It's been a little bit slow going on Serial Season Three, but kicking it in," Snyder continued. "I don't like to run the show over Christmas… so to get it done by Christmas we would have to launch in October, and I bet that won't happen." Snyder has been working full-time on S-Town for the past six months, where Serial host and co-creator Sarah Koenig has also been helping out. The creative team behind hit documentary podcast 'Serial' have formed a new production banner in association with public radio's 'This American Life.' Serial Productions' first podcast will be 'S. "I'm the worst at predicting this, and I will give you my totally honest answer: I would think maybe not even until the beginning of 2018," Snyder said. Producer Julie Snyder revealed the tentative date for Serial's third season to during a conversation about the This American Life team's upcoming podcast S-Town, which will be the first show to launch under their new production banner, Serial Productions. The good news? It's delayed because the production team are busy working on a whole lot more podcasts, one of which launches next week. Listeners can find all seasons of Serial on the website, 's the bad news: Serial's feverishly anticipated third season probably isn't coming until the new year. The beginning of Serial Season 3, which focuses on daily life within a Cleveland courthouse, opens like the beginning. The show follows the plot and characters wherever they lead, through many surprising twists and turns. Serial unfolds one story - a true story - over the course of a whole season. While this is an alternative move for the podcast, it will provide listeners with an unusual perspective on the country’s justice system.Īnother premise is that these are “ordinary” cases however, the way in which Serial operates alludes to the fact that there are bigger issues at hand with each respective story. Serial is a podcast from Serial Productions, a New York Times company, hosted by Sarah Koenig. This season we tell you the extraordinary stories of ordinary cases. One of the central differences of the new season is that Koenig will be incorporating the stories of multiple individuals rather than focusing on one overarching case. A year inside a typical American courthouse. Sarah Koenig’s hit podcast Serial is back and on a new case or more. 20, is based in Cleveland, Ohio and focuses on the American justice system.Īccording to Serial’s podcast website, this particular city was selected because creators were able to, “record everywhere-courtrooms, back hallways, judges’ chambers, prosecutors’ offices” and “outside the building, into neighborhoods, into people’s houses, and into prison.” The third season of the popular podcast returned Thursday with new episodes exploring the Cleveland criminal court system.
Season 3, which aired its first episode on Sept. The podcast’s success can also be attributed to its ties with the creators of This American Life, a popular radio show that has aired over 600 episodes to date.Īlthough the creators of the podcast and host Sarah Koenig will be starting anew, there is still much promise for the behind-the-scenes auditory journalism that has drawn so many to Serial in the past four years. Not for one extraordinary case instead, Serial wanted to tackle the whole criminal justice system. The show is also the first podcast to be awarded a Peabody award, which it received in 2015. About Season Three - Serial About Season Three Serial is heading back to court. The podcast remained on the top of the iTunes podcast charts for months after the first episode and has been successful not only in the United States, but in England and Australia as well. There was an undeniable element of uncertainty in whether the speakers were telling the truth throughout the podcast. This left many viewers eager to hear the next part of the story when the following episode aired.
Past episodes ran for an average span of 50 minutes. The twist is that the crime supposedly has been solved and we get those events retold.”Īppeal for Serial is also heavily based in the episodic nature of the show that has become a precedent in the first two seasons and will continue in Season Three. A Huffington Post writer discussing Season One said, “the story has many of the classic features of a mystery: It’s a whodunit that combines the pleasures of a police and courtroom procedural.