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<i>Serial </i>subject Adnan Syed’s murder conviction has been reinstated

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Serial subject Adnan Syed’s murder conviction has been reinstated

A new hearing will be held at some point about whether or not to vacate Syed's sentence

Sam Barsanti

PublishedMarch 28, 2023

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<i>Will Trent </i>is a promising addition to ABC's roster of ubiquitous procedurals

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Will Trent is a promising addition to ABC's roster of ubiquitous procedurals

Ramón Rodríguez brings a lighter touch to the title role of Will Trent, the network's latest crime drama

Max Gao

PublishedJanuary 3, 2023

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Prosecutors drop charges in <i>Serial</i> podcast murder case

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Prosecutors drop charges in Serial podcast murder case

Adnan Syed served 22 years for the murder of Hae Min Lee

PublishedOctober 11, 2022

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HBO is already putting together a follow-up to <i>The Case Against Adnan Syed</i>

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HBO is already putting together a follow-up to The Case Against Adnan Syed

A new episode of the documentary series will air in 2023

Sam Barsanti

PublishedSeptember 21, 2022

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Judge overturns the murder conviction of <i>Serial </i>subject Adnan Syed

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Judge overturns the murder conviction of Serial subject Adnan Syed

Sarah Koenig was at the courthouse when it happened, and a new episode of Serial is on the way

Sam Barsanti

PublishedSeptember 19, 2022

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Hulu uncovers trailer for <em>Only Murders In The Building</em>’s second season

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Hulu uncovers trailer for Only Murders In The Building’s second season

Martin Short, Steve Martin, and Selena Gomez are peering around corners again

Matt Schimkowitz

PublishedJune 14, 2022

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AUXBooksWhat Are You Reading?

What are you reading in April?

In our monthly book club, we discuss whatever we happen to be reading and ask everyone in the comments to do the…

Laura Adamczyk,

William Hughes,

and Danette Chavez

PublishedApril 12, 2021

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<i>Criminal Minds </i>is dragging itself back out of the grave

Criminal Minds is dragging itself back out of the grave

You ever get a line from a comic book stuck in your head? We’ve got one running endlessly in our own brains right…

William Hughes

PublishedFebruary 20, 2021

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Sarah Koenig and LeBron James to adapt <i>Serial</i> season 3 into a limited series for HBO

Sarah Koenig and LeBron James to adapt Serial season 3 into a limited series for HBO

Per The Hollywood Reporter, season three of the hit podcast Serial is potentially heading to HBO as a limited…

Shannon Miller

PublishedJanuary 26, 2021

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Supreme Court chooses not to hear appeal from <i>Serial </i>subject Adnan Syed

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Supreme Court chooses not to hear appeal from Serial subject Adnan Syed

According to The Baltimore Sun, the U.S. Supreme Court has decided not to hear an appeal from Adnan Syed, the man…

Sam Barsanti

PublishedNovember 25, 2019

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The 100 best TV shows of the 2010s

Trying to define television in the 2010s has proven just as great a task as keeping up with the surge in series,…

ByThe A.V. Club

PublishedNovember 11, 2019

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AUXFeaturesFor Our Consideration

<i>Serial </i>didn't invent true crime, but it did legitimize it

AUXFeaturesFor Our Consideration

Serial didn't invent true crime, but it did legitimize it

Although gory chapbooks detailing famous murder cases have been published in English since the 1500s, the true crime…

Katie Rife

PublishedNovember 8, 2019

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TVReviewsPre-Air

An HBO documentary revisits the Serial murder with The Case Against Adnan Syed

Part of what made the first season of Serial so engrossing was the sense that listeners were investigating the…

Josh Modell

PublishedMarch 8, 2019

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What's your 2018 pop culture gift to the world?

As we approach the end of 2018, we are asking—as we do every year—one particular question of our staff and readers.…

ByThe A.V. Club

PublishedDecember 28, 2018

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Spooky podcast The Black Tapes might become a TV show

Podcasting is still pretty hot these days, especially as the TV industry is concerned, with the success of Homecoming on Amazon

Sam Barsanti

PublishedDecember 15, 2018

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15 podcasts to listen to while you’<em></em>re waiting in line to vote

AUXPodcastsPodmass

15 podcasts to listen to while you’re waiting in line to vote

We’re doing something a little different this week: Since tomorrow is Election Day in the U.S., and because we here…

ByThe A.V. Club

PublishedNovember 5, 2018

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Nearly 3 million people downloaded Serial's new season on its first day

Serial wasn’t the first breakthrough podcast, but its dig into the murder of high schooler Hae Min Lee certainly…

Randall Colburn

PublishedSeptember 25, 2018

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16 Shots unspools the tragedy of Laquan McDonald and the police shooting that rocked Chicago

“In October of 2014, a white police officer fatally shot a black teenager on the streets of Chicago,” states the…

Marnie Shure,

Becca James,

Zach Brooke,

Scott Von Doviak,

Dan Neilan,

Jose Nateras,

Dan Jakes,

and Benjamin Cannon

PublishedSeptember 24, 2018

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Serial's new season documents a full year in the Cleveland criminal justice system

The Peabody Award-winning Serial was bonafide podcasting phenomenon in its first season, which, by investigating…

Randall Colburn

PublishedSeptember 5, 2018

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HBO to re-investigate The Case Against Adnan Syed

It’s been three-and-a-half years since the producers of This American Life’s Serial introduced the world to Adnan…

William Hughes

PublishedMay 16, 2018

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