<Tr> <Th> Website </Th> <Td> serialpodcast.org </Td> </Tr> <P> Serial is an investigative journalism podcast hosted by Sarah Koenig, narrating a nonfiction story over multiple episodes . The series was co-created and is co-produced by Koenig and Julie Snyder and developed by This American Life . New episodes were originally available weekly when a season was active, but partway through the second season the schedule was revised to every other week . Serial ranked number one on iTunes even before its debut and remained there for several weeks . Serial won a Peabody Award in April 2015 for its innovative telling of a long - form nonfiction story . As of 10 June 2017, the podcast's episodes were downloaded a total of 175 million times, establishing an ongoing world record . </P> <P> The last episode of season two of Serial was released March 31, 2016 . The producers of Serial launched the podcast S - Town on March 28, 2017 . Season three's release date is planned to be sometime in 2018 . </P> <P> The series is being adapted for television by Phil Lord and Christopher Miller . </P>

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