The creators of the popular podcast Serial have announced the formation of podcast production company Serial Productions. The first podcast to launch will be S-Town, a nonfiction series set in rural Alabama and hosted by This American Life producer Brian Reed. All episodes of S-Town will be released in March.
Serial co-creator and S-Town Executive Producer Julie Snyder said, “We’re harnessing the incredible reporting and editing talent of This American Life and Serial and throwing it toward the creation of new shows.”
Production of S-Town began when a man reached out to This American Life bitterly complaining about his small Alabama town. He wanted a reporter to investigate the son of a wealthy family who had allegedly been bragging that he got away with murder. Someone else ended up dead, and another story began to unfold – about a nasty feud, a hunt for hidden treasure, and the mysteries of one man’s life.
Two more podcasts from Serial Productions are also in development.
