VICE

Hosted by Shane Smith, founder of the revolutionary media company of the same name and Executive Produced by Bill Maher, VICE is a news magazine series featuring startling, groundbreaking stories from around the world. Operating in 34 countries worldwide, VICE's network of online channels are dedicated to music, fashion, travel, news and sports. HBO's VICE smashes barriers of decorum to cover such stories as out-of-control political assassinations in the Philippines, the sumo/Mixed Martial Arts craze that has swept Senegal and the precarious nuclear stare-down in Kashmir. VICE's fearless approach is like nothing else on television and will show some of the scariest, weirdest and most absurd customs and practices known to humanity. (HBO Europe)