![]() In 2020, the New York Times purchased Serial Productions, the production company behind the show. soldier and former Taliban prisoner Bowe Bergdahl, and the Cleveland court system. Serial has released two other seasons, focusing on U.S. ![]() It became the first podcast to receive a Peabody award. The show is believed to have 300 million downloads. Serial became the first podcast ever to reach 5 million downloads in 2014. Syed, 41, has maintained his innocence for decades. Prosecutors have 30 days to either drop the case or bring a new trial. Last week, prosecutors asked a Maryland judge to vacate his conviction and have a new trial, saying new evidence was found that pointed toward two other suspects. Syed was convicted of first-degree murder in 2000 for killing his ex-girlfriend, Hae Min Lee. Much of the other shows in the Top 10 of Spotify and Apple’s charts are true crime series, a show of Serial’s initial influence on the industry.
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