I discovered Vice as a Youtube channel around four years ago after watching a documentary on the suicide forest in Japan. There was something very strange yet intriguing on the topics Vice decided to cover that pulled me in as a viewer because they were so unpredictable. One day it was about the deep web and internet hacking groups to Gay rights and mistreatment in different countries.
Viceland is the first channel in years I could turn on and never feel compelled to switch the channel due to every show having good content that will inform or entertain me until I turn my TV off. One of my favorites on the channel, Flophouse, follows several comedians as they perform house shows packed full of hyped guests dying for a laugh.
The channel also had several educational shows such as Gaycation starring Ellen Page as she travels the globe analyzing gay culture all throughout the globe and Weediquette which documents host Krishna Andavolu as he discovers the uses of weed in several locations in the world and how THC potency can treat pain and disorders or just make for having a great time. I fell in love with the channel's elements that it kept from the Youtube channel and magazine with the diversity in their shows, but also liked the expansion they brought to the channel with bringing notable Actors and musicians to the show such as Action Bronson, Chief Keef, and Kendrick Lamar who was featured on an episode of the channels music coverage series, Noisey.
With my coming of age and quality reduction in cartoons I knew sooner or later I would be drawn to a new channel when I was watching television so I can definitely say Viceland came around just in time. It's been a very long time since I was able to watch an educational show I actually enjoyed and couldn't wait for the next episode of. Although Vice was founded 20 years ago, it has its roots in the current generation of millennials but isn't too outlandish to discourage older viewers from watching. My mom learns as much as I do from watching the news. When we watch an hour of Viceland, she loves how informative it is.
With a loaded arsenal of shows and the occasional movie, I could see Viceland sticking around for decades.
