Ample Entertainment, the production company behind Netflix's This Is the Zodiac Speaking and Peacock's Diddy: The Making of a Bad Boy, launched its own YouTube channel on 6 August 2026 to bring non-fiction originals straight to viewers — no streaming subscription required.

The new slate, branded Ample Originals, opens with two series. Ample Investigates premieres on 7 August, revisiting well-known crime stories through present-tense investigation, new revelations and unexpected characters. Somebody Knows Something, a companion to a series Ample already produces for the US cable network Freeform, follows on 10 August (Deadline).

Ample Investigates covers some big cases. One episode tackles the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum heist — the 1990 Boston art theft that remains unsolved — and features filmmakers meeting the nephew of mob boss Harry Winter, who makes a confession about the crime. Another instalment, The Night Doctor, is a three-parter following the case of Dr William Husel, accused by his former employer Mount Carmel Hospital of killing 34 patients. Further episodes include The Murder of Seth Rich and We Found Jimmy Hoffa with journalist Dan Moldea (Deadline).

Somebody Knows Something is hosted by Kara Robinson Chamberlain, a true-crime influencer and kidnapping survivor who investigates unsolved murders and missing persons cases. The series has a dual life: it premieres on Freeform on Monday 10 August and streams the next day on Hulu, while also running on the Ample Originals YouTube channel (The Futon Critic; Deadline).

Ample CEO Ari Mark said he has always wanted to build a platform to bring original content directly to consumers that is "curated, thoughtful and high quality" (Deadline). The company is no stranger to YouTube: it previously produced Could You Survive the Movies? for YouTube Originals. Its other credits include Investigation Discovery's Hollywood Demons.

What makes the move stand out is a production company stepping out from behind the platforms it normally feeds. Ample has built its business making shows that Netflix, Peacock and ID commission and distribute. Now it is curating its own slot — its own channel, its own release calendar — on the world's largest free video platform.