The Courtroom Television Network, more commonly known as Court TV, is an American cable television network owned by Time Warner that launched on July 1, 1991. On May 15th, 2006 it was announced that Time Warner had bought out Liberty Media's 50% ownership in the channel, making Time Warner (within its Turner Broadcasting System division) the now sole owner of Court TV. ^*

Available in nearly 80 million homes, Court TV's programming includes movies (both original and off-network), news (with editorial content), & simulcasts of trials, usually criminal trials.

Television programming

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CourtTV News

Court TV provides live coverage of trials, legal news, and crimes making headlines during their news programming hours, known as CourtTV News, running from 9:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. The programs take viewers into the courtrooms and share analysis to make sense of the trials at hand.

Programs

• Bloom & Politan: Open Court with Lisa Bloom and Vinnie Politan
• Best Defense with Jami Floyd
• Banfield & Ford: Courtside with Ashleigh Banfield and Jack Ford
• Nancy Grace: Closing Arguments with Nancy Grace
• Catherine Crier Live with Catherine Crier

Anchors, Reporters, and Contributors

• Ashleigh Banfield
• Lisa Bloom
• Jean Casarez
• Catherine Crier
• Jami Floyd
• Jack Ford
• Nancy Grace
• Fred Graham
• Savannah Guthrie
• Eddie Hayes
• Beth Karas
• Rikki Klieman
• Vinnie Politan
• Adaora Udoji

Court TV Primetime

Court TV also provides primetime programming pertaining to criminal stories. The programs include dramas, movies, documentaries, and television series.

Programs

• Body of Evidence
• Forensic Files
• Hollywood Heat
• Hollywood Justice
• I, Detective
• The Investigators
• Masterminds
• North Mission Road
• Psychic Detectives
• Trace Evidence
• NYPD Blue
• Nancy Grace Investigates
• Under Investigation
• ACLU Freedom Files
• Cops
• Video Justice
• Power, Privilege, & Justice

• Getting a Ticker in America
• Texas Swat
• Anatomy of Crime
• San Diego
• Court TV Movie
• Haunting Evidence
• Hot Pursuit
• LA Forensics
• Las Vegas Law
• Trial By Jury
• Parco P.I.
• 50 Crimes That Captivated America
• Al Roker Investigates
• Brooklyn North
• The First Amendment Project
• Getting a Ticket in America
• Hip Hop Justice

• Home of the Brave
• Supercops
• Supermax
• Vice Squad Miami
• Investigation Re-Opened
• Memphis Homicide
• Mississippi Justice
• After Katrina
• Mardi Gras
• Mobs Out of Control
• Special Forces
• Stories of the Innocence Project
• Unexpected Heroes
• World's Scariest Police Shootouts
• World's Scariest Police Stings

Original Movies

• The Exonerated
• Chasing Freedom
• The Interrogation of Michael Crowe
• Guilt by Association

Websites

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Apart from owning the Court TV website, it also operates The Smoking Gun, a website which focuses on legal items such as mug shots and other public documents. Court TV also owns the website Crime Library: Criminal Minds and Methods, which goes in depth concerning infamous crimes and how they were solved. Court TV Extra, a broadband video site, shows trials live online and keeps an archive of highlights.

Radio

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On February 3, 2003, Court TV, Plus debuted on Sirius Satellite Radio, featuring audio from Court TV programs. Originally on Channel 134, it was moved in September 2005 and is now on Channel 110.

See also

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CourtTV Canada

External links

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• Official Website
• Court TV Extra
• Crime Library
• Court TV News Website
• Court TV, Plus on Sirius
• Fan Club for Court TV Anchor Nancy Grace

American television networks | Time Warner subsidiaries | 1991 establishments | Sirius Satellite Radio channels

Court TV | Court TV