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56-444: Court TV is an American digital broadcast network and former pay-television channel. It was originally launched in 1991 with a focus on crime-themed programs such as true crime documentary series, legal analysis talk shows, and live news coverage of prominent criminal cases. In 2008, the original cable channel became TruTV . The channel relaunched on May 8, 2019, as a digital broadcast television network owned by Scripps Networks ,

112-473: A Court TV brand extension. Following Scripps' acquisition of Ion Media in 2021, the Katz-owned networks were moved over to the subchannels of Ion -owned stations beginning February 27, 2021. On March 2, 2021, Scripps announced that it would launch two new complementary multicast networks, Defy TV and TrueReal , in the aftermath of Scripps' acquisition of Ion Media and television transmitters across

168-543: A crime episodically can utilize this aspect in their storytelling. Another strength of these podcasts is use of typical sensationalist techniques, such as inclusion of direct dialogue and focus on victims and their families. Podcasts can use music or other sound cues to maximize the intended impact or shock value of a fact, as seen in Serial . Trends in the United States In the U.S. women are predominantly

224-564: A decision on justifications, sentencing, or in cases of unsolved true crime; who they believe did it. Algorithms are used not only to see what a specific user is watching, but also what is being watched worldwide and what is sparking conversation. It is obvious that if this algorithm picks up on popularity, Netflix will continue to push out true crime material. Many of the True Crime documentaries have Twitter pages that promote their show's hashtags and reply to fans and/or their theories about

280-468: A direct effect on the aftermath of the crime and how it is dealt with by authorities or a given community. The Netflix show Making A Murderer has had a range of real-life effects, ranging from the show being shown in law schools as instructional material to increased mistrust in criminal investigators. The investigative process of the true crime genre can lead to changes in the cases being covered, such as when Robert Durst seemingly confessed to murder in

336-488: A free over-the-air network, as well as being available on streaming platforms, starting October 1. The network would be available over-the-air on Scripps-owned Ion Television stations, along with some traditional Scripps stations without an Ion sister station and the former Ion-owned stations transferred to Inyo Broadcast Holdings, along with offering the network to other station groups. It also announced plans to relocate Newsy's national headquarters to Atlanta. In advance of

392-526: A highly profitable sub-genre. An informal survey conducted by Publishers Weekly in 1993 concluded that the more popular true crime books focus on serial killers, with the more gruesome and grotesque content performing even better. Some true crime works are "instant books" produced quickly to capitalize on popular demand; these have been described as "more than formulaic" and hyper-conventional. Others may reflect years of thoughtful research and inquiry and may have considerable literary merit . A milestone of

448-477: A moral message. Most were purchased by the "artisan class and above", as the lower classes did not have the money or time to read them. Ballads were also created, the verses of which were posted on walls around towns, that were told from the perpetrator 's point of view in an attempt to understand the psychological motivations of the crime. Such pamphlets remained in circulation in the 19th century in Britain and

504-466: A multi-network agreement with Nexstar Broadcasting Group and operated affiliated TV station companies that would bring all three Katz-owned networks (as well as Bounce TV) to stations owned and/or operated by Nexstar in 54 markets, jumping national coverage of both Escape and Laff to 85% and Grit's coverage to 93%. On August 1, 2017, Scripps announced the purchase of Katz and its three networks plus Bounce which Katz operates, for $ 292 million, acquiring

560-523: A multi-network agreement with the Meredith Corporation that would add all three Katz-owned networks to Meredith-owned stations in five markets, boosting Laff's national coverage to 50%, Escape's to 58%, and Grit's to 78% of all U.S. television markets. Escape and Grit switched from direct response advertising as a meter of viewers to Nielsen rating C-3 late 2015 with Laff expected to follow suit. On June 15, 2016, Katz Broadcasting signed

616-495: A promotional video to the social media presences of Ion Plus and Defy TV that the latter would be wound down at the end of June as its programming moves to another unrelated network, Dare, launching on July 1, with Ion Plus returning to over-the-air availability on Defy TV's channel spaces. The A&E programming on Defy would move to an unrelated network named Dare, owned by Free TV Networks . Free TV Networks purchased Defy TV's branding from Scripps Networks and launched Dare under

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672-450: A role in the popularity of true crime podcasts. These podcasts often recount horrific crimes, which triggers the fear response and the release of adrenaline in the body. Due to the possibility of binge-watching podcasts, adrenaline rushes can be experienced in quick bursts. Another explanation for the popularity of true crime podcasts is due to the serialized nature of crime, in which events happen one after another. Podcasts that explore

728-467: A search for "Top Podcasts of 2021", true crime podcasts made up more than 20% of the podcasts constituting the lists. Trends in Australia In 2017, as many as 30% of podcast listeners had listened to true crime podcasts, and in 2019, this had increased to up to 44%. True crime works can impact the crimes they cover and the audience who consumes it. Also, coverage of true crime events can have

784-519: A subsidiary of the E. W. Scripps Company . Court TV is also available via streaming and FAST such as YouTube TV and The Roku Channel , but its audio feed is also available on Sirius XM channel 793. Cable television channel Courtroom Television Network , known as Court TV, was launched on July 1, 1991, at 6:00 am Eastern Time by founder Steven Brill and was available to three million subscribers. Its original anchors were Jack Ford , Fred Graham , Cynthia McFadden , and Gregg Jarrett . The network

840-871: A true crime theme are a recent trend. The 2014 true crime podcast Serial broke podcasting records when it achieved 5 million downloads on iTunes quicker than any previous podcast. As of September 2018, it has been downloaded more than 340 million times. It has been followed by other true crime podcasts such as Dirty John , My Favorite Murder , Up and Vanished , Parcast series such as Cults , Female Criminals and Mind's Eye , Someone Knows Something , and many more. Podcasts have now expanded to more sites such as Spotify , Apple Music , YouTube and several others. They exist to provide others an easy way to learn about true crime murders and mysteries. Spotify has an expanding number of true crime podcasts with Rotten Mango , Conviction American Panic , Bed of Lies , Catch & Kill among many more. This genre has been on

896-640: Is a late Ming dynasty collection of stories about allegedly true cases of fraud. Works in the related Chinese genre of court case fiction ( gong'an xiaoshuo ), such as the 16th-century Cases of Magistrate Bao , were either inspired by historical events or else purely fictional. Hundreds of pamphlets , broadsides , chapbooks and other street literature about murders and other crimes were published from 1550 to 1700 in Britain as literacy increased and cheap new printing methods became widespread. They varied in style: some were sensational, while others conveyed

952-655: The United States , even after widespread crime journalism was introduced via the penny press . In 1807, Henry Tufts published A Narrative of the Life, Adventures, Travels and Sufferings of Henry Tufts , which is likely the first extensive biography of an American criminal. Thomas De Quincey published the essay " On Murder Considered as one of the Fine Arts " in Blackwood's Magazine in 1827, which focused not on

1008-488: The "Ion" brand now more established regarding procedural dramas in general, including Ion Mystery's overall programming, whereas Court TV is more associated with its news division. On March 10, 2023, Scripps announced that TrueReal would shut down on March 27 of that month, merging its programming with that of Defy TV. After its closure, Scripps will lease the open spectrum on its owned and operated stations to Jewelry Television . On June 17, 2024, Scripps quietly posted

1064-474: The 1970's, and by 1996, almost none were being published, including True Detective , which had been bought and shut down by a new owner. True crime books often center on sensational, shocking, or strange events, particularly murder. Even though murder makes up less than 20% of reported crime, it is present in most true crime stories. Typically, the crimes most commonly include murder ; about 40 percent focus on tales of serial killers . Serial killers have been

1120-424: The U.S. top 50 spots for popularity by most listens, with Crime Junkie at No. 3, My Favorite Murder at No. 5, and others scattered among the top 50, such as; Serial at No. 13, Dateline NBC at No. 22, and Criminal at No. 30. In that year, true crime ranked third overall for genres by listen behind both comedy and news. From November 2019 through May 2022, true crime podcast listening increased

1176-488: The United States. The channels are part of Scripps's strategy to increase penetration among cord cutters that do not have traditional pay TV packages. Both services launched on July 1 with 92 percent national coverage, mostly on Ion transmitters but also on subchannels of some Scripps local TV stations and by agreement with other station groups. On April 6, 2021, Scripps announced that it would expand Newsy into

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1232-478: The acquisition of the intellectual property rights to the Court TV name and the pre-2008 Court TV original programming library from Turner Broadcasting System and Warner Bros. Television Studios . Scripps announced affiliation deals with Tribune Media and Univision Communications at that date, in addition to existing Scripps-owned stations. Further deals with Meredith Corporation , Nexstar Media Group (which

1288-520: The case. Part of the reason viewers love watching true crime, especially on something so available as Netflix, is because after they form their opinions they are able to easily find places to discuss it online and share their opinions. This gains more attention online and leads more people to watching what is being spoken about online. However, this has caused some problems in the past with viewers feeling so strongly about this topic that there have been lawsuits of defamation against Netflix. Podcasts with

1344-532: The company's Turner Broadcasting System division. The buyout of Court TV marked Time Warner's first television network acquisition, rather than a sale, since the acquisition of Turner in 1996. On July 11, 2007, it was announced that Court TV would be relaunched as truTV on January 1, 2008. The new brand was intended to accompany a larger shift towards action-oriented reality series which did not necessarily involve crime or law enforcement. Reruns of Court TV series then aired on HLN (primarily Forensic Files ) and

1400-426: The consumers of digital true crime podcasts, in 2019 making up around 73% of the content audience. The 2019 Edison Research Report found that at the time of data collection, an estimated 90 million of the U.S. population older than 12 had listened to a podcast in the last month, and of those polled, around 28% were interested in true crime as a topic to listen to in a podcast. In 2020, true crime podcasts held many of

1456-443: The crime reporting network Crime Stoppers Australia that led to charges being pressed doubled from 2012 to 2017. This increased interest in crime is attributed to popular true crime podcasts. The true crime genre has been criticized as being disrespectful to crime victims and their families and is described by some as trash culture . Author Jack Miles believes this genre has a high potential to cause harm and mental trauma to

1512-657: The defunct Qubo , Ion Plus and Ion Shop networks. Alabama Arizona Arkansas California Colorado Connecticut Delaware District of Columbia Florida Georgia Hawaii Idaho Illinois Indiana Iowa Kansas Kentucky Louisiana Maine Maryland Massachusetts Michigan Minnesota Mississippi Missouri Montana Nebraska Nevada New Mexico New York North Carolina North Dakota Ohio Oklahoma Oregon Pennsylvania South Carolina South Dakota True crime Zhang Yingyu's The Book of Swindles ( c.  1617 )

1568-465: The documentary The Jinx and was arrested. A study conducted in 2011, in Nebraska , showed that consuming non-fiction crime shows is correlated with an increased fear of being a victim of crime. As the frequency of watching true crime shows increased, support for the death penalty increased, while support for the criminal justice system decreased. In Australia , the amount of reports given to

1624-408: The film Crime Story (based on the kidnapping of businessman Teddy Wang Tei-huei ), which featured action star Jackie Chan . Netflix has become one of the most influential streaming services in regard to their True Crime selection. The Netflix show Making a Murderer did so well, the company decided to establish more true crime and expand on this genre making a profit off of the interest from

1680-528: The genre and concluded that tabloidization and fictionalization are pervasive in the works of some of the authors of true crime literature. In some cases, even books by the same author disagree on specifics about the same killer or events. For instance, some facts reported in Capote's In Cold Blood were challenged in 2013. Capote's second attempt at a true crime book, Handcarved Coffins (1979), despite being subtitled "Nonfiction Account of an American Crime",

1736-469: The genre was Norman Mailer 's The Executioner's Song (1979), which was the first book in the genre to win a Pulitzer Prize . Other prominent true crime accounts include Truman Capote 's In Cold Blood ; the best-selling true crime book of all time, Helter Skelter , by the lead Manson family prosecutor Vincent Bugliosi and Curt Gentry ; and Ann Rule 's The Stranger Beside Me , about Ted Bundy . Rule's 1987 work, Small Sacrifices , tells

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1792-425: The genre's heyday, before World War 2, 200 different true crime magazines were sold on newsstands, with six million magazines sold every month. By itself, True Detective had two million in circulation. The covers of the magazines generally featured women being menaced in some way by a potential criminal perpetrator, with the scenarios being more intense in the 1960's. Public interest in the magazines began declining in

1848-576: The growth of its prime time programming, Court TV announced in 2005 that it would split its programming into two brands. Daytime trial coverage was branded as Court TV News while other dayparts were branded under the tagline Seriously Entertaining; this programming would feature new reality television series focusing on crime-oriented topics. In January 2006, the network launched a male-targeted programming block known as "RED", an abbreviation of "Real. Exciting. Dramatic." Time Warner bought full control of Court TV in 2006 and began running it as part of

1904-511: The hiring announcement of Jim Weiss (a former executive at sports marketing agency CSE) as the former's senior vice president of corporate communications in August. On January 18, 2015, Katz Broadcasting announced the launch of its third specialty network, Laff , a comedy-focused network that was tapped for an April 15 debut with ABC Owned Television Stations and Scripps serving as its core charter affiliate groups. On March 24, 2015, Katz signed

1960-565: The initial investors included some Bounce investors notably Gray Television and Al Haymon . At some point, E. W. Scripps Company also becomes an owner purchasing 5% of the company. Katz and Bounce Media share staff from the former company's launch, including Jonathan Katz (who is president and chief executive officer of Katz, while continuing as chief operating officer ) and Jeffrey Wolf (Katz's chief distribution officer and Bounce's executive vice president of network distribution). Katz and Bounce continued to share executive staff with

2016-412: The most of the top three genres by percentage gain in listeners, with a 66% gain (from ~12.9 million to ~21.5 million) in current listeners, versus the 44% and 37% gain in listeners by comedy and news respectively. On Apple Podcasts, True Crime podcasts make up just less than half a percent of the total number of podcasts on the platform. On a collated list of 432 podcasts from the most-visited results of

2072-485: The move exclusively to over-the-air distribution, Scripps began to notify traditional cable and satellite providers, along with Internet television providers, at the end of March that it would end distribution of Newsy via those means effectively on June 30, 2021. The Newsy over-the-air network launched on October 1, 2021. On February 24, 2022, the Court TV Mystery network was rebranded as Ion Mystery , with

2128-404: The murder or the murderer but on how society views crime. Starting in 1889, Scottish lawyer William Roughead wrote and published essays for six decades about notable British murder trials he attended, with many of these essays collected in the 2000 book Classic Crimes. Many regard Roughead "as the dean of the modern true crime genre." An American pioneer of the genre was Edmund Pearson , who

2184-547: The network in 1997. The network came into its own during the Menéndez brothers ' first trial in 1994, and the O.J. Simpson murder trial in 1995. In 1998, NBC sold its share of the network to Time Warner. That same year, Court TV began running several original and acquired programs in prime time, such as Homicide: Life on the Street , and Forensic Files . In 1999, it acquired the rerun rights to Fox 's Cops . Recognizing

2240-424: The network to affiliated TV stations via ad split, but by October 2015, had moved to carriage fees in exchange for the network getting the ad inventory due to greater inventory with stations adding a third or fourth subchannel. Their networks used direct response advertising as a meter of viewers before switching to Nielsen rating C-3 . Katz Broadcasting, LLC was founded on February 3, 2014, by Jonathan Katz, who

2296-550: The other 95% of the company. Katz will remain based out of Atlanta, Georgia as an autonomous division of Scripps. The purchase was completed on October 2, 2017. In December 2018, Turner Broadcasting sold the rights to the brand and programming library of defunct cable network Court TV (which relaunched as TruTV in 2008) to Katz, who re-launched it as an over-the-air digital network in May 2019. On September 30, 2019, Katz Broadcasting rebranded Escape as Court TV Mystery to make it

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2352-423: The over-the-air digital network True Crime Network (originally known as Justice Network). With changes to HLN's programming strategy and the growing popularity of the genre, the network began to produce and premiere more original true crime programs in 2017. On December 10, 2018, Katz Broadcasting (owned by the E. W. Scripps Company ) announced that it would relaunch Court TV as an over-the-air network following

2408-496: The penny press. The foreword of a 1964 anthology of Pearson's stories contains an early mention of the term "true crime" as a genre. Truman Capote 's " non-fiction novel " In Cold Blood (1965) is usually credited with establishing the modern novelistic style of the genre and the one that rocketed it to great profitability. The first true crime magazine, True Detective , was published in 1924. It featured fairly matter-of-fact accounts of crimes and how they were solved. During

2464-684: The real people involved. True crime media can be produced without the consent of the victim's family, which can lead to them being re-traumatized. Recent discussions about the consumption of true crime media have also focused on the impact on the audience's mental health. Depending on the writer, true crime can adhere strictly to well-established facts in journalistic fashion or can be highly speculative. Writers can selectively choose which information to present and which to leave out in order to support their narrative . Artists have offered fact-based narratives blending fiction and historical reenactment. Author Christiana Gregoriou analyzed several books of

2520-523: The rise as psychologist, Amanda Vicary, said her report found "women were most drawn to true crime stories that gave them tips for spotting danger and staying alive". The True Crime category in Apple Podcasts appeared for the first time mid-2019, and until then the podcasts that would be moved into the section had existed across many other categories, such as History, News & Politics, and even Comedy. It has been speculated that fear could play

2576-446: The start of the 21st century, the genre of writing that was growing the quickest was true crime. Much of this is due to the ease of recycling materials and the publication of numerous volumes by the same authors differing only by minor updates. The majority of readers of true crime books are women. True crime documentaries have been a growing medium in the last several decades. One of the most influential documentaries in this process

2632-528: The story of Diane Downs , an Oregon woman who in May 1983 murdered her daughter and attempted to murder her other two children. An example of a modern true crime book is I'll Be Gone in the Dark by Michelle McNamara . Erik Larson 's The Devil in the White City gives a novelistic account of H. H. Holmes ' operations during the 1893 World's Fair . In 2006, Associated Content stated that since

2688-419: The venture in 1991. The network's first logo consisted of a rectangle with the word "COURT", and the letters "TV" below, with a line underneath. The network's second logo ran from 1999 to 2005. The network's third and final logo ran from 2005 to 2007. The channel originally consisted of live courtroom trials that were interspersed with anchors and reporters. It was led by law writer Steven Brill , who later left

2744-401: The viewers. Netflix has a number of key search words or tags to help users find true crime programs on their website because the genre has become so popular in the past few years. The way Netflix uses storytelling to explain the case is appealing to many viewers and creates an intimate relationship between the audience and the case itself. These programs often leave the viewer with the job to make

2800-611: Was The Thin Blue Line (1988), directed by Errol Morris . This documentary, among others, feature reenactments, although other documentary filmmakers choose not to use them since they do not show the truth. In the early 1990's, a boom of true crime films began in Hong Kong. These films ranged from graphic Category III –rated films such as The Untold Story and Dr. Lamb (based on serial killers Wong Chi Hang and Lam Kor-wan , respectively) to more general audience fare such as

2856-489: Was chief operating officer of Bounce TV and formerly worked at the Turner Broadcasting System . The company was announced concurrently with the announced launches of its first two networks, Escape and Grit , which were both launched that April with Univision and UniMás owned-and-operated stations run by Univision Communications as its charter station group. Besides Jonathan Katz, some of

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2912-520: Was already noted for containing significant fictional elements. Katz Broadcasting Scripps Networks, LLC , formerly known as Katz Broadcasting , is an American specialized digital multicasting network media company and a division of the E. W. Scripps Company . The company owns (as of 2024) eight broadcast television networks , nine FAST streaming networks and a streaming service that each carry programming with specified formats targeted at individual demographics. Originally, Katz sold

2968-655: Was born out of two competing projects to launch cable channels with live courtroom proceedings, the American Trial Network from Time Warner and American Lawyer Media , and In Court from Cablevision and NBC . Both projects were present at the National Cable Television Association , in June 1990. Rather than trying to establish two competing networks, the projects were combined on December 14, 1990. Liberty Media would join

3024-465: Was in the process of acquiring Tribune; the deal closed in September 2019), Tegna , and Quincy Media were announced on May 2, 2019. The channel is also available nationally on Pluto TV and Haystack News . The relaunched Court TV features live court coverage with former Court TV anchor Vinnie Politan as lead anchor. The network began broadcasting on May 8, 2019. The first live courtroom coverage

3080-521: Was influenced in his style of writing about crime by De Quincey. Pearson published a series of books of this type starting with Studies in Murder in 1924 and concluding with More Studies in Murder in 1936. Before being collected in his books, Pearson's true crime stories typically appeared in magazines like Liberty , The New Yorker , and Vanity Fair . Inclusion in these high-class magazines distinguished Pearson's crime narratives from those found in

3136-548: Was the Covington, Georgia, trial of parents who, after reporting their newborn baby missing in 2017, were later charged with murder. It also featured coverage of the Harvey Weinstein sexual assault trial and the trial of Kyle Rittenhouse . In May 2020, the network was picked up for carriage on YouTube TV . Following Scripps acquisition of Ion Media in 2021, it began to add Court TV to its stations in place of

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