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The E. W. Scripps Company’s Court TV and Scripps News are partnering on a live television special that will examine the killing of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson and his alleged murderer Luigi Mangione.

The special, called “Assassination of a CEO,” marks the first full co-production between Court TV and Scripps News, the company said in a statement. The two channels have shared news reporters and resources in the past to cover crime and legal stories and events, but have not produced a television show together until now.

The special will take a deep dive into Thompson’s assassination earlier this month, which happened outside a New York City hotel just hours before UnitedHealthcare was to hold an investor’s conference. The public execution made international headlines and triggered a multi-state manhunt, which ended on December 9 when Mangione was apprehended at a fast food restaurant in Pennsylvania.

Court TV has announced its fall schedule, including a new primetime lineup and original series. The network’s flagship show, Vinnie Politan Investigates, hosted by popular anchor Vinnie Politan, looks at high-profile cases from all angles, providing a comprehensive analysis of the latest true crime stories. The show airs weeknights at 9 Pm Et, following Closing […]

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(Updated with Reelz statement) More than two years after pulling the plug on Live Pd, A&e now wants to lock up and throw away the key on the revival series On Patrol: Live.

“Without any authorization from Aetn, Big Fish [the show’s former producer] created a clone of Live Pd featuring the same primary hosts, content, format, segments, and more, and sold that virtually identical show to Reelz, a cable network seeking its first breakout hit, which then aired the show over Aetn’s repeated and vociferous objections,” says a blistering copyright-infringement complaint (read it here) filed Tuesday in federal court by A&e Television Networks against producers MGM-owned Big Fish, Half Moon Pictures and Reelz itself.

Appealing to forthcoming judges and juries, A&e is seeking a variety of damages and profits out of this action. Perhaps even more penalizing, the plaintiff also desires to see On Patrol: Live and any other...

A&e is heading to court, live.

The cable network has ordered Court Night Live, a reality series that will bring live trials to television.

The series comes from Big Fish Entertainment, the company behind controversial series Live Pd. Although it will air on Wednesday nights at 9pm, starting August 10, rather than on Friday and Saturday nights, Court Night Live appears to be the network’s spiritual successor to live cops series.

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Deadline revealed that Live Pd, which was one of the highest rated series on cable, was canceled in June 2020, in the wake of George Floyd’s death and after a controversy that video allegedly captured by the Live Pd crew of the death of Javier Ambler during a police stop had been destroyed.

A Live Pd successor On Patrol: Live recently premiered to strong numbers on Reelz.

Having canceled “Live P.D.” in 2020, A&e is returning to the live docu-reality TV space — but this time, the network is trading order for law. A&e is set to launch “Court Night Live,” from former “Live Pd” producers Big Fish Entertainment, next Wednesday, August 10 at 9 p.m. Et.

“Court Night Live” will operate under a similar format to “Live Pd,” featuring hosts as they shift from multiple cities to watch live action as it takes place — but this time via “pop-up courtrooms” in Philadelphia, Tampa, and Chicago. The show is hosted by Vinnie Politan and TV vet Judge Greg Mathis, while retired Judge Vonda Evans will provide analysis.

Much like pre-taped daytime court shows, “Court Night Live” doesn’t take place in actual courtrooms, but feature people are taking their cases out of traditional courtrooms to be resolved on the show. Politan, Mathis, and Evans will provide context to the civil cases,...

Court TV will carry the televised feed of the Johnny Depp-Amber Heard defamation trial, which is scheduled to begin next week in Fairfax County, Va.

The network will be the pool feed provider for the trial, and plans to provide coverage of the proceedings.

Ethan Nelson, Acting Head of Court TV, said in a statement, “Court cases that are as high-profile as this one often create a lot of noise, and it can be difficult for viewers to break through these distractions to have a clear picture of the facts, but that’s where we come in.”

Depp filed a 50 million defamation suit against Heard after she wrote a Washington Post essay in 2018, headlined “I spoke up against sexual violence — and faced our culture’s wrath. That has to change.” Although the essay didn’t mention Depp by name, he claims that it damaged his reputation and cost...

YouTube TV is rounding out its channel lineup in quarantine.

The service has added Court TV to its programming offer -- a newly-rebooted network devoted to legal news and analysis of headline-grabbing trials.

“We’re thrilled to have Court TV added to YouTube TV at a time when consumer appetite for the real-life drama of true-crime and courtroom trials has never been greater,” Jonathan Katz, president and CEO of Scripps-owned Katz Networks -- which is the parent company of 20-year-old Court TV -- said in a statement.

Court TV counts a team of seasoned anchors -- including Vinnie Politan, Julie Grant, Ted Rowlands, Chanley Painter, and Julia Jenae -- with a top legal analyst Ashleigh Banfield serving as a special contributor. Recent coverage has included: Scotus cases of national impact, the rape trial of Harvey Weistein, and the criminal trials of Amber Guyger, Brooke Skylar Richardson, and Mark Sievers.

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Court TV is about to make history. Starting May 4, the Supreme Court of the United States will provide the network and select members of the news media access to live Supreme Court oral arguments.

The Supreme Court’s move to allow live audio of its oral arguments is historic — the court rarely releases same-day audio and typically waits until the end of the week to release audio from its oral arguments from the prior days. Court TV will telecast Supreme Court cases from May 4 through May 13, including several cases involving President Donald Trump, one of which will center on the president’s alleged attempt to shield his tax returns and other financial records.

Court TV will present the arguments live to viewers using a similar production model as its coverage of the recent camera-less Harvey Weinstein rape trial earlier in the year, presenting images and graphics of the litigants and...

Ashleigh Banfield, a host on the original Court TV, is returning to the rebooted network as a special contributor.

Banfield will appear nightly on Court TV’s live primetime show at 8 Pm Et, joining anchors Vinnie Politan, Julie Grant and Ted Rowlands in discussing the legal news of the day.

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“Ashleigh’s Court TV reunion appearance with Vinnie during the Harvey Weinstein trial sparked a conversation and mutual-interest in working together. We’re thrilled to have her back on the network on a regular basis,” said Court TV Vice President Scott Tufts.

Following her stint on Court TV, Banfield went on to anchor CNN’s Legal View with Ashleigh Banfield and...

Ashleigh Banfield is having a reunion of sorts with Court TV.

Banfield, who rose to fame covering the 9/11 tragedy and war zones around the world for MSNBC, will appear as a special contributor on Court TV’s live primetime programming each night at 8 p.m. eastern, starting this evening. She will join anchors Vinnie Politan, Julie Grant and Ted Rowlands in discussing the legal news of the day.

Banfield had a presence on Court TV back just after the former Time Warner took control of it. Banfield co-hosted a daytime program and continued to work for the network after Time Warner renamed it TruTV in 2008. She would move on to host programs for CNN, do a stint at ABC News, and anchor an evening show for Hln. The new Court TV is seen over broadcast stations and other media outlets and is owned by Katz Broadcasting, part of E.W.

Legal journalist Ashleigh Banfield is returning to Court TV, the network announced Monday.

Banfield, who was on Court TV’s original lineup, will be a special contributor, appearing on the live show each night at 8:00 p.m. Et with anchors Vinnie Politan, Julie Grant and Ted Rowlands.

“Ashleigh’s Court TV reunion appearance with Vinnie during the Harvey Weinstein trial sparked a conversation and mutual-interest in working together. We’re thrilled to have her back on the network on a regular basis,” Court TV Vice President Scott Tufts explained said of the move in a statement:

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Prior to becoming Court TV’s new special contributor, Banfield anchored CNN’s “Legal View With Ashleigh Banfield” and Hln’s “Primetime Justice With Ashleigh Banfield.” She also hosted a “Live Pd” spin-off, “Live Rescue,” on A&e.

Court TV will air interviews with two of Harvey Weinstein’s attorneys and two of his accusers in a two-night event airing Monday and Tuesday.

Seema Iyer’s iinterviews with Weinstein attorneys Donna Rotunno and Damon Cheronis air on Monday, Nov. 4 at & Pm Et/Pt, with conversations with alleged victims Kadian Noble and Hope Exiner d’Amore running on Tuesday, Nov. 5 at the same time.

Iyer landed and conducted the interviews and she will join Vinnie Politan live on the set of Closing Arguments with Vinnie Politan both nights to discuss what was said and the Weinstein case overall.

In the interviewers, d’Amore called Weinstein “a sociopath. When you go after people who are weaker than you in some way and you do it repeatedly, there’s something severely wrong with you.” Noble added, “(It’s) almost like he took away a part of me… and made me into something disposable…...

Two of Harvey Weinstein’s accusers and two of his attorneys are set to appear in an upcoming interview special for Court TV, the network announced on Wednesday.

Set to air on Nov. 4 and 5, the special will feature conversations with Weinstein’s lawyers, Donna Rotunno and Damon Cheronis, on the first night, and accusers Kadian Noble and Hope Exiner d’Amore on the second. Court TV’s Seema Iyer will conduct the interviews and then sit down for her own interview with “Closing Arguments” host Vinnie Politan to discuss what was said.

Noble and Exiner d’Amore are just two of dozens of women who have come forward to accuse Weinstein of sexual harassment or abuse in the two years since a pair of bombshell reports from the New Yorker and the New York Times brought down the powerful media mogul and kicked off the #MeToo movement in earnest in...

Exclusive: Katz Networks, a unit of the E.W. Scripps Co., has expanded the reach of the upcoming May 8 launch of the new Court TV with additional distribution pacts across multiple platforms.

Court TV has added more than a dozen mid-sized cable providers, including Gci Cable; Massillon Cable TV; Buckeye Cable; Skitter TV; Cde Lightband and Hotwire Communications, with more Mso agreements expected shortly. These are in addition to local cable distribution the network has through its broadcast station affiliates.

Court TV also has added 48 markets with new over-the-air agreements. Meredith Broadcasting will carry the network in Atlanta and Nashville, Tennessee. Tegna will launch Court TV in Minneapolis; Charlotte, North Carolina; Jacksonville, Florida; Louisville, Kentucky and Spokane, Washington. Nexstar Media Group, Inc. will add the network in nine markets, including San Francisco; Salt Lake City; Birmingham, Alabama and Buffalo, New York. Fourteen Quincy Media markets primarily across the north and...

Katz Networks (part of The E.W. Scripps Company -Nasdaq: Ssp) today announced that the new Court TV will premiere across all platforms on Wednesday, May 8 at 9:00 a.m./Edt. The company also revealed the programming schedule for the iconic brand’s unprecedented return and launched the new courtv.com today.

The Court TV weekday schedule will kick-off daily at 9:00 a.m. Edt with live, gavel-to-gavel coverage of the most important and compelling trials being conducted across America. Yodit Tewolde has the morning shift at the Court TV news desk, anchoring trial coverage from 9:00 a.m. – 12 Noon. Julie Grant hosts from Noon – 3:00 p.m. then Seema Iyertakes the chair from 3:00 – 6:00 p.m. (All times Eastern.) The team is comprised of seasoned journalists and lawyers who have successfully blended television and legal careers. The first trial the network will be covering will be announced shortly.

Exclusive: Katz Networks, a unit of the E.W. Scripps Co., has set May 8 for the relaunch of the iconic TV brand Court TV, and unveiled its programming schedule for the network as well as courttv.com.

Weekday programming will kick off at 9 Am Edt daily with live, gavel-to-gavel coverage, legal reporting and expert analysis of trials across the country. Yodit Tewolde will anchor trial coverage from 9 Am-Noon, Julie Grant picks up from Noon–3 Pm, followed by Seema Iyer from 3-6 Pm, all times Edt. The first trial the network will be covering will be announced shortly.

When court recesses for the day, Emmy-winning legal journalist, former prosecutor and original Court TV anchor Vinnie Politan will host Closing Arguments with Vinnie Politan weeknights from 6-9 Pm Et. He’ll lead viewers through the key events and moments of the legal day, joined by Court TV’s team of anchors, legal...

Court TV is back in session. The cable TV channel that once carried gavel-to-gavel live coverage of high-profile trials will be revived by a new owner, nearly a dozen years after it was shuttered by Turner Broadcasting.

Katz Networks, a division of E.W. Scripps Co., plans to revive Court TV as a new channel designed to be distributed via local TV stations as a multicast offering as well as by MVPDs and streaming platforms starting in May. Katz has acquired the Court TV moniker and some 100,000 hours of vintage Court TV programming from Turner, now owned by At&T.

Vinnie Politan will return as a chief anchor of the channel, which promises 24/7 coverage of trials and legal issues. Also returning is producer John Alleva, a 15-year Court TV veteran who will oversee coverage with CNN alum Scott Tufts out of a newsroom under construction in Atlanta.

“Court TV was a...

Court TV is set to return to television via Katz Networks, which is part of The E.W. Scripps Company, in May 2019. The new 24/7 version will be available for cable, satellite, over-the-air and over-the-top carriage.

The original Court TV signed off in 2008. Before then, it ran for more than 20 years and gained mainstream attention for providing gavel-to-gavel coverage of the O.J. Simpson, the Menendez brothers, and Casey Anthony murder trials.

“Court TV was a Top-20 cable network and at the height of its popularity when the network was taken off the air in 2008,” said Jonathan Katz, president and CEO of Katz Networks. “Today, while consumer interest in the real-life drama of true-crime programming is at an all-time high, there is no dedicated daily court coverage on television. We expect the new Court TV to fill that void on cable, satellite, over-the-air and over-the-top.”

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Court TV, the iconic TV brand known for broadcasting the trials of O.J. Simpson, the Menendez Brothers and Casey Anthony, will relaunch under its old name with a new backer.

Katz Networks, a unit of the E.W. Scripps Co. which operates multicast networks like Bounce, Escape and Grit, will relaunch Court TV in May 2019. Just as it did when it was owned by Turner Broadcasting, the network will be devoted to live, gavel-to-gavel coverage, legal reporting and expert analysis of trials across the country. Court TV’s 17-year run ended in 2008, when Turner rebranded it as truTV.

In order to pull off the reboot, Katz acquired Court TV’s intellectual property, including the trademark, website and 100,000-hour library from Turner. It also brought in original Court TV anchor Vinnie Politan as lead anchor and installed former Court TV and CNN producers John Alleva and Scott Tufts as vice presidents and managing editors.

All rise for Court TV as it returns to the air nearly a decade after it left the TV landscape despite earlier ratings success with the trials of O.J. Simpson, the Menendez brothers and others.

And original Court TV anchor Vinnie Politan will return as lead anchor. Katz Networks, part of The E.W. Scripps Company, on Monday said it will relaunch Court TV as a new round-the-clock network offering gavel-to-gavel trial coverage, on the air and online.

The new Court TV network will launch in May 2019, and will be available for cable, satellite, over-the-air and over-the-top carriage....

The trial of Jodi Arias – who claims self-defense in the killing of her ex-boyfriend Travis Alexander – reaches week 10, and Hln continues its coverage featuring expert analysis of the testimony. As the defense attorney conducts the re-direct of Ms. Arias this week, Hln anchor Vinnie Politan, Hln law enforcement expert Mike Brooks, and pro wrestler David Otunga, dissect her testimony of the night of the murder and her claim of being body-slammed, with a reenactment. Please see below link to clip of reenactment: Courtesy of Hln Follow Hollywood News on Twitter for up-to-date news information. Hollywood News, Hollywood Awards, Awards, Movies, News, Award News, Breaking News, Entertainment News, Movie News, Music News...

Vinnie Politan, host of Hln's Prime News, rebounded nicely from a Tuesday night low of 45,000 viewers in the 25-54 year-old demo to capture his second straight second-place finish in the 6 p.m. time slot, besting Al Sharpton and John King with 208,000 demo viewers on Friday night (he pulled 204,000 on Thursday). In fact, Politan's demo numbers were behind just Rachel Maddow's for the highest among non-fox News shows. He had better numbers than any show on Hln and CNN, and even took down the mighty MSNBC late-night specials.

This never-ending Casey Anthony trial is coming to a head and heating up. Yesterday, Hln's Vinnie Politan sat down for an exclusive interview with Krystal Holloway, the alleged mistress of George Anthony, after she took the witness stand in court. In this emotional interview, Krystal expressed her remorse for having an affair with a married man, but also her frustration that George will not take any responsibility for his actions by denying it ever happened. She has also claimed that George confessed to her that Caylee's death was an accident that "snowballed" out of control. Politan digs deeper to try to determine if she's telling the truth. Krystal, visibly upset and on the verge of tears, said:...

As the defense begins to wrap up their arguments in the roller-coaster Casey Anthony trial, one witness has come to the fore after taking the stand to demand truth from Casey's father George. Krystal Holloway, who testified that she gave George Anthony money and had an affair with him, spoke to Prime News' Vinnie Politan about her experiences with the Anthonys and how she is coping with the trial.

Cable news ratings, June 29, 2011: •On Wednesday night, with the defense case winding down in the Casey Anthony murder trial, Hln's 5 p.m. Special Report with Vinnie Politan had the network's biggest ratings of the night: 2,687,000 total viewers (and 728,000 viewers 25-54), almost exactly a million more viewers than Fox News' Glenn Beck, who had a total audience of 1,691,000 (and 377,000 in the demo). Hln's shows won every hour Wednesday night, save one (and it wasn't Bill O'Reilly, the usual king of cable news whose show fell to second among viewers 25-54 behind Nancy Grace). At 9 p.m., Sean Hannity narrowly beat Hln's Dr. Drew.

A couple days ago on truTV's In Session, anchor Vinnie Politan questioned Casey Anthony's choice of wardrobe, diplomatically describing her shirt as being too "clingy" for a murder trial. However, a few minutes later, an open microphone seemed to capture his less guarded thoughts. As Anthony was asked by her defense attorney, Jose Baez to stand up, Politan seems to be heard saying "The only thing you are going to see are her boobs sticking out."...