CourtTV Canada returns with gavel-to-gavel live trial coverage by day and riveting true-crime, forensics, and legal programming by night.
Jill Bonenfant, Director of Programming for CourtTV Canada says, “This fall CourtTV Canada is welcoming a beloved old name with a new face with the addition of Ving Rhames as Kojak. We’re also pleased to announce the return of the popular programs Dominick Dunne’s Power Privilege & Justice and The Investigators. Rounding out the schedule are the forensics series Diaries of Death and our flagship legal affairs program Legal Briefs.”
Coverage of today’s most talked-about trials and legal dramas, and the inside story on true crime: no wonder Canadians have turned to CourtTV Canada in record-breaking numbers.
New Trials
CourtTV Canada continues its trademark live trial coverage, focusing on North America’s most newsworthy and controversial legal proceedings and delivering powerful, real-life drama as it opens the modern courtroom to public scrutiny. Past gripping CourtTV Canada trial coverage has included the Michael Jackson child molestation case, the Scott Peterson murder trial, and the Robert Blake murder case. Get a first-hand look at today’s front-page cases.
Coming this fall: The Phil Spector Murder Trial. The famous rock producer is accused of fatally shooting B-movie actress Lana Clarkson during a fight at his home. Spector claims that the shooting was an accident. The trial is set to begin on September 16th, 2005.
CourtTV Canada Premiere
He's bald, he's back, and he's badder than ever. In this second incarnation of Kojak, Ving Rhames (Mission Impossible, Dawn of the Dead, Pulp Fiction) stars as Lieutenant Theo Kojak, a detective dedicated to solving some of New York City's most heinous crimes. With his years of experience and tough interrogation tactics, Kojak gets to the heart of every crime he investigates – even if that means pushing the boundaries of the law.
New Season
Consumate insider Dominick Dunne returns with a new series of notorious cases, delving into the lowest depths of high society. This season, Dunne unearths more dirty secrets of the rich and famous, including the accidental shooting death of a socialite’s husband, a greedy millionaire’s botched attempt on his wife’s life, and the dark side of the Gucci fashion family empire.
New Episodes
The Investigators presents compelling true stories of crime, criminals and law enforcement that illuminate the nature of justice in all its complexity. This series sheds light on the questions of how justice is achieved and why it sometimes fails.
New Season
Join lawyer and journalist Lorne Honickman every Monday as he discusses the ins & outs of the Canadian legal system and provides free legal advice.
An English-Canada Premiere
This fascinating documentary series seeks to answer one ultimate question: what drives seemingly ordinary people to commit murder? Each episode features details retrieved from insider interviews and family documents, dramatic recreations of the murders and surrounding events, and in-depth analyses from psychologists and criminologists who provide insights into the dark side of human nature.
The premiere episode revisits the details of the 2001 John Bauer case, in which Bauer – a businessman drowning in debt – killed his family and employer before committing suicide. Bauer, a man with no prior criminal record, spent months planning these vicious killings.
CourtTV Canada Premiere
Finally, a juicy book club for the criminally minded! Booked pairs crime book aficionados with justice and crime professionals to investigate the nature of our century’s most memorable fictional crime novels. Join forensic scientists, criminologists, investigators, police officers, and bookworms as they explore works by criminal masterminds the likes of Dashiell Hammett (The Maltese Falcon) and Karin Fossum (He Who Fears the Wolf).
CourtTV Canada Premiere
Child-killers, lynchings, murdered starlets: Scandals! Then and Now takes a fascinating look at some of the most intriguing and horrifying scandals of the 20th century. This six-part series juxtaposes long-past scandals and modern day equivalents including: actor Fatty Arbuckle and football player OJ Simpson; murderous brothers Leopold and Loeb and the Menendez brothers; and boxing champs Jack Johnson and Muhammad Ali.
An English-Speaking Canada Premiere
Aggro: meaning aggressive or violent behaviour. Each episode of this cutting-edge series examines a different form of violence, from 21st century rage, to violence among teenagers, to the dynamics of mob and gang violence. Aggro probes the lives of real people – victims, witnesses, and perpetrators alike – to expose the heart of contemporary violence.
An English-Speaking Canada Premiere
Forensic medicine has been essential in solving the most spectacular cases in modern criminal history. Diaries of Death cuts to the heart of these cases, exhuming the most fascinating details of contemporary crimes and the tools of the crime-solving trade.
An English-Speaking Canada Premiere
The real Sex Lies and Videotape. This series looks at the most excessive examples of crime ever caught on tape by amateurs, and simultaneously dissects the lives of these obsessive vigilante videographers.
CourtTV Canada Premiere
Drugs at work, thieving clerks, stores who hold up their own customers…
Through real-life surveillance footage, Busted on The Job delivers a first-hand look at the outrageous antics of some not-so-reliable employees.
CourtTV Canada Premiere
True-life drama comes to CourtTV Canada! Inspired by the experiences of former New York Deputy Police Commissioner Jack Maple, The District follows Washington, D.C. Police Chief Jack Mannion (Craig T. Nelson) as he and his team fight to make the District livable for all its citizens.
New Season
Real-crime novelist Kirstie McLellan returns with a new season of this investigative series probing the most fascinating criminal cases of our time. Experts from the fields of forensics, psychology and criminal law discuss the nuances of noteworthy cases, the specific challenges of those cases, and future implications for other investigations – all with a uniquely Canadian view.
Infamous criminal figures leap from the headlines onto the small screen as CourtTV Canada presents hit films starring the biggest names in entertainment.
Titles for this fall include:
- Flirting With Disaster
- The Thomas Crown Affair
- Wild at Heart
- Kalifornia
- American Buffalo
- Bullets Over Broadway
New Season
Meet the real-life mediums who help even the most skeptical law enforcement investigators solve some of the most puzzling cases of their careers.
Related links:
- CourtTV Canada's Website [1]
- Fall TV Preview Coverage of CourtTV Canada [2] (including it's fall schedule!)
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