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Court TV® provides a window on the American system of justice through distinctive programming that both informs and entertains. The Court TV Networks™ are comprised of Court TV News^SM, which offers live and taped trial coverage in daytime; and Court TV: Seriously Entertaining^SM in primetime, featuring investigative drama, expert reality and relevant non-fiction series. Court TV is 50% owned by Time Warner, and 50% owned by Liberty Media Corp, and is seen in 85 million homes. (www.courttv.com or AOL Keyword: Court TV)

COURT TV: Seriously Entertaining ^SM
Court TV is the only network dedicated to investigation, captivating viewers with signature series whose accolades have spawned several new and original prime time programs in this genre. Among them:Forensic Files®; Dominick Dunne’s Power, Privilege and Justice™; Body of Evidence™: From the Case Files of Dayle Hinman ; Masterminds™ and Trace Evidence™: From the Case Files of Dr. Henry Lee.  

In August, the network premiered Parco, P.I. ^SM, a unique series trailing a colorful family of private investigators as they uncover case information—from back-stabbing business partners to cheating spouses.

Court TV is acclaimed for its diverse schedule of award-winning documentaries, specials and original movies which tackle crucial social and judicial issues, such as Al Roker Investigates™, Stories from the Innocence Project™, Safety Challenge™, and many more. Martin Sheen, Richard Dreyfus, Dominick Dunne, ABC News’ Chris Cuomo, and NBC News’ Chris Hansen have all been network hosts.

MOVIES
The Exonerated®, Court TV’s fourth original movie, starring Susan Sarandon, Danny Glover, Aidan Quinn, Brian Dennehy, Delroy Lindo and introducing David Brown, Jr., premiered on January 27, 2005. Based on the critically-acclaimed off-Broadway play of the same name, The Exonerated tells the stories of six individuals who spent time on death row before their convictions were overturned. Through documentary materials such as court transcripts and the words of the exonerated themselves, the movie explains how the justice system failed these men and women, and how they are rebuilding their lives as free citizens. The Exonerated embodies Court TV’s mandate: to produce original movies that bring to light a significant legal or social issue.

Chasing Freedom™, Court TV’s third original movie, premiered in April 2004. This story of a young woman, Meena, who escapes Afghanistan just prior to September 11, 2001, received praise from critics and the American Bar Association, which honored the film with a silver gavel award. Distinguished actress Juliette Lewis stars as Libby, an ambitious corporate lawyer who reluctantly takes on the Afghan woman’s case and faces extraordinary bureaucratic challenges in securing freedom for her client. Layla Alizada won a Gracie Award for her role as Meena.

In 2003, Court TV was honored with the prestigious Peabody Award and an American Bar Association Silver Gavel award for The Interrogation of Michael Crowe™, an original movie starring Ally Sheedy as Cheryl Crowe, a mother who fought tirelessly to prove her son’s innocence following police accusations that he had murdered his sister.

In March 2002, Court TV premiered its first original film, Guilt by Association™, featuring Academy Award®-winning actress Mercedes Ruehl, which dramatized the issue of mandatory minimum drug sentencing through the story of a woman unjustly imprisoned. Guilt by Association™ received an honorable mention in the ABA’s Silver Gavel awards.

COURT TV NEWS
Trial coverage, the cornerstone of Court TV’s daytime programming, focuses on newsworthy and controversial legal proceedings, delivering powerful, real-life drama that provides an insider’s look at the justice system and its high-profile players—Michael Jackson, Scott Peterson, Martha Stewart, record producer Phil Spector, Robert Blake, and many more.

ANCHORS:
Washington D.C veteran and duPont-Columbia Award-winning journalist Fred Graham is Court TV’s Chief Anchor, Managing Editor and the host of the program Open Court® ( 9-11am ET /PT.)

Emmy, duPont-Columbia, and Gracie Award winner Catherine Crier is the network’s Executive Editor, Legal News Specials, and also hosts the award-winning daily talk show Catherine Crier Live™(5-6pm ET/PT).

Former ABC News correspondent Jami Floyd re-joined Court TV in February 2005 to anchor the daily show Trial Heat™ (11am-1pm ET/PT). Floyd, who had been with the network in the 1990’s, is joined by veteran correspondent Jack Ford. Court TV’s Lisa Bloom also anchors.

Victims’ rights advocate and former prosecutor Nancy Grace hosts Nancy Grace: Closing Arguments™ (3-5pm ET/PT).

Both Sides™ (1-3pm ET/PT) is hosted by attorney Vinnie Politan and former prosecutor Kimberly Guilfoyle Newsom.  

Diane Dimond, Court TV’s Executive Investigative Editor, broke the Michael Jackson story and uncovered the amount of his 1993 settlement with an accuser.

Court TV reporters Jean Casarez, Beth Karas and Savannah Guthrie cover trials around the country.  Amanda Grove anchors the networks’ trial coverage and the hourly Newsbreaks, and Eddie Hayes is a contributing anchor.  

ONLINE
Court TV operates three distinct websites. CourtTV.com provides network information, news and features on trials, video archives, chats, the Court TV store and bookstore, plus a special section on educational resources and public affairs. The phenomenally popular website TheSmokingGun.com offers an irreverent look at the law, justice and celebrities. CrimeLibrary.com is a vast collection of fiction and non-fiction stories on criminal justice.

EDUCATION AND PUBLIC SERVICE
Court TV, the only cable network providing a continuing and critical look at the American justice system, has recently launched a new multi-platform public service initiative, “In Pursuit of Justice.” The goal of the initiative is to nurture debate and raise awareness for important judicial and social issues. Combining original on-air specials, public affairs programs, civic partnerships and educational resources, “In Pursuit of Justice” seeks to engage the public in open discourse on controversial subjects, including capital punishment, wrongful incarceration, mandatory minimum sentencing laws, unsupervised police interrogations of juvenile suspects and political asylum.

Choices and Consequences®, winner of cable television’s highest public service award, the Golden Beacon, aims to help young adolescents stay out of the nation’s courts by fostering an understanding of the consequences of violent or reckless behavior. The Beacon Award-winning Safety Challenge™ series and Court TV’s traveling digital fingerprinting program for kids also address parents’ safety concerns. The network’s educational initiatives include Forensics in the Classroom™, the country’s first standards-based forensics curriculum which has reached well over 10,000 schools in all 50 states and 13 different countries. The educational program was developed with the guidance of the American Academy of Forensic Sciences and is available at no cost to high schools nationwide.

COMMUNITY OUTREACH
Court TV has always been committed to public service. Through issue-based programming, educational resources, civic partnerships, web content and live events; Court TV has created many initiatives aimed at inspiring citizens to become more involved with the most critical and most important social issues of the day. Our enthusiasm to give back to the community is not just a “core” value of Court TV, but also a “core” value of the many individuals who make up the network.

Court TV C.O.R.E. (Community Outreach Efforts) is a company-wide program that encourages volunteerism among employees. We consistently team up with a wide range of organizations such as; Big Brother/Big Sister, The Central Park Conservancy, and HELP USA, to name a few. Court TV C.O.R.E. continues to provide employees various avenues of giving back to the community.

We acknowledge the difficulties in integrating work, home life and volunteering, therefore Court TV C.O.R.E. focuses on ways to make combining these efforts as easy as possible. We firmly believe that Court TV C.O.R.E. provides the perfect opportunity for employees to strengthen bonds within the company as they work collectively to improve the community as a whole.