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CBS Reality commissions original series hosted by Donal MacIntyre

CBS Reality, the factual entertainment channel, has commissioned Emporium Productions to produce a new Donal MacIntyre-fronted true crime original series, “Donal MacIntyre’s Killer Evidence”. Renowned investigative journalist and criminologist MacIntyre returns and will host this 10×60’ series to demonstrate through 10 UK and US cases, that forensics will always uncover the ‘killer evidence’ which brings […]

March 27, 2023

CBS Reality commissions Murder: Fight for the Truth from Phoenix

CBS Reality, the factual entertainment channel, has commissioned the UK-based independent factual and non-scripted specialist Phoenix Television to produce Murder: Fight for the Truth. The 10×60’ series reveals the stories of heroes who went the extra mile when the odds were stacked against them to crack murder cases and bring killers to justice.  The brand-new, […]

March 1, 2023

FOX News Audio expands true crime content

FOX News Audio will expand its true crime content with a new weekly podcast as well as a True Crime Minute for smart speakers. Adding to FOX News Audio’s existing true crime catalogue which includes podcasts such as What About Holly? and House of Broken Dreams, among others, the expansion will result in new crime content […]

February 27, 2023

Law&Crime Network launches True Crime Book Club

Live trial and true crime network Law&Crime has announced the launch of its new Book Club, which will feature a monthly book recommendation – or “Spotlight” – carefully selected from a growing pool of new releases in the non-fiction, true crime genre. The Book Club will allow millions of true crime fanatics to expand on […]

February 13, 2023

Sky expands unscripted slate

Sky has announced 12 new unscripted original commissions coming to Sky Documentaries, Sky Crime, Sky Nature and Sky Arts this year. On Sky Documentaries, new feature doc Zuckerberg: King of the Metaverse (w/t) will piece together the events of Mark Zuckerberg’s life along with the creation of Facebook and Meta, combining rarely seen archive footage […]

January 30, 2023By Nik Roseveare

FirstLook TV wins Netflix commission for more My Lover My Kille

Following the success of the first season of FirstLook TV’s My Lover My Killer, which sat for weeks in Netflix’s top ten trending shows, the UK true crime indie has been commissioned to produce a second season of its true crime docuseries. The returning series investigates a range of different stories about those who paid […]

January 26, 2023

Law&Crime Network provides coverage of Murdaugh murder trial

Law&Crime, the network for legal news, will be providing the latest up-to-the-minute coverage of the upcoming Alex Murdaugh murder trial across multiple platforms. Live trial coverage began on January 23rd with jury selection. Opening arguments are scheduled to begin on January 25th. Correspondents Angenette Levy and GiGi McKelvey will be inside the Colleton County Courthouse […]

January 25, 2023

FilmRise, Blue Ant announce Killers: Caught on Camera deal

FilmRise, the New York-based film and television studio and streaming network and Blue Ant International, a worldwide distributor of creative content, have announced a co-production and distribution deal for a new true crime series with a voyeuristic twist, Killers: Caught on Camera. The 10-episode programme produced by back2back productions and CBS Reality, will give viewers […]

January 24, 2023

Dan Abrams’ Law&Crime Network hires new execs

Law&Crime, the live trial and true crime network, has hired Eileen Holliday and Matt Zarrell as part of the network’s push to expand digitally. Holliday has joined the network in the newly created position of Vice President of Social and Digital Content, and Zarrell will serve as the Executive Editor of LawAndCrime.com, the leading true-crime […]

January 9, 2023

CBS enhances Catch Up Channels UK app

Fans of true crime and genre classics can now watch their favourite content in the enhanced CBS Catch Up Channels UK app. With CBS Catch Up Channels UK, viewers can indulge in all their favourite genres, with LEGEND bringing all the classics from action to thriller, and suspense to Sci-Fi, including Knight Rider and Walker, […]

November 28, 2022