| CourtTV
Canada Fall Preview 2004
(EDMONTON & TORONTO, June 3, 2004) CourtTV
Canada is proud to present its fall 2004 lineup
of riveting legal and crime exploration programming.
With its trademark Live Trial Coverage
in the day, and gripping dramas, movies, and documentaries
in the evening, CourtTV Canada’s fall lineup leaves
no avenue unpatrolled.
This
year CourtTV Canada approaches the bench with the legal
drama The Practice and hits
the streets with the critically acclaimed series Homicide.
Returning with new episodes are Dominick
Dunne’s Power, Privilege and Justice,
an incisive program chronicling the lowest depths of
high society; and Forensic Files,
a journey deep into the world of forensic scientists.
And rounding out the fall schedule are the investigative
and true-crime series The Criminal Mind
and The System as well as
CourtTV Canada’s original programs
Legal Briefs and Crime Files
Special Edition.
Live Trial Coverage
CourtTV Canada continues to provide 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. Gripping CourtTV Canada trial coverage
has included the Kobe Bryant rape case, the Scott Peterson
murder trial and the Robert Blake murder case. Get a
first-hand look at today’s front-page cases.
Homicide: Life on the Street
New this fall
This Emmy-Award-winning series follows the Baltimore
Police Department’s homicide unit as they crack
murder cases and face the dark realities of urban life
in America.
The
Practice
David E. Kelley’s award-winning drama The Practice
follows the professional and personal lives of defense
attorneys at a Boston law firm as they confront the
ethical and emotional dilemmas of forging legal careers
and seeking justice for their clients.
Movies
on CourtTV Canada
CourtTV Canada's extensive movie schedule features dramatizations
of famous and infamous criminal figures drawn from the
headlines, as well as top-notch fictional suspense and
action films starring the biggest names in entertainment.
Titles
for this fall include:
-
Broken Arrow
- Speed
2
- Bad
Girls
- My
Cousin Vinny
- Basic
Instinct
- Die
Hard
- True
Lies
- Hoffa
- The
Laramie Project
- Tyson
-
Point of Origin
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The
Practice
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Legal
Briefs
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Forensic
Files
Ever wondered how police solve even the toughest crimes? Every
criminal leaves clues behind. Forensic Files takes you deep
into the world of forensic science, following coroners, medical
examiners, physicians, law enforcement personnel, and legal
experts as they use these telling traces to catch perpetrators
and bring them to justice.
Legal Briefs
CourtTV Canada Original
Production
Join CourtTV Canada’s Lorne Honickman and Sue Sgambati
as they keep you up to date and informed of the laws that
affect you and the cases of the day. Lorne discusses the ins
& outs of the Canadian legal system and provides free
legal advice. And Sue has the day's top stories from Canada’s
courts and crime files.
The
Criminal Mind
Hosted by real-crime novelist Kirstie McLellan, this investigative
series delves into the most fascinating criminal cases of
our time. Experts from the fields of forensics, psychology
and criminal law discuss the nuances of noteworthy cases,
their specific challenges, and future implications for other
investigations – all with a uniquely Canadian view.
Crime
Files Special Edition
New CourtTV Canada Original
Production
Join veteran journalist Sue Sgambati each week as she goes
one-on-one with some of Canada's most intriguing crime and
justice personalities. Guests from the world of policing,
security, and the court system go head to head with Sue.
Max
Haines Crime Flashback
New CourtTV Canada Original
Production
Canada’s dean of true-crime reporting brings his extraordinary
Crime Flashbacks to CourtTV Canada. Internationally syndicated
columnist Max Haines profiles some of the most notorious crimes
and criminals in Canadian history.
The
System
The System 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.
CourtTV Canada is a nationally distributed
Canadian specialty television service featuring entertaining
programs about police, forensic science, the law, the courts,
rescue and emergency medicine. It is popular, engaging and informative.
CourtTV Canada is owned and operated by access media
group. For more information about CourtTV Canada, log
on to www.courttvcanada.ca.
access media group (www.accesslearning.com),
a television broadcasting and multimedia learning company, is
the owner and operator of ACCESS, CLT, BookTelevision, CourtTV
Canada, The Learning Annex, Distribution Access and ideaCity.
access media group is majority owned by CHUM
Limited. CHUM
Television is a division of CHUM Limited (TSX SYMBOL:
CHM CHM.B, http://www.chumlimited.com),
one of Canada’s leading media companies and content
providers which owns and operates radio stations, local television
stations, specialty channels and Internet properties.
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