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Time Warner’s Courtroom Television Network, also known as Court TV, is changing its name to truTV on Jan. 1.
Already home to not-so-courtroom-y fare like repeats of “Homicide: Life on the Street,” the channel is adopting the new name to reflect a new emphasis on reality fare.
Viewers can look forward to new truTV shows from the producers of “The Real World,” “Nanny 911,” “Ms. Adventure” and “Deadliest Catch.”
The channel will also maintain a six-hour morning block of trial coverage.
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Court TV’s New Name Unveiled: truTV
New Name is Latest Step in Major Branding Initiative
Targeting Highly Coveted “Real Engagers” Psychographic
Projects from Granada America, Original Productions,
Bunim/Murray Productions and Tiger Aspect USA in Development
Newly Re-branded Network Slated To Launch Jan. 1, 2008
As part of an extensive branding initiative that will also include a new look, new logo and expanded line-up, Court TV is about to become truTV. This new name reflects the network’s popular line-up of series that offer first-person access to exciting, real-life stories, according to the announcement today by Steve Koonin, president of Turner Entertainment Networks, and Marc Juris, the network’s general manager. Through a dynamic original programming line-up that has been providing the network with strong and consistent audience growth, truTV will target a highly coveted psychographic known as “Real Engagers.” In addition, the network has put four new projects into development in support of the new brand, including shows from Granada Television, producer of Nanny 911; Original Productions, co-producer of Deadliest Catch; Bunim/Murray Productions, creators of The Real World; and Tiger Aspect USA, producer of Ms. Adventure. The complete re-branding will launch Jan. 1, 2008.
“The success of the Turner Entertainment Networks can be attributed in a big way to the fact that we have built strong brands that resonate with viewers,” said Koonin. “With this new name, truTV joins its sister networks TNT, TBS and TCM in establishing itself a solid, identifiable brand, paving the way for continued growth.”
Developing the truTV network name is the latest step in a nearly year-long process of rebranding the network. The process began with extensive research into who the network’s prime-time and late-night viewers are and what kind of programming they desire. The compiled data showed that the line-up attracts a dual-gender audience that loves programming with real people in exciting real-life situations and a strong interest in compelling stories and characters.
“Early in the rebranding process, we realized that the current network name doesn’t reflect the direction of our programming or our growing target audience of Real Engagers,” said Juris. “In truTV, we now have the ideal name that fits both the programming and the target audience. The network will be top of mind for Real Engagers seeking real-life action programming, real-life emotion and access to places they can’t normally go.”
Each weekday morning, truTV will continue to feature a six-hour block of the network’s award-winning trial coverage, with continuing broadband coverage online. Nielsen measurement will commence weekdays at 3 p.m. with the new talk show STAR JONES. This one-hour show, which will air live from Jones’ studio, will feature the day’s top stories and top guests from the worlds of pop culture, entertainment, crime and justice.
In prime time, early fringe and late night, truTV will continue to feature a line-up of already-popular signature series that target Real Engagers, including such shows as SPEEDERS, FORENSIC FILES and HAUNTING EVIDENCE. Upcoming series slated to join the line-up in support of the new brand include projects like BOUNTY GIRLS, featuring four tough, smart, beautiful and diverse female professionals on the hunt for some of Miami’s most dangerous fugitives; THE REAL HUSTLE, featuring a trio of con artists going after unsuspecting marks; and MOST DARING, a gripping series that focuses on life-or-death rescues.
The network is also in development on a number of unique, high-profile series and specials from top-name producers. “Our new development projects are the kind of compelling stories and people our audience of Real Engagers is seeking,” said Juris. “We’re proud to be working with successful, top-name producers in crafting series that will continue building on the network’s growing success.”
Among the project in development are the following:
NEIGHBORS 911 (working title) – From Granada America and executive producer Curt Northrup (Nanny 911) comes this new series in which former Green Beret Myke Hawke goes into the homes of people whose feuding has escalated into all-out war. He then uses video evidence to force them to confront each other and resolve their differences.
SKI PATROL (working title) – This exciting, character-driven series from Bunim/Murray Productions (The Real World) gets viewers up close and personal with the men and women who work in some of the most extreme environments in the country. They do everything from dynamiting snowdrifts and performing daring out-of-bounds rescues to busting unruly snowboarders looking to party on the slopes.
BLACK GOLD (working title) – Few jobs have higher stakes than those of “wildcatters” in Texas, oil prospectors who race one another to tap into the last remaining U.S. reserves. From Original Productions’ Thom Beers, executive producer of hit series Deadliest Catch, this show will follow several of these wildcatters and their crew of roughnecks as they risk their lives, limbs and hundreds of thousands of dollars setting up rigs in an attempt to strike oil.
OUTLAW CHASERS (working title) – Randy Hicks and Lanny Dean are a renegade pair of storm junkies who, armed with just a radio and some video cameras, pursue twisters all around the Midwest in their customized pick-up truck. Using incredibly dramatic present and past-tense footage from their most exciting pursuits, this collection of specials from Tiger Aspect USA and executive producer Lawrence Cumbo (Ms. Adventure) will tell their story while following them in their quest to fulfill their dream: filming a tornado from the inside.
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New Name is Latest Step in Major Branding Initiative
Targeting Highly Coveted “Real Engagers” Psychographic
Projects from Granada America, Original Productions,
Bunim/Murray Productions and Tiger Aspect USA in Development
Newly Re-branded Network Slated To Launch Jan. 1, 2008
As part of an extensive branding initiative that will also include a new look, new logo and expanded line-up, Court TV is about to become truTV. This new name reflects the network’s popular line-up of series that offer first-person access to exciting, real-life stories, according to the announcement today by Steve Koonin, president of Turner Entertainment Networks, and Marc Juris, the network’s general manager. Through a dynamic original programming line-up that has been providing the network with strong and consistent audience growth, truTV will target a highly coveted psychographic known as “Real Engagers.” In addition, the network has put four new projects into development in support of the new brand, including shows from Granada Television, producer of Nanny 911; Original Productions, co-producer of Deadliest Catch; Bunim/Murray Productions, creators of The Real World; and Tiger Aspect USA, producer of Ms. Adventure. The complete re-branding will launch Jan. 1, 2008.
“The success of the Turner Entertainment Networks can be attributed in a big way to the fact that we have built strong brands that resonate with viewers,” said Koonin. “With this new name, truTV joins its sister networks TNT, TBS and TCM in establishing itself a solid, identifiable brand, paving the way for continued growth.”
Developing the truTV network name is the latest step in a nearly year-long process of rebranding the network. The process began with extensive research into who the network’s prime-time and late-night viewers are and what kind of programming they desire. The compiled data showed that the line-up attracts a dual-gender audience that loves programming with real people in exciting real-life situations and a strong interest in compelling stories and characters.
“Early in the rebranding process, we realized that the current network name doesn’t reflect the direction of our programming or our growing target audience of Real Engagers,” said Juris. “In truTV, we now have the ideal name that fits both the programming and the target audience. The network will be top of mind for Real Engagers seeking real-life action programming, real-life emotion and access to places they can’t normally go.”
Each weekday morning, truTV will continue to feature a six-hour block of the network’s award-winning trial coverage, with continuing broadband coverage online. Nielsen measurement will commence weekdays at 3 p.m. with the new talk show STAR JONES. This one-hour show, which will air live from Jones’ studio, will feature the day’s top stories and top guests from the worlds of pop culture, entertainment, crime and justice.
In prime time, early fringe and late night, truTV will continue to feature a line-up of already-popular signature series that target Real Engagers, including such shows as SPEEDERS, FORENSIC FILES and HAUNTING EVIDENCE. Upcoming series slated to join the line-up in support of the new brand include projects like BOUNTY GIRLS, featuring four tough, smart, beautiful and diverse female professionals on the hunt for some of Miami’s most dangerous fugitives; THE REAL HUSTLE, featuring a trio of con artists going after unsuspecting marks; and MOST DARING, a gripping series that focuses on life-or-death rescues.
The network is also in development on a number of unique, high-profile series and specials from top-name producers. “Our new development projects are the kind of compelling stories and people our audience of Real Engagers is seeking,” said Juris. “We’re proud to be working with successful, top-name producers in crafting series that will continue building on the network’s growing success.”
Among the project in development are the following:
NEIGHBORS 911 (working title) – From Granada America and executive producer Curt Northrup (Nanny 911) comes this new series in which former Green Beret Myke Hawke goes into the homes of people whose feuding has escalated into all-out war. He then uses video evidence to force them to confront each other and resolve their differences.
SKI PATROL (working title) – This exciting, character-driven series from Bunim/Murray Productions (The Real World) gets viewers up close and personal with the men and women who work in some of the most extreme environments in the country. They do everything from dynamiting snowdrifts and performing daring out-of-bounds rescues to busting unruly snowboarders looking to party on the slopes.
BLACK GOLD (working title) – Few jobs have higher stakes than those of “wildcatters” in Texas, oil prospectors who race one another to tap into the last remaining U.S. reserves. From Original Productions’ Thom Beers, executive producer of hit series Deadliest Catch, this show will follow several of these wildcatters and their crew of roughnecks as they risk their lives, limbs and hundreds of thousands of dollars setting up rigs in an attempt to strike oil.
OUTLAW CHASERS (working title) – Randy Hicks and Lanny Dean are a renegade pair of storm junkies who, armed with just a radio and some video cameras, pursue twisters all around the Midwest in their customized pick-up truck. Using incredibly dramatic present and past-tense footage from their most exciting pursuits, this collection of specials from Tiger Aspect USA and executive producer Lawrence Cumbo (Ms. Adventure) will tell their story while following them in their quest to fulfill their dream: filming a tornado from the inside.
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Crap
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Specialty channels have found that you need to widen your net to attract a larger audience. Usually they use any excuse to show something a little different. I was watching Die Hard with a Vengeance on the Aboriginal Peoples Television Network (APTN). How does Die Hard 3 qualify as Aboriginal programming? Easy, Graham Greene has a supporting role. Hey, if you can justify it, you can put it on.
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OJ Simpson has decided to kill someone else just to save, his favorite channel, Court TV!
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I'll take 'Inane and Meaningless Network Bullshit Concocted Over a Three-Martini Lunch' for $500, Alex.
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I would've bet hard money you just made that network up. Silly me.
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Just to annoy people.
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Sounds more sophisticated n' shit.
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I like Forensic Files and North Mission Road and those types of shows. This kind of sucks.
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friggin a..
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All Facts Of Life ALL DAY!!!! Yea, I'm there
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Shit that was lame. My bad. Anyway, Court TV was one more celebrity murder/molestation trial away from paying the bills for another decade.
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cause there's not enough reality TV out there to satiate one's appetite!!!! Are there really that many mindless, reality craving, psychodorky people watching TV that want more reality television? *sigh* Maybe if I watch enough of "The Girls Next Door" I won't have enough braincells left to be bothered by this.
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"i AM the dragon, your honor."
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Jul 11, 2007 1:45:54 PM CDT
Wasn't truTV the name of the network in the movie EdTV?
by justabill2007
Wasn't truTV the name of the network in the movie EdTV?
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...another all-reality network to keep the trailer trash "innertaynt"! Maybe they can bring back Elisha Dushku and Tru Calling as a marketing tie-in. Yes, I am being sarcastic! truTV (chortle)
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I hope this is the beginning of the end of the whole genre. It hasn't been worthwhile at all since the Bobby Brown show got canned.
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seriously, why pay 100 bucks a month for 200 channels of this crap. just spend 20 bucks a month on netflix or blockbuster and watch what you want.
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will they have Tru Calling also?
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Two dozen contestants live on a mock starship and "beam down" to the planet and go on missions to win prizes. And the crew elects a different captain every time. It would be like Pirate Master only a little bit better. Not bad huh? Hello? hello?
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hello?
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It's set in a post apocalyptic dystopia.
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ah to hell with you people anyway.
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Good-bye Court TV.
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i miss that show...
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Court TV is mouth breather Television right up there with Nancy Grace, and that fat chick from Fox who worships Dog the bounty hunter.
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Well, if you don't already own the series on DVD. Talk about a worthless channel...
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At least I can now direct the majority of my hatred in one direction. TV sucks. A lot.
Actually, maybe I can sell the rights to truTV. Watch me shoot myself in the f*n face! -
Very, very dull. Motions, continuences, very little time on witnesses but a lot of behind doors tactics. That's why TV court is more interesting than real court. You can see what goes on in sidebars and they cut out all the deadly dull stuff that takes up 90% of the testimony.
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in both the incorrect spelling of "true", and in programming selection.
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Well??
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...Ass Master! They'll have to combine this new "truTV" with "Logo" though... trulyGAY, maybe?
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Dushku. The problem with "..Calling"?... Not enough straddling.
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Another One Bites the Dust
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Then I could have had somthing really witty like "One small step for TV - One giant leap for good taste" or something.
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next thought was OMG is Fox News going to be next?????
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http://tinyurl.com/yq3okg
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I don't understand television executives. First they think it is a good idea to reduce the number of episodes that a series has each season. Then they decide that they don't need to show new episodes each week. Then they decide that everything needs to be reality tv because it is cheap. Then they decide that channels created with a narrow audience in mind are too narrow. And they wonder why television viewers are dwindling?Do we really need wrestling on Scifi? Why does the weather channel have shows? Why is Planet of the Apes on the History channel? Since when is Catwoman an "American Movie Classic?" The Gameshow Network's attempt at rebranding as GSN with a videogame block and documentaries about people really worked out. Anyone remember when G4 actually had videogame programing and not Cops and Cheater? Are the people in charge of television networks just trying to drive people away? If so they are succeeding. More and more of my television watching is video podcasts and shows I download from other countries.
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does anybody really give a shit? Just asking.
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you shouldn't create a network and bank on OJ Simpson to keep murdering people.
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...hollering, "Get in here, Lester, they gots a transvestite kickin' the shit out of a transit cop!"
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Sorry, couldn't resist. 1-18-08 can't come soon enough.
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Seeing as it's special circumstances and all, boss says I can knock a hundred dollars off that TruTV
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7:00 Tru Calling
8:00 Tru Lies
10:00 Tru Romance
12:00 Dodgeball: A Tru Underdog Story
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I was in an episode of that! I played a murderer's half brother that ratted him out.
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And they paid some firm hundreds of thousands, I'd guess, to come up with it. Retards.
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Exactly what I was thinking, that all of these purposeful channels are losing their purpose, and all melding into one giant shitfest of reality TV and bad blockbuster movies. What the hell IS the difference between SpikeTV and this channel? I gave up years ago when Sci-Fi canceled Farscape, and then aired Braveheart. I fuck you not.
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...of course the bitch got off scott free, with all the $$$ she has. "Jail is for the little people" you know. Look how long they agonized about sending up Stupid Spoiled Whore Hilton for a coupla measly weeks... she even got to go home once during her "incarceration." Meanwhile, I have a friend who got sent up for 5 years because they found a bottle in his car with 3 cold pills in it and the prescription wasn't his (a friend loaned them to him when he was sick months before). Too bad! It's a controlled substance... Mandatory Minimum! I wish they'd throw that spotty-faced Lohan skag into the darkest, dankest, shit-smelling hole with a violent 400lb. bulldyke complete with greased broom handle as a cellmate. And don't even get me started about Scooter!
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I jest. But I have no doubt that there's some on AICN that would give up their mother's basement and endless supply of cheadles to be Lohan's dominating cellmate.
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Let's compare Paris Hilton who got out of jail because she was famous to Genarlow Wilson http://urltea.com/yom when he was 17 he had oral sex with a 15 year old so he got sentenced to 10 years in jail for aggravated child molestation. The state legislature of Georgia realized that the situation was absurd and got the law changed. However, Wilson is still in jail because the change in the law wasn't retroactive. So he still has to do 10 years in jail. too bad he isn't rich and white...
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Plus I knew one of the 'actors'. Bye 'Court TV'. Its a Lion.
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TruTV should show footage of when Woody Allen "visited" the OJ Trial. And producers of that stalwart of manufactured racial tension The REAL World are developing a show? Are they going to put pedos and parents in the same hot-tub?
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Damnit! I knew they were in trouble when they introduced "Psychic Detectives"! This channel used to be about "facts" not "magic".
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That has to be the lamest name for a tv channel. TruTv...pft... FOX already has a reality show channel, we don't need another one!!
Ah well...Outlaw Chasers and Black Gold actually peek my interest. I love Deadliest Catch and it's related shows (Lobstermen and Ice Road Truckers). But man is my step-dad gonna be pissed when I tell him about the change. Court TV is his fave channel. At least Forensic Files and Haunting Evidence is staying....but what about Psychic Detectives?! I actually like that show. :/
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