Court TV officially re-launched back in May in a limited number of markets. Today, it’s coming to 19 more markets, including America’s four largest: New York, Los Angeles, Chicago and Philadelphia.
The network is being launched today by the former Tribune (now Nexstar) stations in those four markets, WPIX (NY), KTLA (Los Angeles), WGN (Chicago), and WPHL (Philadelphia).
Here are the other stations which are launching Court TV today:
- Dallas – KDAF (Ch. 33.3)
- Houston – KIAH (Ch. 39.3)
- Seattle-Tacoma – KCPQ (Ch.13.2)
- Miami-Fort Lauderdale – WSFL (Ch. 39.4)
- Denver – KWGN (Ch. 2.2)
- Sacramento-Stockton-Modesto – KTXL (Ch. 40.3)
- Portland – KRCW (Ch. 32.3)
- Indianapolis – WXIN (Ch. 59.3)
- San Diego – KSWB (Ch. 69.3)
- Kansas City – WDAF (Ch. 4.3)
- Hartford-New Haven – WCCT (Ch.20.2)
- Norfolk-Portsmouth-Newport News – WTKR (Ch.3.2)
- Grand Rapids-Kalamazoo-Battle Creek – WXMI (Ch. 17.3)
- New Orleans – WNOL (Ch. 38.2)
- Des Moines-Ames – WHO (Ch. 13.4)
With the addition of these stations, Court TV has a footprint in 90% of U.S. broadcast and 40% of cable homes
The newly-rebooted Court TV is a multi-platform network, which, similar to the original Court TV, is devoted to live, gavel-to-gavel coverage, in-depth legal reporting and expert analysis of the nation’s most important and compelling trials.
After more than a decade off the air, the network is back in the big markets after being purchased by The E.W. Scripps-owned broadcast company Katz Networks from Turner Broadcasting. The original Court TV was founded by Steve Brill and launched in 1991. Turner Broadcasting acquired Court TV in 2006, and went on to rebrand it as truTV in 2008.
The original Court TV made its mark first with wall-to-wall coverage of the Menendez Brothers trials in 1994, and the O.J. Simpson trial in 1995, as well as Scott Peterson and the Anna Nicole Smith trials. The network boasts alums such as Savannah Guthrie, Greta Van Susteren, and of course, Nancy Grace.