The entire 400-episode catalog of true-crime unscripted series Forensic Files has been acquired by Content Partners.
Originally called Medical Detectives, the series ran for 14 seasons on TLC, Court TV and TruTV and repeats are still available on Warner Bros Discovery’s Hln. A revived version, Forensic Files II, has aired since 2020, first on Hln and now on Investigation Discovery. Since debuting in the wake of the O.J. Simpson trial, the show has helped popularize forensic investigation, a cornerstone of unscripted programming as well as scripted mainstays like the CSI franchise. CSI is partly owned by Content Partners.
Founded in 2005, Content Partners is an investment fund and asset management company that acquires the cash flows from intellectual property in film, television, music and other corners of media and entertainment. Among the entities under its control is Revolution Studios as well as film titles like Black Swan and 13 Going on 30. The...
Originally called Medical Detectives, the series ran for 14 seasons on TLC, Court TV and TruTV and repeats are still available on Warner Bros Discovery’s Hln. A revived version, Forensic Files II, has aired since 2020, first on Hln and now on Investigation Discovery. Since debuting in the wake of the O.J. Simpson trial, the show has helped popularize forensic investigation, a cornerstone of unscripted programming as well as scripted mainstays like the CSI franchise. CSI is partly owned by Content Partners.
Founded in 2005, Content Partners is an investment fund and asset management company that acquires the cash flows from intellectual property in film, television, music and other corners of media and entertainment. Among the entities under its control is Revolution Studios as well as film titles like Black Swan and 13 Going on 30. The...
- 3/19/2024
- by Dade Hayes
- Deadline Film + TV
There’s a lot of mystery in “Forensic Files,” but not too much behind the decision by the cable network that airs the series to keep it going longer.
CNN has renewed its license with the long-running series’ original producer, Medstar, to produce new episodes of “Forensic Files II” through 2024, according to Nancy Duffy, senior vice president of program development for CNN, and executive producer of the series. “It’s a real binge-worthy kind of vehicle,” she says, in an interview — and fares well in both linear showings and on the streaming platforms of parent company Warner Bros. Discovery.
Hln will run eight new half-hour episodes as part of its renewal pact. In the first new one, a 24-year-old old criminology student who left a SoHo bar intoxicated is found raped, murdered handcuffed, gagged, and wrapped in a blanket alongside a road in East New York, Brooklyn. Police investigate everyone...
CNN has renewed its license with the long-running series’ original producer, Medstar, to produce new episodes of “Forensic Files II” through 2024, according to Nancy Duffy, senior vice president of program development for CNN, and executive producer of the series. “It’s a real binge-worthy kind of vehicle,” she says, in an interview — and fares well in both linear showings and on the streaming platforms of parent company Warner Bros. Discovery.
Hln will run eight new half-hour episodes as part of its renewal pact. In the first new one, a 24-year-old old criminology student who left a SoHo bar intoxicated is found raped, murdered handcuffed, gagged, and wrapped in a blanket alongside a road in East New York, Brooklyn. Police investigate everyone...
- 7/13/2022
- by Brian Steinberg
- Variety Film + TV
Hln has renewed “Forensic Files II” for two more seasons and a total of 32 more episodes.
The reboot of the popular crime series premiered earlier this year after the original “Forensic Files” went off the air in 2011. “Forensic Files II” is narrated by actor Bill Camp, who will return for seasons two and three. Each season will consist of 16 half-hour episodes.
Executive produced by Nancy Duffy, the reboot picks up where the original series left off, staying true to the original format, content, and continuity while using advancements in investigative technology and production.
The new episodes are set to air in 2021.
Also Read: 'Crime Junkie' Host Ashley Flowers on Her Fascination With True Crime and Her Favorite Podcasts
The investigational docuseries is produced by CNN Program Development and airs exclusively on Hln. The network also has exclusive cable rights to the original “Forensic Files,” and was granted additional rights to...
The reboot of the popular crime series premiered earlier this year after the original “Forensic Files” went off the air in 2011. “Forensic Files II” is narrated by actor Bill Camp, who will return for seasons two and three. Each season will consist of 16 half-hour episodes.
Executive produced by Nancy Duffy, the reboot picks up where the original series left off, staying true to the original format, content, and continuity while using advancements in investigative technology and production.
The new episodes are set to air in 2021.
Also Read: 'Crime Junkie' Host Ashley Flowers on Her Fascination With True Crime and Her Favorite Podcasts
The investigational docuseries is produced by CNN Program Development and airs exclusively on Hln. The network also has exclusive cable rights to the original “Forensic Files,” and was granted additional rights to...
- 5/12/2020
- by Margeaux Sippell
- The Wrap
Hln is about to shed light on one of TV’s great mysteries.
For nearly a decade, Hln has shown repeats of “Forensic Files,” a catch-the-bad-guy documentary series that hinges on investigators’ ability to find clues in the tiniest details, such as an errant long hair spotted at the murder scene or a small insect found on the victim’s corpse. The series is so popular that the network – a sister outlet to CNN – typically airs 65 to 70 hours of the reruns each week. And yet, for some reason, no one has ever added new episodes to the stack of hundreds that already exist.
Hln has managed to crack the case. After vying with other outlets to get new episodes made, the AT&T-owned network plans to roll out 16 new, half-hour episodes starting in February 2020, according to Ken Jautz, the CNN executive vice president who oversees Hln.
“They stopped making it...
For nearly a decade, Hln has shown repeats of “Forensic Files,” a catch-the-bad-guy documentary series that hinges on investigators’ ability to find clues in the tiniest details, such as an errant long hair spotted at the murder scene or a small insect found on the victim’s corpse. The series is so popular that the network – a sister outlet to CNN – typically airs 65 to 70 hours of the reruns each week. And yet, for some reason, no one has ever added new episodes to the stack of hundreds that already exist.
Hln has managed to crack the case. After vying with other outlets to get new episodes made, the AT&T-owned network plans to roll out 16 new, half-hour episodes starting in February 2020, according to Ken Jautz, the CNN executive vice president who oversees Hln.
“They stopped making it...
- 10/1/2019
- by Brian Steinberg
- Variety Film + TV
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