Court TV sets the theme

Legal network to broadcast original primetime programming over summer

By JOHN DEMPSEY

NEW YORK -- Taking advantage of summer schedules populated with reruns at the broadcast networks, Court TV will sprinkle firstrun programming throughout its 10 p.m. summer primetime lineup, including a group of forensics originals in late August.

Under the umbrella title "Join the Investigation Summer," Court TV plans to run theme weeks from 10-11 each weeknight, starting with "In the Big House," about prison life, July 9-13; "Analyze These," about the hunt for serial killers, July 16-20; and "Women to die for," about female criminals, July 23-27.

Also, "'Til Death Do Us Part," about husbands, lovers and boyfriends who kill their mates, July 30-Aug. 3; "Crime Solvers," focusing on police on the beat, Aug. 6-10; "Shadows of Doubt," about wrongly accused convicts, Aug. 13-17; and Forensics Week Aug. 27-31.