Court TV was launched on cable on July 1, 1991 by founder Steven Brill, owned by Time Warner and Liberty Media, with American Lawyer Media, Cablevision, and NBC as additional investors. The channel mainly focused on true crime documentary series, legal dramas, and coverage of prominent criminal cases; it also held primary rerun rights to Fox's Cops from 1999 onwards. By 2005, Liberty Media and Time Warner had purchased ALM, Cablevision and NBC's stakes in Court TV; Time Warner subsequently bought out Liberty's share in 2006, and brought the channel under Turner Broadcasting.
On January 1, 2008, Court TV was rebranded as TruTV with a bigger focus on action-oriented docusoaps and "caught on camera" programs; the original programming slate kept running on daytime as In Session until September 30, 2013. A digital broadcast network carrying the Court TV name was later launched by Scripps Networks on May 5, 2019.
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1st Logo (December 1990?-1995?) | 2nd Logo (September 1999-March 2005) | 3rd Logo (August 15, 2005-January 2008) |
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Visuals: There is the original Court TV logo, which consists of two blue lines, the words "COURT" in the center, along with a blue and a gray rectangle, the gray one having the word "TV". The logo slowly rotates from left to right.
Variants:
Technique: CGI.
Audio: Either the opening theme or the closing theme of the show.
Audio Variants:
Availability: It first appeared in a pitch reel for the channel, and also appeared in the VHS releases of The Rodney King Case: What the Jury Saw in California v. Powell and Court TV: Inside America's Courts.
Visuals: On a blue background with white outlined "COURT"s, the words "In association with" appear with a wipe sparkle effect, then the words "COURT TV" in Alternate Gothic fly letter-by-letter (a la Game Boy). "TV" then forms a red fingerprint, the background then moves until the logo fades out.
Variants:
Technique: CGI by Lee Hunt Associates.
Audio: A large swoosh sound followed by a low tone note.
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Visuals: On a dark blue background, a bunch of red rectangles fly across the screen, which then form the newer Court TV logo, which consists of "courtTV" with a white rectangle underneath with a gap in which several red lines take the space. The words "IN ASSOCIATION WITH" are at the top like the last logo, along with "ORIGINAL PRODUCTIONS" at the bottom. The logo slowly zooms in.
Variant: Like the last logo, the logo is sometimes seen with a copyright notice at the bottom.
Technique: CGI by Trollbäck+Company.
Audio: Same as the last logo.
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