Court TV
United States
Court TV provides gavel-to-gavel coverage of criminal trials and legal proceedings from courthouses across the United States. The channel focuses on real-time courtroom footage, with legal analysts and commentators offering context during breaks or recesses. Programming centers on high-profile cases, including murder trials, civil lawsuits, and appeals, often featuring expert testimony and jury deliberations. Documentaries and original series explore forensic science, criminal investigations, and landmark legal battles, while news segments report on developing cases and judicial rulings. The content appeals to viewers interested in the mechanics of the justice system, true crime, and courtroom procedure.
Beyond its cable and satellite distribution, the channel streams live trial coverage through its website and mobile app, allowing access to ongoing cases without a television subscription. TV guide listings typically note trial schedules and documentary airtimes, though live proceedings can shift unpredictably due to court recesses or extended arguments. The network does not produce scripted entertainment or sports programming, maintaining a consistent focus on actual legal events and analysis.
Schedule
05:30 - 06:00
Murderous Affairs
Secrets and Lies
Series, Drama, Entertainment
A prominent defence lawyer has an affair with a stripper and is suspected of murder when his wife's body is found shot in the head behind the wheel of an SUV.
06:00 - 07:00
VPI: Vinnie Politan Investigates
Crime, Talk
Vinnie Politan takes a deep dive into the true-crime stories that are captivating the world over.
07:00 - 08:00
Accomplice to Murder, With Vinnie Politan
GA v. Crowder & Stanton - The Tomato Patch Murder
Series, Crime, Documentary
Sixty-four-year-old Thurman Martin ruled his family with an iron fist, brutally beating anyone who dared stand up to his emotional and physical abuse; then one day he vanished, his family telling police he'd left with just a few changes of clothing.
08:00 - 08:30
Murderous Affairs
Faking It
Series, Drama, Entertainment
In Ventura, Calif., a wife goes missing after a mysterious arrest; while in Baton Rouge, La., thousands of dollars stored in shoeboxes provide a vital clue to solve a murder.
08:30 - 09:00
Murderous Affairs
Point Blank
Series, Drama, Entertainment
In Boone County, Iowa, a man on a farm believes that he's shot himself but can't figure out how; in Pryor, Oklahoma, an affair turns deadly, resulting in a house fire.
09:00 - 09:30
Murderous Affairs
The Price of Love
Series, Drama, Entertainment
A husband carefully plans a murder; a love triangle leads to a deadly conspiracy.
09:30 - 10:00
Murderous Affairs
Secrets and Lies
Series, Drama, Entertainment
A prominent defence lawyer has an affair with a stripper and is suspected of murder when his wife's body is found shot in the head behind the wheel of an SUV.
10:00 - 10:30
Murderous Affairs
Saints and Sinners
Series, Drama, Entertainment
A church minister and a teacher fall for a student.
10:30 - 11:00
Murderous Affairs
Steamy Lessons
Series, Drama, Entertainment
A pregnant wife is killed execution style; an EMT is intent on taking a life.
11:00 - 11:30
Murderous Affairs
Dead Pool
Series, Drama, Entertainment
Two murder cases involving cheating spouses with evil minds in Pennsylvania.
11:30 - 12:00
Murderous Affairs
Fatal Attraction
Series, Drama, Entertainment
A married soldier begins a dangerous affair; a Canadian wife ends a life.
12:00 - 12:30
It Takes a Killer
Missing in Minnesota
Series, Documentary, Crime, Thriller, Interview, Mystery
The clock is ticking as police in northern Minnesota rush to rescue a kidnapped college student; it takes NASA technology for law enforcement to uncover the identity of the abductor, who turns out to be a serial predator.
12:30 - 13:00
It Takes a Killer
A Killer Hand
Series, Documentary, Crime, Thriller, Interview, Mystery
When cops investigate the slaying of a casino worker in Las Vegas, they uncover a murder conspiracy that was months in the making.
13:00 - 13:30
It Takes a Killer
Snipers in the Capital
Series, Documentary, Crime, Thriller, Interview, Mystery
When a deadly sniper terrorizes the DC area for weeks, frantic police put out an APB for a white van, but the FBI has a theory that there might be more than one sniper, and they're not driving a white van.
13:30 - 14:00
It Takes a Killer
The Bladerunner
Series, Documentary, Crime, Thriller, Interview, Mystery
An Olympic hero shoots his girlfriend at his home in the middle of the night, claiming he mistook her for an intruder.
14:00 - 14:30
Corrupt Crimes
The One-Eyed Murderer
Series, Crime, Drama
A drug dealer and cold-blooded murderer's calling card is a grenade; more than $5 million in cash and jewels disappears from an airline's vault.
14:30 - 15:00
Corrupt Crimes
Murder in the LAPD
Series, Crime, Drama
When one corrupt LAPD officer is arrested, it has a domino affect and the department is forever changed.
15:00 - 15:30
Corrupt Crimes
Murder as Revenge
Series, Crime, Drama
A small-town judge leaves an entire community in fear; the Rev. Jesse Jackson's son's scandal.
15:30 - 16:00
Corrupt Crimes
The Handsome Killer
Series, Crime, Drama
New York's "Preppy Murder"; a union's benefits manager steals more than $40 million and leaves the retirees broke.
16:00 - 16:30
Corrupt Crimes
Celebrity Obsessed Crooks
Series, Crime, Drama
A group of celebrity-obsessed teens breaks into the homes of Hollywood stars, stealing millions of dollars; Ephren Taylor urges the faithful to give back to God through his various investments.
16:30 - 17:00
Corrupt Crimes
The Gangland Murders of Australia
Series, Crime, Drama
The Australian underworld's drug trafficking explodes in an all-out war; the biggest rogue-trading scandal in history.
17:00 - 17:30
Corrupt Crimes
A Rogue Trader
Series, Crime, Drama
A rogue broker's unauthorized speculative trading causes Barings Bank to collapse; Tour de France winner Lance Armstrong is accused of doping.
17:30 - 18:00
Corrupt Crimes
Fiancee Tried for Homicide
Series, Crime, Drama
A woman's conviction of murder is overturned; football player Rae Carruth conspires to murder the mother of his unborn child.
18:00 - 19:00
VPI: Vinnie Politan Investigates
Crime, Talk
Vinnie Politan takes a deep dive into the true-crime stories that are captivating the world over.
19:00 - 20:00
VPI: Vinnie Politan Investigates
Crime, Talk
Vinnie Politan takes a deep dive into the true-crime stories that are captivating the world over.
20:00 - 21:00
Judgment With Ashleigh Banfield
California v. Murray
Series, Crime
Michael Jackson's personal doctor Conrad Murray takes an oath to first do no harm, but that's exactly what prosecutors argue he violates when Jackson dies from an overdose of a powerful anesthesia drug.
21:00 - 22:00
Judgment With Ashleigh Banfield
New Jersey v. McGuire
Series, Crime
Melanie McGuire made a living bringing life into the world as a fertility clinic nurse; the police accused her of shooting her husband, dismembering his body and disposing of it in suitcases dumped into the Chesapeake Bay.
22:00 - 23:00
Judgment With Ashleigh Banfield
New Jersey v. Neulander
Series, Crime
Rabbi Fred Neulander was a pillar of his Cherry Hill, New Jersey community - the founder of a synagogue, a father and a husband. Little did anyone know, he was also an adulterer, one capable of hiring a hitman to murder his own wife.
23:00 - 00:00
48 Hours
The Widow on Solway Road
Series, Newsmagazine, Crime, Law
The investigation into the death of a woman's husband reveals he is not the first man she married who died under suspicious circumstances.