TruTV
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TruTV (stylized as truTV) is an American basic cable channel owned by Warner Bros. Discovery. The channel primarily broadcasts reruns of comedy, docusoaps and reality shows, with a recent strong primetime focus on live sports. The channel was originally launched on December 14, 1990 as Court TV, a network that focused on crime-themed programs such as true crime documentary series, legal dramas, and coverage of prominent criminal cases. The channel was initially a joint venture between Time Warner, Cablevision, American Lawyer Media, Liberty Media and GE with Liberty joining the venture a year
Key facts
- Television channel.name
- TruTV
- Television channel.logo
- 240px|class=skin-invert
- Television channel.logo_size
- 240px
- Television channel.picture_format
- 1080i (HDTV)(downscaled to letterboxed 480i for the SDTV feed)
- Television channel.parent
- Warner Bros. Discovery Global Linear Networks
- Television channel.country
- United States
- Television channel.area
- Worldwide
- Television channel.headquarters
- Atlanta, Georgia, U.S.
- Television channel.replaced
- Court TV
- Television channel.online_serv_1
- Affiliated Streaming Service
- Television channel.online_chan_1
- HBO Max
- Television channel.online_serv_2
- Service(s)
- Television channel.online_chan_2
- DirecTV Stream, Hulu + Live TV, Sling TV, YouTube TV
via Wikipedia infobox
Official website
Warner Bros. Discovery
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Wikidata facts
- Official website
- www.trutv.com
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- inception
- 2008-01-01
- Commons category
- TruTV
- social media followers
- 3820000
- date of official opening
- 1990-12-14
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Article
19 sectionsContents
- History
- Court TV
- TruTV
- Shift to comedy
- Expansion of sports programming
- High definition
- Programming
- Sports programming
- Occasional coverage (2010–2022)
- {{Anchor|Expansion of sports}}Expansion of sports (2023–present)
- As Court TV
- International
- Canada
- Latin America
- UK and Ireland
- Asia
- Footnotes
- References
- External links
TruTV (stylized as truTV) is an American basic cable channel owned by Warner Bros. Discovery. The channel primarily broadcasts reruns of comedy, docusoaps and reality shows, with a recent strong primetime focus on live sports. The channel was originally launched on December 14, 1990 as Court TV, a network that focused on crime-themed programs such as true crime documentary series, legal dramas, and coverage of prominent criminal cases. The channel was initially a joint venture between Time Warner, Cablevision, American Lawyer Media, Liberty Media and GE with Liberty joining the venture a year after its launch in 1991.
By 2005, Liberty Media and Time Warner had purchased ALM, Cablevision and GE's stakes in Court TV. Time Warner subsequently bought out Liberty's share in 2006 for $735 million, and brought the channel under the Turner Broadcasting System. In 2008, the channel relaunched as TruTV, changing its focus to action-oriented docusoaps and "caught on camera" programs, which it marketed as "actuality" television. The channel continued to carry legal coverage during the daytime hours under the title In Session, but that was phased out by September 2013. The Court TV name was later bought by Katz Broadcasting (now Scripps Networks), which since 2017 has been part of the E. W. Scripps Company.