"I, Detective" to Premiere Thursday, August 30th On Court TV; New Television Series Combines Elements of Documentary, Murder Mystery, and Quiz Shows.Entertainment Editors PASADENA, Calif.--(ENTERTAINMENT WIRE)--July 11, 2001 Program Will Air During Court TV's "Forensics See computer forensics. " Theme Week Armchair detectives Armchair Detective is a term used for a fictional investigator who does not himself (or herself) visit the crime scene or interview witnesses; instead, he or she either reads the story of the crime in a newspaper, or has it recounted to him by another person. and forensic science The application of scientific knowledge and methodology to legal problems and criminal investigations. Sometimes called simply forensics, forensic science encompasses many different fields of science, including anthropology, biology, chemistry, engineering, genetics, junkies will get the opportunity to solve real cases when Court TV premieres I, Detective on Thursday, August 30th at 9:30 PM ET/PT. This half-hour pilot will air during Court TV's "Forensics" theme week (August 27-31) and gives viewers the opportunity to follow clues, find evidence and learn how this information is used to solve some of the most intriguing investigations. A new television program that combines the elements of documentary, murder mystery, and quiz shows, I, Detective has been developed as a pilot for a regular Court TV series. Through an interactive series of multiple choice questions, I, Detective challenges viewers to examine the same evidence, suspects, motives and witness statements that actual investigators consider in their quest to solve the crime. "Court TV's viewers enjoy the challenge of piecing together clues, accepting or rejecting possible evidence, and participating in the investigation," observes Art Bell, Executive Vice President, Programming and Marketing, Court TV. "The questions included in I, Detective give our viewers a chance to be active participants in the investigation. They examine the crime scene, evaluate evidence, and attempt to correctly answer questions that real criminologists and forensic specialists ask themselves as they solve a crime." I, Detective's pilot episode puts viewers in the center of the investigation of the 1992 kidnapping kidnapping, in law, the taking away of a person by force, threat, or deceit, with intent to cause him to be detained against his will. Kidnapping may be done for ransom or for political or other purposes. of Exxon executive, Sydney Reso from his New Jersey home. Reso's distraught wife and abandoned car (idling at the end of his driveway) seem to be surefire kidnapping clues - yet I, Detective forces viewers to examine what criminologists must assume when first given these scenarios. This pilot episode features interviews with many of the key law enforcement officials assigned to the case. These individuals recount specific details of the investigation and discuss the many theories that were considered about Reso's kidnapping. In the end, detectives were able to identify disgruntled dis·grun·tle tr.v. dis·grun·tled, dis·grun·tling, dis·grun·tles To make discontented. [dis- + gruntle, to grumble (from Middle English gruntelen; see former Exxon security official Arthur Seale Arthur Seale (1946-), of Hillside, New Jersey[1], was responsible for the kidnapping and murder of Sidney Reso, the Vice President of International Operations for Exxon on April 29, 1992, in Morris Township, New Jersey. The case garnered national notoriety. and his wife, Jackie, as the kidnappers. The capture of the Seales two months after the kidnapping eventually led investigators to Reso, who had, in fact, died just five days after being abducted abducted Distal angulation of an extremity away from the midline of the body in a transverse plane and away from a sagittal plane passing through the proximal aspect of the foot or part, or away from some other specified reference point . I, Detective was produced by Michael Hoff Productions. Lynne Kirby is the Vice President of Development and the Executive-in-Charge of this program for Court TV. Ed Hersh is Vice President of Documentaries and Specials for Court TV. Court TV (www.courttv.com or AOL (A division of Time Warner, Inc., New York, NY, www.aol.com) The world's largest online information service with access to the Internet, e-mail, chat rooms and a variety of databases and services. keyword: Court TV), a basic cable network, provides a window on the American system The term American System can mean one of the following:
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