Court TV Examines the Legacy of the OJ Simpson 'Trial of the Century' Five Years After the Murders.

NEW YORK--(ENTERTAINMENT WIRE)--May 12, 1999--

"People v. Simpson: Unfinished Business"

Why the Public's Fascination with O.J. Won't Disappear

Five years later the O.J. phenomenon shows few signs of waning across America. It began as that staple of American journalism, the celebrity murder case. Yet it can be argued that no murder case before or since has had, and continues to have, as profound an effect on the justice system and American culture. Court TV anchor Fred Graham returns to Los Angeles to take an in-depth look at this singularly famous--some would argue, notorious--case and its continuing grip on the imagination of Americans in a special one-hour premiere, Crime Stories "People v. Simpson: Unfinished Business" - Monday, June 7 at 10 p.m. (ET).

"People v. Simpson: Unfinished Business" features interviews with experts and key players who offer their candid and sometimes shocking opinions and recollections of the case. They are: Simpson defense attorneys Johnnie Cochran and Shawn Chapman; Simpson prosecutor Rockne Harmon; Nicole Brown Simpson's sister; Denise Simpson; Ron Goldman's sister Kim Goldman; witness Kato Kaelin; defense witness and world famous criminologist Dr. Henry Lee; homicide detectives Tom Lange and Phil Vannater; Daniel Petrocelli, civil attorney who represented the Goldmans in the wrongful death case against Simpson; defense jury expert Jo-Ellan Dimitrius and prosecution jury expert Steve Patterson; Lawrence Schiller, author of AmericanTragedy, the best-selling account of the Simpson defense; and law professors Laurie Levenson and Paul Butler.

Noted Henry Schleiff, President and CEO, Court TV, "The O.J. Simpson case raised pointed questions of race, class and other issues in our justice system that still reverberate today. As the only network to have provided gavel to gavel coverage of this landmark criminal trial, Court TV is uniquely suited to offer a compelling, illuminating look back at the events that continue to have a grip on Americans, five years after the fact."

Fred Graham, in addition to his work on "People v. Simpson: Unfinished Business," serves as Court TV's chief anchor and managing editor and has been with the network since its launch in 1991. A journalist, lawyer, broadcaster and anchor, Graham has covered numerous trials including the Watergate cover-up and the trials of Daniel Ellsberg, John Connally, John Hinckley, John DeLorean and O.J. Simpson. Court TV's documentary series, "Crime Stories" is hosted by Richard Belzer and airs weeknights.

Court TV, a 24-hour basic cable network, provides a window on the American justice system through distinctive programming, which both informs and entertains. As the first and only cable network dedicated to crime and justice, Court TV broadcasts live trials by day and crime and justice programming at night. A service of Time Warner Entertainment and Liberty Media Corp., Court TV (www.courttv.com) is distributed to 35 million households.