TruTV#In Session

{{short description|American cable and satellite television channel}}

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{{Infobox television channel

| name = TruTV

| logo = File:TruTV 2014.svg

| logo_size = 240px

| logo_caption =

| launch_date = {{Plainlist|

{{Start date and age|1991|7|1}} {{small|(as Court TV)}}
{{Start date and age|2008|1|1}} {{small|(as TruTV)}}

}}

| picture_format = 1080i (HDTV)
(downscaled to letterboxed 480i for the SDTV feed)

| parent = Warner Bros. Discovery Global Linear Networks

| country = United States

| area = Worldwide

| headquarters = Atlanta, Georgia, U.S.

| replaced = Court TV {{small|(cable television)}}

| sister_channels = {{collapsible list|

}}

| founded = {{Start date and age|1990|12|14}}

| webcast = {{URL|https://www.trutv.com/watchtrutv|Watch Live}} {{small|(U.S. pay-TV subscribers only; 10 minute free trial)}}

| website = {{URL|https://www.trutv.com}}

| online_serv_1 = Affiliated Streaming Service

| online_chan_1 = Max

| online_serv_2 = Service(s)

| online_chan_2 = Sling TV, YouTube TV, Hulu, DirecTV Stream

}}

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 this 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.

In 2011, the channel began to add occasional sports broadcasts from Turner Sports (renamed TNT Sports in 2023), primarily the NCAA men's basketball tournament. In October 2014, TruTV pivoted its format to focus more on comedy-based reality series, such as Impractical Jokers. In March 2024, TruTV began to increase its focus on sports programming, introducing a weeknight block that will feature sports-related programming, as well as being incorporated into new and upcoming TNT Sports rights such as MotoGP and NASCAR. {{As of|January 2016|post=,}} TruTV was available to approximately 91 million households (78.1%) in the United States.{{cite web |date=July 21, 2015 |title=List of how many homes each cable network is in as of July 2015 |url=https://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/reference/list-of-how-many-homes-each-cable-network-is-in-as-of-july-2015/ |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161008232643/http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/reference/list-of-how-many-homes-each-cable-network-is-in-as-of-july-2015/ |archive-date=October 8, 2016 |access-date=December 10, 2018 |website=Zap2it}} By June 2023, this number has dropped to 68.3 million households.{{Cite web |last=Seidman |first=Robert |date=2023-06-04 |title=How many homes the sports networks are available in |url=https://internetcompost.substack.com/p/how-many-homes-the-sports-networks |access-date=2024-03-17 |website=Internet Compost}}

History

=Court TV=

{{For|the history of the channel under the original Court TV identity|Court TV}}

The Courtroom Television Network, or Court TV for short, was launched on July 1, 1991, at 6:00 a.m. Eastern Time, and was available to three million subscribers.{{cite news|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=u-khAAAAIBAJ&sjid=7GMEAAAAIBAJ&pg=6980%2C1261106|publisher=The Pittsburgh Press|date=July 7, 1991|first=Lee|last=Winfrey|title=Courtroom network banks on real-life drama}} Its original anchors were Jack Ford, Fred Graham, Cynthia McFadden, and Gregg Jarrett. The network was born out of two competing projects to launch cable channels with live courtroom proceedings, the American Trial Network from Time Warner and American Lawyer Media (ALM), and In Court from Cablevision and NBC. Both projects were present at the National Cable Television Association in June 1990.{{cite news|title=Fledgling Cable Networks Are Poised for Flight|work=The New York Times |date=June 3, 1990 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1990/06/03/arts/television-fledgling-cable-networks-are-poised-for-flight.html|access-date=November 9, 2012|last=Gerard |first=Jeremy }} Rather than trying to establish two competing networks, the projects were combined on December 14, 1990. Liberty Media would join the venture in 1991.

The channel originally consisted of live courtroom trials that are interspersed with anchors and reporters. It was led by law writer Steven Brill, who later left the network in 1997. The network came into its own during the Menéndez brothers' first trial in 1994, and the O.J. Simpson murder trial in 1995.

In 1997, Time Warner acquired ALM to gain ownership of its stake in Court TV;{{cite web |date=February 20, 1997 |title=Time Warner Buys Court TV Stake |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1997-02-20-fi-30516-story.html |via=LA Times |agency=Associated Press}} it subsequently sold its publications to a private equity fund in 1998.{{cite web |date=July 19, 1997 |title=Time Warner to Shed Legal Publications |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1997-jul-19-fi-14328-story.html |via=LA Times |agency=Associated Press}} In 1998, NBC sold its share of the network to Time Warner. That same year, Court TV began running several original and acquired programs in prime time, such as Homicide: Life on the Street, Cops, and Forensic Files.

In 2001, Court TV purchased The Smoking Gun, a website that focuses on legal items such as mug shots and other public documents pertaining to famous individuals and cases. The site remained a property of the company through the rebranding to TruTV, but was sold back to its founder in 2014.{{cite web |date=June 24, 2014 |title=Meet The New Boss, Same As The Old Boss: A Note From TSG World Headquarters |url=http://www.thesmokinggun.com/buster/the-smoking-gun-sale-876401 |access-date=April 4, 2024 |work=The Smoking Gun}} In the same year, Court TV also purchased the website Crime Library, which provided detailed information about infamous crimes and how they were solved. The website remained an actively updated TruTV property until 2014 and was taken offline in 2015.

On February 3, 2003, "Court TV Plus" debuted on Sirius Satellite Radio, featuring audio from Court TV programs. Launched on Channel 134, it was moved in September 2005 and aired on Channel 110 until the channel ceased operations on January 1, 2008.

Recognizing the growth of its primetime programming, Court TV announced in 2005 that it would split its programming into two brands. Daytime trial coverage was branded as Court TV News, while other dayparts—promoted under the tagline "Seriously Entertaining"—focused on reality shows dealing with crime-related topics. In January 2006, the network launched a male-targeted programming block known as "RED" ("Real. Exciting. Dramatic.").{{Cite web|url=http://www.broadcastingcable.com/news/programming/cover-story-court-tv-details-new-trutv-brand/30952|title=COVER STORY: Court TV Details New truTV Brand|website=Broadcasting & Cable|date=October 28, 2007 |access-date=2017-07-16}}{{Cite news|url=https://variety.com/2005/scene/markets-festivals/court-tv-unveils-evening-docket-1117925965/|title=Court TV unveils evening docket|last=Martin|first=Denise|date=2005-07-15|work=Variety|access-date=2017-07-16|language=en-US}}

In May 2006, Time Warner acquired Liberty Media's stake in Court TV for $735 million, valuing the channel at $1.5 billion. The channel was integrated into Time Warner's Turner Broadcasting unit; executives indicated that Court TV planned to maintain its existing format, and did not rule out creating synergies with CNN for their legal coverage.{{Cite news |author=Bloomberg News |date=2006-05-13 |title=Time Warner Takes Full Control Over Court TV |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2006/05/13/business/media/time-warner-takes-full-control-over-court-tv.html |access-date=2022-05-17 |issn=0362-4331}}{{Cite web |last=Zeitchik |first=Steven |date=2006-05-12 |title=TW buys out Liberty's Court TV stake |url=https://variety.com/2006/biz/news/tw-buys-out-liberty-s-court-tv-stake-1200336608/ |access-date=2022-05-17 |website=Variety |language=en-US}} In 2007, the channel premiered its first original scripted series, 'Til Death Do Us Part—an anthology of crime re-enactments hosted by filmmaker John Waters.{{Cite web |first=Andrew |last=Wallenstein |date=2006-06-27 |title=Milestone: Court TV at 15 |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/business-news/milestone-court-tv-at-15-138388/ |access-date=2022-05-17 |website=The Hollywood Reporter |language=en-US}}

=TruTV=

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On July 11, 2007, Time Warner announced that Court TV would be relaunched as TruTV on January 1, 2008. The new brand was intended to accompany a larger shift towards action-oriented reality series which did not necessarily involve crime or law enforcement, such as Black Gold, Hardcore Pawn, Lizard Lick Towing, Ocean Force, and the caught-on-camera series World's Dumbest. TruTV promoted its new positioning under the slogan "Not Reality. Actuality."; network staff argued that the term "reality" had become associated with "unrealistic" programming, and that it wanted to emphasize that its new programs would feature "real" people.{{cite web |last=Braxton |first=Greg |date=May 29, 2011 |title=Making a case for truTV |url=https://www.latimes.com/entertainment/la-xpm-2011-may-29-la-ca-trutv-20110529-story.html |access-date=December 2, 2016 |website=Los Angeles Times}}{{cite web|title=Court TV Rebrands as truTV|url=http://www.broadcastingcable.com/news/news-articles/court-tv-rebrands-trutv/83242|website=Broadcasting & Cable|date=July 11, 2007 |access-date=December 2, 2016}}{{cite web |last=Bauder |first=David |date=2007-12-30 |title=Court TV exits, truTV appears |url=http://usatoday30.usatoday.com/life/television/news/2007-12-30-truTV_N.htm |access-date=December 2, 2016 |website=USA Today |agency=Associated Press}}

As part of the re-branding as TruTV, daytime trial coverage was cut back to 9:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. ET and branded as In Session. In 2009, production of the program was shifted to the facilities of HLN in Atlanta. On March 4, 2013, In Session was cut to a two-hour, taped format. On September 30, 2013, In Session was cancelled, and replaced by a block of library programming under the title In Session Presents.{{cite web|title=TruTV Cutting In Session To Two Hours A Day|url=http://www.adweek.com/tvnewser/trutv-cutting-in-session-to-two-hours-a-day/168331|website=TVNewser|date=February 15, 2013 |access-date=December 2, 2016}}{{cite web|title=TruTV Ending 'In Session' Trial Coverage|url=http://www.adweek.com/tvnewser/trutv-ending-in-session-trial-coverage/199227|website=TVNewser|date=September 26, 2013 |access-date=December 2, 2016}}

In 2011, as part of a new partnership between CBS Sports and Turner Sports, TruTV began to broadcast coverage of the NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament.

Reruns of Court TV series have since aired on HLN (primarily Forensic Files), and have also been syndicated to the over-the-air digital network Justice Network (now True Crime Network). With changes to HLN's programming strategy and the growing popularity of the genre, the network began to produce and premiere more original true crime programs in 2017.{{cite web |last=Steinberg |first=Brian |date=March 13, 2017 |title=HLN Will Add S.E. Cupp as Host, Introduce New Original Series on Friday Nights (EXCLUSIVE) |url=https://variety.com/2017/tv/news/hln-s-e-cupp-friday-night-originals-1202007471/ |access-date=March 15, 2017 |website=Variety}}{{cite web |last=Poggi |first=Jeanine |date=May 2017 |title=A News Network With No Trump Bump, HLN Pivots Once Again |url=https://adage.com/article/media/hln-trump-bump-pivots-again/308854 |access-date=April 4, 2024 |website=Advertising Age}}{{cite news|last=Buckman|first=Adam|title='Forensic Files' And 'The First 48' Are TV's Hard-Boiled Champions|url=http://www.mediapost.com/publications/article/273639/forensic-files-and-the-first-48-are-tvs-hard-.html|access-date=November 19, 2016|work=mediapost.com|date=April 21, 2016}}{{cite web|title=Schiffman, Ford outline vision for Justice|url=http://realscreen.com/2015/01/20/schiffman-ford-outline-vision-for-justice/|first=Kevin|last=Ritchie|website=RealScreen|publisher=Brunico Communications|date=January 20, 2015|access-date=April 14, 2015}} In December 2018, Turner sold the rights to the Court TV brand and programming library to Scripps Media subsidiary Katz Broadcasting, which relaunched it as an over-the-air digital network in May 2019, reviving the dormant brand after 11 years.{{cite web|title=Court TV is coming back, thanks to E.W. Scripps decision |first=Stephen |last=Battaglio |date=December 10, 2018 |url=https://www.latimes.com/business/hollywood/la-fi-ct-court-tv-revival-20181210-story.html |work=Los Angeles Times |access-date=December 10, 2018}}{{Cite web |last=Littleton |first=Cynthia |date=2018-12-10 |title=Court TV Brand to Resurface as New Channel From Scripps Co. |url=https://variety.com/2018/tv/news/court-tv-brand-new-channel-scripps-1203086191 |access-date=2018-12-11 |website=Variety |language=en}}

== Shift to comedy ==

Although noting that it had experienced "tremendous success" with individual programs, TruTV's new president and head of programming Chris Linn explained that the network's overall growth as a brand had been hindered due to its lingering association with Court TV and its tone of programming, and its reliance on "conflict-reliant, heavy, dramatic and maybe overly produced" docuseries with derivative premises. In April 2014, the network announced that it would undergo a brand repositioning for the 2014–15 television season aimed towards "funseekers", with a focus on comedy-oriented docusoaps, semi-scripted series, sketch comedies and reality competitions.

Building upon the success of Impractical Jokers (which Linn compared to a "canary in the coal mine" due to its contrasting premise to other truTV programs at the time) and The Carbonaro Effect, the network greenlit a number of new series as part of the re-launch, including Barmageddon, the "reality musical" Branson Famous, Fake Off, Hack My Life, and Kart Life. As part of the relaunch, a new marketing campaign ("Way More Fun") and updated logo were introduced on October 27, 2014, with the channel being temporarily marketed as "The New truTV" to emphasize the change in format.{{cite web |last=O'Connell |first=Mikey |date=April 21, 2014 |title=TruTV Orders Six News Series, Preps Brand Refresh |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/trutv-orders-six-news-series-697885 |access-date=November 30, 2015 |website=The Hollywood Reporter}}{{cite web |last=O'Connell |first=Mikey |date=September 23, 2014 |title=TruTV Finally Turns Its Back on Court Roots With October's Comedic Rebrand (Exclusive) |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/trutv-finally-turns-back-court-735061 |access-date=November 30, 2015 |website=The Hollywood Reporter}}{{cite web |last=O'Connell |first=Mikey |date=July 10, 2014 |title=TruTV Looks to Complete Makeover With Tweaked Logo, Four New Series Orders |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/live-feed/trutv-looks-complete-makeover-tweaked-717513 |access-date=November 30, 2015 |website=The Hollywood Reporter}}

Since the repositioning, TruTV has also parodied its temporary prominence during the NCAA tournament with various advertising campaigns, seeking to promote the channel and its programming to the expanded audience. A common theme of these campaigns, which have included the 2015 social media campaign "#HaveUFoundtrutv", and a "truTV Awareness Month" campaign in 2018, involved commenting upon viewers who were having trouble finding TruTV on their television provider's lineup, or were unaware of the channel entirely. Of the former, Puja Vohra, Senior vice president of marketing and digital, explained that the campaign was intended to portray the network's brand as being "fun" and "self-aware".{{cite web |last=Zumberge |first=Marianne |date=March 17, 2015 |title=TruTV Drums Up March Madness Buzz on Twitter With #HaveUFoundtruTV |url=https://variety.com/2015/digital/news/trutv-drums-up-march-madness-buzz-on-twitter-with-haveufoundtrutv-1201454727 |access-date=June 12, 2015 |website=Variety}}{{Cite news |last=Fang |first=Ken |date=2018-03-15 |title=Credit where it's due, the truTV Awareness Month campaign is pretty funny |url=https://awfulannouncing.com/ncaa/trutv-uses-march-madness-to-create-trutv-awareness-month.html |access-date=2024-04-04 |work=Awful Announcing |language=en-US}}

In December 2016, truTV unveiled a new marketing campaign and slogan, "Funny Because It's tru". The campaign reinforced the network's focus on comedy by satirizing the "cliches" of television promos.{{cite web |last=Andreeva |first=Nellie |date=December 1, 2016 |title=TruTV Unveils New Tagline, Promos As Part Of New Brand Campaign |url=https://deadline.com/2016/12/trutv-new-tagline-promos-brand-campaign-1201862697/ |access-date=December 2, 2016 |website=Deadline Hollywood}}

On March 4, 2019, AT&T announced a major reorganization of its broadcasting assets to effectively dissolve Turner Broadcasting. Its assets were dispersed across multiple units of WarnerMedia with TruTV along with TBS, TNT and HBO moving to newly formed WarnerMedia Entertainment.{{cite news |last=Feiner |first=Lauren |title=WarnerMedia reorganizes its leadership team after AT&T acquisition |url=https://www.cnbc.com/2019/03/04/warnermedia-reorganizes-its-leadership-team-after-att-acquisition.html |access-date=March 4, 2019 |work=CNBC |date=March 4, 2019}}

= Expansion of sports programming =

On March 11, 2024, TruTV soft launched a new evening and primetime block focused on TNT Sports content. This will include alternate and simulcast broadcasts of sporting events carried by its sister networks, as well as new studio shows, and sports-related documentaries and films. The division's vice president Luis Silberwasser stated that the block would give TNT Sports a more "consistent" and "comprehensive" presence on its networks. As part of these changes, the channel's last original non-sports series, Impractical Jokers, would also move permanently to TBS beginning that summer (after having recently simulcast new episodes with TruTV).{{Cite web |last=Steinberg |first=Brian |date=2024-03-07 |title=Warner Bros. Discovery to Overhaul TruTV With Sports; Sets Nightly Block for Games and More (EXCLUSIVE) |url=https://variety.com/2024/tv/news/warner-bros-discovery-trutv-sports-nba-1235933020/ |access-date=2024-03-07 |website=Variety |language=en-US}} After its soft launch, it was announced in July 2024 that the block would be given a more "pronounced" presence and branding beginning in October.{{Cite web |last=Fisher |first=Eric |date=2024-07-10 |title='Where's truTV?' March Madness Channel Is Now TNT Sports' New Star |url=https://frontofficesports.com/wheres-trutv-march-madness-channel-is-now-tnt-sports-new-star/ |access-date=2024-07-11 |website=Front Office Sports |language=en}} Starting with the 2025 edition, the network is used for all-day rotating coverage and replays for tennis's French Open.

High definition

The 1080 high-definition simulcast feed of TruTV is available on all major cable and satellite providers. In March 2011, the channel saw carriage of its HD feed increase, due to its coverage of the 2011 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament (and subsequent tournaments), which was its first-ever live sports telecast.{{cite web|url=http://www.broadcastingcable.com/article/465305-TruTV_Nets_HD_Channel_Launches.php|title=Cablevision, Comcast, DirecTV among providers on board in advance of March Madness|website=Broadcasting & Cable|access-date=November 9, 2012}}

Programming

Presently, TruTV airs a mix of original comedy-genre reality and lifestyle series (such as Impractical Jokers, The Carbonaro Effect, and Adam Ruins Everything), as well as acquired sitcoms (such as American Dad! and Family Matters) and films.

=Sports programming=

==Occasional coverage (2010–2022)==

On February 8, 2010, TruTV premiered NFL Full Contact, a show that gave a behind-the-scenes look at the television production for major football events such as the Super Bowl, the NFL draft, the Pro Bowl, and the season opener; the show was not renewed for a second season.

On March 15, 2011, TruTV began airing live sports programming for the first time with its telecasts of the 2011 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament. The agreement is part of a contract between Turner Sports and CBS Sports resulting in shared coverage of the NCAA men's tournament through 2032. TruTV airs games during the opening rounds of the tournament, and exclusively carries the First Four, which was concurrently introduced the same year. It also carries the studio show Inside March Madness during the tournament. Until its discontinuation, TruTV also aired the pre-season Coaches vs. Cancer Classic.

In 2015, TruTV carried a series of HBO-produced Top Rank boxing telecasts under the title MetroPCS Friday Night Knockout, as a companion to HBO World Championship Boxing.{{cite web |last=Rafael |first=Dan |date=March 30, 2015 |title=TruTV to broadcast boxing series |url=https://www.espn.com/boxing/story/_/id/12588467 |access-date=April 4, 2024 |website=ESPN.com}}{{cite web |last=Costa |first=Brandon |date=May 1, 2015 |title=Turner Sports Returns to the Ring With HBO and SpiderCam on Friday Night Knockout on truTV |url=https://www.sportsvideo.org/2015/05/01/turner-sports-returns-to-the-ring-with-hbo-and-spidercam-on-friday-night-knockout-on-trutv |access-date=April 4, 2024 |website=Sports Video Group}} In May 2016, TruTV broadcast the opening rounds of the inaugural NCAA Beach Volleyball Championship; Turner would also televise the event in 2017.{{cite web |last=Culver |first=Jordan |date=May 3, 2016 |title=Culver column: FSU beach volleyball could be a part of NCAA history |url=https://www.tallahassee.com/story/sports/college/fsu/2016/05/03/culver-column-fsu-beach-volleyball-part-ncaa-history/83905886 |access-date=April 4, 2024 |website=Tallahassee Democrat}}{{cite web|title=Turner Sports Reaches Multi-Year Agreement to Present NCAA National Collegiate Beach Volleyball Championship|url=https://www.ncaa.com/news/beach-volleyball/article/2016-04-26/turner-sports-reaches-multi-year-agreement-present-ncaa|publisher=NCAA|access-date=April 27, 2016|date=April 26, 2016}}

In 2021, TruTV began to serve as an overflow outlet for the NHL on TNT, in the event that a game in a TNT doubleheader runs long.{{cite web |last=Bucholtz |first=Andrew |date=May 2, 2022 |title=First NHL playoffs under ESPN/Turner deal has all games set for big networks despite NBA, but has potential overflow issues |url=https://awfulannouncing.com/nhl/first-nhl-playoffs-espn-turner-big-networks-overflow.html |website=Awful Announcing |publisher= |accessdate=May 4, 2022}}{{cite web |last=Smith |first=Steven E. |date=February 10, 2022 |title=Islanders 6, Canucks 3: Five-goal first period keys Isles win in first game post-All-Star break |url=https://www.lighthousehockey.com/2022/2/10/22926650/new-york-ny-islanders-6-vancouver-canucks-3-five-goal-period-parise-nelson-lee-cizikas-barzal-martin |access-date=February 10, 2022 |website=Light House Hocket}}

== {{anchor|Expansion of sports}}Expansion of sports (2023–present) ==

Beginning with the 2023 MLB postseason, Warner Bros. Discovery began expanding the number of sports offerings on TruTV. TruTV first simulcast TBS's coverage of the 2023 National League Division Series, then provided the alternate broadcast Pelotoros during the NLCS, which was hosted by Alanna Rizzo and featured a panel of Hispanic and Latin American MLB players.{{cite news|last=Steinberg|first=Brian|url=https://variety.com/2023/tv/news/warner-bros-discovery-post-season-peloteros-baseball-1235752219/|title=Warner Bros. Discovery Plans Post-Season 'Peloteros' Baseball Broadcasts With Focus on Hispanic Audiences|website=Variety|date=October 11, 2023}} In November 2023, TruTV began airing the Hall of Fame Series, an early-season college basketball showcase in Las Vegas.{{cite web | url=https://crescentcitysports.com/lsu-womens-basketball-season-opener-vs-colorado-in-las-vegas-to-air-on-tnt/ | title=LSU women's basketball season opener vs. Colorado in Las Vegas to air on TNT | website=Crescent City Sports|date=October 10, 2023|access-date=January 27, 2024}} TruTV was announced as part of NASCAR's new media rights with TNT beginning in 2025, airing practice and qualifying sessions for 19 NASCAR Cup Series races per season.{{Cite web |last=Taranto |first=Steven |date=2023-11-29 |title=NASCAR announces new media rights deal for 2025 and beyond |url=https://www.cbssports.com/nascar/news/nascar-announces-new-media-rights-deal-for-2025-and-beyond/ |access-date=2024-03-07 |website=CBSSports.com |language=en}}

During the 2023 NBA In-Season Tournament, TruTV began airing a sports betting focused alternate telecast. This was shown for two quarterfinal games and TNT's semifinal game.{{cite news |date=November 28, 2023 |title=Breaking News - TNT Sports to Showcase Inaugural NBA In-Season Tournament Knockout Rounds with Three Nights of Coverage Next Week Across TNT, truTV & Max |url=http://www.thefutoncritic.com/news/2023/11/28/tnt-sports-to-showcase-inaugural-nba-in-season-tournament-knockout-rounds-with-three-nights-of-coverage-next-week-across-tnt-trutv-and-max-451311/20231128wbd01/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231224032510/http://www.thefutoncritic.com/news/2023/11/28/tnt-sports-to-showcase-inaugural-nba-in-season-tournament-knockout-rounds-with-three-nights-of-coverage-next-week-across-tnt-trutv-and-max-451311/20231128wbd01/ |archive-date=December 24, 2023 |access-date=November 28, 2023 |website=TheFutonCritic}} The "BetCast" airs alongside the TNT broadcast for select games. In March 2024, TruTV and Max acquired the U.S. rights to the MotoGP series.{{cite news |last=Steinberg |first=Brian |date=March 7, 2024 |title=Warner Bros. Discovery to Overhaul TruTV With Sports; Sets Nightly Block for Games and More (EXCLUSIVE) |url=https://variety.com/2024/tv/news/warner-bros-discovery-trutv-sports-nba-1235933020/ |access-date=March 7, 2024 |work=Variety}} In the 2023–24 NHL season, TruTV aired multiple alternate broadcasts, including a February 14, 2024 broadcast featuring Paul Bissonnette and the panel of his Spittin' Chiclets podcast,{{Cite news |last=Russo |first=Michael |title=Paul Bissonnette, Spittin' Chiclets take on TV with altcast that aims to be NHL 'version of ManningCast' |url=https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/5273511/2024/02/14/spittin-chiclet-nhl-altcast-trutv/ |access-date=2024-05-23 |work=The New York Times |date=February 14, 2024 |language=en-US |issn=0362-4331}} an April 14 broadcast featuring a real-time 3D animated version of the game promoting the Warner Bros. Games-published video game MultiVersus,{{Cite web |last=Dachman |first=Jason |date=2024-04-12 |title=Inside the 'MultiVersus NHL Face-Off' Live Animated Broadcast With the NHL's David Lehanski and Keith Horstman |url=https://www.sportsvideo.org/2024/04/12/inside-the-multiversus-nhl-face-off-live-animated-broadcast-with-the-nhls-david-lehanski-and-keith-horstman/ |access-date=2024-05-23 |website=Sports Video Group |language=en}} and the NHL DataCast during the Western Conference final.{{Cite web |last=Costa |first=Brandon |date=2024-05-22 |title=TNT Sports to Produce First NHL DataCast powered by AWS Alternate Broadcast For Every Game of the 2024 Western Conference Final |url=https://www.sportsvideo.org/2024/05/22/tnt-sports-to-produce-first-nhl-datacast-powered-by-aws-alternate-broadcast-for-every-game-of-the-western-conference-finals/ |access-date=2024-05-23 |website=Sports Video Group |language=en}}

Ahead of the 2024 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament, TruTV announced a new slate of sports-related studio programs as part of its relaunched primetime lineup, which includes the evening programs TNT Sports Tonight,{{efn|Announced as TNT Sports Update, but renamed at launch. The program is produced by CNN (and more prominently billed since September 2024 as being "powered by CNN"), which previously aired the sports news program Sports Tonight from 1980 to 2002.}} hosted by CNN sports correspondent Coy Wire, and the sports betting show The Line, hosted by Adam Lefkoe. TruTV also airs the NBA TV program #Handles and a weekly House of Highlights television series hosted by "The Broadcast Boys".

Ahead of the 2024 NCAA Division I FBS football season, TNT Sports signed a broadcasting agreement with the Mountain West Conference to broadcast 14 of the conference's games on TruTV.{{cite web|url=https://themw.com/news/2024/07/01/tnt-sports-and-mountain-west-reach-multi-year-college-football-agreement-beginning-this-season/|title=TNT Sports and Mountain West Reach Multi-Year College Football Agreement Beginning This Season|date=July 1, 2024|accessdate=July 7, 2024|website=themw.com|publisher=Mountain West Conference}} Despite being announced as a multi-year agreement, it was not renewed beyond the 2024 season.{{Cite web |last=Huddleston |first=Ben |date=May 30, 2025 |title=News: March Madness, softball, CW, and more |url=https://www.sportsmediawatch.com/2025/05/march-madness-expansion-mlb-softball-investment-cw-bowl-games/ |access-date=May 31, 2025 |website=Sports Media Watch |language=en-US}} In September 2024, FanDuel TV began syndicating its studio show Up & Adams (hosted by former NFL Network host Kay Adams) on TruTV; the program had also been syndicated to Max.{{Cite web |last=Axelrod |first=Ben |date=2024-09-09 |title=Kay Adams' 'Up and Adams' to air on truTV and MSG Network |url=https://awfulannouncing.com/warner-bros-discovery/kay-adams-up-adams-trutv-msg-network.html |access-date=2024-09-21 |website=Awful Announcing |language=en-US}}

In October 2024, TNT and TruTV acquired the rights to the then-upcoming women's three-on-three basketball league Unrivaled.{{Cite web |last=Alex |first=Weprin |date=October 16, 2024 |title=TNT Sports Gets Into Women's Basketball, Inks Rights Deal With Startup League Unrivaled |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/business-news/tnt-sports-unrivaled-womens-basketball-deal-1236032878/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241224143206/https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/business-news/tnt-sports-unrivaled-womens-basketball-deal-1236032878/ |archive-date=December 24, 2024 |access-date=October 16, 2024 |website=The Hollywood Reporter}}

In 2025, TruTV began airing coverage of the French Open as part of TNT Sports' rights to the tournament; TruTV primarily airs the whiparound show The Rally.{{Cite web |last=Priestley |first=Jenny |date=2025-05-23 |title=TNT Sports, Eurosport play doubles at Roland-Garros 2025 |url=https://www.tvbeurope.com/live-production/tnt-sports-eurosport-play-doubles-at-roland-garros-2025 |access-date=2025-05-26 |website=TVBEurope |language=en-GB}}{{Cite web |last=Butts |first=Tom |date=2025-05-22 |title=TNT, Eurosport Set Coverage Plans for French Open |url=https://www.tvtechnology.com/news/tnt-eurosport-announce-french-open-coverage-plans |access-date=2025-05-26 |website=TV Tech |language=en}}

=As Court TV=

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As Court TV, the channel's programming traditionally consisted of reality legal programming and legal dramas, such as legal-based news shows, legal-based talk shows, live homicide trial coverage, court shows, police force shows, and other criminal justice programming.

The channel also carried a week-daily news block, In Session (the successor to Court TV News), which provided live coverage of trials, legal news and details of highly publicized crimes Monday through Fridays from 9 to 11 a.m. ET (except during national holidays, with reruns of the channel's reality programming airing in place of the block on such days). Its coverage included analysis from anchors and guests to help viewers understand legal proceedings. In Session also ran a blog, Sidebar, where the In Session team posted updated legal news and analysis. In Session moved to a new studio in Atlanta at the CNN Center on November 16, 2009. Online coverage of current trials later moved to CNN.com's "Crime" section and production of the block was eventually taken over by sister network HLN. In Session anchors also appeared on CNN to provide legal analysis about current crime stories and trials. The block ended on September 26, 2013.{{cite web|last=Kondolojy|first=Amanda|title='In Session' Trial Coverage on TruTV to End Friday|url=http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/2013/09/26/in-session-trial-coverage-on-trutv-to-end-friday/205125/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131008110333/http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/2013/09/26/in-session-trial-coverage-on-trutv-to-end-friday/205125/|url-status=dead|archive-date=October 8, 2013|work=TV by the Numbers|date=September 26, 2013}}

International

=Canada=

Court TV Canada, owned by CHUM Limited (and later acquired by CTVglobemedia which then sold its assets to Bell Canada under the Bell Media subsidiary), launched on September 7, 2001. Unlike its U.S. counterpart, it did not relaunch under the TruTV name and continued its previous format until August 30, 2010, when, as part of a wider licensing agreement with Discovery Communications and CTV, Court TV Canada was rebranded as a Canadian version of Investigation Discovery.

The U.S. version of Court TV had earlier been approved by the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission as an eligible foreign channel in 1997, and indeed, had been carried by several Canadian service providers prior to the launch of the domestic service.{{cite web |date=July 22, 1997 |title=Public Notice CRTC 1997-96 |url=http://www.crtc.gc.ca/eng/archive/1997/PB97-96.HTM |access-date=November 9, 2012 |website=crtc.gc.ca}} Even after its rebrand, TruTV was never withdrawn as an eligible foreign service for carriage on cable and satellite, meaning that, particularly with the end of the licensing agreement with CHUM, there were few theoretical hurdles that prevented TruTV from re-emerging on Canadian service providers.{{cite web |title=Revised list of non-Canadian programming services authorized for distribution as of 1 October 2012 |url=http://www.crtc.gc.ca/eng/publications/satlist.htm |access-date=November 9, 2012 |website=crtc.gc.ca}}

Ultimately, the rights to TruTV's original programs have been dispersed across other Canadian cable channels, particularly CMT and Action, both owned by Corus Entertainment, and OLN, owned by Rogers Media. Of the three networks, Action had been the predominant broadcaster of TruTV programming. On April 1, 2019, Action was converted to a new full-time Adult Swim network.

=Latin America=

The channel was launched on April 1, 2009, in Latin America replacing Retro, also owned by Turner Broadcasting System. The announcement was made on March 25, 2009, by Turner Broadcasting System Latin America.{{cite web |title=Turner Broadcasting System Latin America, Inc.lanza un nuevo canal: truTV |url=http://www.realtvnews.com.ar/new/noticias.php?id=4337 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170630225814/http://www.realtvnews.com.ar/new/noticias.php?id=4337 |archive-date=June 30, 2017 |access-date=November 9, 2012 |website=realtvnews.com.ar}} The channel has the same programming, idents, and bumpers from the U.S. version. On September 3, 2023, it was announced that TruTV would be replaced by 24/7 channel, Adult Swim on October 31.{{Cite web |date=September 3, 2023 |title=Adult Swim Latinoamérica: Señal llegará oficialmente en reemplazo de TruTV |url=https://www.tvlaint.com/2023/09/adult-swim-latinoamerica-senal-llegara.html |access-date=2024-04-04 |website=tvlaint.com |language=es}}

=UK and Ireland=

In May 2014, Turner Broadcasting System announced that it would launch a separate UK version of the U.S. channel. On February 16, 2017, Sony Pictures Television acquired the channel from Turner.{{cite news |title=Sony Pictures Television Networks Acquires British Channel truTV |last=Barraclough |first=Leo |date=February 16, 2017 |work=Variety |url= https://variety.com/2017/tv/global/sony-pictures-television-networks-british-channel-trutv-1201990022/}} On February 12, 2019, the UK channel was renamed True Crime.{{cite web |url= https://www.a516digital.com/2019/02/trutv-uk-axed-as-channel-morphes-into.html |title=TruTV UK axed as channel morphes into True Crime |work=a516digital |publisher= a516digital.com |date=February 12, 2019 |access-date=February 12, 2019}}

=Asia=

The channel was launched on April 1, 2010, in several markets in Asia including Indonesia, the Philippines, and Singapore. The channel is owned and operated by Turner Broadcasting System Asia Pacific and has similar programming, idents, and bumpers to the U.S. version, but many are also created by the Turner regional office in Hong Kong. As of 31 December 2018, the selected TruTV programmes is currently shown on Warner TV Asia. The channel shut down alongside TCM.{{cite web |title=Turner, Fox pull the plug: RIP truTV, TCM, Nat Geo Music |url=http://www.contentasia.tv/news/turner-fox-pull-plug-rip-trutv-tcm-nat-geo-music |url-access=limited}}