How the Menendez Brothers Murder Trial Put Court TV on the Entertainment Map
For many, the O.J.
Simpson murder trial remains the most memorable real-life sordid saga to play out on television, day after day for almost 16 months, until the words "not guilty" rang out on Oct.
3, 1995.
Court TV played an out-sized role in that wall-to-wall coverage, the all-legal-drama-all-the-time cable network showing the daily proceedings in Cspan-like fashion and then blanketing its lineup with analysis, interviews and reporting on all things O.J.
But by the time the Simpson trial came along, Court TV was more than ready, having already shown that one case could be the end-all and be-all of unscripted entertainment.
On the night of Aug.
20, 1989, 21-year-old Lyle Menendez and his...
