ID and Discovery+ have unveiled their true crime slate for the 2022-23 upfront season, with four new TV series, including reboots of the classic podcasts Disappeared and Who The (Bleep) Did I Marry, six new specials, including the Armie Hammer-focused House of Hammer (wt), nine returning series, two new podcasts, Hot and Deadly and Deadliest Decade, and a new season of Mind of a Monster podcast which launches in July.
In addition to Disappeared and Who The (Bleep) Did I Marry, new ID series include Murderer Next Door, and Wild Wicked West (wt).
ID also will premiere four new specials in August, Menendez Brothers: Misjudged?, Mary Kay LeTourneau: Notes On A Scandal, Who Killed Biggie & Tupac? (wt) and The Killer Nanny, about the murder trial of British au pair Louise Woodward. Later this year, House of Hammer (wt) a special, which looks at the alleged crimes of Oscar-nominated actor Armie Hammer...
In addition to Disappeared and Who The (Bleep) Did I Marry, new ID series include Murderer Next Door, and Wild Wicked West (wt).
ID also will premiere four new specials in August, Menendez Brothers: Misjudged?, Mary Kay LeTourneau: Notes On A Scandal, Who Killed Biggie & Tupac? (wt) and The Killer Nanny, about the murder trial of British au pair Louise Woodward. Later this year, House of Hammer (wt) a special, which looks at the alleged crimes of Oscar-nominated actor Armie Hammer...
- 5/18/2022
- by Denise Petski
- Deadline Film + TV
ID and Discovery+ announced an extensive slate of true crime specials, original series and reboots, including a special about the alleged crimes of Armie Hammer and his family.
“House of Hammer” (working title) will examine different scandals over the course of five generations of Hammer’s family. The special uses “a trove of archive and interviews from survivors and family members” to investigate “a dysfunctional dynasty with its male characters exhibiting all the devastating consequences of privilege gone wild.”
In August, ID and Discovery will debut the specials “Menendez Brothers: Misjudged?,” which considers whether the 1996 conviction of Joseph and Erik Menendez for the murders of their parents may actually be the story of two abuse victims; “Who Killed Biggie and Tupac?” (working title) with new interviews and insight about the shootings of both rappers; “Mary Kay Letourneau: Notes on a Scandal,” which revisits the story of the 34-year-old teacher who...
“House of Hammer” (working title) will examine different scandals over the course of five generations of Hammer’s family. The special uses “a trove of archive and interviews from survivors and family members” to investigate “a dysfunctional dynasty with its male characters exhibiting all the devastating consequences of privilege gone wild.”
In August, ID and Discovery will debut the specials “Menendez Brothers: Misjudged?,” which considers whether the 1996 conviction of Joseph and Erik Menendez for the murders of their parents may actually be the story of two abuse victims; “Who Killed Biggie and Tupac?” (working title) with new interviews and insight about the shootings of both rappers; “Mary Kay Letourneau: Notes on a Scandal,” which revisits the story of the 34-year-old teacher who...
- 5/18/2022
- by Selome Hailu
- Variety Film + TV
Ahead of its first season finale airing March 24, Discovery+ has renewed “Undercover Underage” for Season 2. The unscripted show documents the work of Roo Powell, who founded the organization Safe From Online Sex Abuse, or Sosa, which seeks to protect children from online sexual predators. In each episode, Powell poses as a minor online to attract abusers with the goal of ultimately arresting and convicting them.
Season 1 was notable as it led to the conviction of professional golfer Daniel Bowling, who aggressively pursued sex with Powell while she pretended to be a child online. The day after his episode aired, Bowling accepted a plea deal and was sentenced to three years in prison.
“Our goal at Sosa is to help prevent the online sex abuse and exploitation of children. It takes more than identifying some bad actors online — it takes raising awareness and empowering a society to tackle the issue of online sex crimes together,...
Season 1 was notable as it led to the conviction of professional golfer Daniel Bowling, who aggressively pursued sex with Powell while she pretended to be a child online. The day after his episode aired, Bowling accepted a plea deal and was sentenced to three years in prison.
“Our goal at Sosa is to help prevent the online sex abuse and exploitation of children. It takes more than identifying some bad actors online — it takes raising awareness and empowering a society to tackle the issue of online sex crimes together,...
- 3/24/2022
- by Christian Zilko
- Indiewire
Exclusive: Child advocate and Safe from Online Sex Abuse founder Roo Powell will continue her efforts to identify some of the internet’s most dangerous child predators as Discovery+ renews her docuseries Undercover Underage for season 2.
Undercover Underage follows the Sosa team in real time as they transform Powell, a 38-year-old mother of three, into a teen persona and work to reveal the true identities of the men who reach out to her. It’s a race against time to identify the suspects before they discover Powell herself is not who she claims to be. The docuseries seeks to give insight into how Sosa works to successfully track down some of the internet’s most dangerous child predators.
News of the renewal comes just ahead of the Season 1 finale Thursday night. Undercover Underage has also been renewed amid the recent conviction of predator Daniel Bowling, who was featured in the second episode of the series,...
Undercover Underage follows the Sosa team in real time as they transform Powell, a 38-year-old mother of three, into a teen persona and work to reveal the true identities of the men who reach out to her. It’s a race against time to identify the suspects before they discover Powell herself is not who she claims to be. The docuseries seeks to give insight into how Sosa works to successfully track down some of the internet’s most dangerous child predators.
News of the renewal comes just ahead of the Season 1 finale Thursday night. Undercover Underage has also been renewed amid the recent conviction of predator Daniel Bowling, who was featured in the second episode of the series,...
- 3/24/2022
- by Alexandra Del Rosario
- Deadline Film + TV
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