Hilarie Burton Morgan (The Walking Dead) returns to host season two of SundanceTV, AMC+ and Sundance Now’s True Crime Story: It Couldn’t Happen Here. The six-episode second season premieres on April 18, 2024 with an episode that explores the murder of a teenage girl in Benton, Missouri.
Additional season two episodes of the documentary series air on Wednesdays at 10pm Et/Pt.
“Fighting injustice in our country is a long and arduous process, and unfortunately, the resources to do so are oftentimes out of reach for our most vulnerable communities,” said Burton Morgan. “As we head into this new season of It Couldn’t Happen Here, we are seeing growing momentum in the progress of our past cases – forensic testing, new hearings, wrongful imprisonment compensation, new witnesses coming forward – and it only solidifies our team’s desire to tell these stories with empathy and urgency.”
Burton Morgan, Robert Friedman, Mike Powers,...
Additional season two episodes of the documentary series air on Wednesdays at 10pm Et/Pt.
“Fighting injustice in our country is a long and arduous process, and unfortunately, the resources to do so are oftentimes out of reach for our most vulnerable communities,” said Burton Morgan. “As we head into this new season of It Couldn’t Happen Here, we are seeing growing momentum in the progress of our past cases – forensic testing, new hearings, wrongful imprisonment compensation, new witnesses coming forward – and it only solidifies our team’s desire to tell these stories with empathy and urgency.”
Burton Morgan, Robert Friedman, Mike Powers,...
- 3/13/2024
- by Rebecca Murray
- Showbiz Junkies
“What does justice mean to you?”
That’s one of many questions asked in Season 2 of “True Crime Story: It Couldn’t Happen Here.”
The documentary series, hosted by advocate Hilarie Burton Morgan, returns with its second season on SundanceTV, AMC+ and Sundance Now, on April 18 at 10 p.m. Et. The new exclusive trailer below shows Morgan looking absolutely shocked during one reveal.
“The series puts a spotlight on cases from small towns across America, exploring how the crime affects the community as well as how the unique dynamics of the small town affects the investigation,” the press release reads.
During the six-episode season, the actress travels to Missouri, North Dakota, Mississippi, Alabama, Texas and Maine, meeting family members and locals in each episode, while trying to get to the bottom of different casts and meeting new challenges within each small town. Through her empathy and hard work, she explores how...
That’s one of many questions asked in Season 2 of “True Crime Story: It Couldn’t Happen Here.”
The documentary series, hosted by advocate Hilarie Burton Morgan, returns with its second season on SundanceTV, AMC+ and Sundance Now, on April 18 at 10 p.m. Et. The new exclusive trailer below shows Morgan looking absolutely shocked during one reveal.
“The series puts a spotlight on cases from small towns across America, exploring how the crime affects the community as well as how the unique dynamics of the small town affects the investigation,” the press release reads.
During the six-episode season, the actress travels to Missouri, North Dakota, Mississippi, Alabama, Texas and Maine, meeting family members and locals in each episode, while trying to get to the bottom of different casts and meeting new challenges within each small town. Through her empathy and hard work, she explores how...
- 3/13/2024
- by Emily Longeretta
- Variety Film + TV
Exclusive: AMC Networks is continuing its true-crime drive.
The company’s SundanceTV has renewed Hilarie Burton Morgan’s It Couldn’t Happen Here and has also ordered two new series as it ramps up its True Crime Story franchise.
It Couldn’t Happen Here returns for a second season, hosted by One Tree Hill and The Walking Dead star Burton Morgan.
Separately, it has ordered True Crime Story: Citizen Detective and Crimes of Entitlement (w/t). The three series will air on SundanceTV, AMC+ and SundanceNow.
Citizen Detective is a documentary series that examines true-crime stories through the eyes of the untrained amateur sleuths who solved them or are still trying to do so. Each episode spotlights one new crime and the crime-fighter determined to make sure the case he or she is obsessed with is ultimately classified as closed.
It comes from RuPaul’s Drag Race producer World of...
The company’s SundanceTV has renewed Hilarie Burton Morgan’s It Couldn’t Happen Here and has also ordered two new series as it ramps up its True Crime Story franchise.
It Couldn’t Happen Here returns for a second season, hosted by One Tree Hill and The Walking Dead star Burton Morgan.
Separately, it has ordered True Crime Story: Citizen Detective and Crimes of Entitlement (w/t). The three series will air on SundanceTV, AMC+ and SundanceNow.
Citizen Detective is a documentary series that examines true-crime stories through the eyes of the untrained amateur sleuths who solved them or are still trying to do so. Each episode spotlights one new crime and the crime-fighter determined to make sure the case he or she is obsessed with is ultimately classified as closed.
It comes from RuPaul’s Drag Race producer World of...
- 3/29/2023
- by Peter White
- Deadline Film + TV
Exclusive: SundanceTV is investigating the true-crime genre with a new franchise.
The AMC Networks-owned cabler is launching True Crime Story, which will kick off with two documentary series – It Couldn’t Happen Here and Indefensible.
The move comes on the back of a slew of true-crime docs for the network including The Preppy Murder: Death In Central Park, No One Saw A Thing and Jonestown: Terror In the Jungle.
The strand will focus on telling a wide variety of true crime stories from unique perspectives.
It Couldn’t Happen Here is hosted by One Tree Hill star Hilarie Burton Morgan (left). It will put a spotlight on small-town American crime stories that demonstrate how crime impacts these tight-knit communities in unique and surprising ways.
Featuring six, one-hour episodes, the series, which premieres on September 9, will see Burton Morgan travel to small towns to hear the facts of the case...
The AMC Networks-owned cabler is launching True Crime Story, which will kick off with two documentary series – It Couldn’t Happen Here and Indefensible.
The move comes on the back of a slew of true-crime docs for the network including The Preppy Murder: Death In Central Park, No One Saw A Thing and Jonestown: Terror In the Jungle.
The strand will focus on telling a wide variety of true crime stories from unique perspectives.
It Couldn’t Happen Here is hosted by One Tree Hill star Hilarie Burton Morgan (left). It will put a spotlight on small-town American crime stories that demonstrate how crime impacts these tight-knit communities in unique and surprising ways.
Featuring six, one-hour episodes, the series, which premieres on September 9, will see Burton Morgan travel to small towns to hear the facts of the case...
- 8/5/2021
- by Peter White
- Deadline Film + TV
In today’s TV news roundup, HBO Max ordered a new streetwear competition series, and Variety has an exclusive first look at Carey Mulligan in “My Grandparents’ War.”
Casting
Angela Bassett will narrate Fox’s “Malika the Lion Queen,” a two-hour wildlife documentary that will air April 4 and be available on Tubi beginning April 18. Bassett will guide viewers through an educational exploration of the true queens and leaders in the lion kingdom. The special tells the untold story of the lioness experience through the exhilarating and harrowing life of Malika. It is produced by Plimsoll Productions and executive produced by Tom Hugh-Jones, Martha Holmes and Grant Mansfield. Watch a teaser below.
Dates
“Birdgirl” will debut on Adult Swim at midnight on April 4. The “Harvey Birdman: Attorney at Law” spinoff sees 30-something Judy Ken Sebben inherit her father’s socially irresponsible company. To set things right, She assembles the ragtag Birdteam...
Casting
Angela Bassett will narrate Fox’s “Malika the Lion Queen,” a two-hour wildlife documentary that will air April 4 and be available on Tubi beginning April 18. Bassett will guide viewers through an educational exploration of the true queens and leaders in the lion kingdom. The special tells the untold story of the lioness experience through the exhilarating and harrowing life of Malika. It is produced by Plimsoll Productions and executive produced by Tom Hugh-Jones, Martha Holmes and Grant Mansfield. Watch a teaser below.
Dates
“Birdgirl” will debut on Adult Swim at midnight on April 4. The “Harvey Birdman: Attorney at Law” spinoff sees 30-something Judy Ken Sebben inherit her father’s socially irresponsible company. To set things right, She assembles the ragtag Birdteam...
- 3/16/2021
- by Haley Bosselman
- Variety Film + TV
Ever since the well-received release of his feature film debut, Girl on the Third Floor, many horror fans have been eager to see what new nightmares prolific producer Travis Stevens cooks up on the big screen, and thankfully the wait for his next film is going to be a relatively short one for attendees of this year's virtal SXSW Film Festival.
Starring Barbara Crampton and Larry Fessenden, Stevens' new movie Jakob's Wife (which he co-wrote along with Kathy Charles and Mark Steenland) will have its world premiere as part of the Midnighters program at SXSW:
Synopsis: The disappearance of a young woman threatens to change the beige and banal lives of Anne Fedder (Barbara Crampton) and her pastor husband Jakob Fedder (Larry Fessenden) forever.
We have the full press release with details on additional SXSW films below, and stay tuned to Daily Dead for the full Midnighters lineup!
Press Release:...
Starring Barbara Crampton and Larry Fessenden, Stevens' new movie Jakob's Wife (which he co-wrote along with Kathy Charles and Mark Steenland) will have its world premiere as part of the Midnighters program at SXSW:
Synopsis: The disappearance of a young woman threatens to change the beige and banal lives of Anne Fedder (Barbara Crampton) and her pastor husband Jakob Fedder (Larry Fessenden) forever.
We have the full press release with details on additional SXSW films below, and stay tuned to Daily Dead for the full Midnighters lineup!
Press Release:...
- 1/18/2021
- by Derek Anderson
- DailyDead
A five-episode docuseries about the unprecedented relationship between author and journalist Jillian Lauren and the most prolific serial killer in American history, Sam Little, will bow on Starz this spring after a premiere at the SXSW Film Festival.
The story will detail Lauren’s race against time to identify Little’s victims. The series will be executive produced and directed by Oscar-nominated and Emmy-winning filmmaker Joe Berlinger with Po Kutchins serving as showrunner and executive producer.
Little recently died in prison. He is estimated to have killed at least 93 victims in his decades-long crime spree. The incidents only came to light after he was convicted of killing three Los Angeles women, and began to talk to investigators about his other crimes.
The story will detail Lauren’s race against time to identify Little’s victims. The series will be executive produced and directed by Oscar-nominated and Emmy-winning filmmaker Joe Berlinger with Po Kutchins serving as showrunner and executive producer.
Little recently died in prison. He is estimated to have killed at least 93 victims in his decades-long crime spree. The incidents only came to light after he was convicted of killing three Los Angeles women, and began to talk to investigators about his other crimes.
- 1/15/2021
- by Bruce Haring
- Deadline Film + TV
Demi Lovato’s new docuseries has been set as the opening night headliner at the 2021 South by Southwest (SXSW) Film Festival.
South by Southwest (SXSW) Conference and Festivals announced that the YouTube Originals docuseries “Demi Lovato: Dancing with the Devil,” directed by Michael D. Ratner, will make its world premiere and kick off the 2021 online event, which runs March 16-20.
In the project (which is set to debut on YouTube in March), Lovato opens up for the first time about her nearly fatal overdose, dissecting every aspect that led to the 2018 incident and her awakenings in the aftermath. Lovato is said to have granted Ratner “unprecedented access to [her] personal and musical journey during the most trying time of her life as she unearthed her prior traumas and discovered the importance of her physical, emotional, and mental health.” A description of the project paints it as, “far deeper than an inside look beyond the celebrity surface,...
South by Southwest (SXSW) Conference and Festivals announced that the YouTube Originals docuseries “Demi Lovato: Dancing with the Devil,” directed by Michael D. Ratner, will make its world premiere and kick off the 2021 online event, which runs March 16-20.
In the project (which is set to debut on YouTube in March), Lovato opens up for the first time about her nearly fatal overdose, dissecting every aspect that led to the 2018 incident and her awakenings in the aftermath. Lovato is said to have granted Ratner “unprecedented access to [her] personal and musical journey during the most trying time of her life as she unearthed her prior traumas and discovered the importance of her physical, emotional, and mental health.” A description of the project paints it as, “far deeper than an inside look beyond the celebrity surface,...
- 1/15/2021
- by Angelique Jackson
- Variety Film + TV
“Demi Lovato: Dancing With the Devil,” a docuseries exploring the singer’s near fatal overdose, will open the 2021 SXSW Film Festival in March, the festival announced Thursday.
Michael D. Ratner directed the YouTube Originals docuseries, which will look at Lovato’s awakenings following her 2018 overdose and her return to music. Ratner was granted unprecedented access to the pop star’s personal and musical journey.
“It’s impressive and rare to see a pop superstar tell their story so authentically and without pretense,” said Janet Pierson, director of film at SXSW. “We’re privileged to present this intimate journey told with such vulnerability. Demi Lovato’s profound interest in mental health awareness is helping change the landscape of a crucial issue in this year of national and international trauma and loss.”
Pierson added: “We are excited to share a handful of films from various sections of the festival to give you a taste of the talent,...
Michael D. Ratner directed the YouTube Originals docuseries, which will look at Lovato’s awakenings following her 2018 overdose and her return to music. Ratner was granted unprecedented access to the pop star’s personal and musical journey.
“It’s impressive and rare to see a pop superstar tell their story so authentically and without pretense,” said Janet Pierson, director of film at SXSW. “We’re privileged to present this intimate journey told with such vulnerability. Demi Lovato’s profound interest in mental health awareness is helping change the landscape of a crucial issue in this year of national and international trauma and loss.”
Pierson added: “We are excited to share a handful of films from various sections of the festival to give you a taste of the talent,...
- 1/14/2021
- by Beatrice Verhoeven
- The Wrap
As Austin-based South by Southwest shifts online this year, the SXSW Film Festival isn’t slowing down when it comes to bringing progressive, exciting, envelope-pushing — and sometimes delightfully bizarre cinema from all over the world. The film festival will kick off with the World Premiere of YouTube Originals docuseries Demi Lovato: Dancing with the Devil as its Opening Night Headliner. SXSW Online kicks off on March 16 and continues through March 20.
Demi Lovato: Dancing with the Devil explores every aspect that led to Lovato’s nearly fatal overdose in 2018, and her awakenings in the aftermath. Director Michael D. Ratner was granted unprecedented access to the superstar’s personal and musical journey during the most trying time of her life as she unearthed her prior traumas and discovered the importance of her physical, emotional, and mental health. Far deeper than an inside look beyond the celebrity surface, the docuseries is an intimate portrait of addiction,...
Demi Lovato: Dancing with the Devil explores every aspect that led to Lovato’s nearly fatal overdose in 2018, and her awakenings in the aftermath. Director Michael D. Ratner was granted unprecedented access to the superstar’s personal and musical journey during the most trying time of her life as she unearthed her prior traumas and discovered the importance of her physical, emotional, and mental health. Far deeper than an inside look beyond the celebrity surface, the docuseries is an intimate portrait of addiction,...
- 1/14/2021
- by Dino-Ray Ramos
- Deadline Film + TV
After last year’s South by Southwest was among the first major events to be derailed by the pandemic, the annual series of conferences and festivals is making its return with a 2021 online edition. On Thursday, festival organizers announced the first nine titles in its film and TV lineup, including a docuseries exploring Demi Lovato’s near-fatal overdose, a true-crime miniseries from Joe Berlinger, and Justine Bateman’s directorial debut starring Olivia Munn and Justin Theroux.
SXSW will offer an online program of events from March 16-20, with film screenings, conference sessions, music showcases, exhibitions, meetups, and other virtual versions of the annual festival’s mainstays.
The opening night headliner will be “Demi Lovato: Dancing with the Devil,” from director Michael D. Ratner. Like his “Justin Bieber: Seasons” docuseries, the Demi Lovato title is a YouTube Original. The series explores “every aspect” that led to Lovato’s nearly fatal...
SXSW will offer an online program of events from March 16-20, with film screenings, conference sessions, music showcases, exhibitions, meetups, and other virtual versions of the annual festival’s mainstays.
The opening night headliner will be “Demi Lovato: Dancing with the Devil,” from director Michael D. Ratner. Like his “Justin Bieber: Seasons” docuseries, the Demi Lovato title is a YouTube Original. The series explores “every aspect” that led to Lovato’s nearly fatal...
- 1/14/2021
- by Chris Lindahl
- Indiewire
A new docuseries titled “Confronting a Serial Killer,” executive produced and directed by Emmy-winning filmmaker Joe Berlinger, will debut on Starz this spring.
The series will have its world premiere at the SXSW Film Festival in March. Po Kutchins (“The Murder of Laci Peterson”) will serve as showrunner and executive producer.
The five-episode series will tell the timely story of an unprecedented relationship between author and journalist Jillian Lauren and one of the most prolific serial killers in American history, Sam Little, and Lauren’s race to identify his victims before it’s too late. Little recently died in prison at the age of 80.
The series will be told through Lauren’s perspective and several other female investigators, survivors and victims’ family members. The docuseries is produced by Lionsgate Television, Third Eye Motion Picture Company and RadicalMedia.
“It was important to me and everyone working on this project that we...
The series will have its world premiere at the SXSW Film Festival in March. Po Kutchins (“The Murder of Laci Peterson”) will serve as showrunner and executive producer.
The five-episode series will tell the timely story of an unprecedented relationship between author and journalist Jillian Lauren and one of the most prolific serial killers in American history, Sam Little, and Lauren’s race to identify his victims before it’s too late. Little recently died in prison at the age of 80.
The series will be told through Lauren’s perspective and several other female investigators, survivors and victims’ family members. The docuseries is produced by Lionsgate Television, Third Eye Motion Picture Company and RadicalMedia.
“It was important to me and everyone working on this project that we...
- 1/14/2021
- by Beatrice Verhoeven
- The Wrap
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