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“CSI” Og Marg Helgenberger will return to the role of Catherine Willows for “CSI: Vegas” this fall, a continuation of CBS’ long-running forensics crime franchise, and on Friday the actress revealed part of the reason you’ll see her back is because she missed her character.

“When I left, midway through Season 12 of the original series, I needed to step back because I played the role for so long, and it had become such a part of my life that I felt she had become a part of my identity a little bit,” the actress said during CBS’ presentation at the Television Critics Association virtual summer press tour. “Having that perspective of being away from her and then coming back and in a big way as this, I did miss her actually. I missed her; I missed her passion; I missed her swagger; I missed her spunk.”

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“Cold Justice” is a true-crime series currently airing on Oxygen. It follows former prosecutor Kelly Siegler and retired investigator Yolanda McLary. The duo travels across the country to small towns, reviving bone-chilling decades-old unsolved homicides, putting criminals to justice, and bringing solace to distraught victims.

You see two professionals at work, taking the assistance of local law enforcement authorities to rebuild cases and confront suspects. The stakes are high as the show is unscripted, and criminals could resort to aggression in self-defense.

Naturally, the drama is not over the top because of the unscripted episodes. However, watching the suspense of the story, the gruesomeness of the crimes, the insidious motives of a killer, and the grief of the victims will keep you on edge.

The show has a rating of 88 rating on Rotten Tomatoes and an 8/10 IMDb score. It is produced by Wolf Entertainment and Magical Elves. Dick Wolf and...

This The Jane Doe Murders review contains spoilers.

The Jane Doe Murders is another in a long line of true crime breakdown procedurals. However, it showcases something rare but obvious in the majority of these video journalism projects. At the heart of the case which is probed on Oxygen’s two-hour forensic investigation special is a personal story. The victim is neither famous nor infamous. She wasn’t at the center of a nationwide manhunt. Parents weren’t told to check on their kids at 10 o’clock because of her. Her case went unsolved without so much as a name to identify her. The series points out there are nearly 40,000 open cases in the U.S. where the victim of a violent crime is unidentified. The victims are called Jane or John Doe. They become cold cases. The Jane Doe Murders brings warmth as well as closure.

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In today’s TV news roundup, Variety obtained an exclusive first look at Adult Swim’s “Three Busy Debras” and actor Juan Alfonso will star in Disney Channel series “Ultra/Violent Blue Demon.”

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Juan Alfonso will play the role of Sebastian Rodriquez on the upcoming pilot for Disney Channel original series “Ultra Violet & Blue Demon,” Variety has learned exclusively. The show centers on 13-year-old Violet, who is chosen by the magical luchador mask of her uncle, the famed superhero Blue Demon Jr., to be his successor. Alfonso is represented by Curtis Talent Management and Nancy Chaidez Agency.

Starz announced Chris Bauer, Allen Maldonado and James Harrison have been cast as series regulars in the series “Heels.” Bauer will portray “Wild Bill Hancock,” a former wrestling star who is now a high-level pro wrestling scout. Maldonado plays “Rooster Robbins,” one of the best wrestlers in the circuit. Harrison is...

Oxygen has renewed “Injustice With Nancy Grace” for a second season and picked up three new true-crime projects, the cable network announced Wednesday.

Hosted by legal analyst and former Hln anchor Nancy Grace, the first season of “Injustice” ran for eight episodes last summer, exploring stories involving “unclear motives, botched investigations, wrongful accusations, unjust sentencing and suppressed evidence.” Grace will return as host for Season 2.

The show is produced by The Intellectual Property Corporation in conjunction with KT Studios and Tap Inc., with Eli Holzman, Aaron Saidman, Nancy Grace, John Terenzio, Stephanie Lydecker and showrunner Haylee Vance serving as executive producers.

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The first of the three new projects is “Exhumed,” a series examining murder cases in which unearthing a victim’s body plays an instrumental role in solving the case. It...

Oxygen remains on a true-crime spree. The cable network said today that it has ordered one new series, Exhumed, and specials The Jane Doe Murders and The Case Died With Her and renewed Injustice with Nancy Grace for Season 2. Read details of the shows below.

Each episode of Exhumed, whose producers include spouses Kelly Ripa and Mark Consuelos, follows a murder case in which unearthing a victim’s body is the vehicle in solving the twisted crime.

“As diehard true-crime fans, we are thrilled to be partnering with Oxygen on Exhumed, Ripa and Consuelos said. “We cannot wait to dig into these fascinating cases and showcase how exhumations have been crucial in solving crimes and bringing closure to families across America.”

The Jane Doe Murders examines murder cases of bodies without names and loved ones never returned to their families, and The Case Died with Her follows the story of Emilie Morris,...

Big changes are coming to Oxygen. Deadline reports the network is rebranding itself as a crime-themed network and reviving the cancelled TNT series Cold Justice.From Dick Wolf, the unscripted show followed former prosecutor Kelly Siegler and former crime-scene investigator Yolanda McClary as they travel to small towns around the country in order to look into murder cases that have lingered for years without answers or closure. The series was cancelled in 2015 after three seasons.Read More…...

Is there no justice? TNT has cancelled the Cold Justice TV show. Star and former crime scene investigator, Yolanda McClary, has confirmed the cancellation via her verified Facebook account. Cold Justice no longer shows up on TNT's show list. It is also not listed under TNT properties on Tuner's press website.

An unscripted procedural drama from Dick Wolf, Wolf Films, and Magical Elves Productions, Cold Justice featured McClary and former prosecutor Kelly Siegler, investigating unsolved murder cases.

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There's a new legal chill hitting the unscripted cold-case procedural this summer. TNT, Cold Justice producers Wolf Films and Magical Elves and on-air talent Kelly Siegler, Yolanda McClary and Alan Brown are among those who acquitted murder suspect Steven Noffsinger is taking to court over civil rights violations and defamation. "The defendants' collective investigations, which occurred in 2014, were an attempt to resurrect a 'cold case,' and resulted in an unreasonably…...

TNT will serve more Cold Justice this Friday at 9/8c, as the expanded 16-episode Season 2 resumes — and TVLine has a first look at a new promo touting the series’ accomplishments to date and previewing new mysteries to come.

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The unscripted program follows former prosecutor Kelly Siegler and onetime CSI Yolanda McClary as they investigate cold-case murders with the consent of local law enforcement. To date, the duo and their team of investigators have secured four confessions, eight indictments, 12 arrests, two guilty pleas and one 22-year prison sentence for murder.

TNT‘s Cold Justice is one of those shows that makes you wonder what the hell has gone wrong with the television imitation machine. While every terrible piece of garbage almost instantly spawns at least two or three rip-offs, Cold Justice is still alone in the brilliant and fascinating realm of turning TV money into the funds to pursue difficult cases and the criminals behind them.

The series is returning with new episodes on the 20th, which will kick off with an all day marathon, and on July 18th fans will get their wish as the show will put out a special update episode hosted by John Walsh.

That’s obviously a great tie-in, because just like America’s Most Wanted back in the day, this is the new show you want to root for, especially because it gets results. Already with several confessions and many more arrests, the show...

As "Cold Justice" comes to its winter finale, investigators Kelly Siegler and Yolanda McClary head to Iowa to investigate a double homicide from three decades earlier. Can they find out who killed a young couple after so many years?

In 1983, 20-year-old Steven Fisher and his girlfriend, 17-year-old Melissa Gregory, were killed by brutal blows to the head. Family troubles and rumors of drug trafficking both figured into the investigation, but the case was never solved.

"Cold Justice" attempts to do just that when it airs Friday, March 28 at 8 p.m. Et/Pt on TNT.

On the heels of NBC extending the freshman season of Dick Wolf’s freshman crime drama Chicago Pd last week, TNT is doing the same with the second season of Wolf’s real-life crime series Cold Justice. TNT has picked up six more episodes of the breakout docu-reality series, from Wolf Films and Magical Elves, to air this summer. In its current second season, Cold Justice is averaging 1.8 million viewers in Live + 3, up 25% vs. Season 1 in adults 18-49 and +12% in 25-54. Wolf, Dan Cutforth & Jane Lipsitz and Tom Thayer exec produce the series, which follows former prosecutor Kelly Siegler and former crime-scene investigator Yolanda McClary as they dig into unsolved cold murder cases.

When I first spoke with the stars of TNT’s Cold Justice, former Houston prosecutor Kelly Siegler and former Las Vegas crime-scene investigator Yolanda McClary, the duo were meeting press at a TNT network function and hoping that their vision for the true-crime series would resonate with audiences. A few months later, the series is among the network’s top launches and one of basic cable’s top 5 new unscripted series for the third quarter of 2013, thanks to an irresistible combination of intriguing crime solving and emotional storytelling. And Cold Justice has proven as effective a crime-fighting enterprise as it is […]

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With three success stories already in the works since its September debut, TNT’s true-crime series Cold Justice has scored a second season, which will bow in early 2014. Cold Justice, executive produced by Law & Order‘s Dick Wolf, features former Houston prosecutor Kelly Siegler and former Las Vegas crime-scene investigator Yolanda McClary taking on some of America’s 200,000 unsolved murder cases. • Related: Channel Guide interviews Kelly Siegler and Yolanda McClary of TNT’s Cold Justice The series has proven to be as effective a crime-fighting enterprise as it is compelling TV. Thanks to Siegler and McClary’s efforts, cases featured in Cold Justice‘s first three episodes have headed […]

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On the heels of its strong debut, the Dick Wolf-produced TNT unscripted series Cold Justice has been renewed for a second season to air in early 2014. It is the second TNT reality series to earn a sophomore-season renewal, after Boston’s Finest. The procedural, from Wolf Films and Magical Elves, pulled in 2.9 million viewers total with 942,000 among adults 25-54 in its September premiere, by far the biggest opening for a TNT reality series, with the No. 2, Boston’s Finest, at 1.3 million total viewers. The series, which wraps its first season on October 22, has averaged 2.5 million viewers season to date (most current ratings) to rank as one of basic cable’s Top 5 new unscripted series of Q3 2013. Cold Justice follows female investigators Kelly Siegler, a Texas prosecutor for 21 years who has successfully tried 68 murder cases, and Yolanda McClary, a crime scene investigator, as they dig into cold murder cases. Wolf,...

TNT is returning to the scene of the crime with a second season renewal for reality series, “Cold Justice.” The cable channel has ordered 10 new episodes of the series from executive producer Dick Wolf (“Law & Order,” “Chicago Fire”) and Magical Elves (“Top Chef,” “Fashion Star”). It’s slated for an early-2014 return. Also read: TNT Greenlights Steven Bochco Drama Starring Taye Diggs “Cold Justice” is a reality-drama hybrid following former prosecutor Kelly Siegler and former crime-scene investigator Yolanda McClary as they set out to solve small-town murder cases that have lingered for years without answers or closure. “We’re very proud to be.

TNT has ordered a second season of Cold Justice, the docu-drama from xecutive Producer Dick Wolf and Magical Elves. The network has set 10 new episodes of the powerful gripping, crime series executive produced by Dick Wolf, Dan Cutforth, Jane Lipsitz and Tom Thayer. Cold Justice airs Tuesdays at 10 p.m. (Et/Pt) and tells of former prosecutor Kelly Siegler and former crime-scene investigator Yolanda McClary, two women who have spent their lives putting killers behind bars. This real-life procedural drama follows them as they set out to solve small-town murder cases that have lingered for years without answers or closure.

TNT has booked a second season of its new true crime series "Cold Justice." The network announced today that they have ordered 10 new episodes of the docu-drama, which is produced for the network by Wolf Films and Magical Elves. "Cold Justice," which airs Tuesdays at 10 p.m. on TNT, centers on former prosecutor Kelly Siegler and former crime-scene investigator Yolanda McClary, two women who have spent their lives putting killers behind bars. This real-life procedural drama follows them as they set out to solve small-town murder cases that have lingered for years without answers or closure. Emmy winners Dick Wolf ("Law & Order," "Chicago Fire"), Dan Cutforth & Jane Lipsitz ("Top Chef," "Fashion Star") and Tom...

TNT's new real-life crime series Cold Justice turned in more than 2.9 million viewers in Live + Same Day delivery Tuesday night. This makes it one of basic cable's Top 10 unscripted series launches for the year-to-date. Emmy® winners Dick Wolf Dan Cutforth, Jane Lipsitz and Tom Thayer serve as executive producers on the show, which also drew 942,000 adults 25-54 in Live + Same Day for its premiere episode. Cold Justice airs at 10:00 p.m. Et/Pt on Tuesdays, and follows two women who have spent their lives putting killers behind bars set out to crack long-unsolved cases. This fascinating, unscripted procedural drama follows former prosecutor Kelly Siegler and former crime-scene investigator Yolanda McClary as they dig into small-town murder cases that have lingered for years without answers or closure.

TNT‘s new show, Cold Justice, has a reality show summary that makes you wonder how it hasn’t been a show already. With Cops and America’s Most Wanted hitting so early in the reality game, and managing popularity for decades, how did we avoid a team investigating cases for so long?

Yolanda McClary and Kelly Siegler have the resumes to justify their positions on the show, but carrying a show week after week (read: being charismatic enough and “watchable” enough to get people to want to watch your show, whatever it might be about) is a different question altogether, and I’m not convinced this is the pair to make it happen.

As you might imagine, Cold Justice gives us a long-time prosecutor and a very experienced crime scene investigator, and they travel the country taking on cold cases. We walk along with them as they put together theories,...

Long after the funeral flowers wilt, everyone hugs, and the silence a death brings settles in, survivors are expected to go on with their lives.

It's always difficult, but when someone is murdered, it's a special pain. And when the murderer is never caught, that pain is immeasurable. Eventually the police file is relegated to the cold cases and rarely solved.

TNT's "Cold Justice," premiering Tuesday, Sept. 3, aims to help right those wrongs. It features two women who are fierce about nabbing criminals, no matter how cold the case.

Kelly Siegler was a Texas prosecutor with impressive numbers: She won the 68 murder cases she tried and secured the death penalty in 19 out of 20 capital cases.

Yolanda McClary worked for the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department for 26 years and investigated more than 7,000 crimes.

"Yolanda was the prototype for Marg Helgenberger's character on 'CSI,' " Siegler tells Zap2it. "That ruined us!

C.S.I. fans, if you’ve ever wondered if Catherine Willows was based on an actual person, you’re about to get your answer. In TNT’s latest true-crime outing, Cold Justice, Dick Wolf, executive producer of the Law & Order franchise, takes on some of America’s 200,000-plus real-life cold cases, spotlighting former Las Vegas crime scene investigator Yolanda McClary — on whom Willows was based — and former Houston prosecutor Kelly Siegler (68 wins, 0 losses) as they team up to tackle small-town murder cases that were previously thought unsolvable. With a team of two homicide detectives plus local authorities backing them up, the pair [...]

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There's a new crime-fighting duo coming to prime time this fall, but the cases they're investigating have been dormant for years and sometimes even decades.

On TNT's Cold Justice (premiering Tuesday at 10/9c), the latest endeavor from Law & Order creator Dick Wolf, prosecutor Kelly Siegler and crime scene investigator Yolanda McClary team up to reopen unsolved small-town cases that have gone "cold" despite the best efforts of local law enforcement.

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The United States has 200,000 unsolved murder cases. Dick Wolf wants to change that. And — chung, chung — with his new TNT reality series Cold Justice, he’s hoping to bring that real-life (ahem) law and order right into our living rooms.

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Below, get an exclusive look at the key art for Cold Justice, which follows Kelly Siegler (a former prosecutor with a 68-0 conviction record) and Yolanda McClary (a former Las Vegas C.S.I. with 26 years of experience) as they head to underfunded small-town police departments, re-examine the evidence,...

TNT has ordered eight episodes of a new procedural from "Law & Order" boss Dick Wolf, the network said Wednesday. The series bears the working title "Cold Justice" and is billed as an "unscripted procedural drama." It will follow Texas prosecutor Kelly Siegler and Yolanda McClary, a crime-scene investigator for the Las Vegas Police Department, as they help local law-enforcement agencies in small towns across the country solve violent crimes that have sat cold because of lack of funding and proper forensic technology. Also read: Sean Bean Replaces Brendan Fraser in TNT...

Law & Order repeats provided the foundation on which TNT built its original programming. Now the cable network is getting in business with Law & Order mastermind Dick Wolf on a crime drama procedural but on the unscripted side. TNT has greenlighted Cold Justice, which follows two top female investigators as they dig into cold murder cases. The network has ordered eight episodes of the project, from Wolf Films and Magical Elves, for summer 2013 premiere. Dick Wolf, Dan Cutforth & Jane Lipsitz and Tom Thayer executive produce. In TNT’s Cold Justice, Kelly Siegler, a Texas prosecutor for 21 years who has successfully tried 68 murder cases, and Yolanda McClary, a crime scene investigator who worked more than 7,000 cases in her 26 years on the Las Vegas Police Department, are putting their vast knowledge and experience to work helping local law enforcement officers and families of violent-crime victims get to the truth. Taking on a different unsolved crime each week,...