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The network originally focused on fine arts , documentaries, dramas , and educational entertainment.
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Today, it deals primarily in non-fiction programming, including reality television , true crime , documentaries and miniseries, thus de-emphasizing its full name in the process. It was originally available in two versions, one in an 8-hour version, which was to follow Nickelodeon on RCA Satcom III-R, the other was a full hour version, on another satellite provider, the Westar V.
And the word 'entertainment' is too vague. The network created two original weekly drama series, Sidney Lumet 's Centre Street [ 16 ] and Nero Wolfe , both [ citation needed ] of which lasted from to In , the contract for Law and Order had expired with the renewal asking price at four times the original per episode fee. Dropping that show allowed the channel to move to more "brand-defining scripted and nonfiction series.
The docudrama Flight 93 , about the hijacking of the plane which crashed in Pennsylvania during the September 11 attacks , was the most watched program on the network; it attracted 5. This was later surpassed by Duck Dynasty ' s third season premiere. The network also announced the revival of Intervention following its cancellation in In June , Live PD was cancelled by the network in the wake of the race riots and after reports were confirmed that the show's producers had recorded and then deleted footage of the killing of Javier Ambler under police custody.
The footage was erased after the Austin Police Department conducted an investigation using the body cam footage they had from the officers. The show also included claims that other men in the Playboy orbit, such as Bill Cosby, had committed rape. One of the women coming forward was Sondra Theodore, Hefner's girlfriend in the late s and early '80s.
She stated that many people in fact believed the reports and accusations, but tended to blame the women anyway because of the reputation of the Playboy Mansion, even though Playboy tried to put forward a healthy "Girl Next Door" attitude. Mark Saginor's estranged daughter, by Theodore, and by former butler Mitch Rosen that the doctor was not only Hefner's live-in physician, but also his male lover.