NBC Universal will launch its crime-themed cable network, Sleuth, with a marathon of pilots on New Year’s Day. At 6 a.m. Jan. 1, the 24-hour Sleuth will kick off with the pilots of crime shows The A-Team, Knight Rider, Simon & Simon, Karen Sisco, Homicide: Life on the Street and EZ Streets.
The network will continue its “From the Beginning of Crime” theme throughout the week, including running the two-hour pilot of Miami Vice during a Jan. 2-3 marathon of the series and showing the pilot of Columbo Jan. 3, the pilot of The Rockford Files Jan. 4, the pilot of Magnum, P.I. Jan. 5 and the pilot of JAG Jan. 6.
After a standard-definition launch reaching 5 million digital cable customers on Time Warner Cable, the network will also offer an HD simulcast channel and a video-on-demand channel schedule later in 2006.
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Sleuth will draw upon NBC Universal’s library of movies, documentaries and TV shows for programming, including movies such as Scarface and Casino on the standard-def and high-def lineups. The on-demand channel will offer at least 20 hours of content at any time.
