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''Forensic Files'' is an American documentary-style series that reveals how forensic science is used to solve violent crimes, mysterious accidents, and even outbreaks of illness. The show was originally broadcast on TLC, narrated by Peter Thomas, and produced by Medstar Television, in association with truTV Original Productions. It broadcast 400 episodes since its debut on TLC in 1996 as ''Medical Detectives''.〔("Forensic Files" (2000) )〕 Reruns shown on HLN were initially retitled ''Mystery Detectives'' before settling with the main title of the show in 2014. A version of the series was broadcast on the British Channel Five, under the name ''Murder Detectives''. ==Production and broadcast history== The series began on the TLC Network in April 1996 as ''Medical Detectives''.〔Medstar's 'Medical Detectives Debuts Tonight' Morning Call, Allentown, Pa., April 21, 1996 www.mcall.com〕 Old episodes of ''Medical Detectives'' now air on TruTV under the ''Forensic Files'' label. Overseas, the show airs under these two titles, and others, on various channels in over 100 countries. It is distributed by CABLEready. Premiering just as the O. J. Simpson murder trial had focused attention on the world of DNA and forensics, ''Medical Detectives'' became a hit.〔P.Dowling "The Official Forensic Files Casebook," p.10-11 ISBN 0-7434-7949-1〕 It was one of the first of the popular forensic science shows. A few years later, Court TV acquired rights to broadcast the show and it quickly became the cornerstone of their primetime schedule, increasing its annual production run to 42 episodes. The show was retained after the network was renamed TruTV in 2008. The show was so successful that, in 2002, NBC aired it as a summer replacement series, one of the first times a show produced for cable was aired by a broadcast network in prime-time.〔"NBC Nabs Valley Crime Show" Morning Call, Allentown, Pa., Sept. 6, 2002 www.mcall.com〕〔"Cable, Broadcast Differ On Sharing Programs" MediaPost: ("Cable, Broadcast Differ On Sharing Programs" ), MediaPost.com, retrieved 6/26/09〕 In 2009, truTV's sister network Turner Network Television ("TNT") began airing episodes in HD on Wednesday nights for the month of December.〔http://www.tnt.tv/title/display/?oid=53801〕 The vast majority of the shows are in a half-hour format. However, some hour-long specials have been produced. Several of these have re-investigated famous cases such as The Norfolk Four, or even historic murders such as the Lindbergh kidnapping and the John F. Kennedy assassination.〔http://www.cyrilwecht.com/journal/archives/jfk/index.php retrieved 6/26/09〕〔http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=1512852 retrieved 6/26/09〕 Reruns aired on Lifetime in the fall of 2011 under the ''Medical Detectives'' moniker. A year later, in October 2012, HLN began airing the reruns under the title ''Mystery Detectives.'' Beginning in January 2014, HLN switched to the "Forensic Files" title.〔https://twitter.com/forensicfiles/status/248497522312622080〕 On that network, it is increasingly being used to fill many time slots due to program cancellations by budget cuts. In June 2014, the series aired nightly from 2am through 5am on CNN, before being removed due to industry and viewer criticism, along with continuing international breaking news events, and replaced with a CNN International simulcast. Since November 7, 2015, HLN retitled the series "Forensic Files: Digital Details" and aired episodes that did not air on the channel before. TruTV currently still holds the licensing rights to the Forensic Files name. The reruns were repackaged with a shorter intro, and (at the end of some episodes) updates on what became of the suspect(s) or parties involved since the final verdicts. (For example: At the end of the 1996 episode "The List Murders," it is mentioned that John List, convicted of murdering his entire family in 1971 and sentenced to life in prison, died in 2008.) In late 2014, Investigation Discovery started airing episodes under the "Cause of Death" title.〔http://www.investigationdiscovery.com/tv-shows/tv-schedule.htm〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Forensic Files」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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