Dominick Dunne's Power, Privilege, and Justice


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Dominick Dunne's Power, Privilege, and Justice is an American true crime television series that examines real-life cases of crime, passion, and greed involving privileged or famous people. The episodes were shown on truTV (formerly Court TV) and on Star TV in Canada as well as Zone Reality/CBS Reality in Europe and Bio. in Australia. The host of the show was Dominick Dunne. The series started in 2002 and ended in late 2009 with Dunne's death. Digital multicaster Justice Network currently shows reruns of the program.

Dominick Dunne's Power, Privilege, and Justice
GenreTrue crime
Directed byPatrick Taulère
David Cargill
Presented byDominick Dunne
Country of originUnited States
Original languageEnglish
No. of episodes62
Production
ProducersDavid Cargill
David Connelly
Joseph Peicott
Patrick Shea
Patrick Taulère
Running time48 mins.
Original release
NetworktruTV
ReleaseJune 19, 2002 –
September 25, 2009

The show started in 2002 and ended with Dunne's death in 2009. Several of the episodes had intersected with his career.[1] The show had "one of the best true-crime writers" of its time, Dominick Dunne.[2] Linda Stasi comments that Dunne reports on the rich and powerful when they kill, and analyses how they are more likely to get away with it, indicating "Dunne nails them - no holds barred."[2] Listed in the Encyclopedia of Television Shows 1925-2010, the series is described to present "a look at the dark side of the law" where the rich and famous try to beat the legal system.[3]

  1. ^ Hogan, Mike (2016). Vanity Fair's Writers on Writers (Grayton Carter, Editor). New York, New York: Penguin Books. p. 266. ISBN 9780143111764.
  2. ^ a b Linda Stasi (June 19, 2002). "Dominick Dunne's Court TV Gig Digs ...Rich Pickin's". New York Post. Retrieved April 29, 2022.
  3. ^ Terrace, Vincent (2011). Encyclopedia of Television Shows, 1925-2010, 2nd edition. Jefferson, North Carolina: McFarland & Company. p. 275. ISBN 978-0786464777.