Do the cases hold your interest during the first season of The Last Defense TV show on ABC? As we all know, the Nielsen ratings typically play a big role in determining whether a TV show like The Last Defense is cancelled or renewed for season two. Unfortunately, most of us do not live in Nielsen households. Because many viewers feel frustration when their viewing habits and opinions aren't considered, we'd like to offer you the chance to rate all of The Last Defense season one episodes here. *Status update below.
An ABC docu-series from Viola Davis and Julius Tennon, The Last Defense investigates flaws in the Us justice system. In its first season, the TV series takes a hard look at the death row cases of both Darlie Routier and Julius Jones. It zooms in on their paths to death...
An ABC docu-series from Viola Davis and Julius Tennon, The Last Defense investigates flaws in the Us justice system. In its first season, the TV series takes a hard look at the death row cases of both Darlie Routier and Julius Jones. It zooms in on their paths to death...
- 12/24/2019
- by TVSeriesFinale.com
- TVSeriesFinale.com
"Summertime and the living is easy," or so the song goes. Meanwhile though, some people are doing hard time, and doubt exists as to whether or not they ever did the crime. Enter The Last Defense TV show. This new series dives back into cases which had been considered closed. When the weather's warm and schedules are lighter, does the viewing audience still have an appetite for heavy, true crime stories? Will The Last Defense be cancelled or renewed for season two? Stay tuned. *Status update below.
An ABC docu-series from executive producers Viola Davis and Julius Tennon, The Last Defense investigates flaws in the Us justice system. In its first season, the TV series takes a hard look at the death row cases of both Darlie Routier and Julius Jones. It zooms in on their paths to death row, while providing the audience...
An ABC docu-series from executive producers Viola Davis and Julius Tennon, The Last Defense investigates flaws in the Us justice system. In its first season, the TV series takes a hard look at the death row cases of both Darlie Routier and Julius Jones. It zooms in on their paths to death row, while providing the audience...
- 12/24/2019
- by TVSeriesFinale.com
- TVSeriesFinale.com
Network: ABC.
Episodes: Seven (hour).
Seasons: One.
TV show dates: June 12, 2018 — July 24, 2018.
Series status: Ended.
Performers include: Darlie Routier, Darin Routier, Greg Davis, Toby Shook, Doug Mulder, and Barbara Davis. Viola Davis and Julius Tennon serve as executive producers.
TV show description: The Last Defense TV show is a docu-series from executive producers Viola Davis and Julius Tennon, with Xcon Productions and Lincoln Square Productions. The series investigates flaws in the Us justice system.
In its first season on ABC, The Last Defense takes a hard look at the death row cases of both Darlie Routier and Julius Jones. It zooms in on their path to death row, while giving the audience...
Episodes: Seven (hour).
Seasons: One.
TV show dates: June 12, 2018 — July 24, 2018.
Series status: Ended.
Performers include: Darlie Routier, Darin Routier, Greg Davis, Toby Shook, Doug Mulder, and Barbara Davis. Viola Davis and Julius Tennon serve as executive producers.
TV show description: The Last Defense TV show is a docu-series from executive producers Viola Davis and Julius Tennon, with Xcon Productions and Lincoln Square Productions. The series investigates flaws in the Us justice system.
In its first season on ABC, The Last Defense takes a hard look at the death row cases of both Darlie Routier and Julius Jones. It zooms in on their path to death row, while giving the audience...
- 12/24/2019
- by TVSeriesFinale.com
- TVSeriesFinale.com
Wrongful convictions, missing persons, unsolved murders — the true crime genre has never been more popular, yet the vast majority of recent documentaries, podcasts and TV shows have been about unraveling some sort of mystery. Are Adnan Syed, Scott Peterson, Darlie Routier, Steven Avery and Michael Peterson actually innocent of the murders for which they were convicted? Was a serial killer Ed Edwards also responsible for the Zodiac killings, and the deaths of Jon Benet Ramsey, Laci Peterson, Jimmy Hoffa and dozens of others? Was the murder of Sister Cathy covered...
- 8/3/2018
- by Amelia McDonell-Parry
- Rollingstone.com
Vulture Watch Has justice been served? Is The Last Defense TV show cancelled or renewed for a second season on ABC? The television vulture is watching all the latest cancellation and renewal news, so this page is the place to track the status of The Last Defense, season two. Bookmark it, or subscribe for the latest updates. Remember, the television vulture is watching your shows. Are you? What's This TV Show About? An ABC docu-series from executive producers Viola Davis and Julius Tennon, The Last Defense investigates flaws in the Us justice system. In its first season, the TV series takes a hard look at the death row cases of both Darlie Routier and Julius Jones. It zooms in on their paths to death row, while providing the audience with in-depth coverage of their personal stories. The series...
- 7/12/2018
- by TVSeriesFinale.com
- TVSeriesFinale.com
Just days after Kim Kardashian successfully convinced President Donald Trump to pardon Alice Johnson, the reality star is seemingly ready to move on to her next wrongful conviction case. Kim is determined to exonerate four-time convicted murderer Kevin Cooper, who has been on death row for the past 33 years. The Kuwtk star is now urging California Governor Jerry Brown to allow the retesting of the prisoner's DNA on Twitter. Governor Brown, can you please test the DNA of Kevin Cooper? https://t.co/MB4kE03sC4— Kim Kardashian West (@KimKardashian) June 16, 2018 So, what did Kevin Cooper do to end up on death row? In 1985, the now 59-year-old was found guilty of the murders of Douglas and Peggy Ryen, their 10-year-old daughter Jessica, and her friend Chris Hughes, who was also 10 years old at the time. The father of Chris, Bill Hughes, found the bodies of his son and the Ryen family in their home,...
- 6/18/2018
- by Anna Quintana
- In Touch Weekly
Philip Markoff, the "Craigslist Killer," died from suicide in 2010 before standing trial for murder. But he didn't die before leaving a message for his ex-fiancée. At the time of his death, Markoff was awaiting trial in the murder of Julissa Brisman, a woman whose sensual massage offer he found on Craigslist. Brisman was found dead in a Boston hotel on April 14, 2009. A week later — after investigators found duct tape, wrist restraints, and a semi-automatic handgun in his apartment — Markoff was arraigned for the crime. He was also charged with the robbery of two other women whom he had found on Craigslist. On Aug. 15, 2010, Markoff died by suicide at Boston's Nashua Street Jail. As ABC News reported at the time, the 24-year-old used a makeshift razor to cut major arteries in his body and stuffed toilet paper down his throat so he couldn't be resuscitated. And apparently, as he bled out,...
- 6/17/2018
- by Dan Clarendon
- In Touch Weekly
The premiere of the ABC documentary series “The Last Defense” failed to capture a substantial audience on Tuesday night.
The docu-series, which is executive produced by Viola Davis and Julius Tennon, explores flaws in the American justice system through the cases of Darlie Routier and Julius Jones. The premiere episode averaged a 0.5 rating in adults 18-49 and 2.7 million viewers. That was good enough to tie CBS’ “48 Hours: NCIS” in the demo, yet “The Last Defense” finished last in the timeslot in total viewers.
Still, “The Last Defense” drew ABC’s biggest summertime audience to the 10 p.m. hour since August 2016. ABC aired only repeats prior to 10 p.m.
On NBC, “America’s Got Talent” and “World of Dance” were both even and topped the night.
CBS aired mostly repeats until “48 Hours: NCIS”, which was even.
On Fox, “Beat Shazam” and “Love Connection” were steady.
The CW aired only repeats.
NBC...
The docu-series, which is executive produced by Viola Davis and Julius Tennon, explores flaws in the American justice system through the cases of Darlie Routier and Julius Jones. The premiere episode averaged a 0.5 rating in adults 18-49 and 2.7 million viewers. That was good enough to tie CBS’ “48 Hours: NCIS” in the demo, yet “The Last Defense” finished last in the timeslot in total viewers.
Still, “The Last Defense” drew ABC’s biggest summertime audience to the 10 p.m. hour since August 2016. ABC aired only repeats prior to 10 p.m.
On NBC, “America’s Got Talent” and “World of Dance” were both even and topped the night.
CBS aired mostly repeats until “48 Hours: NCIS”, which was even.
On Fox, “Beat Shazam” and “Love Connection” were steady.
The CW aired only repeats.
NBC...
- 6/13/2018
- by Joe Otterson
- Variety Film + TV
ABC and Viola Davis have teamed up for a new true crime series that will make viewers question the American justice system. The Last Defense, premiering June 12, will examine the cases of two death row inmates who may not be guilty of the crimes for which they were sentenced. ABC's seven-part series will reexamine the cases of inmates Darlie Routier and Julius Jones, both of whom have spent nearly 20 years on death row. The true crime series will lay out the details of each case while also providing new insights into the investigations, as well as interviews with the inmates and those who are closest to them.
Julius Jones and Darlie Routier have been convicted of murders that they maintain that they didn't commit, and the details of their cases will make viewers question how these two people ended up not only behind bars, but facing a death sentence. Thanks to Davis and her husband,...
Julius Jones and Darlie Routier have been convicted of murders that they maintain that they didn't commit, and the details of their cases will make viewers question how these two people ended up not only behind bars, but facing a death sentence. Thanks to Davis and her husband,...
- 6/12/2018
- by Sabienna Bowman
- Popsugar.com
On July 28, 1999, insurance executive Paul Scott Howell was shot in the head and robbed of his Gmc Suburban in his parents' driveway in Edmond, Ok. The 45-year-old was returning from a back-to-school shopping trip with his two young daughters and his sister. Nearly two-and-a-half years later, 21-year-old Julius Jones was convicted of first-degree murder in the case, as well as conspiracy to commit a felony. He was a University of Oklahoma freshman on a Presidential Leadership Scholarship at the time. And now, after nearly two decades on death row, Jones is the subject of national news again as one of the subjects of new ABC docu-series The Last Defense. Like Darlie Routier, the other death-row inmate profiled on the series, Jones has always maintained his innocence. During his trial, his attorneys put the blame on Jones' co-defendant, then-22-year-old Christopher Jordan, who had admitted to telling different stories. In his closing argument,...
- 6/10/2018
- by Dan Clarendon
- In Touch Weekly
The late Farrah Fawcett's only son, Redmond O'Neal, was reportedly charged with attempted murder, along with of slew of other serious charges stemming from his arrest last month after he allegedly shoplifted from a convenience store with a knife in his hand in Santa Monica. Redmond was arrested on May 8 because he was a suspect in an armed robbery of a 7-Eleven, but it turns out that it was just one of the incidents that Redmond was involved in before his arrest, Us Weekly reported. Redmond had allegedly went on a violent robbery spree where he attacked five men in Venice Beach and Palms. Two of the five men sustained serious injuries, and one suffered "significant and serious stab wounds and cuts to his face, neck and upper body." In the weeks since his arrrest, Lapd detectives launched an investigation and their findings were presented to the District Attorney's Office on Friday,...
- 6/9/2018
- by In Touch Weekly
- In Touch Weekly
Texas woman Darlie Routier has sat on death row for two decades now, ever since her 1997 conviction for the murder of one of her two slain children. Some think the case is open-and-shut, but others believe Routier has been framed for the grisly deaths of sons Devon, 6, and Damon, 5. Now, a new TV show called The Last Defense, executive produced by Viola Davis, will reinvestigate the events of June 6, 1996, in Rowlett, TX. At 2 a.m. local time that night, Routier called 911, yelling, "They just stabbed me and my children." When first responders showed up to her house, they found the then-26-year-old wife and mother holding a towel to a stab wound on her neck. They also found Devon dead and Damon dying, both boys having sustained deep stab wounds to the chest. Routier told the cops she had woken up to find a man on top of her, but soon they grew suspicious.
- 6/9/2018
- by Dan Clarendon
- In Touch Weekly
Over the course of 14 seasons, Forensic Files haunted viewers with hundreds of true crime and murder cases — all of which were narrated by Peter Thomas — but some were more memorable than others. From the killer who ripped out eyeballs to the rapist who implanted himself with another man's blood, here are nine of the best Forensic Files episodes… some of which you can find on Netflix! Forensic Files "See No Evil" In 1991, police investigated a series of grisly murders of Dallas-area sex workers. In each case, the victim had her eyes carved out. The media rabidly reported the crimes until the man known as the "Eyeball Killer" was finally apprehended. Forensic Files "Invisible Intruder" This case, soon to be revisited by the ABC docu-series The Last Defense, focused on Darlie Routier, a woman from Rowlett, TX, whose two young sons were stabbed to death in 1996. Even on death row, however,...
- 5/18/2018
- by Dan Clarendon
- In Touch Weekly
In today’s roundup, Martha Stewart joins “Chopped” as a guest judge and Netflix gives a first look at “The Rain.”
Casting
Starting June 5, Martha Stewart will join “Chopped” as recurring guest judge, Food Network announced. Stewart will work alongside host Ted Allen, and series regulars Maneet Chauhan, Scott Conant, Amanda Freitag, Alex Guarnaschelli, Marc Murphy, Marcus Samuelsson, Chris Santos and Geoffrey Zakarian.
Renewals
Oxygen has renewed “Cold Justice” and “Criminal Confessions” from executive producer Dick Wolf, with both series set to return in 2018. “Cold Justice” follows prosecutor Kelly Siegler, who partners with detectives to dig into murder cases that have been unsolved for years. “Criminal Confessions” dives into actual police interrogation rooms to explore what goes on between investigators and suspects, and dissects what it takes to yield a confession.
Dates
New documentary series “The Last Defense,” executive produced by Viola Davis and Julius Tennon, will premiere June 12 at 10 p.
Casting
Starting June 5, Martha Stewart will join “Chopped” as recurring guest judge, Food Network announced. Stewart will work alongside host Ted Allen, and series regulars Maneet Chauhan, Scott Conant, Amanda Freitag, Alex Guarnaschelli, Marc Murphy, Marcus Samuelsson, Chris Santos and Geoffrey Zakarian.
Renewals
Oxygen has renewed “Cold Justice” and “Criminal Confessions” from executive producer Dick Wolf, with both series set to return in 2018. “Cold Justice” follows prosecutor Kelly Siegler, who partners with detectives to dig into murder cases that have been unsolved for years. “Criminal Confessions” dives into actual police interrogation rooms to explore what goes on between investigators and suspects, and dissects what it takes to yield a confession.
Dates
New documentary series “The Last Defense,” executive produced by Viola Davis and Julius Tennon, will premiere June 12 at 10 p.
- 4/23/2018
- by Kirsten Chuba
- Variety Film + TV
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