REELZ Starts Year with Original Programming

ALBUQUERQUE: U.S. general-entertainment channel REELZ is set to start the year with several returning series, along with new specials and premieres.

On January 19, the network will debut new episodes of Gangsters: America’s Most Evil showcasing true-life crime stories that went on to inspire Hollywood productions. January 23 will mark the premiere of the two-hour special Whitney Houston: Addicted to Love, an ITV Studios Global Entertainment production about the demons haunting the titular musical superstar.

Further debuts include the January 30 return of Autopsy: The Last Hours of… which launches with an episode on the death of Kanye West’s mother, Donda West. Also launching on January 30 is the series premiere of Deadly Shootouts, a factual series separating fact from Hollywood fiction in famous gunfights. Finally, on February 27, REELZ is slated to premiere the new original series CopyCat Killers, which will take viewers beyond the script and explore the true stories behind murder cases copied straight from movies.