Saving Grace (...Nancy, that is)
the true crime that's worth your time
On the heels of an actually promising announcement from Investigation Discovery — namely the November 5 premiere date for Octavia Spencer-led Lost Women Of Highway 20 — a decidedly less inspiring one hit my inbox: Nancy Grace is hosting “hour-long topical series” Crimefeed for the network. Here’s more from Deadline’s write-up of the PR blast:
The series will dig into the top true-crime stories of the moment as they unfold in real time.
Grace will discuss cases with journalist Mara S. Campo, who is the Global News Anchor and Managing Editor for Revolt Black News, and former police sergeant and private investigator Derrick Levesseur, who previously hosted Breaking Homicide for ID.
The trio will weigh in on the legal and police proceedings as well as forensics and will be joined by a variety of guests including investigators, survivors, true-crime experts, attorneys and law enforcement throughout each segment.
The series is produced by Dan Abrams’ Law & Crime and exec produced by Grace and her producing partner John Terenzio.
Crimefeed premieres October 11 — tomorrow! — at 11 PM; sounds like it differs very little from content Grace has headed up in the past; and is a must-miss for me…but the announcement did get me and Eve thinking: What’s a good use of true crime’s most exhausting copagandist?
I think we’ve broached this question before, so forgive us if we’re retreading this ground — but as obnoxious a force as she is in the genre, as reactionary and unhelpful as she is in her major-case coverage, she does have prosecutorial experience, she does have a personal stake as a victim’s loved one, and whatever else you want to say about her, she doesn’t strike me as a stupid person. We keep coming back to the idea that there’s got to be some way to deploy Grace in a true-crime narrative that’s a little more progressive and thoughtful, and a little less shouty and Blue Lives-forward. How would you rebrand ol’ Blonde Helmet? - SDB