Crime Scene Premiere Date/Status
Crime Scene SEASON 3 Renewed On Netflix
About Crime Scene TV Series
A playground of pleasure. A killer on the loose. CRIME SCENE: The Time Square Killer launches globally on Netflix December 29.
Crime Scene: The Times Square KillerRelease Date: December 29, 2021
Format: 3 x 45 min episodes
Oscar-nominated and Emmy award-winning filmmaker Joe Berlinger returns to direct and executive produce Season 2 of CRIME SCENE focused on Times Square in the late 1970s / early 1980s.
Executive Producers: Brian Grazer, Ron Howard, Joe Berlinger, Sara Bernstein, Justin Wilkes, Jon Kamen, Jon Doran, Jen Isaacson, Samantha Grogin, Leslie Mattingly
An Imagine Documentaries and RadicalMedia Production In Association with Third Eye Motion Picture Company
JOE BERLINGER, Director and Executive Producer: "As a lifelong New Yorker, I've watched Times Square become the tourist mecca it is today - but many people have forgotten about the darker era of the late 1970's and early 80's when it was a near-lawless sexual playground that enabled predators to exploit sex workers, or worse. Through the location-focused lens of this series and this particular season, we unpack how this particular time and place, and a confluence of social forces, created an environment that allowed terrible things to happen and a killer to go unnoticed for too long."
About CRIME SCENE: THE TIMES SQUARE KILLER
Oscar-nominated and Emmy award-winning filmmaker Joe Berlinger returns to direct and executive produce season two of CRIME SCENE, the acclaimed Netflix documentary series that unpacks the ways in which certain locations aid and abet criminal activity. Season two begins as firemen respond to a call at a seedy hotel in the middle of Times Square in December 1979. What they discover among the smoke and ash shocks even the most seasoned NYC homicide detectives, triggering a hunt for a vicious serial killer who preyed upon sex workers operating within Times Square's then-booming, anything-goes sex industry. The three-part series takes viewers deep into the investigation, detailing the social and systemic forces at play in a near-lawless area in the center of Manhattan that allowed multiple horrific crimes to go unnoticed for too long. A wide range of subjects are profiled to bring the era to life, from Times Square denizens to beat cops to the daughter of New York's self-proclaimed "porno king." With exclusive access to Jennifer Weiss, the daughter of one of the victims, the series also underscores her efforts to identify others who have remained Jane Does, lost to an infamous, long-gone time and place.
***
Netflix and Joe Berlinger's Crime Scene Doc Series Renewed For Three More Seasons; Season 2 Turns To Times Square This Year
Adam Del Deo, VP, Documentary Series
Oscar-nominated and Emmy award-winning documentary filmmaker Joe Berlinger is a pioneer of the true crime genre who skillfully turns his lens on complex cases with an eye for untold injustices.
From his earliest work, Brother's Keeper and Paradise Lost in the 1990s, to his Netflix projects like 2020's Jeffrey Epstein: Filthy Rich and 2019's Conversations With A Killer: The Ted Bundy Tapes, Joe has consistently treated sensitive subjects with care while exposing the broader context of broken systems.
Earlier this year, Crime Scene: The Vanishing At The Cecil Hotel analyzed how a seedy Los Angeles hotel's tragic history contributed to the mystery around a young guest's disappearance. The series, from Imagine Documentaries and RadicalMedia, ignited a global conversation about issues ranging from mental health to economic decay to the impact of so-called "web sleuths" on investigations. On Netflix, 45 million households around the world chose to watch the series in the first 28 days after it premiered in February.
We always saw potential for Crime Scene to be an ongoing series about how certain locations became accomplices to crimes that took place there. Now, as part of our deepening creative partnership with Joe and on the heels of the high interest in season one, we are pleased to renew the series for three additional seasons - each tackling a new location with a dark past. The new seasons will again be produced by Imagine Documentaries and RadicalMedia, Joe's production home for two decades, in association with Joe's Third Eye Motion Picture Company.
In the second installment coming Dec. 29, Crime Scene: The Times Square Killer will examine how the danger and depravity of New York's Times Square in the late 1970s and early 1980s made it possible for one man to commit - and nearly get away with - unthinkable acts in a nearly-lawless area rife with drugs and sex work. These three episodes will delve into the social and systemic forces that allowed horrific crimes to go unnoticed for too long.
Joe and team are already at work on the third and fourth seasons of Crime Scene, as well as a recently announced documentary series about the rise and fall of American financier and ponzi schemer Bernie Madoff.
With each project, Joe's masterful storytelling captivates audiences and kickstarts incredibly relevant conversations - and we are proud he has made Netflix his creative home for documentaries. Additional Information:
· Crime Scene: The Times Square Killer premieres Dec. 29, 2021
· Director and Executive Producer: Joe Berlinger
· Production Companies: Imagine Documentaries and RadicalMedia in association with Berlinger's Third Eye Motion Picture Company
· Executive Producers: Brian Grazer, Ron Howard, Sara Bernstein, Justin Wilkes, Jon Kamen, Jon Doran, Jen Isaacson, Samantha Grogin, Leslie Mattingly
***
The notorious Cecil Hotel grows in infamy when guest Elisa Lam vanishes. From the creator of "The Ted Bundy Tapes," a dive into crime's darkest places.
First episode date:
Network:
Show type:
Upcoming TV Premieres
