New Syndicated Series ‘iCrime With Elizabeth Vargas’ to Launch This Fall

variety.com:

Sasha Urban editor“iCrime with Elizabeth Vargas,” a new, nationally syndicated true crime show, will premiere September 12, Scott Sternberg Productions and Trifecta Entertainment and Media announced.

The show will air in over 95% of the country and will be hosted by Emmy-award winning journalist Elizabeth Vargas (“20/20,” “America’s Most Wanted”).In 30-minute episodes airing Monday through Friday each week, the series will explore crime through the lens of smartphones.

With clips of crimes captured on phone video and interviews between Vargas and victims, bystanders, law enforcement and the amateur photographers themselves, the show will explore the phenomenon of technology intersecting with crime. “Cell phone videos have completely changed the social landscape,” Vargas said in a statement. “Anyone, anywhere, with a cell phone can record crimes as they happen, and those videos can have a huge impact … iCrime will cull the most powerful of these videos, while providing important insight on the law and how to keep safe.

I could not be more excited to host this new show.”Hank Cohen, Scott Sternberg, and Vargas all serve as executive producers on the series, which recently started production.Co-creator Sternberg said, “The emergent widespread use of smartphones to immediately record everything as it happens gave us the idea to produce ‘iCrime.’ Video from anywhere and everywhere of real situations shot by all of us is a natural way to give viewers a daily dive into the unbelievable realism of crime videos … And having a host like Elizabeth Vargas brings ‘iCrime’ to another level.”“We’re so gratified that stations have responded to this show in such a big way.