Most Shocking | |
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Genre | |
Narrated by | Brian Cummings Tyler Derek |
Theme music composer | Shawn K. Clement |
Composer | Shawn K. Clement |
Country of origin | United States |
Original language | English |
No. of seasons | 7 |
No. of episodes | 89 (list of episodes) |
Production | |
Executive producers | Andrew Jebb Matt Harris Bruce Nash Robyn Nash (for season 1) Debra Weeks |
Running time | 42 minutes |
Production company | Nash Entertainment |
Original release | |
Network | Court TV (truTV) |
Release | October 4, 2006 – November 10, 2010 |
Related | |
Most Daring Top 20 Most Shocking |
Most Shocking is an American reality television series that aired from October 4, 2006, to November 10, 2010, on Court TV (now known as TruTV). 2 spin-offs were made Most Daring [1] and Top 20 Most Shocking. [2]
The program held a TV-14 rating due to extremely violent situations depicted in the videos.
The show generally features narrated video clips of criminal behavior, police pursuits, robberies, daring rescues, riots, and freak accidents caught on camera. The series mostly featured police and crime videos as a Court TV original, but would occasionally air footage or other events unrelated to crime. When the series was moved to trutv, the show went all in on showing all kinds of shock footage. [3]
Country | TV Network(s) | Series Premiere | Weekly Schedule | Status |
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Malaysia | TV3 | January 2023 | Sunday 11:00 pm | Currently airing |
Australia | Seven Network, Fox8 | August 8, 2007 | Wednesday 7:30 pm | Fox8 Currently airing |
Greece | Skai TV | Unknown | Weekends & Mondays 2:00 am | Currently airing |
Indonesia | Trans7 | 21 February 2016 | Monday - Friday 02:00 am | Currently airing |
Italy | AXN Italy | Unknown | Variable | Currently airing |
Poland | Polsat Play | December 1, 2012 | Variable | Varied |
Saudi Arabia | MBC Action | 2010 | Variable | Currently airing |
United Kingdom | Pick TV | 2006 | Everyday 2:00 am | ended 2010 |
Latin América | truTV Latin America | April 1, 2009 | Monday to Friday 9:00 am | Currently airing |
The series currently reruns on True Crime Network since October 26, 2015. [4] The series currently air reruns on Reelz as of July 19, 2022. [5] The series is currently streaming on Peacock as of July 6, 2023. [6]
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