Oxygen True Crime

A leading true-crime cable network competing with Investigation Discovery and Court TV, with a loyal niche audience built around investigative and crime-focused programming.

Oxygen True Crime is a U.S. cable television network that focuses exclusively on true-crime content, including original series, documentaries, and investigative programming. The channel rebranded from the original Oxygen Network, which launched in 2000 as a women-focused general entertainment cable channel before pivoting to true-crime programming in 2017 to capitalize on the genre's surging popularity. The rebrand to Oxygen True Crime formalized the network's identity around its dominant content category. The network operates as a linear cable channel and digital streaming property, generating revenue primarily through carriage fees paid by cable and satellite distributors and advertising sold against its programming. Oxygen True Crime's audience skews toward adults with a strong interest in crime, justice, and investigative content, making it an attractive environment for advertisers targeting that demographic. The network competes in the true-crime cable space alongside Investigation Discovery (ID), HLN, and Court TV. Following NBCUniversal's decision to spin off a portfolio of cable networks in January 2026, Oxygen True Crime became part of Versant Media Group, the newly formed entity housing those divested channels. This transition marked a significant ownership change but the network continues to operate as an active, going-concern cable brand under Versant's stewardship, maintaining its programming slate and advertising sales operations.