TLC's quickly axed 'Women of Homicide' is resurrected on ID as 'Inside Homicide'

TLC in April debuted a crime reality series called "Women of Homicide" featuring Atlanta Police Department homicide detective Summer Benton. The show, which also focused on two Cincinnati female homicide detectives, did so poorly, TLC dumped it after two episodes. (My original story on the show.)

Cable networks rarely kill shows off that quickly but executives clearly figured out this was the wrong show on the wrong network. TLC is better known for profiling individuals and families outside the norm of society (e.g. "Long Island Medium," "Here Comes Honey Boo Boo," "19 Kids and Counting," "Breaking Amish," "Gypsy Sisters').

Crime shows? Not so much.

But Discovery Communications also owns Investigation Discovery, where crime stories are in its DNA.

So Discovery re-named the program under the new hard-boiled name "Inside Homicide" and moved it to ID, where it will debut October 9 at 10 p.m.

This is an unusual situation where a quickly axed show is resurrected under a different name on a different network. Honestly, I can't recall another example, though they may exist.

The first episode will focus on Det. Benton's investigation of the murder of William Carter, for which former fiance Victoria Rickman is now set to stand trial. (We at the AJC covered the case, too.) The title of the episode? "Black Widow."

Here's how ID describes the case:

All episodes that were previously set to go on TLC have been updated, a spokeswoman said. Eight episodes were created. Benton is featured in five of them.

TV preview

"Inside Homicide"

10 p.m. Thursdays, starting October 9, ID