Nancy Grace (TV program)

{{Use mdy dates|date=March 2025}} {{Infobox television | image = Nancy Grace logo.png | caption = | runtime = 60 minutes | starring = Nancy Grace | producer = Rupa Mikkilineni | country = United States | network = HLN | first_aired = {{Start date|2005|2|21}} | last_aired = {{End date|2016|10|13}} | related = ''Primetime Justice with Ashleigh Banfield'' }} '''''Nancy Grace''''' is an American current affairs program hosted by legal commentator Nancy Grace that aired Monday through Thursday nights between February 2, 2005, and October 13, 2016, on HLN. On June 30, 2016, Nancy Grace announced she would be leaving HLN in October,<ref>{{cite web |url=https://money.cnn.com/2016/06/30/media/nancy-grace-leaving-hln/index.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160630143746/http://money.cnn.com/2016/06/30/media/nancy-grace-leaving-hln/index.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=June 30, 2016|title=Nancy Grace leaving HLN|last=France|first=Lisa|date=2016-06-30|website=CNNMoney|access-date=2016-06-30}}</ref> and the final episode aired on October 13, when her contract ended.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Abramovitch|first1=Seth|title=Nancy Grace to depart HLN after 12 years (Exclusive) |url=http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/nancy-grace-leaving-hln-907480|work=The Hollywood Reporter|date=June 30, 2016}}</ref> The show was replaced with ''Primetime Justice with Ashleigh Banfield'', which premiered on October 17.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nbc26.com/news/national/nancy-grace-to-be-replaced-by-ashleigh-banfield-legal-show-on-hln|title='Nancy Grace' to be replaced by Ashleigh Banfield legal show on HLN|first=Clint|last=Davis|date=14 October 2016|website=nbc26.com}}</ref>

==Controversies== {{further|Nancy Grace#Controversies}} Grace's comments on the show have garnered significant controversy, most significantly involving the Duke lacrosse case, the suicide of interviewee Melinda Duckett, and the death of Caylee Anthony.

==Guest hosts== When Grace was absent from the show (for family reasons, or during her run on cycle 13 of ''Dancing with the Stars'' for training, for instance), other CNN hosts substituted for her. Usually the substitute was ''In Session'' anchor Jean Casarez, Jane Velez-Mitchell, or ''Inside Edition'' correspondent Rita Cosby, although Sam Champion from ''Good Morning America''<ref>{{cite news| url=http://transcripts.cnn.com/TRANSCRIPTS/1102/18/ng.01.html | work=CNN | accessdate=October 8, 2011 | title=Mom Charged for Falling on Infant While Drunk and Suffocating Her|date=February 18, 2011|format=Transcript}}</ref> and Pat Lalama<ref>{{cite news| url=http://transcripts.cnn.com/TRANSCRIPTS/1103/10/ng.01.html | work=CNN | accessdate=March 12, 2013 | title=New Details on Investigation Into Missing Pregnant Army Wife; Case of Missing Pregnant Army Wife|date=March 10, 2011|format=Transcript}}</ref> also hosted the program.

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==External links== *{{Official website|http://www.hlntv.com/shows/nancy-grace/}} ({{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130228182130/http://www.hlntv.com/shows/nancy-grace/|date=2013-02-28}})

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