Nancy Grace to leave Court TV

By Stone Martindale May 8, 2007, 17:07 GMT

Nancy Grace - © Janet Mayer / Photorazzi

Variety has announced the news that the Georgia legal eagle, Nancy Grace, will leave Court TV and focus on CNN Headline News.

Grace's combative style is loved or loathed, the former prosecutor is leaving the network, which recently axed another ex prosecutor, Catherine Crier, too.  The cancelled "Catherine Crier Live"  had a seven-year run on the network.

Grace is leaving her two-hour Court TV show, "Nancy Grace: Closing Arguments," to focus on her CNN Headline News show, "Nancy Grace," a move Variety claims Grace had been considering for some time.

In February, Court TV signed Star Jones and said it would cut back Grace's show to one hour to create a new show for the former co-host of "The View."

Variety reports that while Court TV gave Grace her leg up in TV, it has been shifting programming to more reality shows and dramas such as "Psychic Detectives" and "Forensic Files."

At the network's upfront presentation in February, network brass said Court TV would be re-branded and re-named in January to reflect its new focus on entertainment, reported Variety.