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NEW YORK (AP) \u2014 American news consumers have a multitude of options to follow the trial of a former Minneapolis police officer accused in the death of George Floyd, which began on Monday with a chilling rerun.<\/p>\n

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Opening the case in a Minnesota courtroom, prosecutor Jerry Blackwell relied heavily on video from last May showing white former officer Derek Chauvin pressing his knee onto the neck of Floyd, a Black man. The widely seen video launched a worldwide reckoning on race.<\/p>\n

Blackwell and defense attorney Eric Nelson\u2019s arguments were shown live on at least 12 TV networks: ABC, CBS, NBC, CNN, Fox News Channel, MSNBC, HLN, Black News Channel, CourtTV, CSPAN, the Law & Crime Network and Newsmax.<\/p>\n

Video also streamed on affiliated livestreams for many of those networks, along with TheRoot.com and PBS\u2019 \u201cNewsHour.\u201d Websites for The New York Times and Washington Post streamed it on their homepages, and The Associated Press offered its subscribers a livestream.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s a nerve-wracking moment for America,\u201d said former U.S. Sen. Claire McCaskill, now an MSNBC contributor.<\/p>\n

The Chauvin case is probably the most high-profile criminal trial since George Zimmerman was acquitted of murdering Black teenager Trayvon Martin in 2013, said Dan Abrams, the legal commentator who launched the Law & Crime Network four years after that.<\/p>\n

Some of the networks, anticipating that video of Chauvin before Floyd\u2019s death would be a major part of Blackwell\u2019s argument, warned viewers of the sensitivity of what they were about to see.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt was no easier to watch than when we were reporting on it 10 months ago,\u201d said ABC News anchor David Muir.<\/p>\n

The major broadcast networks dropped live coverage after opening arguments, along with Fox News. HLN, Black News Channel and Law & Crime are promising full coverage of all arguments, as is CourtTV, whose cameras are providing the pool feed of video from the courtroom.<\/p>\n

One challenge for networks: what to call their coverage. Floyd\u2019s name is more widely known than Chauvin\u2019s, but calling it the \u201cFloyd trial\u201d would wrongly imply that the victim was the one on trial.<\/p>\n

Most called it the Chauvin trial. But there were some awkward variations. CourtTV called it \u201cThe Death of George Floyd Murder Trial.\u201d ABC said it was the \u201cDerek Chauvin Trial, 10 Months After George Floyd\u2019s Death.\u201d<\/p>\n

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For some of the specialty networks, the trial offers a rare opportunity to increase viewership, both on the air and online.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis is the sort of trial for which we designed the network,\u201d Abrams said. \u201cHaving anchors who are all lawyers, most of them practicing, allows us to offer unique insight to our viewers on a trial of national and international significance.\u201d<\/p>\n

That\u2019s also the case for streaming services at major networks. While ABC, CBS and NBC will likely offer special TV reports for big moments, they won\u2019t be showing it on a regular basis. CNN and MSNBC showed Monday afternoon\u2019s testimony, but whether that continues depends on how big a news day it is.<\/p>\n

Instead, the CBSN streaming service plans full coverage, with Hulu and Amazon viewers being directed there, said Darius Walker, CBS News senior vice president. CBS\u2019 website will carry its own coverage, along with that of the network\u2019s Minneapolis affiliate, he said.<\/p>\n

Research shows that CBSN\u2019s audience, which has an average age of 38, is particularly interested in social justice issues that the trial brings to the forefront, Walker said.<\/p>\n

He\u2019s already absorbed in the testimony of the first witnesses, particularly video of vantage points not commonly seen before.<\/p>\n

\u201cThese are all things that are new to the audience,\u201d Walker said, \u201cand I think it\u2019s riveting.\u201d<\/p>\n

Witness Donald Williams was testifying about what he saw of Floyd\u2019s arrest when the court\u2019s livestream feed went off the air for several minutes near the end of the court\u2019s day. Though proceedings continued to be broadcast by CourtTV, Judge Peter Cahill sent the jury home for the day and said Williams would return Tuesday.<\/p>\n

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Find AP\u2019s full coverage of the death of George Floyd at: https:\/\/apnews.com\/hub\/death-of-george-floyd<\/p>\n

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