Crime & Safety

'Drew Peterson: Untouchable' Sets Ratings Record

It looks like Drew Peterson's legal eagle Brodsky might have to ask for the murder trial to be moved to a different planet.

Drew Peterson: Untouchable smashed ratings records Saturday night and secured its place in the annals of television history, according to TV by the Numbers.

An unbelievable 5.8 million viewers tuned in to the Lifetime original movie based on the true crime sensation Fatal Vows: The Tragic Wives of Sergeant Drew Peterson by me ().

Here's what TV by the Numbers had to say:

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"Wow."

Actually, we had more than that to say on the Monday morning after the movie debuted, and we said it on the WGN Morning News.

Here's one of my WGN quotes about Peterson's self-proclaimed "lead attorney" Joel Brodsky's idea to try to have the upcoming murder trial moved out of Will County:

"I don't know what venue he's going to find where they don't have cable television or find a jury that doesn't have access to this movie. If anything I think the movie heightened awareness of the case, the plight of two women where one is missing and one is dead. If anything, it's a good thing."

Here's another from when they asked about Peterson and how he found the movie "hysterical," at least according to Brodsky:

"He's got one dead wife and one missing wife ... if he thinks that's hysterical, that sounds like Drew to me."

You can check out the story and a video of the entire interview on the WGN Morning News site.


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