The Television desk

Television: the medium where it happens live, in front of everyone, and then gets replayed for the next twenty years.

Every case below has closed: the answer is printed and the full story is on the case page.

Closed cases

CASE No. 39September 2, 2026 In March 2025 roughly 800 seniors at six fire-hit Los Angeles-area high schools watched a video message from this deadpan boss of … It was Steve Carell CASE No. 33August 27, 2026 Over fourteen weeks in 1956 and 1957 this tweedy young academic beat all comers on a prime-time quiz show and won $129,000 — becau… It was Charles Van Doren CASE No. 29August 23, 2026 In 2019, this Emmy-winning TV housewife paid a fixer $15,000 to quietly correct her daughter's SAT answers — and became the first … It was Felicity Huffman CASE No. 20August 14, 2026 In 2007, this original '90s supermodel spent five days mopping floors at a New York sanitation garage — court-ordered payback for … It was Naomi Campbell CASE No. 17August 11, 2026 In 2007, this reality-TV fixture served 23 days in an L.A. county jail for violating probation — with news helicopters tracking ev… It was Paris Hilton CASE No. 15August 9, 2026 In 1989, this Hungarian-born glamour icon was pulled over in Beverly Hills driving a Rolls-Royce with expired plates — and respond… It was Zsa Zsa Gabor CASE No. 13August 7, 2026 In 2019, a Pennsylvania student took a cardboard cutout of this beloved 4-foot-10 icon to prom as his date — so the actor retaliat… It was Danny DeVito CASE No. 12August 6, 2026 America's queen of domestic perfection traded a spotless domestic image for a prison jumpsuit in 2004, after a suspiciously well-t… It was Martha Stewart

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*Every puzzle is drawn from widely reported, public-record events — court records, official rulings, and moments that unfolded on live television. Allegedly.
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