NEW YORK (AP) ? Years ago, when viewers still had the capacity to be shocked by what they saw on TV, the unfolding spectacle known simply as ?O.J.? kept them reeling.

It began one afternoon in June, 1994, with that unforgettable car chase as police pursued O.J. Simpson along L.A. freeways in his Ford Bronco.

For more than a year, the murder trial of this former football great would keep viewers riveted.

Then the verdict: On October 3, 1995, an estimated 150 million people paused before the nearest TV to witness the outcome. Everyone gasped ? whether in satisfaction or outrage ? as Simpson was pronounced not guilty of killing his ex-wife Nicole Brown Simpson and her friend Ronald Goldman.

The trial and verdict divided the country then, and the more profound divisions it exposed remain today.

Now, to mark the anniversary, ?Frontline: The O.J. Verdict? revisits the case, and, through extensive interviews with the defence, prosecution and journalists, explores that verdict ? which continues to address the difference between being white and black in America.

Hear Mark Watts, at the time a CNN correspondent and one of the few black journalists covering the trial: ?Whites who said it?s not a trial about race speak that way because they haven?t been on the receiving end of injustices at the hands of a white person.?

And Jeffrey Toobin, who covered the trial for The New Yorker, declares, ?The only reason that we will care about O.J. Simpson ten years after, 20 years after, is what it told us about race in this country.?

What it tells us is what this engrossing documentary probes. The hour-long programme airs at 10 p.m. Bermuda time on Tuesday on PBS.

Other shows to look out for (the premiere of another three new fall series):

?Close to Home? is a warmed-over crime drama about a neighbourly prosecutor busting not-so-nice criminals in nice neighbourhoods. The prosecutor is Annabeth Chase, who has a perfect conviction record but now also has a baby ? and motherly urges that make returning to the office after her maternity leave very difficult. Played by Jennifer Fennigan (seen on last season?s short-lived sitcom ?Committed?), Annabeth is a fetching blend of steely and squishy. So is ?Close to Home?, which attempts, not so successfully, to have it both ways: softening a gritty genre with a woman?s touch. It premieres at 11 p.m. Bermuda time on Tuesday on CBS.

?Related? is (aptly enough) a fizzy, fun blend of the old melodrama ?Sisters? and the sitcom ?Friends?. This hour comedy-drama focuses on the four Sorelli sisters, who, ranging in age from 31 to 19, seem to have little in common other than good looks, a mutual disdain for their father?s fiancee, and one anothers? numbers on their cellphone speed-dial. In other words, they just can?t get along without each other ? especially when there?s a break-up, an unexpected pregnancy, and job and school woes (all of which happen on the first episode). Starring as the sisters are Jennifer Esposito, Lizzy Caplan, Laura Breckenridge and Kiele Sanchez. ?Related? premieres at 10 p.m. Bermuda time on Wednesday on Fox.

Last, and least, is ?Hot Properties?, a flop-sweat-besoaked sitcom about four wisecracking women who run their real estate business as ?matchmakers for people and homes?. Hot Properties? premieres at 10.30 p.m. on Friday on ABC.