- no question that the best tv show of the '90s was the o.j. simpson trial. and everybody on it was riveting. - nbc news in depth tonight: the simpson trial finally winding to a close. - we the jury in the above entitled action find the defendant, orenthal james simpson, not guilty of the crime of murder in violation of penal code section 187(a). - the verdict of the o.j. simpson trial, viewed by 150 million people. it's more people than watch presidential election returns. that's crazy. - because there was trial footage every day, cnn saw its audience increase, like, five times. the success o...