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Opera, the o.j. simpson murder case was the first true reality show for the country. this was the first wall-to-wall trial. >> a month after the murders, the legal proceedings against o.j. simpson begins when he enters this defiant plea. >> absolutely, 100%, not guilty. >> and to help him prove that, simpson assembles a legal dream team. >> each one of them was famous. >> jeffrey toobin covered the trial for "the new yorker." >> there has never been, in american history, more prominent defense lawyers on a single trial than in the o.j. simpson case. >> there's harvard law professor, alan dersh...

Opera, the o.j. simpson murder case was the first true reality show for the country. this was the first wall-to-wall televised trial. >> july 22, 1994, a month after the murders, the legal proceedings against o.j. simpson begins when he enters this defiant plea. >> absolutely, 100%, not guilty. >> and to help him prove that, simpson assembles a legal dream team. >> each one of them was famous. >> jeffrey toobin covered the trial for "the new yorker." >> there has never been, in american history, more prominent defense lawyers on a single trial than in the o.j. simpson case. >> there's harvard ...

He's heading north. >> got everybody scared. >> the famous low-speed chase covered live for hours rivets the nation. and ends with simpson's eventual surrender at his home on rockingham avenue. it was just the beginning. >> here's what we know right now. >> this was the perfect soap opera. the o.j. simpson murder case was the first true reality show for the country. >> okay. let's go. here we go. >> this was the first wall-to-wall televised trial. >> july 22nd, 1994, a month after the murders, the legal proceedings against o.j. simpson begin when he enters this defiant plea. >> absolutely, 100...

>> this is interstate 5. police believe that o.j. simpson is in that car. >> reporter: it's been 20 years since nfl hall of famer o.j. simpson led police on a low speed chase that unfolded live on national television. >> all along sunset boulevard there are people stopped as well ahead of the chase. >> reporter: what followed transfixed millions of viewers and was dubbed the trial of the century. >> and it became a national obsession because it was a perfect storm of media, 24-hour cable news, celebrity, murder, a beautiful woman, a young man with so much promise, killed in such a personal way...

Of a brain tumor. now kyra phillips has the stories of some other famous faces from that trial. >> this is interstate 5. police believe that o.j. simpson is in that car. >> reporter: it's been 20 years since nfl hall of famer o.j. simpson led police on a low speed chase that unfolded live on national television. >> all along sunset boulevard there are people stopped as well ahead of the chase. >> reporter: what followed transfixed millions of viewers and was dubbed the trial of the century. >> and it became a national obsession because it was a perfect storm of media, 24-hour cable news, celeb...