According to A&E, the show has been widely praised by
law enforcement agencies, and its investigative reports are commonly used in the training of detectives.
Cold Case Files first aired as a sub-series of another A&E crime documentary program,
Investigative Reports, also hosted by
Bill Kurtis, which ran from 1991 to 2011. Reruns of the original 1997 series currently air on
broadcast syndication in the United States, usually in lower-profile time slots, and on many
RTV stations. The
Blumhouse Television, AMPLE Entertainment reboot aired its first episode on A&E on February 27, 2017. and later on Netflix on September 15, 2019. Some episodes of the series have now been adapted into a podcast of the same name,
Cold Case Files, hosted by Brooke Gittings and featuring the voice of the original
Cold Case Files host,
Bill Kurtis. The podcast is part of the
PodcastOne podcast network in conjunction with A&E. ==Episode list==