Johnny Depp and Amber Heard’s defamation trial is still circulating in the news, and NBC News has created a new documentary analyzing just how social media — specifically TikTok — impacted the perception and verdict of the six-week-long trial.
Across NBC News digital channels, “A Marriage on Trial: Johnny Depp, Amber Heard and Truth in the Age of Social Media”We will examine how Depp and Heard supporters used social media to show their support, as well as the different applications that they used as their only news source.
How do you view the Johnny Depp/Amber Heard documentary now? Do you stream it or watch it on TV? We answer all your questions below.
When does it matter? “A Marriage on Trial”Are You Ready to Come Out?
”A Marriage on Trial: Johnny Depp, Amber Heard and Truth in the Age of Social Media“ documentary premieres Wednesday, July 13, at 10:30 p.m. ET.
What is the Documentary Streaming?
The documentary will be available to stream on NBC News’ streaming network NBC News NOWYou can also watch the premiere at 10:30 ET by clicking here.
It will be available for streaming on-demand on NBCNews.com that same day, and on Peacock beginning August 1.
To watch the 30-minute documentary on Peacock, you’ll need access to a Peacock account, which comes in two tiers: Subscribe to Peacock Premiumare $4.99 a month, or you can get a yearly subscription for $49.99 a year.
What Is It? “A Marriage on Trial” About?
This 30-minute documentary will highlight and examine the differences between this celebrity trial and past trials due to TikTok’s evolution and how it became. “the TikTok trial.” NBC News’ intentions with the documentary are to “examine how the trial evolved into ‘the TikTok trial’ and what the verdict means for future domestic abuse cases.”
After the June 1 verdict “A Marriage on Trial” explores the aftermath of the trial as well as the continued media frenzy that dominated both broadcast news and social media sites — most aggresively on TikTok. The documentary will include interviews with both experts and insiders from the trial, as well as Amber Heard’s attorney Elaine Bredehoft, National Coalition Against Domestic Violence CEO Ruth Glenn, American University Law Professor and gendered violence expert Jamie Abrams, NBC News senior breaking news reporter Doha Madani, NBC News tech and culture reporter Kat Tenbarge and People Magazine’s Nigel Smith, among others.