'Predators' documentary looks at sensation, scandal of 'To Catch a Predator'

That was the formula for "To Catch a Predator," the popular television news program that ran on NBC from 2004-2007. The legacy of the show is examined in "Predators," a new documentary that arrives ...
Rolling Stone

A New Film Changes How We Think About ‘To Catch a Predator’

Documentary filmmaker David Osit was going down an internet rabbit hole in the late 2010s when he stumbled upon a primitive, yet quickly addictive, message board. Sporting the archaic look of a Web ...

Documentary explores the rise and fall of the controversial series 'To Catch a Predator'

"To Catch a Predator" was a hit with viewers in the 2000s and something of a cultural phenomenon. Now it's the focus of a new ...
TheWrap

‘To Catch a Predator’ Casts a Long Shadow Through Our Culture and Politics

“Predators,” the new documentary about the TV news program “To Catch a Predator,” comes across as painfully, almost uncomfortably conflicted in the view of its subject. Yet those NBC specials that ...

How Hours of Unedited ‘To Catch a Predator’ Footage Shaped ‘Predators,’ a Doc That Connects Chris Hansen to America’s True Crime Addiction

“My life may be crappy, but at least I’m not on TV.” That’s one explanation for the mass appeal of “To Catch a Predator” put forth by a subject in “Predators,” a new documentary about the mid-aughts ...
Iowa Public Radio

A new documentary raises questions about the true crime TV show 'To Catch A Predator'

Before we hear this next interview, a heads-up - it includes a discussion about child sex offenders and a mention of suicide. HANSEN: Would you have a seat over in that chair, please? RASCOE: That's ...
AOL

“To Catch a Predator” participants reflect on subject's suicide during production: 'I've blocked that out'

To Catch a Predator decoy Dan Schrack said that he has "blocked out" the death of investigation subject Bill Conradt. Conradt died by suicide as investigators from the Dateline segment entered his ...
The New Yorker

Why Did We Love “To Catch a Predator”?

A new documentary explores how the show turned troubled individuals’ actions into a quasi-pornographic exhibit meant for an ...
Seattle Times

‘Predators’ review: Busted for social good (and maybe ratings)

The Dateline NBC series “To Catch a Predator,” which aired from 2004 to 2007, largely adhered to a straightforward formula: Hire an actor who looks younger than his or her age to lure an adult who is ...
Miami New Times

To Catch a Predator

Ding-ding. It’s the sound of your daughter’s instant messenger. You might think she’s trading LOLs with friends, but in reality, FriendlyOldGuy69 is telling her how mature she sounds and how much he’d ...
Yahoo News UK

“To Catch a Predator” participants reflect on subject's suicide during production: 'I've blocked that out'

Conradt died by suicide as investigators from the Dateline segment entered his home. Former detective Walt Weiss said that his participation in the Conradt sting is a "stain on my soul." Dan Schrack, ...