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Dateline NBC

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TV Series

The Resume

    (March 31, 1992- )
    Airs on (surprise!) NBC
    Original anchors: Jane Pauley and Stone Phillips
    Anchor in 2008: Ann Curry
    Premise: News magazine mixing investigative reporting, true crime and human interest stories

Why Dateline NBC might be annoying:

    For a story about allegedly unsafe GM pickups, they rigged the truck with remotely detonated explosives (1993).
    The report that aired did not disclose that the accident was staged.
    They have been accused of planting accomplices to entrap the targets of stories.
    Two crew members doing a story about general aviation security were arrested at the St. Louis Airport after trying to pay for a helicopter flight in cash (2004).
    Their 'To Catch a Predator' segments with Chris Hansen have been accused of making news rather than reporting it.

Why Dateline NBC might not be annoying:

    It was NBC's first successful prime time news magazine after 20 failures.
    NBC finds adding another Dateline episode to the week a useful technique for plugging holes in its schedule.
    Its flexibility allows for in-depth coverage of breaking stories.
    Three producers were fired over the GM truck story and Pauley read an apology on the air.

Credit: C. Fishel


Featured in the following Annoying Collections:

Year In Review:

    For 2024, as of last weekly ranking, Out of 1 Votes: 100% Annoying
    In 2023, Out of 45 Votes: 40.0% Annoying
    In 2022, Out of 10 Votes: 90.0% Annoying
    In 2021, Out of 14 Votes: 71.43% Annoying
    In 2020, Out of 88 Votes: 44.32% Annoying
    In 2019, Out of 3 Votes: 66.67% Annoying
    In 2018, Out of 1 Votes: 100% Annoying
    In 2017, Out of 10 Votes: 60.0% Annoying
    In 2016, Out of 9 Votes: 55.56% Annoying
    In 2015, Out of 12 Votes: 41.67% Annoying
    In 2014, Out of 17 Votes: 58.82% Annoying
    In 2013, Out of 89 Votes: 67.42% Annoying
    In 2012, Out of 14 Votes: 71.43% Annoying
    In 2011, Out of 22 Votes: 59.09% Annoying
    In 2010, Out of 51 Votes: 64.71% Annoying
    In 2009, Out of 34 Votes: 70.59% Annoying
    In 2008, Out of 16 Votes: 62.50% Annoying