Chris Hansen’s “To Catch a Predator,” which inspired the film “Primetime,” gave rise to online copycats who film their own ...
The 2000s sting show is finding millions of new viewers online, and its brand of public humiliation looks awfully modern.
Like many Americans in the early aughts, documentary filmmaker David Osit watched “To Catch a Predator,” a hidden camera reality TV show that followed journalist Chris Hansen working in coordination ...
A24’s upcoming film Primetime depicts the intense rise of former To Catch a Predator host Chris Hansen. The real-life, true-crime journalist hosted the reality series from 2004 to 2007, and the 2026 ...
To Catch a Predator became one of the most controversial television programs of the 2000s, turning journalist Chris Hansen into a household name with its televised sting operations. The Dateline NBC ...
A new documentary delving into the cultural phenomenon of NBC’s To Catch a Predator, which debuted in the early 2000s and featured host Chris Hansen, will follow the “rise and staggering fall of the ...
“Have a seat...” It might be the darkest catchphrase in TV history, and it’s returning to the lexicon with the release of the A24 thriller Primetime. Robert Pattinson stars in Lance Oppenheim’s new ...
Director David Osit interviews host Chris Hansen and several of the predator-luring decoys as he questions whether the reality show did the right thing in the wrong ways. By Daniel Fienberg Chief ...