Yahoo

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 ...
NPR

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

A new documentary looks at the true crime TV program "To Catch A Predator" and its copycats. NPR's Ayesha Rascoe talks with filmmaker David Osit about some of the uncomfortable questions "Predators" ...
Los Angeles Times

‘Predators’ examines the tactics of a reality TV phenomenon that may have gone too far

It took just 20 episodes for the Dateline NBC program “To Catch a Predator” to leave a mark on the culture. A sting-operation-meets-hidden-camera-prank, the show had a riveting hook: Men engaging in ...
Yahoo

Why Was ‘To Catch a Predator’ Canceled?

Warning: The following post contains discussions of suicide. From 2004 to 2007, To Catch a Predator aired on NBC as part of a Dateline program. The series featured hidden cameras capturing adult men ...
Variety

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 ...
Detroit Free Press

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

"Predators," which had its world premiere at the 2025 Sundance Film Festival, will be shown at the Birmingham 8 Powered by Emagine. The documentary focuses on "To Catch a Predator," which ran from ...