Dateline NBC

I love a great podcast and Dateline is a great one! I don't have the time to sit and watch the broadcast but I'll listen to the podcast all day. Andrea Canning's singsong voice and absolutely stupid interview questions makes my ears bleed, though. How she's still interviewing people is beyond me. I skip all of the Andrea Canning episodes. But I love Keith Morrison and Josh Mankiewicz. They are great narrators and interviewers.

I understand the frustration with the subscription cost and I'll probably get rid of it, especially since the other podcasts I was promised are only a few episodes long.

This used to be my favorite show. Now it has about twenty commercial and is unnecessarily too long. I guess to get the commercials in. I just watched an episode and after about and hour and 40 minutes all we know is there are two possible suspects and the family got the case moved to a different law enforcement agency. Could have done that in 10 minutes. It's obvious there is enough material to fill two hours. They repeat the same stuff over and over again and add all this fluff interviews to prolonged the show. It's boring and sad I no longer have the patience for what used to be a great show.

Dateline just isn't the same as it used to be. And why do they show the hosts profiles?? This is irritating, I don't want to see the side of their faces!

Lately, Dateline has become a poor copy of 20/20, Sixty Minutes, and 48 Hours with hours spent on covering crime such as murders and scams. Much like A&E's American Justice, Investigative Reports, and other series. Dateline covering the Suitcase Murders was kind of inferior to other shows that focused on the same crime. There is plenty of true crime out there but you should pick and choose one that will engage the audience and expand on understanding it. They aired the Suitcase Murders after the verdict and before sentencing Melanie McGuire to life in prison for murdering and dismembering her husband, William McGuire. Even though there was no evidence connecting her to the crime but circumstantial coincidences. THe fact that Court TV was airing the trial made it easier for NBC Dateline to obtain access to the proceedings.

Since 1992 the news program "Dateline" has been a peacock mainstay changing over the years with different hosts now Lester Holt does the duties. Each week each episode is in depth with great reporting from top "NBC" anchors as the cases shown are real life, often featuring murders, love triangles, and cold cases that have been cracked with some unsolved mysteries are also showcased. The research done on each story is informative and really in depth as it's like a case timeline supported by news footage, and interviews with family members and officials involved. The stories are often heart touching and filled with emotions as you the viewer will soak up the informative real life drama and fill for all involved. Overall well done investigative news program.