It may feel like every Dateline episode is some sort of spouse murder, but is that truly the case (no pun intended)? According to our analysis, over 57% of Dateline cases involve a unique murder case as the main topic. About 11% of Dateline cases are brought to us by other or special correspondents. Andrew Canning hosts about 23% of cases, whereas Dennis Murphy and Josh Mankiewicz host less than 20%. While everybody’s favorite host Lester Holt introduces each case to us, 30% of the time, we’re taken through the actual case details by Keith Morrison. Next, we wondered how often some of the Dateline staff reporters have guided us through cases. However, Alaska, Vermont, Wyoming, South Dakota, Rhode Island, Oklahoma, and Mississippi have not been featured on Dateline in the last five years. Many stories took place in multiple states, and even some internationally. The states with the most cases include California (42), Texas (23), New York (23), and Florida (18). What we found is a fascinating glimpse into this show’s content, and we had a lot of fun along the way! Read on to take a look at our analysis.įirst, we took a look at the number of stories in each state that ended up being featured on Dateline. We used this handy guide of Dateline episode summaries – supplemented with IMDb, various news sources on individual cases, and our fair share of binge-watching episodes – to collect our findings on everything from the crime itself to the outcome. We decided to analyze the last 5 years of Dateline (over 270 episodes) to see what trends we could find. As fans of the show who also happen to work in the legal field, we got to wondering: what can we learn from the history of Dateline? As the show has been running for nearly 30 years, how has it adapted to a modern audience? Almost as closely as we follow trends in legal technology, we’ve been closely following the show throughout the years as Lester Holt and his colleagues captivate with these stories. Across the country, millions have tuned in weekly for years in order to learn the details of crimes, ranging from spouse murder to elaborate bank robbery schemes, that are often stranger than fiction.Īt Casefleet, we are huge Dateline fans, both as an impressive feat of journalism and as a fascinating television staple. “In just the past few months, we’ve released a #1 podcast, premiered our first original series on Peacock, and aired Savannah’s exclusive headline-making interview with Amber Heard.Dateline on NBC has been on the air for nearly three decades and has become one of America’s favorite sources for true crime and real-world legal drama. “What differentiates Dateline is our storytelling and the numerous ways viewers can find us,” Dateline executive producer and NBC News Studios president Liz Cole told me. I take what’s already pretty good and try to turn it into something that sounds like me.’” Substack Episode 1: Keith Morrison, 'Dateline NBC' They provide the bones and the structure, and it just allows me to sit back and think, ‘Okay, now how are we going to dress this up and make it interesting?’ So that’s what I get to do. That’s a resource that I never take lightly,” Morrison recently told Vanity Fair. They are in the top of their field in our line of work, and they’re just phenomenally good at what they do. “I have the great advantage at Dateline of working with people, some I’ve been with for over 25 years. It quickly became the top-rated podcast on Apple for two weeks straight-an indication that Dateline’s team of producers and correspondents are willing to reinvent themselves and their show to keep it relevant to viewers. Morrison, who talked to me in 2020 about discovering an entirely new way of telling true crime stories with podcasts, launched his newest podcast, The Seduction, in June.
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