Dateline NBC Warning: You are not logged in. Your IP address will be publicly visible if you make any edits. If you log in or create an account, your edits will be attributed to your username, along with other benefits.Anti-spam check. Do not fill this in! ===Early=== ''Dateline'' is historically notable for its longevity on the network, compared to the fifteen newsmagazines (often cloning the formulas of ''20/20'' and ''60 Minutes'') NBC tried from the mid-70s until its debut which each debuted and ended ignominiously, often in the same year, or even the month they premiered, and were barely promoted, much less needed, during NBC's ratings domination entertainment-wise in the 1980s. It also served to smooth relations with original anchor [[Jane Pauley]], who had been controversially pushed out from ''[[Today (American TV program)|Today]]'' and seen her own primetime make-up vehicle, the light news-focused ''[[Real Life with Jane Pauley]]'', poorly paired with a tabloid newsmagazine, ''Exposè''.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1992-03-22-ca-7391-story.html|title=TELEVISION : Sweet Sixteen? : After misfiring with 15 other newsmagazines, NBC believes it has an attractive formula for its 'Dateline' show|last=Willens|first=Michele|date=22 March 1992|work=[[Los Angeles Times]]|access-date=14 August 2023}}</ref> The program debuted on March 31, 1992, initially airing only on Tuesdays, with [[Stone Phillips]] and Jane Pauley serving as its co-anchors. [[Tom Brokaw]] and [[Katie Couric]] joined the program when the previously separate newsmagazine ''[[Now with Tom Brokaw and Katie Couric]]'' was converted into ''Dateline Wednesday''. Gradually, the program expanded with the addition of a third night (on Friday) in 1994 and a fourth night (on Monday) in 1997, peaking at five nights a week with Sundays in mid-1999 and 2000. The number of nights that the program aired began to be reduced due to viewer exhaustion and the rise of equally economic and popular [[reality television]] programming. Editions first began to be removed in the spring of 2001, with the main Tuesday slot being eliminated in 2004.<ref name="eot">{{cite book|title = Encyclopedia of Television|url = https://books.google.com/books?id=CFXgj7a55agC&pg=PA662|page = 661|isbn = 9781579583941|last1 = Newcomb|first1 = Horace|year = 2004| publisher=Fitzroy Dearborn |access-date = March 19, 2016|archive-date = July 31, 2020|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20200731125103/https://books.google.com/books?id=CFXgj7a55agC&pg=PA662|url-status = live}}</ref> ''Dateline'' was the first "multi-night" franchise that "established brand power by '[[stripping (television)|stripping]]' editions," a strategy by NBC's entertainment division to place the program in the same time slot every week. It was considered to be a singular program rather than multiple weekly programs, and included many teasers and multiple installment interviews (NBC later tried a similar strategy of "stripping" with ''[[The Jay Leno Show]]'' in 2009). In its prime, from 1995 to 1999, ''Dateline'' provided significant [[breaking news]] coverage. The program featured sensationalized news stories and drew in viewers with stories aired in multiple installments. By 1999, any one individual ''Dateline'' edition placed in [[Nielsen Holdings|Nielsen]]'s top 10 most-watched television programs among total viewers during most weeks. NBC capitalized on its relationship with [[CNBC]] and [[MSNBC]] by airing repackaged stories seen on past ''Dateline'' broadcasts on the retrospective series ''[[Headliners and Legends]]'' and ''Time and Again''.<ref name=eot /> The program first originated from NBC Studio 3K, using the same set that was used at the time for ''[[NBC Nightly News]]''. When ''[[Today (American TV program)|Today]]'' moved to its current facility, NBC Studio 1A, in 1994, ''Dateline'' took over Studio 3B and received its own brand-new dedicated set. Past contributing anchors were [[Bryant Gumbel]], who left NBC in 1997, [[Maria Shriver]], who left NBC in 2004, and [[Katie Couric]], who left NBC in 2006. On June 24, 2005, [[Ann Curry]] co-anchored "Dateline" for the first time and became permanent host shortly thereafter. ''Dateline'' began broadcasting in [[High-definition television|high definition]] for the first time on July 21, 2008, with an episode titled "Tower Dogs". ''Dateline'' previously shared the multi-level Studio 1A with ''Today''. However, in 2013, the program moved back to Studio 3K, where the early-morning news programs ''[[Early Today]]'' and [[MSNBC]]'s ''[[Morning Joe First Look]]'' are also broadcast. [[Lester Holt]] replaced Ann Curry as host of ''Dateline'' with the start of the 20th season on September 23, 2011, shortly after Curry became permanent co-host of ''Today''. Summary: Please note that all contributions to Christianpedia may be edited, altered, or removed by other contributors. If you do not want your writing to be edited mercilessly, then do not submit it here. You are also promising us that you wrote this yourself, or copied it from a public domain or similar free resource (see Christianpedia:Copyrights for details). Do not submit copyrighted work without permission! Cancel Editing help (opens in new window) Discuss this page