Dateline NBC, or Dateline, is a U.S. weekly television newsmagazine broadcast by NBC. It is similar in format to other television newsmagazines ABC's 20/20 and CBS's 60 Minutes.

History

Dateline is historically notable for its longevity on the network. Prior to Dateline, NBC had failed with twenty different TV news magazine programs. The show, which has aired since 1992, is currently anchored by Ann Curry and occasionally by Hoda Kotb. Curry first co-anchored on June 24, 2005. Stone Phillips and Jane Pauley previously co-anchored. Tom Brokaw, Matt Lauer, and Brian Williams are among the NBC News correspondents who occasionally file stories for the program. 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. The program first originated from NBC Studio 3K, using the same set the NBC Nightly News was using at the time. When The Today Show moved to its current sidewalk studio, Dateline took over Studio 3B with a brand-new set. Dateline was broadcast in High Definition for the first time on Monday, July 21, 2008, with an episode titled "Tower Dogs." The program airs on Saturdays 8-9 PM, Fridays 9 - 10 PM and after football season Sundays 7-8 PM. The fall 2009 season began airing on Saturday, September 26, 2009.