To Catch a Predator (2004)
To Catch a Predator is an American reality television series that features hidden camera investigations by the television newsmagazine program Dateline NBC. It was devoted to impersonating underage people and detaining male adults who contacted them over the Internet for sexual liaisons. People were lured to meet with a decoy under the pretense of sexual contact and then confronted. Show host Chris Hansen clarified in an interview with NPR News that these subjects should be labeled as potential sexual predators, and not pedophiles. "Pedophiles have a very specific definition, people who are interested in prepubescent sex," he stated. The series premiered in November 2004, and featured 12 investigations in total held across the United States. The investigations were conducted as undercover sting operations with the help of on-line watchdog group Perverted-Justice. Since the third installment, law enforcement and other officials were also involved, leading to the arrests of most individuals caught. No new episodes have aired since December 2007. NBC affiliates WTMJ in Milwaukee, KSHB in Kansas City and WBRE have also done local versions of To Catch a Predator. Various spin-offs have aired in the same format, including To Catch a Con Man, To Catch an ID Thief, To Catch a Car Thief and To Catch an i-Jacker, which featured iPod thieves. To Catch a Predator is also aired on FX and Crime & Investigation Network in the United Kingdom, the Crime & Investigation Network in Australia and New Zealand and FOX Crime in Portugal.
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Seasons
Season 1
Episodes season 0
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0x1
Predator update
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0x2
Predator update: where are they now
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0x3
In the beginning (in our own words)
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0x4
Predator raw: the unseen tapes 1
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0x5
Predator raw: the unseen tapes 2
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0x6
Predator raw: the unseen tapes 3
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0x7
Predator raw: the unseen tapes 4
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0x8
Predator raw: the unseen tapes 5
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0x9
Predator raw: the unseen tapes 6
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0x10
Predator raw: the unseen tapes 7
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0x11
Predator raw: the unseen tapes 8
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0x12
Bowling green, kentucky
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0x13
Predator raw - the unseen tapes 1
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0x14
Predator raw - the unseen tapes 2
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0x15
Predator raw - the unseen tapes 3
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0x16
Predator raw - the unseen tapes 4
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0x17
Predator raw - the unseen tapes 5
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0x18
Predator raw - the unseen tapes 6
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0x19
Predator raw - the unseen tapes 7
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0x20
Predator raw - the unseen tapes 8
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Predator raw - the unseen tapes 9
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0x22
Predator update
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0x23
Harris county, georgia
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Special edition
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0x25
Just remove
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0x26
Just remove
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0x28
Riverside, california
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To catch a car thief
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To catch a con man
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To catch a lotto scammer
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To catch an id thief
Episodes season 1
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1x1
Long island, new york (bethpage, long island, new york)
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1x2
Washington, d.c. suburb (herndon, fairfax county, virginia)
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1x3
Southern california (mira loma, riverside county, california)
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1x4
Greenville, ohio, part 1
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1x5
Greenville, ohio, part 2
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1x6
Fort meyers, florida, part 1
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1x7
Fort meyers, florida, part 2
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1x8
Fortson, georgia, part 1
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1x9
Fortson, georgia, part 2
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1x10
Petaluma, california, part 1
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1x11
Petaluma, california, part 2
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1x12
Long beach, california, part 1
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1x13
Long beach, california, part 2
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1x14
Murphy, texas, part 1
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1x15
Murphy, texas, part 2
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1x16
Flagler beach, florida, part 1
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1x17
Flagler beach, florida, part 2
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1x18
Ocean county, new jersey, part 1
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1x19
Ocean county, new jersey, part 2
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1x20
Bowling green, kentucky
