Though canceled in 2007, the morally complicated commodification of "predator catching" is still going strong.

With Robert Pattinson starring as Chris Hansen in a new film, we're looking back at the show's history.

The true story behind Chris Hansen, To Catch a Predator and Primetime, the new Robert Pattinson film about vigilante TV and ratings.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The Dateline program To Catch a Predator ran from 2004 to 2007 on NBC. Hidden cameras documented adult men arriving at sting ...

Robert Pattinson is playing To Catch a Predator host Chris Hansen in a movie about the show, which was cancelled after a ...

Robert Pattinson stars as Chris Hansen in A24’s Primetime, a crime drama about To Catch a Predator and the legacy of TV sting ...

“Predators,” a look into the rise and fall of the pedophile-baiting series “To Catch a Predator,” has sold to MTV Documentary Films following its debut at Sundance. David Osit directed and produced ...

Robert Pattinson does an uncanny vocal impression of Dateline NBC’s Chris Hansen in the tense teaser trailer for Primetime. Pattinson channels the infamous To Catch a Predator host with the actor’s no ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Chris Hansen speaks during the 'Angie Tribeca' panel at New York Comic-Con 2015 at The Jacob K. Javits Convention Center on ...

In 2007, NBC camera crews, police, and eventually a SWAT team surrounded the house of a 53-year-old Texas state prosecutor. The prosecutor had been chatting with someone he thought was a 13-year-old ...

Warning: The following post contains discussions of suicide. From 2004 to 2007, To Catch a Predator aired on NBC as part of a Dateline program. The series featured hidden cameras capturing adult men ...

Despite its popularity, To Catch a Predator was also controversial, with critics noting that the series thrived on making news, more so than achieving justice. The show was canceled in 2008 after a ...