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5 unusual facts about Dateline NBC


Hooked on Phonics

In 1994 the company was featured on the program "Dateline NBC" with an official from the FTC attacking the company for "deceptive advertising." While the FTC reversed its actions later, the resulting media frenzy caused the company's sales to plummet and for the company to file for bankruptcy protection.

Mark Twitchell

When the bans were lifted, a substantial media presence attended and reported on the trial, including American television programs Dateline NBC and 48 Hours.

MTS Oceanos

Dateline NBC aired a documentary of this incident on 23 May 2010.

Prisoners of Hope

An interview by Oddy on Dateline NBC led to the widespread misconception that Curry and Mercer had gone to Kabul only to evangelize.

Svay Pak

Despite claims that child prostitution has been shut down in Svay Pak, Dateline NBC has made several trips there in the 2000s and has proved that child prostitution is still rampant in Svay Pak, reports include footage of alleged child prostitutes.


Allen Martin

He has appeared as a guest on several local and national radio and television broadcasts including Dateline, 20/20, America’s Black Journal and the Tom Joyner Morning Show.

Carla Hughes

This case has been explored on episodes of true crime shows Dateline NBC, Snapped, Forensic Files, Stolen Voices, Buried Secrets, Scorned: Love Kills and Fatal Attraction

ITN World News

Secondly, many popular programmes from NBC began appearing on the channel: comedy programmes from NBC included The Tonight Show with Jay Leno, Late Night with Conan O'Brien, and Saturday Night Live; news programmes from NBC included Dateline NBC, The Today Show, and NBC Nightly News With Tom Brokaw.

Jack Levin

He has appeared frequently on national television programs, including 48 Hours, 20/20, Dateline NBC, The Today Show, Good Morning America, Oprah, Rivera Live, Larry King Live, and all network newscasts.

Paul Joyal

A critic of the administration of Russian president Vladimir Putin, in late February 2007 Joyal told Dateline NBC that the murder of former KGB agent Alexander Litvinenko served as a warning to all critics of the Putin government.

Peter Castro

He has provided pop culture commentary on a variety of TV programs including Entertainment Tonight, Access Hollywood, Extra (TV series), CNN’s Larry King Live, Good Morning America, Dateline NBC, Today Show and E!’s Red Carpet pre-show among others.

Seven HD

Late-night series broadcast included This is Your Laugh, Lost, Scrubs, That '70s Show, The Grid, Urban Legends, Final 24, Dateline NBC, 5ive Days to Midnight, A Country Practice, and classic episodes of Deal or No Deal as well as late movies and encores of other series shown on Channel Seven.

YTMND

The original "Tom Cruise Kills Oprah" video, on which the YTMND is based, was mentioned on Dateline NBC's "The Mank Blog" segment, VH1's show "Web Junk 20", and CBC Newsworld's "The Hour" with George Stroumboulopoulos.


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