Chris Hansen made his name as the force and face behind “To Catch a Predator,” the controversial television show that specialized in having a video crew following law enforcement as they sprung on suspected (and unsuspecting) pedophiles.

Primetime follows Hansen, played by Robert Pattinson, and his pursuit of television glory through the morally complicated child-predator-catching reality show, To Catch A Predator. Hansen worked with volunteer groups and local law enforcement agencies to entrap adult men who sought to meet up and have sex with underage individuals.

Robert Pattinson stars in “Primetime,” a film inspired by NBC Dateline's “To Catch a Predator.” The movie explores the controversial sting operation that led to the show's cancellation.

Robert Pattinson's film "Primetime," inspired by Chris Hansen's true crime "To Catch a Predator" series, has garnered near-unanimous critical praise following its 2026 Venice International Film Festival premiere. Directed by Lance Oppenheim, the R-rated ...

“My life may be crappy, but at least I’m not on TV.” That’s one explanation for the mass appeal of “To Catch a Predator” put forth by a subject in “Predators,” a new documentary about the mid-aughts sensation. The feature, now expanding to ...

Chris Hansen rose to fame in the mid-2000s as the host of Dateline NBC’s To Catch a Predator. The broadcast journalist, who joined NBC News in 1993, was at the helm of the sting operation show from 2004 to 2007. He also hosted two spinoffs, To Catch a ...