New Film Revisits One City’s Deadly Chapter of ‘To Catch a Predator’

When the long-running TV franchise came to Murphy, Texas, in 2006, a man ended up dead. A new film, “Primetime,” looks back on what happened.
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The dark controversy that led to To Catch a Predator's cancellation as Primetime hits US cinemas

A new film starring Robert Pattinson is going to revisit the controversial show To Catch a Predator nearly 20 years after its cancellation in 2008. The show ran between 2004 and 2007, and 20 episodes were aired in total,

What Happened to Bill Conradt? Rexamining the Controversial “To Catch a Predator” Sting That Ended in Suicide

The A24 film ‘Primetime’, starring Robert Pattinson as Chris Hansen, fictionalizes the events leading up to Bill Conradt’s tragic death during a ‘To Catch a Predator’ sting operation

'Primetime' dives headfirst into 'To Catch A Predator' and its infamous Texas tie

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 brings ‘To Catch a Predator’ to life in new film ‘Primetime’

When Robert Pattinson first got the script for “Primetime,” a dramatization of NBC Dateline’s “To Catch a Predator” and the controversial sting operation that would lead to its cancellation, he was amazed it hadn’t been made into a movie already.