With Primetime comes out, and Hollywood’s busiest man, Robert Pattinson, stars as a busy host. Catching a PredatorChris Hansen is back in the spotlight.
To catch a predator It was on air between 2004 and 2007. During this time, 12 hidden camera operations were reportedly carried out to expose 300 men targeting minors online.
Like Primetime The demonstrations went a step further and could be perceived as crossing the line in the most high-profile case yet. The operation to capture local assistant district attorney Bill Conradt Jr. ended when the suspected hunter, Conradt, shot himself as SWAT team members and then an NBC camera crew entered his home.
After her brother’s death, Conradt’s sister, Patricia, sued NBC for more than $100 million in damages. He claimed the network persuaded law enforcement to make an overly aggressive arrest to get more dramatic footage. The case was settled in 2008 and the terms were not disclosed.
Despite the series’ sudden and morbid ending, Chris Hansen remained firm in his belief that what the show did and how it did it was right. “At the end of the day, we proved our point.” Hansen said in an interview: TIME. Chris also told David Osit that they “serve a greater purpose.”
But Chris Hansen isn’t done catching people red-handed. In 2007 Hansen published his book: To Catch a Predator: Protecting Your Kids from Online Enemies Already in Your Homeand appeared in spinoffs of NBC’s original concept, Catching a Cheater And Catching the Identity Thief. In 2013, NBC and Chris Hansen parted ways.
Finding predators was still a priority for Hansen, and in 2015 he launched a Kickstarter campaign to fund a return to the original format. Hansen vs Predator, “There’s a pent-up demand from audiences for another investigation, and from a technology perspective, the landscape has really changed since we did the last one.”
Chris quickly raised almost $100,000 from more than a thousand participants; Donors were promised rewards such as coffee mugs, T-shirts, signed books, program credits and personalized videos in exchange for their gifts.
With funds secured, in 2015 Hansen and his team conducted the first crowd-funded sex sting operation, where they captured 10 alleged predators. But a year after the Kickstarter campaign, donors had received nothing and there was no footage.
Finally, in 2016, Hansen vs Predator It will air on the Crime Watch Daily website, and episodes will air on True Crime News’ YouTube channel and local news channels.
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10 years after the Kickstarter campaign, comments on the website show donors still haven’t received any of the products they promised to support Hansen vs Predator…
More recently, Chris Hansen voiced his opposition to the film. PrimetimeIn an interview with , he says: USA TODAY“They wanted to exploit the brand that I’ve built over the last 45 years. You can decide if that’s ethical, legal, identity theft, or however you look at it. But it seems a little exploitative, as Hollywood often is.”
Hansen now operates a broadcast network called TruBlu. The description on their website is as follows: Led by Chris Hansen, we investigate scams, catch predators, and bring you new gripping crime shows and documentaries.
Hansen reportedly bought advertising spots TruBlu before each screen is shown Primetime.