Dateline NBC, or simply
Dateline, is a weekly
American television
newsmagazine/
reality legal show that is broadcast on
NBC. It was previously the network's flagship news magazine, but now focuses mainly on
true crime stories with only occasional editions that focus on other topics. The program airs Fridays at 10:00 p.m.
Eastern Time (9:00 p.m. Eastern for special two-hour editions) and on most Sundays, outside of
NFL football season, at 7:00 p.m. Eastern Time; special Saturday editions also occasionally air during the fall and winter months. Two-hour feature-length editions sometimes air on any given scheduled evening, often to fill holes in the primetime schedule on the program's respective nights due to program cancellations.