NBC - DATELINE MAKES IMPRESSIVE COME-BACK

DATELINE MAKES IMPRESSIVE COME-BACK

On a night of relatively light viewing, a two-hour edition of NBC's returning Dateline news magazine led between 9:00 p.m. and 11:00 p.m. Friday. Each hour featured a "true crime" story, with the first hour posting a 4.3 rating and an 8 share, well above ABC's second-place Women's Murder Club, which managed only a 3.9/7. At 10:00 p.m., the second hour of Dateline recorded a 4.8/9, ahead of CBS's Numb3rs, with a 4.0/7. ABC's rival 20/20 magazine show dropped to a 3.6/7 to place third. Dateline is due to revive its ratings-grabbing "To Catch a Predator" feature next Friday with an episode that sees the capture of a man who had claimed to be an Indiana police officer. Today's (Monday) New York Daily News reported that as he was being arrested, he ran inside the house where the sting had been staged. In front of NBC's cameras, police attempted to shoot him with a Taser gun but missed. Correspondent Chris Hansen told the newspaper that the scene "was quite dramatic."

24/12/2007