As the opening credits roll in the new documentary “Predators,” a young girl speaks with a much older man on the phone. In a ...
Explore the controversial legacy of To Catch a Predator through Paramount+’s 2025 docuseries Predators, which revisits the stings, ethical concerns, and cultural fallout of Chris Hansen’s ...
From 2004 to 2007, To Catch a Predator was must-see TV. Pervs targeting underage girls and boys online were lured to meet ...
To Catch a Predator ran for three years, and its unique selling point seemed to be that it was, as Jimmy Kimmel once jokingly referred to it, “Punk’d for pedophiles.” The series touted its noble ...
Documentary filmmaker David Osit was going down an internet rabbit hole in the late 2010s when he stumbled upon a primitive, yet quickly addictive, message board. Sporting the archaic look of a Web ...
You’re reading Critic’s Notebook, our weekend column looking at the most interesting moments in the cultural Zeitgeist. In David Osit’s new documentary, “Predators,” the director includes a short clip ...
“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 ...