Chris Hansen

After Michigan native Chris Hansen left Channel 4 in Detroit to work for NBC in Rockefeller Plaza in Manhattan, he developed a wildly popular show in 2004, “To Catch a Predator,” that showed him working with law enforcement, targeting men seeking sex with minors, who ended up being decoys in a sting.

The series was discontinued in December 2007, but reruns with updates on cases ran for another couple of years.

Julie Hinds of the Detroit Free Press reports that “Predators,” a documentary about the show that became part of American culture, begins a run Friday at the Birmingham 8 Powered by Emagine. She notes that the film describes itself as a “chilling, thought-provoking exploration of the scintillating rise and staggering fall.” It debuted at the 2025 Sundance Film Fes

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