CINCINNATI —

Lester Holt returns to Dateline with his first episode of the season on Friday, focusing on a California man whose report of his missing father quickly turns into a complex investigation.

Holt expressed his excitement about the new format in an interview with WLWT’s Ashley Kirklen. This will be his first episode since handing over the anchor desk at NBC Nightly News to Tom Llamas this summer. Advertisement

"I'm very excited. I've already recently released a podcast, a five-part series regarding a death row inmate in Texas that dropped recently, and now this would be my first hour in which I'm reporting the entire hour."

Holt highlighted the flexibility of the one and two hour formats on Dateline, which allow him to explore stories he couldn't cover before due to time cons

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