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Dateline: Missing in America
I love this show. Josh M. is very good and professional. I enjoy it very much. I haven’t listen to any of the other shows beside one episode of True Crime Weekly. It was the one about the Tictok Teen getting arrested and it was meh. So I really only watch Missing In America.
Trees are free!!
Something New?????
Nothing but reruns
kaatriba
Kinda frustrating
I can’t say I have a photographic memory, but I can say it’s frustrating to listening to an episode and 5 minutes in say to myself “this sounds awfully familiar,” and then realize it’s because I remember it was on the podcast back in 2021. Or 2018. Or 2022. The narrator may have changed but the sound bites are exactly the same, the crime is the same, the verdict is the same. And I honestly don’t enjoy the filler episodes of Talking Dateline. It’s like a cake that’s completely overloaded in frosting…we just want new episodes. I’ll subscribe back again when you decide to air some.
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12Mo67dr
What happened to Dateline is a crime scene - once great, but no longer
I was a subscriber, but gave up my membership in August 2024.
Why?
The quality of this podcast has slipped. Nobody wants talking dateline. The podcast has little new content and the producers seem to lazily rehash old stories.
Andrea Canning’s technique is awful. For example asks detective, “why do you think the suspect purchased a duct tape, wire, bleach, ethylene glycol, and a shovel?” I mean come on. Sometimes you can pick up the guest being interviewed is like why are you asking me a kindergarten question?
I now skip episodes with Andrea. I also skip talking dateline. I fast forward through the awful Honda commercials. Same for the stupid Sunday Sitdown guy - it’s so lame.
It’s not a great experience and I’m almost ready to skip the entire podcast.
What can you do to win us back?
More original format episodes. More Keith M. You have a winning formula, stick to it. Listen to your customers.
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_______ok______
New material please
This is my all time FAVORITE show. Please do some new episodes though. So many new cases that Keith could report on.
Cassanda Davis
Talking Dateline and Aftershows
Worst thing dateline did was these talking dateline and true crime weekly. Truly awful
T. Wine
Going a little downhill
LOVE the classes dateline episodes, of course Keith is the best. Lester Holt and Josh Mankiewicz are also amazing. But these new hosts, they just don’t have the same effect. Hoping Dateline can find its way again….
Jessica.1220
Getting worse & worse…
I used to love this podcast and the regular episodes that came out weekly. But ever since they added the premium subscriptions things have gone crazy. Now they also include Talking Dateline, random headline reports, and trial reports, none of which I care to hear like many other reviewers. Plus, they keep featuring old “Dateline classics” that have been released before. Quantity does not equal quality.
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Yelaheener
PLEASE Go Back To The Classics
Wow this pod has become wayyyy too cluttered. People subscribe for DATELINE, not Dateline plus Talking Dateline plus After the Verdict plus True Crime Weekly. Those are all separate podcasts and, based on the reviews, it seems like everyone is in agreement that they should not be included here. Apple Podcasts should also have a “filter” option because it would be SO NICE to not see them.
3rin_______
Does Dateline Hate Science?
Michael Proctor actually admitted to Andrea that in order to believe him you HAVE to ignore science. Why is dateline so biased in favor of a sketchy cop?
The DOJ hired ARCCA (not Karen Read’s defense). ARCCA are the scientists who RULED OUT A COLLISION. So why the biased reporting? What happened to forensics in true crime?
Nononono5555555
Gilbert Goons
Death was avoidable. My daughter taught one of the Gilbert Goons in middle school and was not surprised he was involved. She warned his mother. The cops knew all about these kids but ignored it. So incredibly sad.
Vatd87
Andrea Canning’s bizarre, unnatural speech rhythm is unbearable.
It’s not even correct English. How does that soccer mom, chitchat girl have a journalism job??
Matt_B_W
I liked it before
I liked Dateline because it was factual. Now they’ve added episodes that are opinions. I just heard a dumb man opinion on what should be a fact based show. Unfollow
The bro could purple.
Too much fluff
I really am just interested in the main show itself not the rest of the things they’ve added along the way.
kmoney329
why are there no new shows?
You have a monthly fee for no commercials + new shows for subscribers but there has been nothing new in a while. Now there are not even weekly shows. What's up with that?
Also, does anyone besides Andrea Canning work there anymore? Her questions are asinine and she asks the same ones repeatedly. "Were you just so scared?!"
death stapler
Cluttered
Loved the classic eps and used to fall asleep to Keith - moved on to a show called Dead Sleep True Crime for Bedtime. Sorry Keith!
TrueCrimeTartare
Lying about Epstein
It’s pretty gross that they are straight up lying about Trump not being in the Epstein files. So NBC and dateline are just lying now?? You’re bending the knee ?? We know he’s in there. You know he’s in there. There has been credible evidence of that, and for the man Andrea Canning was interviewing to say that, and she doesn’t push back at all? That’s ridiculous
Bee boo 9999
Happy to be woke
If some of these trolls are truly subscribed than why are they getting ads? Do they get bent if the ads are for the other Party? They are the one’s screaming free speech all the time. But then, logic, truth or reason has never been their strong point
This is not my review—although I agree with it. Our nicknames are very similar. How to fix?
brainmatterz
What happened?
Same as everyone…bring back the original feed. Talking Dateline is boring; where are the original episodes?
Cancel subscription1
Just have Dateline episodes
MAKE SEPARATE PODCASTS FOR TALKING DATELINE AND TRUE CRIME WEEKLY
I am here for dateline episodes, not True Crime Weekly or Talking Dateline. Those things are probably great or whatever, BUT THEY ARE NOT DATELINE EPISODES. Give them their own podecasts. I do not want to have to waft through all these other things to find a NORMAL EPISODE OF DATELINE.
CircaWyn?
The feed is junk
Let this be a Dateline originals podcast and not every thing under the sun podcast. The feed is too jumbled. I am not interested in Talking Dateline or morning meetings. Please move those to a separate feed.
On another note, I have a difficult time listening to Andrea-led stories. Her style comes across as insincere.
Meleetyme
Where are the updated show??
I pay for the subscriber viewing but can’t get anything new. Where are the updated shows??
AV7photography
Disappointed
Used to listen but True Crime Weekly and Talking Dateline ruined the podcast.
Sdkjfnsdkvjsnd
Bring back the original dateline
What is happening here? I don’t care for the talking dateline episodes and they take up way too much space in my feed! And true crime weekly has its own podcast. Why do they have to be here?? PLEASE just bring back the original dateline episodes and remove the rest!!
Perplexed1234
NO MORE TALKING DATELINE
I love the regular episodes. I can’t stand the other stuff mixed in, especially listening to the annoying discussions on Talking Dateline. Remove and put under its own or allow option for paid subscription. Listening to that is worse than ads.
FrustratedListener11
Wish they weren’t mixed together
Wish I could just listen to an original show of dateline. I’m not a pod cast - interview talk show fan. Just give me the original that made Dateline so loved by many.
Ginschaos
I want the Old Dateline back
I am paying for a subscription, but all I heard was the Combs Trial. Nothing is hardly new. I use this to stay awake as I am driving, but now I’m falling asleep 🥱
Nlangs
Please get ride of the talking dateline episodes
Wish they weren’t all mixed together. Love original Dateline episodes
BDairyQueen
Send Andrea Canning to journalism school
She refuses to let anyone tell their own story. She has to talk over them with long, breathless, adrenalized storytelling of her own. Or better yet replace her with Blayne, who's always professional, gracious, and stays focused on the subjects and not herself.
UncleCharles65
Stop the updates of Diddy and others.
I can't behind to tell you how much I have enjoyed Dateline. It's the best podcast available.
With that said I'm so tired of having to listen to P Diddys trial updates. I look forward to the weekly podcasts only to open it up and have another diddy update. I can't imagine anyone actually cares.
Lisasueann
So Tired of the Combs Coverage
I normally love Dateline and would have rated you much higher. But the nonstop Sean Combs coverage is insane. It’s like 4 of every 5 or 6 podcasts are about him! I’m also not a fan of the stupid, lazy episodes where you just re-discuss old episodes. It’s like someone was like “hey! We can milk 2 episodes out of one topic!” It’s lazy journalism.
JeannieEco
???
Well, Dateline is the original true crime show. Love it so much BUTTTT, I don’t want all the other shows in the same feed as the Dateline episodes! I certainly don’t care to listen 40 different Sean Combs episodes. Come on. With all the money this show has, fix your podcast!
Achatgirl
Dateline was great
I’ve listened to dateline for years. It’s always been my favorite podcast period!!! Lately though this change to “Talking Dateline” once a week was a bad idea. It’s good and all but I feel like it’s just costing us an episode a week to have it. Now we just get one episode a week instead of two. All the talking dateline does is recaps and gives a lil insight. I’ve tried listening to them but I usually just skip them and listen to 20/20 or 48hrs untill another episode comes. Please go back to the old show format!!! There are also starting to be a lot of repeat episodes. I listen to podcasts daily and Dateline used to be at the top of the list. The past year has started to see Dateline down my next up list and at this point it doesn’t really even pop because I don’t listen anymore. I don’t listen anymore because it’s mostly repetitive stuff.
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Spurgenasty
stop with these case updates
we just want dateline episodes! take this other junk out of the feed!
Alleyooooooooop
Give us Dateline back!
This new format where the episodes are not Dateline stories, but mostly other podcasts about weekly true crime and trial coverage is confusing and awful! Bring regular Dateline back!!
Starkley12
Originals please
I’m sorry Blayne you aren’t a good speaker. Leave the story telling to the pros. Can’t Blayne do something else ? Maybe edit idk but speaking isn’t her thing 😭
Sirr_tiny
Love Dateline
Makes commuting so much faster! Still putting out real journalism and great stories.
Please get rid of the diddy news. Get back to classic and interesting, in-depth stories. Diddy is TMZ level, not dateline worthy.
Jacobyworks3726
Stop the garbage
Please just return to dateline real crime episodes. I have no idea why there were so many updates on Sean Combs. Enough already! I want to open my channel and not be flooded with that nonsense.
Dart~94
This is no longer a podcast
It’s advertisements of every other show and updates on cases.
Friday13x2
Enough spam trial content already!
I love Dateline podcasts - it’s my jam for long runs or road trips. But it feels like a drift toward just another junk news show with all the trial coverage. Diddy is the recent example but it feels generally like the show has migrated this direction in recent times.
If they cut the junk and get back to a focus on riveting True Crime stories, I’ll update my rating.
Heysl1ck
Just give me the weekly podcast
I only want to receive the weekly Dateline NBC podcast. Instead, they also send a daily Sean Diddy trial update that I didn’t request or care about. I also have Dateline True Crime Weekly forced upon me. An apparent podcast that failed on its own.
Zarisia
Talking Dateline 7/2/25 episode 🙉
Why the annoying background music while Josh is talking? It’s very annoying and is triggering a migraine. Please don’t have sounds in background while people are talking- as for me I will have no choice but to avoid all things dateline and will sure not seriously consider being a paying subscriber.
sassygirl1964
Not what it used to be
Not interested in the short sean combs episodes or karen reed, You used to play real true crime episodes, definitely recommend getting back to what this podcast used to be
Zzzzzzeva
Still enjoy it and listen, but…
I still enjoy this pod, but miss when it was *just* Dateline episodes they pulled from the show. All this Diddy coverage is weird. Only posting 1 star in hopes whoever reads these (along with others) can hopefully adjust accordingly.
nvme7
Only Dateline episodes
Please go back to only posting Dateline full episodes on Tuesdays on this podcast channel. Everything else clutters the feed and makes it difficult to find what I subscribed for.
@Miss_Movies
Dateline?
I though I was following dateline, but it turns out I’m following about 8 other shows, and Sean “Douche” Combs very own dateline channel. Enough already.
AnimatedMeatSack
Changed Rating
Changed my rating from 5 stars because I’m so tired of being bombarded with the Sean Combs stuff. Let it go.
Aaron Marcizzle
Love dateline but stop with the diddy!
You’re true fans do not want to hear about diddy. Please stop covering this!
Rachaelaso
It’s not about the hosts and reporters
The second a reporter, a journalist, or host puts focus on themselves, their lives, and their opinions it’s over and they no longer are doing their job. We are not listening to learn about the hosts, journals, and reporters personal thoughts, lives, and opinions.
Jenneefire
LoveD it but…
This program has always been well produced and very fascinating, but it’s very disappointing that for the last weeks it’s been focused only on Sean Combs. He’s a degenerate, violent ignorant man who does not deserve all of this attention. Just let us know what happened at the end.
AK Ajijic