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The Best Seasons of Dateline

Every season of Dateline ever, ranked from best to worst by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The best seasons of Dateline!

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Dateline NBC, or simply Dateline, is a weekly American television newsmagazine series. It was previously the network's flagship newsmagazine, but now focuses mainly on true crime stories with only occasional editions that focus on other

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Season 28

65 Episodes

First Aired: Sep 2019

7.6/ 10

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Best episodeE2 · Haunted 8.3

Season 2

1 Episodes

First Aired: Sep 1993

7.6/ 10

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Best episodeE5 · Behind the Badge 7.6

Season 27

55 Episodes

First Aired: Sep 2018

7.5/ 10

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Best episodeE27 · Evil Was Watching 8.1

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Season 26

69 Episodes

First Aired: Sep 2017

7.5/ 10

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Best episodeE54 · The Threat 8.6

Season 31

37 Episodes

First Aired: Sep 2022

7.5/ 10

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Best episodeE15 · The Bad Man 8.1

Season 29

53 Episodes

First Aired: Sep 2020

7.5/ 10

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Best episodeE43 · The Fight for America's Soul 8.6

Season 35

5 Episodes

First Aired: Sep 2026

7.4/ 10

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Best episodeE1 · The Family Plot 7.7

Season 30

31 Episodes

First Aired: Sep 2021

7.4/ 10

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Best episodeE4 · The Ascension of Mother God 8.2

Season 25

51 Episodes

First Aired: Sep 2016

7.4/ 10

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Best episodeE8 · The Man Who Knew Too Much 8.5

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Season 34

35 Episodes

First Aired: Sep 2025

7.4/ 10

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Best episodeE8 · Running Man 7.9

#11

Season 32

44 Episodes

First Aired: Sep 2023

7.4/ 10

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Best episodeE29 · True Confession 8.5

#12

Season 24

53 Episodes

First Aired: Sep 2015

7.3/ 10

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Best episodeE20 · In the Shadow of Justice: A Bronx Tale 8.3

#13

Season 15

94 Episodes

First Aired: Sep 2006

7.1/ 10

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Best episodeE23 · Body of Evidence (a.k.a. Bigamy Murder) 8.6

#14

Season 33

34 Episodes

First Aired: Sep 2024

7.1/ 10

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Best episodeE11 · A Little Patch of Perfect 7.5

#15

Season 23

71 Episodes

First Aired: Sep 2014

7.1/ 10

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Best episodeE27 · Infatuation 8.5

#16

Season 20

66 Episodes

First Aired: Sep 2011

7.0/ 10

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Best episodeE17 · Secrets in a Small Town 8.4

#17

Season 22

52 Episodes

First Aired: Sep 2013

6.9/ 10

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Best episodeE25 · Capsized 8.0

#18

Season 19

81 Episodes

First Aired: Jan 2010

6.9/ 10

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Best episodeE3 · Taken 8.0

#19

Season 18

82 Episodes

First Aired: Sep 2009

6.8/ 10

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Best episodeE28 · Heroes of Children's Hospital 7.9

#20

Season 14

47 Episodes

First Aired: Nov 2005

6.7/ 10

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Best episodeE24 · Cruise Control: Scientology to Katie 7.8

#21

Season 17

77 Episodes

First Aired: Jul 2008

6.7/ 10

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Best episodeE39 · SU1741 7.8

#22

Season 21

72 Episodes

First Aired: May 2011

6.7/ 10

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Best episodeE26 · What Happened to the Beauty Queen? 7.5

#23

Season 16

25 Episodes

First Aired: Dec 2007

6.7/ 10

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Best episodeE44 · Mystery at Bootlegger's Cove 8.0

#24

Season 3

1 Episodes

First Aired: Jul 1995

6.4/ 10

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Best episodeE47 · Segment Lucky 13: The Astronaut's Story 6.4

#25

Season 1

2 Episodes

First Aired: Mar 1992

6.1/ 10

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Best episodeE1 · Prescription for Disaster/Older People's Money/Great Expectations 6.9

#26

Season 12

8 Episodes

First Aired: Feb 2004

4.3/ 10

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Best episodeE3 · Friends Interviews 4.3

#27

Season 4

1 Episodes

First Aired: Jun 1997

N/A/ 10

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#28

Season 11

3 Episodes

First Aired: Jan 2003

N/A/ 10

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#29

Season 13

9 Episodes

First Aired: Jan 2006

N/A/ 10

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