KPBS reports: From 2004 to 2007, Chris Hansen hosted Dateline NBC’s "To Catch a Predator." The show was recently the subject of the documentary "Predators." Now Hansen is the focus of the film " Primetime ," which just opened in theaters. Hansen popularized the phrase, "Why don’t you have a seat right there …" Not even "South Park" could resist using it and Hansen in its episode " Le Petit Tourette ." "To Catch a Predator" was NBC’s controversial news program in which Hansen targeted adults attempting to hook up with minors, whom his team enticed through carefully devised sting operations.
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