But now, with the genre so popular, securing interviews to tell the more dramatic stories is very competitive and вЂњDateline NBCвЂќ has a unit assigned to that task, Corvo said. The crime stories used to be relatively easy to find. Three-part docuseries from the producers of Dateline exploring the story of Thomas Randolph, whose four out of six wives died in mysterious circumstances. 16, investigates Lori Vallow, an Idaho woman charged in connection with the disappearance of her children. The second podcast, which becomes available on Feb. Its first podcast, вЂњThe Thing About Pam,вЂќ has been downloaded more than 14 million times since its September 2019 debut. ItвЂ™s why the network has in recent years sold episodes of the show in the syndication market, he said. вЂDatelineвЂ™ is in every place a consumer can find it.вЂќ

вЂњYou donвЂ™t really attract an audience like you did in the old days,вЂќ Corvo said. They lend themselves to delayed viewing in a way most news programs donвЂ™t, and the Peacock channel will need material. Not everything вЂњDateline NBCвЂќ does is true crime the show has done hours on the Capitol riot, COVID-19 vaccine development and the George Floyd case in the past year.Д«ut crime stories are the central focus. вЂњDatelineвЂќ has interesting inside looks at how the police and prosecutors reacted as the story unfolds, and they would likely not make it if the show was tightly edited into one episode, he said. вЂњThe story itself almost demands all of the time we are giving it because of all of the twists and turns,вЂќ he said. Slepian, who calls Randolph the вЂњJoe Exotica of true crimeвЂќ and hypes the вЂњThe WidowerвЂќ as вЂњвЂ™Tiger KingвЂ™ meets вЂJinxвЂ™ meets вЂIn Cold Blood,вЂ™вЂќ vouches for its ability to hold the audienceвЂ™s attention. The risk, however, comes in following a trend and making a story longer than the material merits. HBOвЂ™s вЂњThe JinxвЂќ and NetflixвЂ™s вЂњMaking of a MurdererвЂќ and several podcasts have illustrated the appeal of immersive crime stories that go beyond the one- or two-hour format of network newsmagazines.

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