''MSNBC Documentaries'' is the umbrella title of a series of

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co-produced by

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and

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. Broadcast on MSNBC, each documentary is given its own title to broadcast under (e.g., ''Lockup: Return to Pelican Bay'') or has been produced under one of the titles

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. Compared to competing networks, MSNBC airs documentaries on a daily basis and on weekend afternoons and evenings. In 2012 and 2013, and again in 2016, weekend airtime for MSNBC Documentaries was reduced to make room for newer weekend political news talk shows, relegating documentary series to weekend evenings. In 2020,

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revived MSNBC Films as a unit for feature-length documentaries.

Program titles

Distributed under MSNBC Documentaries

* ''Headliners and Legends with Matt Lauer'' * ''MSNBC Reports'' * ''MSNBC Investigates'' * ''

Crime & Punishment ''Crime & Punishment'' is a 2002 reality nontraditional court show spin-off of the ''Law & Order'' franchise. It premiered on NBC on June 16, 2002, and ran through the summers of 2002, 2003, and 2004. The show was produced by Bill Guttentag, wh ...

'' * '' Lockup'' * ''

To Catch a Predator ''To Catch a Predator'' is an American reality television series in the television news magazine program ''Dateline NBC'' featuring confrontations of host Chris Hansen, partly filmed with a hidden camera, with adult men arriving at a Sting oper ...

'' * ''Warrior Nation'' * ''Hooked'' (''Tattoos Head to Toe'' and ''Muscle Women'') * ''Caught on Camera'' * ''The Assassination of Dr. Tiller'' * ''Hubris: Selling the Iraq War'' * ''Why We Did It''

Distributed under MSNBC Films

* ''

The Way I See It ''The Way I See It'' is the third album by the American R&B singer, songwriter, and producer Raphael Saadiq. It was released on September 16, 2008, by Columbia Records – his first for the label. Prior to signing with Columbia, Saadiq had indep ...

'' (2020) * ''

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'' (2021) * ''Four Seasons Total'' (2021) * '' Paper & Glue'' (2021) * '' Memory Box: Echoes of 9/11'' (2021) * ''Love & The Constitution'' (2022) * ''Diamond Hands: The Legend of WallStreetBets'' (2022) * ''The Turning Point'' (2022) * ''Model America'' (2022)

Hosts

The program has multiple hosts, including

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Lester Holt Lester Don Holt Jr. (born March 8, 1959) is an American journalist who was the news anchor for the weekday edition of ''NBC Nightly News,'' NBC Nightly News Kids Edition, and is currently news anchor for '' Dateline NBC''. On June 18, 2015, Ho ...

Matt Lauer Matthew Todd Lauer (; born December 30, 1957) is a former American television news personality, best known for his work with NBC News. After serving as a local news personality in New York City on WNBC, his first national exposure was as the ne ...

, and

Stone Phillips Stone Stockton Phillips (born December 2, 1954) is an American television reporter and correspondent on NBC, ABC and PBS. He is best known as the former co-anchor of ''Dateline NBC'', a news magazine TV series. He's also worked as a substitute ...

; it does not have a single consistent host, and certain episodes only have a

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throughout.

References

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External links

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