Chris Hansen Buys Advertisements Before Every Primetime Screening
IGN • • entertainment
Key Points:
- Chris Hansen, known for hosting Dateline NBC’s To Catch a Predator, has purchased pre-screening ad space for his streaming platform TruBlu ahead of A24’s film Primetime, which dramatizes his rise to fame.
- The TruBlu ad features Hansen inviting viewers to join his undercover investigations and was originally intended to criticize Primetime as a "Hollywood fantasy," but the line was removed to avoid backlash from the studio.
- Hansen declined to attend a preliminary screening of Primetime, citing A24's demand that he sign a restrictive agreement waiving rights to his name, image, and potential legal claims, a request the studio denies, stating he was only asked to sign a standard non-disclosure agreement.
- Primetime, starring Robert Pattinson as Hansen, is inspired in part by a 2007 Esquire article about a tragic incident involving Texas DA Bill Conradt linked to Hansen’s stings, and is set for theatrical release on September 25, 2026.
