The BEST seasons of Dateline NBC

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

Dateline presents in-depth coverage of news stories. Rather than just reading news reports, as most news shows do, the reporters for this show research their subjects and interview the people closely involved to create an informative work of investigative journalism.

Last Updated: 5/1/2025Network: NBCStatus: Continuing

10.00

1 votes

#1 - Season 22

First Aired 9/28/2013

10.00

1 votes

#2 - Season 23

First Aired 9/27/2014

9.33

3 votes

#3 - Season 27

First Aired 9/29/2018

9.33

3 votes

#4 - Season 28

First Aired 9/28/2019

9.00

2 votes

#5 - Season 31

First Aired 9/17/2022

9.00

2 votes

#6 - Season 32

First Aired 9/30/2023

8.33

3 votes

#7 - Season 29

First Aired 9/22/2020

8.00

1 votes

#8 - Season 3

First Aired 4/4/1994

8.00

1 votes

#9 - Season 6

First Aired 9/27/1997

8.00

1 votes

#10 - Season 8

First Aired 12/22/1999

8.00

1 votes

#11 - Season 9

First Aired 8/19/2002

8.00

1 votes

#12 - Season 10

First Aired 9/12/2002

8.00

1 votes

#13 - Season 15

First Aired 9/14/2006

8.00

2 votes

#14 - Season 19

First Aired 9/18/2010

8.00

1 votes

#15 - Season 24

First Aired 9/26/2015

8.00

1 votes

#16 - Season 25

First Aired 9/24/2016

8.00

1 votes

#17 - Season 30

First Aired 9/25/2021

8.00

1 votes

#18 - Season 33

First Aired 9/28/2024

7.50

2 votes

#19 - Season 26

First Aired 9/30/2017

7.00

2 votes

#20 - Season 20

First Aired 9/24/2011

6.40

5 votes

#21 - Season 1

First Aired 4/1/1992

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 topics.