To Catch a Predator only lasted for two seasons and 20 episodes and yet remains a piece of American pop culture, which may make some people wonder why the show was canceled at all. To Catch a Predator premiered on NBC as a part of the Dateline NBC programming lineup in November 2004. Hosted by Chris Hansen, To Catch a Predator was a reality series that followed sting operations conducted across the United States in conjunction with U.S. law enforcement, the watchdog group Perverted-Justice, and the Dateline news crew.

The stings specifically involved cases of adult men attempting to solicit sex from minors, through online chat rooms. The minors were actually adults posing as children, usually as 12 or 13-year-olds, who would set up a meeting with the men they 'met' online. Once the individuals arrived at the sting house, Chris Hansen stepped out to interrogate the men as to why they were there,...