Dateline: The Smoking Gun: Story, Cast and Series Facts

Story and premise

Hosted by "Dateline's" Andrea Canning, "Dateline: The Smoking Gun" is a hunt for clues as detectives relentlessly pursue the critical piece of evidence that ultimately cracks the case. Each investigation is packed with twists — false leads, wrong suspects, dead ends — until police finally uncover the smoking gun and arrive at justice. Stories investigated this season include a disappearance involving a young film director, two prosecutors killed in a small Texas town and a serial killer who must be stopped before the next victim is murdered.

Series details

• Title: Dateline: The Smoking Gun
• Format: Reality
• Language: English
• Premiere date: 2024-10-03
• Status in TVmaze: Running
• Network listed by TVmaze: Oxygen True Crime
• Network country: United States
• Typical episode runtime: 83 minutes
• TVMaze ID: 79507

Cast and credited roles

• Andrea Canning — Host

Seasons in the TVmaze catalogue

• Season 1: premiered 2024-10-03; final listed air date 2024-11-21.

Source and licence

Adapted from Dateline: The Smoking Gun on TVmaze. The synopsis is reproduced as plain text; catalogue facts, cast and season records are selected and reformatted. This adapted text is available under CC BY-SA 4.0, following the TVmaze API licence. Network and web-channel credits identify the service listed in this source; they do not establish current streaming availability.