Chris Hansen
Detroit area native Chris Hansen, who worked for WXYZ and WDIV before going on to NBC's "Dateline," will star in "Killer Instinct with Chris Hansen," a six-part summer series on the true crime channel, Investigation Discovery.
A post on the website TV by the Numbers states:
Journalist Chris Hansen is no stranger to crime investigations. Having won eight Emmy awards for investigative reporting, outstanding coverage of a news story and outstanding coverage of breaking news, Hansen’s reports have stirred interest in both national and international issues.
But his award-winning, breakthrough investigative reporting involving online sexual predators for Dateline NBC exposed hundreds of men who targeted young teenagers over the Internet. In Investigation Discovery’s (ID) new six-part series, Hansen goes into the field to take an in-depth look at some of America’s most horrific crimes, talking to people closest to the crimes that have shocked a nation and forever changed lives.
“Investigation Discovery is thrilled to bring Chris Hansen’s journalistic expertise and passion for the truth to our viewers,” said Henry Schleiff, Group President of Investigation Discovery, American Heroes Channel, Destination America, Discovery Family Channel and Discovery Life Channel. “Chris and our partners at ITN Productions are working hard to produce an investigative newsmagazine that will draw in the viewer and make them feel as if they are right there in the moment – living every jolt and shock as the criminal drama unfolds. That is what Chris does best, and we look forward to what will unfold in Killer Instinct.”
