“Dateline” is back tonight with a thrilling new true crime story — and an exciting debut.
After being named a permanent member of the Dateline team last October, Blayne Alexander makes her debut as a Dateline correspondent in the Feb. 28 episode.
She spoke about her experiences with Dateline during a TODAY appearance on Feb. 26. “The folks there are incredible, everybody is very, very kind,” Alexander told Al Roker.
Alexander has been a part of the NBC News family since 2017, starting as a Washington-based correspondent for the NBC News Channel.
After going on maternity leave in May 2024, she is back in the saddle, now taking on thrilling true crime stories alongside Lester Holt and the rest of the “Dateline” team — Andrea Canning, Josh Mankiewicz, Keith Morrison and Dennis Murphy.
“I’ve been watching ‘Dateline’ since I was a little girl,” Alexander said on TODAY on Oct. 8, “And so to be here, to be part of this institution, just means everything.”
Keep reading to learn how to watch the episode.
Is there a new episode of ‘Dateline’ tonight?
A new episode of “Dateline” titled “The Haunted House Confession” airs Feb. 28.
How to watch the latest episode of ‘Dateline’
The new episode of “Dateline” will air on NBC on Friday, Feb. 28 at 9/8 pm. ET/CT. The episode will be available to stream on Peacock the following day — Saturday, March 1.
What is the new episode of ‘Dateline’ about?
The new installment of “Dateline” focuses on the tragic murder of Rhonda Chantay Blankinship, a 25-year-old Central Texas woman known to her friends and family as Chantay.
Blankinship had mental impairments and was not able to live independently. Two days after mysteriously vanishing during a walk in her neighborhood in May 2016, she was found in an abandoned home.
“The shocking twist came when the killer, Ryan Riggs, unexpectedly confessed to the crime during a church service, revealing the horrifying truth in front of the congregation,” Dateline’s synopsis reads.
