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Dateline NBC Season 2 Episodes

31 Episodes 1993 - 1994

Episode 1

1993 January 19

Tue, Jan 19, 1993 60 mins

A report on what correspondent Jon Scott calls "the dirty little secret of the horse industry"---allegations of payoffs made for killing animals to collect insurance. Included: comments from owners and insurance experts.

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Episode 2

1993 February 2

Tue, Feb 2, 1993 60 mins

Scheduled: Examining problems in the funeral industry, including how some funeral homes, segment producer John Siceloff says, "take your money and do not perform the services that you contracted for." Included: problems involving cremations, with comments from a crematory worker. Michele Gillen reports.

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Episode 3

1993 February 9

Tue, Feb 9, 1993 60 mins

Scheduled: The investigation of "an Atlanta couple who," segment producer Michael Austin says, "are now charged with organizing a massive insurance-fraud scheme." Examined is the impact on some of "the victims of the alleged scam," says Austin. Brian Ross is the reporter.

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Episode 4

1993 February 16

Tue, Feb 16, 1993 60 mins

Scheduled: The impact of a child-custody case in which "the judge determined that the mother...was more 'career oriented' than 'family oriented'." Jane Pauley reports.

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Episode 5

1993 March 9

Tue, Mar 9, 1993 60 mins

Scheduled: A report on what producer John Grassie calls "an increasing practice...jailing the mentally ill." Included: a visit to a Kentucky jail. Stone Phillips is the correspondent.

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Episode 6

1993 March 16

Tue, Mar 16, 1993 60 mins

Scheduled: A study considers the inaccessibility of some university professors---an "increasing trend," says producer Jamie Deans. Included: comments from students. Lea Thompson is the correspondent.

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Episode 7

1993 March 23

Tue, Mar 23, 1993 60 mins

Scheduled: A report considers infants born addicted to drugs. Included: comments from pharmacology professor Lawrence Halpern. Lea Thompson is the correspondent.

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Episode 8

1993 March 30

Tue, Mar 30, 1993 60 mins

Scheduled: The rapid IRS-refunds available---a program that correspondent Brian Ross calls "a consumer rip-off." According to Ross, "the refund is really a bank loan at interest rates as high as 215 percent."

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Episode 9

1993 April 6

Tue, Apr 6, 1993 60 mins

A report on baseball's spring training and players trying to become Seattle Mariners focuses on rookie Jim Converse and veteran Mike Marshall. Included: comments from Mariners manager Lou Piniella. Jon Scott is the correspondent.

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Episode 10

1993 May 18

Tue, May 18, 1993 60 mins

Jane Pauley visits "Cheers" during the taping of its final episode. Discussed: the plans of the actors, whom the segment producer calls "the most happy group of people working together that I've ever seen."

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Episode 11

1993 May 4

Tue, May 4, 1993 60 mins

Scheduled: The competition among manufacturers of sneakers. Jon Scott is the correspondent.

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Episode 12

1993 June 8

Tue, Jun 8, 1993 60 mins

Jane Pauley profiles Tina Turner. Included are scenes of Turner rehearsing for a tour; opening night in Reno. Also: clips of the movie based on Turner's life, "What's Love Got to Do with It."

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Episode 13

1993 June 15

Tue, Jun 15, 1993 60 mins

Scheduled: A report on what producer John Block calls the "racial harassment" that allegedly led to the shooting of a black soldier at an Anchorage, Alaska, Army base. Stone Phillips is the correspondent.

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Episode 14

1993 June 29

Tue, Jun 29, 1993 60 mins

Scheduled: Brian Ross reports on "cheating at the gas pumps," which "costs the Government a fortune in taxes." Included: ways that gas pumps may be rigged; how gasoline is sometimes diluted.

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Episode 15

1993 July 6

Tue, Jul 6, 1993 60 mins

Scheduled: A report on hearing aids. Segment producer Mary Whittington says that there are "disappointed purchasers" to whom products have been "misrepresented." Included: comments from FDA commissioner, Dr. David Kessler.

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Episode 16

1993 July 13

Tue, Jul 13, 1993 60 mins

Scheduled: Jane Pauley interviews Dr. Joycelyn Elders, surgeon-general designate.

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Episode 17

1993 July 20

Tue, Jul 20, 1993 60 mins

Scheduled: A report on a serial arsonist who, according to producer Steve Cheng, "set more than 70 fires during a five-month period." Included: comments from a chief investigator and fire victims.

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Episode 18

1993 Jul 27

Tue, Jul 27, 1993 60 mins

Jane Pauley profiles singer Garth Brooks.

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Episode 19

1993 August 17

Tue, Aug 17, 1993 60 mins

Maria Sansone, a 12-year-old TV sports reporter in Erie, Pa., who has interviewed Michael Jordan and other athletes on her own TV segment, "Down to Size." Included: comments from her parents and co-workers.

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Episode 20

1993 August 24

Tue, Aug 24, 1993 60 mins

Stone Phillips interviews singer Wynonna, who discusses her career (since her mother's retirement).

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Episode 21

1993 August 31

Tue, Aug 31, 1993 60 mins

Jane Pauley interviews Andre Agassi, who discusses the 1993 U.S. Open; Wimbledon; his split with longtime-coach Nick Bollettieri. Also: comments from Bollettieri.

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Episode 22

1993 September 7

Tue, Sep 7, 1993 60 mins

A report on the Churches, a couple whose 8-year-old daughter was born with hydrochepalus (water on the brain) and was not expected to live. Included: comments from Tim and Sandy Church and their daughter Leah.

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Episode 23

1993 September 21

Tue, Sep 21, 1993 60 mins

A report on a West Virginia woman who attempted to sell her 1-month-old son to a couple working undercover. Faith Daniels is the correspondent.

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Episode 24

1993 September 30

Thu, Sep 30, 1993 60 mins

A profile of Paul Simon.

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Episode 25

1993 October 5

Tue, Oct 5, 1993 60 mins

Considering the safety of the Nation's blood supply. Included: comments from representatives of the Red Cross and blood banks. Stone Phillips is the correspondent.

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Episode 26

1993 October 12

Tue, Oct 12, 1993 60 mins

Stone Phillips interviews Howard Stern; Jane Pauley profiles a school custodian who earned a degree in education and a teaching position at a Norfolk, Va., elementary school.

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Episode 27

1993 October 26

Tue, Oct 26, 1993 60 mins

Deborah Roberts reports on bureaucratic waste and how taxpayers are paying for excesses at some U.S. embassies. Included: comments from Evan Galbraith, former U.S. ambassador to France; Rep. John Conyers Jr. (D-Mich.).

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Episode 28

1993 November 9

Tue, Nov 9, 1993 60 mins

Tony Curtis discusses his autobiography. Also: Dr. Jack Kevorkian talks about his plan to have death-row inmates become organ donors. Included are comments from cardiovascular surgeon Michael DeBakey.

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Episode 29

1993 November 16

Tue, Nov 16, 1993 60 mins

Jane Pauley interviews "Seinfeld" cast members, who discuss the show's popularity. Also: Brian Ross reports on "the adulteration of orange juice." Included: comments from a representative of the Florida Citrus Commission.

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Episode 30

1993 December 7

Tue, Dec 7, 1993 60 mins

A report recalling the 1932 Lindbergh kidnapping considers the guilt of Bruno Hauptmann, who was executed in 1936, though he maintained that he was innocent. Included: comments from author Noel Behn ("Lindbergh: The Crime").

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Episode 31

1993 December 28

Tue, Dec 28, 1993 60 mins

A report on credit cards and hidden charges that consumers may pay. Included: comments from a Maryland family concerning payments. Lea Thompson is the correspondent.

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