Where to watch the new Menendez Brothers episode of Dateline

by Junna Base November 9, 2024

Dateline doesn’t miss a beat. Previously in Season 33 of NBC’s long-running newsmagazine series: dateline’S Team of moderators and correspondents have taken a comprehensive look at several high-profile true crime cases that have captured the attention of the entire nation.

This week, Dateline reports on the Menendez brothers, a case that has been the subject of numerous documentaries and drama series, including Law & Order True Crime. Here’s everything you need to know to watch the latest episode on Friday night.

Is Dateline New tonight, Friday, November 8, 2024?

Yes! A brand new episode of Dateline airs tonight, Friday, November 8th at 9/8c on NBC.

Dateline Correspondent Keith Morrison reports on the Lyle and Erik Menendez case. The Menendez brothers were convicted of murdering their parents in August 1989 and sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole. You have been in prison for three decades.

“The Menendez Brothers: Chance at Freedom” is a two-hour episode that looks at the latest developments in their case, which has gained renewed national attention following the release of a documentary (The Menendez Brothers) and dramatized anthology series, Monsters: The Story of Lyle and Erik Menendez, earlier in 2024.

In Friday’s special episode, Morrison sits down with Pamela Bozanich, the prosecutor in the brothers’ 1993 trial, and Los Angeles District Attorney George Gascón. In October 2024, Gascón recommended that the brothers, now over 50 years old, be resentenced and requested clemency.

“This is not about whether they committed the crime, they did it,” Gascón tells Morrison in a preview clip. “That’s about 35 years of rehabilitation under state law. Can they be released safely?”