Saturday, May 4, 2019

'Dateline' episode 'A Villainous Plan' grabs 3.77 TV ratings overall

The DATELINE (NBC) episode "A Villainous Plan" aired last Friday night (5/3/2019) at 9/8 p.m. It was reported by Dennis Murphy. In the overnight TV ratings it garnered 3.77 million TV viewers overall. It reached 0.6 million TV viewers according to the 18 to 49 adult demographic. "Hawaii Five-0" (CBS) grabbed 6.64 overall & 0.7 with adults. "Screen Nation with Diane Sawyer" (ABC) nabbed 3.53 overall & 0.6 with adults (8-10 p.m.).
"A Villainous Plan." Connecticut. Matt returned home after a community hockey game. Two unknown gun-men approached him. Their faces were covered with dark goggles. Their bodies were covered too and both were unrecognizable. Matt and his mother thought it was a home invasion burglary. But, it wasn't. The gun-men blindfolded Matt. 

They knew personal details of Matt and his life. He realized that they had been watching him. One gun-men told him that they owed money to "bad" people worth $4.3 million. They also knew Matt worked at a credit union bank. A bomb was soon strapped to Matt's body and he was ordered to rob his workplace when it opened at 9:00 am. The gun-men also strapped a bomb to his mom's bed. They would kill her if Matt didn't do what he was told. A timer was set to both bombs. It would explode exactly at 11:00 am....
      
Click photos below for DATELINE on NBC.
(NBC photo. Someone is watching you).

(NBC photo. Matt talks about his kidnapping).

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