![]() Not "news" in the strict sense, these types of shows tend to do well for newsmagazines: ABC's "What Would You Do" series on "Primetime," which sets up various social experiments, is particularly popular among younger viewers, which news shows have trouble reaching. NBC hopes parents and children watch the programs together and discuss them, said Liz Cole, executive producer of "Dateline."įour mothers who work at "Dateline" came up with the idea, an outgrowth of a show on bullying that aired last year. ![]() "I would have lost my money if I put a bet on it," one cringing parent said after watching a youngster climb into a car with an actor pretending to be drunk behind the wheel.įor four consecutive Sunday nights, "Dateline NBC" will show the scenarios, which also test whether kids would cheat or discriminate if given the opportunity. Parents watched it all on monitors nearby. Promised free ice cream, they climbed into a van driven by an actor who could easily close the door on them and speed away. Time and again, children gave their names and addresses to a "stranger" who had taken their picture and talked about putting them on TV. ![]() Using hidden cameras and actors, the network set up scenarios to see if kids really follow their parents' instructions to avoid strangers, don't get into a car with a drunk driver or don't cheat. Correspondent Natalie Morales ended up in tears when she put herself and her 8-year-old son through the same parenting test that "Dateline NBC" is subjecting others to for a series that starts Sunday. ![]()
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