Keith Morrison Unplugged

True-crime trends might come and go, but Keith Morrison is eternal. Julie Miller had a long conversation with the Datelinecorrespondent about his nearly three decades with the NBC newsmagazine, interviewing convicted killers, and his latest project, a six-part podcast about a crime Morrison thinks deserves more attention than it’s gotten. “People who agree to be interviewed—we’re never forcing them to be interviewed—agree to sit down and talk with us because they want to put on a good impression,” he says. ”People who believe that they are capable of persuading us of their innocence, even though we kind of know they’re guilty, the narcissists in the crowd. They’re always the smartest one in the room, even when they aren’t.” 

Elsewhere in HWD, David Canfield handicaps the best-actor-in-a-comedy Emmy race; Lisa Liebman digs into the season finale of Hacks; late-night writers tell Savannah Walsh about the trickiest jokes they wrote this year; and Hillary Busis talks with Tom Perrotta about the sequel to Election, Tracy Flick Can’t Win.

The Voice

“People lie to you all the time in these interviews,” says the beloved Dateline host, teasing The Seduction. “But not in this case…. It was extraordinary.”

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Head-to-Head

Two Emmy winners and former Saturday Night Live stars have never lost the best-actor Emmy category, and have never gone head-to-head. That’s about to change.

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But Seriously, Folks

The creators of Hacks on their favorite moments, Deborah putting shrimp under a pillow, and that “messy bitch” Bill Maher.

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Punching Up

Writers from The Amber Ruffin Show, Late Night With Seth Meyers, Conan, and The Daily Show With Trevor Noah weigh in on the jokes that presented their biggest challenges in the past year.

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Pick Flick

The author of Election on his new follow-up, Tracy Flick Can’t Win,which writes an unexpected future for the quintessential ambition monster.

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