Is Dateline coming back?
Dateline (1984–present) on SBS
The answer: Between seasons — last episode April 7, 2026, no return date announced yet.
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Dateline episode schedule
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Aired · 436
| Date | Ep. | Title |
|---|---|---|
| April 7, 2026 | S2026·E6 | American Veterans: The War Within |
| March 31, 2026 | S2026·E5 | Glasgow: No Vacancy |
| March 24, 2026 | S2026·E4 | Slay Queens of South Africa |
| March 17, 2026 | S2026·E3 | Vienna: A Renters' Paradise |
| March 10, 2026 | S2026·E2 | Nepal's Gen Z Uprising |
| March 3, 2026 | S2026·E1 | Trump's ICE Crackdown |
| October 7, 2025 | S2025·E27 | Inside Israel: A Nation at War |
| September 30, 2025 | S2025·E26 | America's Autism Wars |
| September 23, 2025 | S2025·E25 | The Cult of Tradwives: Part 2 |
| September 16, 2025 | S2025·E24 | The Cult of Tradwives: Part 1 |
| September 9, 2025 | S2025·E23 | Chateaux For Sale |
| August 26, 2025 | S2025·E22 | Surviving My Father |
| August 19, 2025 | S2025·E21 | The Cost of Doing Business: Part 2 |
| August 12, 2025 | S2025·E20 | The Cost of Doing Business: Part 1 |
| August 5, 2025 | S2025·E19 | Killing For Healthcare |
| July 29, 2025 | S2025·E18 | Inside China: The Battle For Tibet |
| July 15, 2025 | S2025·E17 | Let's Talk About Sex, Habibi |
| June 24, 2025 | S2025·E16 | Afghanistan: Voice of the Resistance |
| June 17, 2025 | S2025·E15 | The Narcolands |
| June 10, 2025 | S2025·E14 | The World's Most Dangerous Job? |
| June 3, 2025 | S2025·E13 | Born Big |
| May 20, 2025 | S2025·E12 | Harrods: Delivered to a Predator |
| May 13, 2025 | S2025·E11 | The City Ruled by Gangs |
| May 6, 2025 | S2025·E10 | America's Gay Rodeo |
| April 29, 2025 | S2025·E9 | Taiwan's Dementia Village |
| April 22, 2025 | S2025·E8 | El Salvador: Gangland to Safe Haven |
| April 15, 2025 | S2025·E7 | Venice's Tourist Overload |
| April 8, 2025 | S2025·E6 | Sweden's Flatpack Homes |
| April 1, 2025 | S2025·E5 | Inside Spain's Narco Submarines |
| March 25, 2025 | S2025·E4 | Lebanon: War, Peace and Hezbollah |
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| March 18, 2025 | S2025·E3 | Britain's Woke History Wars |
| March 11, 2025 | S2025·E2 | Georgia's Stolen Children |
| March 4, 2025 | S2025·E1 | Singapore's Toughest Prison |
| October 8, 2024 | S2024·E29 | Murder In Afghanistan: Trouble With The Taliban |
| October 1, 2024 | S2024·E28 | Murder in Afghanistan |
| September 24, 2024 | S2024·E27 | Vietnam Veterans Reunited |
| September 17, 2024 | S2024·E26 | The Beast: Mexico's Deadliest Train |
| September 10, 2024 | S2024·E25 | A New Sheriff In Town |
| September 3, 2024 | S2024·E24 | India's Virginity Test |
| August 27, 2024 | S2024·E23 | The K-Pop Dream Factory |
| August 20, 2024 | S2024·E22 | The Best Place To Have A Baby? |
| August 13, 2024 | S2024·E21 | Venice's Tourist Overload |
| August 6, 2024 | S2024·E20 | The American-Mexican Abortion Network |
| July 30, 2024 | S2024·E19 | Cambodia's Surrogacy Crackdown |
| July 23, 2024 | S2024·E18 | Sleuths of Seoul |
| June 25, 2024 | S2024·E17 | Alzheimer's: A Turning Point? |
| June 18, 2024 | S2024·E16 | Breaking Good: Mafia Kids |
| June 11, 2024 | S2024·E15 | Canada's Fentanyl Warning |
| June 4, 2024 | S2024·E14 | Timor-Leste's Paedophile Priest Scandal |
| May 28, 2024 | S2024·E13 | Bears Gone Wild |
| May 21, 2024 | S2024·E12 | Romania's Webcam Girls |
| May 14, 2024 | S2024·E11 | Activist Or Extremist? |
| May 7, 2024 | S2024·E10 | China: Secrets and Power |
| April 30, 2024 | S2024·E9 | Born Big |
| April 23, 2024 | S2024·E8 | Japans Cheap Homes |
| April 16, 2024 | S2024·E7 | Country Of Lost Children |
| April 9, 2024 | S2024·E6 | The Kid's Gambit |
| April 2, 2024 | S2024·E5 | Finding Yusuf - Part 2 |
| March 26, 2024 | S2024·E4 | Finding Yusuf - Part 1 |
| March 19, 2024 | S2024·E3 | Over Sharenting |
| March 12, 2024 | S2024·E2 | A Child Of Gaza |
| March 5, 2024 | S2024·E1 | Camp Coda: Children of Deaf Adults |
| October 17, 2023 | S2023·E30 | Making a Militant |
| October 10, 2023 | S2023·E29 | Adrift In Australian Waters |
| October 3, 2023 | S2023·E28 | Japan's Taken Children |
| September 26, 2023 | S2023·E27 | Sex Tourism: Predators In Paradise |
| September 19, 2023 | S2023·E26 | The Sámi Voice |
| September 12, 2023 | S2023·E25 | India's Population Explosion |
| September 5, 2023 | S2023·E24 | Japan's Cheap Homes |
| August 29, 2023 | S2023·E23 | Sex, Drugs And Bad Tourists |
| August 22, 2023 | S2023·E22 | Inside Little North Korea |
| August 15, 2023 | S2023·E21 | Indonesia's Vaping Addicts |
| August 8, 2023 | S2023·E20 | Being Queer In Putin's Shadow |
| August 1, 2023 | S2023·E19 | Beauty Kings |
| July 25, 2023 | S2023·E18 | Combat Medics |
| June 27, 2023 | S2023·E17 | The Best Place To Have A Baby? |
| June 20, 2023 | S2023·E16 | The School For Macho Men |
| June 13, 2023 | S2023·E15 | Italy's 1 Euro Homes |
| June 6, 2023 | S2023·E14 | Dealing With Debt |
| May 30, 2023 | S2023·E13 | Canada's Fentanyl Warning |
| May 23, 2023 | S2023·E12 | China's Underground Tutors |
| May 16, 2023 | S2023·E11 | Teen Mums: Pregnant And Trapped |
| May 9, 2023 | S2023·E10 | Bank Robbers |
| May 2, 2023 | S2023·E9 | Rat Hunters |
| April 25, 2023 | S2023·E8 | Teens, Love And War |
| April 18, 2023 | S2023·E7 | Children For Sale |
| April 11, 2023 | S2023·E6 | Love And Race In South Africa |
| October 25, 2022 | S2022·E29 | The World's Happiest Country |
| October 18, 2022 | S2022·E28 | The World's Oldest Influencers |
| October 11, 2022 | S2022·E27 | Japans Taken Children |
| October 4, 2022 | S2022·E26 | Senior Sex And The City |
| September 27, 2022 | S2022·E25 | Catching Scammers |
| September 20, 2022 | S2022·E24 | Footballs Racist Reputation |
| September 13, 2022 | S2022·E23 | Born Small |
| September 6, 2022 | S2022·E22 | Mexicos Deadly Coca-Cola Addiction |
| August 30, 2022 | S2022·E21 | Thailand Drugs Tourists And Prison Time |
| August 23, 2022 | S2022·E20 | Love And Race In South Africa |
| August 16, 2022 | S2022·E19 | Surviving The Circus |
| August 9, 2022 | S2022·E18 | Afghan Athletes On The Run |
| August 2, 2022 | S2022·E17 | Plan B: Abortion In America |
| June 28, 2022 | S2022·E16 | Storm Chasers |
| June 21, 2022 | S2022·E15 | Sweden's Gun Problem |
| June 14, 2022 | S2022·E14 | Waiting for a God |
| June 7, 2022 | S2022·E13 | Bangla Surf Girls |
| May 31, 2022 | S2022·E12 | Going Off-Grid |
| May 24, 2022 | S2022·E11 | Japan's Wartime Sex Slaves |
| May 17, 2022 | S2022·E10 | Sri Lanka's Organic Dream |
| May 10, 2022 | S2022·E9 | Putin's Child Soldiers |
| May 3, 2022 | S2022·E8 | South Korea's Musical Prodigies |
| April 26, 2022 | S2022·E7 | Surviving Terror In Norway |
| April 19, 2022 | S2022·E6 | Italy's 1 Euro Homes |
| April 12, 2022 | S2022·E5 | Butterflies v. Cartels |
| April 5, 2022 | S2022·E4 | India's Street Kids: Telling Their Own Story |
| March 29, 2022 | S2022·E3 | Moldova: Putin's Next Target? |
| March 22, 2022 | S2022·E2 | Murder in Malta |
| March 15, 2022 | S2022·E1 | Missing in China |
| November 9, 2021 | S2021·E31 | China's Rainbow Families |
| November 2, 2021 | S2021·E30 | Desperately Seeking Sperm |
| October 26, 2021 | S2021·E29 | Back to School With Delta |
| October 19, 2021 | S2021·E28 | Sex, Drugs and Bad Tourists |
| October 12, 2021 | S2021·E27 | Scottish Independence: Union In Trouble |
| October 5, 2021 | S2021·E26 | Women of Everest |
| September 21, 2021 | S2021·E25 | Germany's Neo-Nazis and the Far Right |
| September 14, 2021 | S2021·E24 | Escape from Afghanistan |
| September 7, 2021 | S2021·E23 | The China Dream - Tensions with Taiwan (Part 2) |
| August 31, 2021 | S2021·E22 | The China Dream: Tensions With Australia (Part One) |
| August 24, 2021 | S2021·E21 | Russia's Military Kids |
| August 17, 2021 | S2021·E20 | Paralympics: the Fight for Fairness |
| August 10, 2021 | S2021·E19 | Korea's Online Gaming Addicts |
| August 3, 2021 | S2021·E18 | Sumo Nation |
| July 27, 2021 | S2021·E17 | Poles Apart |
| July 20, 2021 | S2021·E16 | Eritrea: The Secret State |
| June 22, 2021 | S2021·E15 | Going Off-Grid |
| June 15, 2021 | S2021·E14 | The World's Happiest Country |
| June 8, 2021 | S2021·E13 | Myanmar's Spring Revolution |
| June 1, 2021 | S2021·E12 | Winning the War on Drugs |
| May 25, 2021 | S2021·E11 | Battle for the Vaccine Hesitant |
| May 18, 2021 | S2021·E10 | Escape Through the Alps |
| May 11, 2021 | S2021·E9 | The Fight for America's Soul |
| May 4, 2021 | S2021·E8 | Dying to Divorce |
| April 27, 2021 | S2021·E7 | Japan's Junior Idols and Their Adult Male Fans |
| April 20, 2021 | S2021·E6 | Born Small |
| April 13, 2021 | S2021·E5 | Covid-19: Fashion's Great Unravelling |
| April 6, 2021 | S2021·E4 | China's Grey Race |
| March 30, 2021 | S2021·E3 | London's Cabbie Crisis |
| March 23, 2021 | S2021·E2 | The People vs. Agent Orange |
| March 16, 2021 | S2021·E1 | Digital Predators |
| November 17, 2020 | S2020·E29 | Internet Love In A Strange Land 2018 Rpt |
| November 10, 2020 | S2020·E28 | Alaskan Cold War Family Reunion |
| November 3, 2020 | S2020·E27 | Asian Americans Decide |
| October 27, 2020 | S2020·E26 | Thailand On The Brink |
| October 20, 2020 | S2020·E25 | Deadly Trip Of A Lifetime (Part 2) |
| October 13, 2020 | S2020·E24 | Deadly Trip Of A Lifetime (Part 1) |
| October 6, 2020 | S2020·E23 | Trump's Deterrence Strategy |
| September 29, 2020 | S2020·E22 | Nirvana For Sale |
| September 22, 2020 | S2020·E21 | Finland's Climate Warriors |
| September 15, 2020 | S2020·E20 | Schools Under Siege |
| September 8, 2020 | S2020·E19 | Welcome to Lesbos |
| September 1, 2020 | S2020·E18 | Zoo Troubles |
| June 16, 2020 | S2020·E17 | Pandemic Farming: Apples and Oranges |
| June 9, 2020 | S2020·E16 | From Russia With No Immunity |
| June 2, 2020 | S2020·E15 | China's Grey Race |
| May 26, 2020 | S2020·E14 | China's Obesity Crisis |
| May 19, 2020 | S2020·E13 | Birmingham Under the Knife |
| May 12, 2020 | S2020·E12 | Paris: A Tale of Two Cities |
| May 5, 2020 | S2020·E11 | How Coronavirus Overwhelmed Spain |
| April 28, 2020 | S2020·E10 | Machu Picchu: When The Tourists Left |
| April 21, 2020 | S2020·E9 | The People's Peace Talks |
| April 14, 2020 | S2020·E8 | How Italy Has Changed |
| April 7, 2020 | S2020·E7 | Saving LA's Homeless |
| March 31, 2020 | S2020·E6 | Where Chocolate Comes From |
| March 24, 2020 | S2020·E5 | What Happened To The New Zealand Dream? |
| March 17, 2020 | S2020·E4 | Sweden's Crisis Preppers (2019 Rpt) |
| March 10, 2020 | S2020·E3 | Fiji's High Tide |
| March 3, 2020 | S2020·E2 | Who Will Take On Trump |
| February 25, 2020 | S2020·E1 | Vietnam's Hard Knocks Kitchen |
| November 19, 2019 | S2019·E28 | Dying For Medicine In America |
| November 12, 2019 | S2019·E27 | Restoration Mosul |
| November 5, 2019 | S2019·E26 | Human Cargo |
| October 29, 2019 | S2019·E25 | Italy's Migrant Boot Camp |
| October 22, 2019 | S2019·E24 | 30 Lost Years |
| October 15, 2019 | S2019·E23 | Why Singapore is Top of the Class |
| October 8, 2019 | S2019·E22 | Florida's Mental Health Crisis |
| October 1, 2019 | S2019·E21 | When the Immigrants Leave |
| September 24, 2019 | S2019·E20 | Return to Timor-Leste |
| September 17, 2019 | S2019·E19 | Behind the Frontline |
| September 10, 2019 | S2019·E18 | Can Love Save Spain |
| September 3, 2019 | S2019·E17 | America's Measles Comeback |
| June 25, 2019 | S2019·E16 | How to Catch a Witch Doctor |
| June 18, 2019 | S2019·E15 | America's War on Abortion |
| June 11, 2019 | S2019·E14 | Mafia Showdown |
| June 4, 2019 | S2019·E13 | Trump's Poverty Line |
| May 28, 2019 | S2019·E12 | Sweden's Crisis Preppers |
| May 21, 2019 | S2019·E11 | Thailand's Child Fighters |
| May 14, 2019 | S2019·E10 | Japan's Secret Shame |
| May 7, 2019 | S2019·E9 | Sulawesi's Extinction Business |
| April 30, 2019 | S2019·E8 | Malaysia's Fish Bombers |
| April 23, 2019 | S2019·E7 | The Best Place to Be a Woman |
| April 16, 2019 | S2019·E6 | Forced to Be Fat |
| April 9, 2019 | S2019·E5 | Hong Kong's Crazy Rich and Mega Poor |
| April 2, 2019 | S2019·E4 | Brexit's Irish Border Troubles |
| March 26, 2019 | S2019·E3 | Brazil's President vs. The Amazon |
| March 19, 2019 | S2019·E2 | New Zealand's Darkest Day |
| March 12, 2019 | S2019·E1 | Denmark's Dementia Village |
| November 20, 2018 | S2018·E37 | Saudi's Freedom Test Drive |
| November 6, 2018 | S2018·E36 | US Midterms: Voters Verdict |
| October 30, 2018 | S2018·E35 | From Melbourne to Mati |
| October 23, 2018 | S2018·E34 | Evil in Paradise |
| October 16, 2018 | S2018·E33 | Prison with No Locks |
| October 9, 2018 | S2018·E32 | It's a Match |
| October 2, 2018 | S2018·E31 | Korea's Dog Fight |
| September 25, 2018 | S2018·E30 | The Kids Are Not Alright |
| September 18, 2018 | S2018·E29 | The World's Dirtiest Air |
| September 11, 2018 | S2018·E28 | Un Sex Abuse Scandal |
| September 4, 2018 | S2018·E27 | What the FARC? |
| August 28, 2018 | S2018·E26 | India's Hospital Train |
| August 21, 2018 | S2018·E25 | From Pariah to Messiah |
| August 14, 2018 | S2018·E24 | Trump's Zero Tolerance |
| August 7, 2018 | S2018·E23 | Children Caught in the Crossfire |
| July 31, 2018 | S2018·E22 | Saving China's Pandas |
| July 10, 2018 | S2018·E21 | Defending Gender: Part 2 - The Best Place to Be a Woman |
| July 3, 2018 | S2018·E20 | Defending Gender: Part 1 - Proud Boys |
| June 26, 2018 | S2018·E19 | The Beautiful Game for Girls |
| June 12, 2018 | S2018·E18 | How to Catch a Pimp |
| June 5, 2018 | S2018·E17 | Made in China |
| May 29, 2018 | S2018·E16 | The Vegan Wars |
| May 22, 2018 | S2018·E15 | Ireland's Abortion Debate |
| May 15, 2018 | S2018·E14 | Myanmar's Killing Fields |
| May 8, 2018 | S2018·E13 | Exploring the Abyss |
| May 1, 2018 | S2018·E12 | Yemen's Children of War |
…and 206 earlier episodes not shown. Long-running show.