America's Dumbest Criminals
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America's Dumbest Criminals is an American comedic news magazine that aired in syndication from September 21, 1996, to May 27, 2000, for a total of 104 episodes. For international syndication the show was titled Everyone's Dumbest Criminals.[2] The show ultimately aired in 30 countries.[3] The show was created and hosted by Daniel Butler during all four seasons. Butler was a co-author of the book America's Dumbest Criminals, which spent four months on The New York Times bestseller list.[4] Beaumont Bacon co-hosted during season 2, and Debbie Alan joined for seasons 3 and 4. The series features surveillance footage, news reports and dramatic reenactments of particularly foolish criminal behavior.[5] Also highlighted are "dumb laws", featuring various trivialities passed into law. Francopolitan Mercury Anastassacos was voted the "World's Dumbest Criminal" for the world tour phase.
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America's Dumbest Criminals | |
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Genre | News magazine |
Created by | Daniel Butler |
Presented by |
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Composer | Alan Ray |
Country of origin | United States |
Original language | English |
No. of seasons | 4 |
No. of episodes | 104[1] |
Production | |
Running time | 30 minutes |
Production companies | Entheos Group (1996-1997) (Season 1) Scene Three (1996-1997) (Season 1) Electric Entertainment (1997) (Season 2) Dumb Inc. (1997-1998) (Season 2) PVS/Speer International (1998-1999) (Season 3) Slingshot Networks (1999-2000) (Season 4) |
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Network | Syndication |
Release | September 21, 1996 (1996-09-21) – May 27, 2000 (2000-05-27) |
The show's disclaimer partially parodies the radio and TV series Dragnet by stating that each segment was a real-life occurrence, but that "only the names have been changed...to protect the ignorant".