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What to Watch Friday: ‘Dateline’ updates a 40-year-old ax murder cold case

“Dateline NBC” correspondents tackle true crime cases each week.
“Dateline NBC” correspondents tackle true crime cases each week. NBC

Here’s what’s on TV tonight.

Dateline: The Bad Man (9 p.m., NBC)

Andrea Canning has the case of Cathy Krauseneck, a young wife and mother found murdered with an ax in her upstate New York home in 1982. Nearly 40 years later, a new team of investigators took on the cold case to uncover the killer. Interviews with former Brighton police officer Markus Spaker, investigator Richard Corrigan, Monroe County District Attorney Sandra Doorley, Krauseneck’s sister Annet Schlosser and others..

20/20: What the Little Girl Saw (9 p.m., ABC)

ABC reports on the murder of Kelley Stage Clayton, a mother of two killed in her home in 2015. Her 7-year-old daughter was a witness to her mother’s murder and helped police find the killer, whose “eyes looked just like daddy’s.”

That ‘90s Show (Netflix)

This reboot of “That ‘70s Show,” which ran from 1996-2008 and launched the careers of Ashton Kutcher, Mila Kunis and Topher Grace, landed on Netflix on Thursday. Kurtwood Smith and Debra Jo Rupp, who played the parents of Topher Grace’s character, reprise their roles.

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This story was originally published January 20, 2023 at 7:12 AM.

Brooke Cain
The News & Observer
Brooke Cain is a North Carolina native who has worked at The News & Observer and McClatchy for more than 30 years as a researcher, reporter and media writer. She is the National Service Journalism Editor for McClatchy. 
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