# I Witness Video

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**I Witness Video** is an [NBC](/source/NBC) News production primetime series and American informational [reality television](/source/Reality_television)-based television program that aired on [NBC](/source/NBC) on Sunday night from August 16, 1992 to July 10, 1994. It was first seen as a series of six specials beginning on February 23, 1992, and created the genre of dramatic video footage pre-empting traditional journalism now featured on [ABC World News Tonight](/source/ABC_World_News_Tonight).

## Overview

Each episode featured videos sent in by viewers. The videos shown featured robberies, hostage situations, fires, and natural disasters, including tidal waves, and [earthquakes](/source/Earthquake) and had interviews with the people involved. The program received some criticism for airing violent content in what is considered the "family hour".[1]

## References

1. *[The Complete Directory to Prime Time Network and Cable TV Shows 1946-Present](/source/The_Complete_Directory_to_Prime_Time_Network_and_Cable_TV_Shows_1946-Present)*. Ballantine Books. 2003. p. 569. ISBN 0-345-45542-8.

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