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When does 20/20 Season 42 come out?

20/20 Season 42 premiered Friday, September 7, 2018 on ABC and ended Friday, September 20, 2019. The season has 44 episodes.

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1. Abby Hernandez

14-year-old girl reported missing after she doesn't come home from school; Kidnapping survivor recalls life in captivity and how she kept hope alive.

Friday · 8 years ago

2. Shot in the Dark

A high school cheerleader and football player's tumultuous relationship; Teen found dead in her bed from a gunshot to her head; Today, convicted killer apologizes for shooting ex-girlfriend

Friday · 8 years ago

3. From Classroom to Captive

Interview with Elizabeth Thomas, who was taken at age 15 by her Tennessee high school teacher, resulting in a 38-day nationwide manhunt.

Friday · 8 years ago

4. The Real Rookies

Stories of Americans who followed their dreams and started new careers later in life, including a woman who quit her finance job to pursue acting, and a woman who became the oldest person to graduate the from the Houston Police Academy.

Tuesday · 8 years ago

5. What Really Killed Prince

Audio detailing the night Prince nearly died from overdose on plane; Prince suddenly dies at Paisley Park from fentanyl overdose.

Friday · 8 years ago

6. The DNA Detective

Teacher's gruesome 1992 death launches decades-long mystery; Pennsylvania teacher's 1992 death grows cold

Friday · 8 years ago

7. Being Melania: The First Lady

An exclusive sit-down interview with first lady Melania Trump.

Friday · 8 years ago

8. My Son Is Not a Monster

11-year-old arrested for his pregnant soon-to-be stepmother's murder: Why police believe ex-boyfriend was not connected to woman's murder; What it's like to be 11 years old and accused of murder

Friday · 8 years ago

9. Murder in the Mansion

A $3.5 million mansion, a beautiful family's future up in flames; Closing in on the brutal killer in DC mansion murders; Friends, family testify against suspect at trial for DC mansion murders

Friday · 8 years ago

10. The Man Behind The Mask

Former hockey star's young family shattered by wife's murder at home; Manhunt begins for brutal killer of mother of two; 7-year-old daughter becomes key eyewitness in attack on mom.

Friday · 8 years ago

11. Becoming Michelle: A First Lady's Journey with Robin Roberts

From Michelle Obama's humble Chicago upbringing to the White House; Michelle Obama opens up about miscarriage, IVF and marriage counseling

Sunday · 7 years ago

12. Brave New Face

26-year-old face transplant recipient: 'I see me'; Face transplant recipient's mom learns about renowned reconstructive surgeon

Friday · 7 years ago

13. Mary Poppins Returns: Behind the Magic

How the idea for 'Mary Poppins Returns' was born; 'Mary Poppins Returns' star Emily Blunt on making the role her own

Thursday · 7 years ago

14. Family Secrets

A daughter fights for justice after her mother was allegedly killed in husband's murder-for-hire plot.

Friday · 7 years ago

15. Til Death Do Us Part

Texas couple's wedding anniversary celebration ends in tragedy; Woman discovered tied up in a closet, husband stabbed, beaten to death; Woman's family believes husband's killer is still out there

Friday · 7 years ago

16. Remembering George H. W. Bush

Looking back at the legacy of a president.

Saturday · 7 years ago

17. The Devil in Disguise

Chris and Shanann Watts' seemed to be in love, say friends, family; In a shocking statement, Chris Watts describes how he killed his wife; Shanann Watts and her two daughters are found dead.

Friday · 7 years ago

18. Gypsy's Truth and Lies

Gypsy Rose Blanchard opens up about why she plotted to kill her mother and explains what life was like with her; Nicholas Godejohn, Gypsy's ex-boyfriend, alleges that Gypsy was the mastermind behind the murder and he was a hired hit man.

Friday · 7 years ago

19. The Bobbitts: Love Hurts

A look back at the notorious Bobbitt case from 1993 with an exclusive new interview with John Wayne Bobbitt.

Friday · 7 years ago

20. Robert Blake

In a case that remains shrouded in mystery, actor Robert Blake speaks to "20/20" thirteen years after he was acquitted in his wife's murder.

Friday · 7 years ago

21. Unfaithfully Yours

Jim and Tammy Faye Bakker were among the most famous televangelists in America when their religious empire came crashing down amid sex and financial fraud scandals.

Friday · 7 years ago

22. Evil in Eden

Steven and Cary Stayner: The tale of two brothers' horror and heroism.

Friday · 7 years ago

23. My Father BTK

After "BTK" serial killer Dennis Rader's shocking confession, his daughter had to find ways to cope with her new, shattered reality.

Friday · 7 years ago

24. Black Widow

When Stacey Castor's second husband dies suddenly, investigators learn her first husband is also dead. Castor is suspected of murdering her second husband and poisoning her own daughter.

Friday · 7 years ago

25. Bundy

During the 1970s, the notorious serial killer had murdered dozens of women on a rampage that took him across the Pacific Northwest and eventually to Florida.

Friday · 7 years ago

26. The Deadly Ride

A former Uber driver terrorizes the city of Kalamazoo, Mich., on Feb. 20, 2016, killing six people and seriously injuring two others.

Saturday · 7 years ago

27. With Friends Like These

When 19-year-old Sarah Stern's car is mysteriously found on a New Jersey bridge, a former classmate comes forward with information that helps authorities discover what happened.

Friday · 7 years ago

28. Deadly Dance in Texas

Dr. Joseph Sonnier met his girlfriend Richelle Shetina at a dance class, and the two traveled to Paris together, just weeks before the unthinkable happened.

Friday · 7 years ago

29. The Dropout

The Dropout The story of Elizabeth Holmes and the fall of her start-up Theranos is an unbelievable tale of ambition and fame gone terribly wrong.

Friday · 7 years ago

30. My Mother's Sins

A woman shoots her three young children, seriously injuring two and killing one.

Friday · 7 years ago

31. The Secret in Her Eyes

The two beautiful young Mormon athletes seemed to have a perfect marriage, but Janet's sisters say that changed dramatically when Abaroa revealed he cheated

Friday · 7 years ago

32. The Woman in the Suitcase

a 21-year-old Miami hotel guest has no memory of being attacked, raped and left for dead.

Friday · 7 years ago

33. Your Biggest Fan

Actress Rebecca Schaeffer is shot point blank at the door of her Los Angeles home by her longtime stalker;

Friday · 7 years ago

34. Seed of Doubt

A woman who believed she was conceived by an anonymous sperm donor discovers her biological father is actually her mother's former fertility doctor.

Friday · 7 years ago

35. Last Defense

A mother on death row for the unthinkable. Now the court orders testing on crucial crime scene evidence.

Friday · 7 years ago

36. Undercover Mother

A man convicted of murder has his conviction overturned by an appeals court and waits to see if a higher court agrees it should be overturned.

Friday · 7 years ago

37. One Night in Central Park

Revisiting the 1989 case of a female jogger who was brutally raped and beaten in New York City.

Friday · 7 years ago

38. The Final Act

Daniel Wozniak was a community theater actor in California when he was arrested for the murders of Sam Herr, a war veteran, and Julie Kibuishi, a college student and dancer, in May 2010.

Friday · 7 years ago

39. The Perfect Nanny

When a woman is found unresponsive in her bathtub, two of her daughters suspect their father is responsible.

Friday · 7 years ago

40. President Trump: 30 Hours

Trump on polls showing Biden ahead: 'I don't believe those polls; Trump on Mueller, immigration and putting his personal touch on Oval Office.

Monday · 7 years ago

41. A Family Affair

How did an ordinary-looking American family turn into pistol-wielding bank robbers?

Friday · 7 years ago

42. The Affair

When a woman secretly records her husband's affair, she snaps and kills his girlfriend and herself.

Friday · 7 years ago

43. The Hustlers

A lifelong hustler discovers the strip club scene; Strip club workers' new hustle takes a dark turn; Doctor almost swindled out of $100,000 after three dates with woman.

Friday · 7 years ago

44. 30 Years Searching Finale

Detectives use DNA evidence to solve a cold case involving the murder of an 18-year-old woman.

Friday · 7 years ago

20/20 Season 42 FAQ

When does 20/20 Season 42 come out?

20/20 Season 42 premiered Friday, September 7, 2018 on ABC.

How many episodes are in 20/20 Season 42?

20/20 Season 42 has 44 episodes.

Are new episodes of 20/20 Season 42 released weekly?

New episodes are released weekly.

When is the 20/20 Season 42 finale?

The 20/20 Season 42 finale (Episode 44) aired Friday, September 20, 2019.

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