NBC Changes up Thursday Nights

(press release) NBC cancels ALLEGIANCE, moves THE SLAP to 10 p.m. and adds DATELINE: THE REAL BLACKLIST to 8 p.m. Only THE BLACKLIST remains unchanged on the night.

“Dateline: The Real Blacklist” will be hosted by NBC News’ Richard Engel and focus on conspiracy-themed investigations and crimes that involve larger-than-life perpetrators and circumstances.

For the March 12 “Dateline: The Real Blacklist,” Engel has more on the murder case that is currently the subject of a new official inquiry in Great Britain. He investigates the 2006 poisoning death of former Russian spy and businessman, Alexander Litvinenko.

Engel traveled to London, Moscow and Rome to take a deeper look into Litvinenko’s death, the murder investigation and the players involved in the case. He also spoke with the former Russian security agent, who’s now a chief suspect in the case.

In future telecasts of “Dateline: The Real Blacklist,” the show will report on John McAfee, the former antivirus pioneer who has remained a Person Of Interest to police in their investigation into the murder of Gregory Faull in Belize. “Dateline: The Real Blacklist” will also Go On the trail of the Pink Panther Gang, the famous jewel heists who have fooled some of the world’s most experienced detectives.