(L-R) Drs Gerry and Kate McCann with their children, Madeleine McCann and Christian Brueckner.

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48 HOURS: “The Puzzle: Solving the Madeleine McCann Case” was Saturday’s #1 primetime program with viewers, according to Nielsen live plus same day ratings for Saturday, Feb. 27. The broadcast delivered 2.95 million viewers and a 0.5/03 with adults 25-54.

Saturday’s broadcast featured Peter Van Sant and 48 HOURS’ investigation into the disappearance of 3-year-old Madeleine McCann in 2007 and the international search for answers that has unfolded for more than 13 years. Now, there is a suspect in Germany who may hold the key to what happened. McCann vanished from her bed one night while her family was on holiday at a beach resort in Praia da Luz, Portugal. McCann’s parents, British doctors Gerry and Kate McCann, had left their children sleeping in their hotel apartment to have dinner with friends 50 yards away. The friends took turns checking on each other’s children approximately every 15 minutes. When Kate McCann’s turn came, she discovered Madeleine was gone.

The case, which Van Sant and 48 HOURS have been covering since 2007, made international headlines and launched a massive search and multinational investigation. Years passed with no answers. And then in June 2020, German authorities announced they had a suspect, who they said was a sex offender with several previous convictions. The suspect’s name is Christian Brueckner. 48 HOURS: “The Puzzle: Solving the Madeleine McCann Case” featured interviews with German prosecutor Hans Christian Wolters, intelligence and crime experts, and more.

48 HOURS: “The Puzzle: Solving the Madeleine McCann Case” is produced by Chris Young Ritzen, Josh Gelman, and Anthony Venditti. Anna Noryskiewicz and Paolo Marenghi are the field producers. Michael Baluzy, Gary Winter and Greg Kaplan are the editors. Lourdes Aguiar is the senior producer. Nancy Kramer is the executive story editor. Judy Tygard is the executive producer.

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