Mu Novembala chaka chatha, nyengo yachisanu ndi isanu ndi itatu ya "mndandanda wakuda" adayamba pa NBC TV. Ngakhale mavoti opemphedwa, mndandandawu udalandirabe kuwonjezera kwa nyengo yachisanu ndi chinayi. Izi zimanenedwa ndi TVLifotokoze pofotokoza mawu a NBC.
Malinga ndi lolemba, zigawo zitatu zoyambirira za nyengo yachisanu ndi chitatu "Mndandanda wakuda" womwe umasonkhanitsidwa pafupifupi okonda pafupifupi 3.5 miliyoni. Poyerekeza ndi nyengo yachisanu ndi chiwiri, dontho mu zisonyezo zikuluzikulu kuyambira 19% mpaka 28%. Komabe, malinga ndi mawu a NBC, onjezerani ku mavoti a pa TV kuti atulutse kudzera pa teleketi, ndiye kuti polojekiti yafika poti ntchito yofunikira iyenera kuonedwa mokwanira.
Nkhani yakuti "Mndandanda Wakuda" ukusimba za kusagwirizana ndi FBI, Elizabeth Kein ndi katswiri, ndipo tsopano anali wowopsa kwambiri ndipo tsopano amafuna kuti raddton ya raymond. Amadzipereka mwakufuna kwa Bureau ndi malonjezo othandiza pofufuza ndi kugwidwa kwa malingaliro ankhanza.
Maudindo akuluakulu adachitidwa ndi James Spander, Megan Boon, Harry Lennix, Amir Arison ndi ena. Mlengi wa chiwonetsero cha John Banesp amadziwika kuti akugwira ntchito pamafilimu "ovutika kwambiri" ndi "moyo".