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List of Without a Trace broadcasters




Without a Trace

For other uses, see Without a Trace (disambiguation).
Without a Trace
Without a trace logo.jpg
Intertitle
Format Police procedural
Thriller
Mystery
Created by Hank Steinberg
Starring Anthony LaPaglia
Poppy Montgomery
Marianne Jean-Baptiste
Enrique Murciano
Roselyn Sánchez (seasons 4-7)
Eric Close
Country of origin United States
No. of seasons 7
No. of episodes 160 (List of episodes)
Production
Location(s) New York City, New York
Running time 43 minutes
Broadcast
Original channel CBS ion
Picture format 480i (SDTV),
1080i (High-definition television)
Original run September 26, 2002 – May 19, 2009
External links
Website

Without a Trace is an American television drama which originally ran on CBS from September 26, 2002 to May 19, 2009. The series was set in New York City and concerned a fictitious FBI Missing Persons Unit.

Premise

Each episode usually followed the search for one individual under tight time constraints. The stories also focused on the personal lives of the team members and illustrated how their various experiences gave them insight into certain cases.

The real FBI does investigate missing persons; specifically they have the authority to help in any "mysterious" disappearances of children abducted by non-family members. The teams that investigate these crimes are called CARD (Child Abduction Rapid Deployment) Teams. They get involved in other missing persons cases as needed, but do not have a dedicated unit.

One element that set the show apart from other TV crime dramas was the display of information about real-life missing persons at the end of most episodes. Occasionally such information was replaced with other public service announcements, such as an episode about an attempted suicide which presented information on a suicide help line. Showings outside the U.S. tend to omit missing persons info; however, Australia's Nine Network usually showed Australian cases, and in Hong Kong the TVB Pearl showed information about local missing persons during the first two seasons.

Without a Trace took place within Jerry Bruckheimer's CSI: Crime Scene Investigation universe. A crossover episode featured characters Gil Grissom from CSI and Jack Malone from Without a Trace working together in an attempt to solve the same case.

History

Without a Trace debuted as part of the CBS fall line-up in 2002, created by Hank Steinberg and produced by Jerry Bruckheimer. The show was the first ever to score strong ratings opposite longtime NBC hit ER—which, like Without a Trace, is produced by Warner Bros. Television. The first two showrunners were Steinberg and Ed Redlich. Between Seasons Two and Three, Steinberg and Redlich moved away from active participation in the series, with staff writers Jan Nash and taking over. The show is the only prime-time U.S. drama to feature two Australians (Poppy Montgomery & Anthony LaPaglia) and a Briton (Marianne Jean-Baptiste) playing Americans in the regular cast.

In 2003, the TNT Network acquired syndication rights to the series for US$1.4 million per episode.

Without a Trace ran on Thursdays at 10 pm until September 2006, when it was moved to Sundays at 10 pm. In the 2007–2008 season it swapped timeslots with Shark, returning it to its old timeslot on Thursdays. However, this lasted only until the 2008–2009 season, when it moved to Tuesdays at 10 pm. On May 19, 2009, it was reported that the series would not be returning for an eighth season.

Main cast

Season synopsis

Season 1

Season 2

Season 3

Season 4

Season 5

Season 6

Season 7

Episodes

U.S. television ratings

Seasonal rankings (based on average total viewers per episode) of Without A Trace on CBS.

Note: Each U.S. network television season starts in late September and ends in late May, which coincides with the completion of May sweeps.

DVD releases

Season releases

See also

References

  1. Federal Bureau of Investigation – Crimes Against Children – Non-Family Child Abductions
  2. "Without a Trace cancelled". TV Series Finale. http://tvseriesfinale.com/articles/without-a-trace-cancelled-season-eight/. Retrieved 2010-02-05.
  3. Finn, Natalie (2006-03-15). "CBS Fined for "Trace" of Indecency". Eonline.com (E!). http://www.eonline.com/uberblog/b51883_cbs_fined_trace_of_indecency.html. Retrieved 2007-06-23.
  4. The TV Grid: Is your show coming back?, Los Angeles Times. Retrieved June 28, 2009.
  5. "CBS Sets Series Return Dates". http://www.zap2it.com/tv/news/zap-cbsreturndates,0,7656374.story. Retrieved 2008-02-13.
  6. "2002-03 Ratings". http://groups.google.com/group/rec.arts.tv/browse_thread/thread/ee82c0640bcaeb06/82c78e0fe7710443?lnk=st&q=%22practice%22++2002-03+%22primetime%22+friends+survivor&rnum=1&hl=en#82c78e0fe7710443. Retrieved May 25, 2007.
  7. "SEASON TO DATE PROGRAM RANKINGS - part 1 FROM 09/22/03 THROUGH 05/30/04" (Press release). ABC Medianet. June 2, 2004. http://abcmedianet.com/web/dnr/dispDNR.aspx?id=060204_11. Retrieved July 24, 2010.
  8. "SEASON PROGRAM RANKINGS - part 1 FROM 09/20/04 THROUGH 05/29/05" (Press release). ABC Medianet. June 1, 2005. http://abcmedianet.com/web/dnr/dispDNR.aspx?id=060105_05. Retrieved July 24, 2010.
  9. "05/06 series". The Hollywood Reporter. May 26, 2006. Archived from the original on December 8, 2006. http://web.archive.org/web/20061208201731/http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/hr/search/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1002576393. Retrieved January 30, 2010.
  10. "06/07 series". The Hollywood Reporter. May 25, 2007. Archived from the original on May 28, 2007. http://web.archive.org/web/20070528062839/http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/hr/content_display/television/features/e3ifbfdd1bcb53266ad8d9a71cad261604f. Retrieved January 30, 2010.
  11. "Season Program Rankings". ABC Medianet. 2008-05-28. Archived from the original on June 24, 2008. http://web.archive.org/web/20080624195320/http://abcmedianet.com/DNR/2008/pdf/dnr052808.pdf. Retrieved 2008-06-02.
  12. "SEASON RANKINGS FROM 09/22/08 THROUGH 05/31/09" (Press release). ABC Medianet. June 2, 2009. http://abcmedianet.com/web/dnr/dispDNR.aspx?id=060209_05. Retrieved July 24, 2010.
  13. "Without a Trace - The Complete First Season (2002)". Amazon.com. http://www.amazon.com/dp/B0002DRE72. Retrieved 24 January 2010.
  14. "Without A Trace - Complete Season 1 (DVD) (2002) (2004)". Amazon.co.uk. http://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0002GZA2K/. Retrieved May 1, 2010.
  15. "Without A Trace - Season 1 (Special Price) DVD". www.dvdorchard.com.au. http://www.dvdorchard.com.au/product.asp?PND=911759. Retrieved May 1, 2010.
  16. ^ Lacey, Gord (November 29, 2006). "Without a Trace - Long-lost Series Finally Found! Season 2 Announced". TVShowsOnDVD.com. http://www.tvshowsondvd.com/newsitem.cfm?NewsID=6662.
  17. "Without A Trace: Season 2: 4dvd: Box Set". HMV.com. http://hmv.com/hmvweb/simpleMultiSearch.do?searchUID=5109777453719634795&pGroupID=0&adultFlag=false&primaryID=0&simpleSearchString=without+a+trace+season+2&btnSubmitSearch.x=0&btnSubmitSearch.y=0. Retrieved 24 January 2010.
  18. "Without A Trace - Season 2 DVD". www.dvdorchard.com.au. http://www.dvdorchard.com.au/product.asp?PND=117807. Retrieved May 1, 2010.
  19. "Without A Trace: Season 3: 4dvd: Box Set". HMV.com. http://hmv.com/hmvweb/simpleMultiSearch.do?searchUID=&pGroupID=-1&adultFlag=false&primaryID=0&simpleSearchString=without+a+trace+season+3. Retrieved 24 January 2010.
  20. "Without A Trace - Season 3 DVD". www.dvdorchard.com.au. http://www.dvdorchard.com.au/product.asp?PND=144223. Retrieved May 1, 2010.
  21. Amazon.co.uk: Without A Trace – Complete Season 4: Anthony LaPaglia, Poppy Montgomery, Marianne Jean-Baptiste, Without a Trace: DVD
  22. "Without A Trace - Season 4 DVD". www.dvdorchard.com.au. http://www.dvdorchard.com.au/product.asp?PND=164147. Retrieved May 1, 2010.

External links


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