- The Mentalist
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show_name = The Mentalist
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genre =Police drama
creator =Bruno Heller
director =Chris Long David Nutter
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starring =Simon Baker Robin Tunney Owain Yeoman
Tim KangAmanda Righetti
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country = USA
language = English
num_seasons = 1
num_episodes = 2
list_episodes = List of The Mentalist episodes
executive_producer =Bruno Heller David Nutter
co_exec = Ashley GableChris Long
producer = Charles Goldstein
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runtime = 1 hour (including commercials)
network =CBS
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first_aired =September 23 2008
last_aired = present
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website = http://www.cbs.com/primetime/the_mentalist/
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imdb_id = 1196946
tv_com_id = 75200"The Mentalist" is a
CBS police drama television series which debuted on September 23, 2008 onCBS . [Michael Schneider, " [http://www.variety.com/article/VR1117988126.html?categoryid=14&cs=1 CBS sets premieres after debates] " "Variety" June 26, 2008]Starring Golden Globe Award nominee
Simon Baker as Patrick Jane, an independent consultant with the California Bureau of Investigation (CBI), who has a remarkable track record for solving serious crimes by using his razor sharp skills of observation. Within the Bureau, Jane is notorious for his blatant lack of protocol and his semi-celebrity past as a psychic medium, whose paranormal abilities he now admits he feigned. Jane's role in cracking a series of tough high-profile cases is greatly valued by his fellow agents. However, no-nonsense Senior Agent Teresa Lisbon openly resists having Jane in her unit and alternates between reluctantly acknowledging Jane's usefulness and blasting him for his theatrics, narcissism and dangerous lack of boundaries. Lisbon's team includes agents Kimball Cho, Wayne Rigsby and rookie member Grace Van Pelt, who all think Jane's a loose cannon but admire his charm and knack for clearing cases.The pilot episode had an audience of 15.6 million viewers in its first airing, and 7.8 million in a re-airing three days later. It also introduced some of Jane's backstory, indicating that his wife and daughter had been murdered five years before the series began by a
serial killer known as "Red John."After CBS observed the ratings of The Mentalist, it ordered six more scripts, tallying up the total episodes to 19.
Cast
Episode list
U.S. Nielsen ratings
Weekly ratings
International broadcasts
The series airs on A in
Canada concurrently with its American broadcast. The series debuted on theNine Network in Australia on the 8th of October, 2008.imilarity to other shows
The series' premise has several parallels to the
USA Network series "Psych ". The main characters each have highly developed skills of observation and deduction. Also, both characters work as freelancers or consultants with local California law enforcement, largely to the consternation of their superiors.The character of Patrick Jane, has some traits similar to that of the main characters of Dexter, and Life. The series also similar in its elements to theUSA Network series Monk.References
http://hollywoodinsider.ew.com/2008/09/ncis-blasts-com.htmlhttp://www.zap2it.com/tv/ratings/zap-ratings092308,0,3170957.storyhttp://xml.zap2it.com/tv/ratings/zap-ratings093008,0,2843275.storyhttp://www.nielsen.com/media/toptens_television.html
External Links
* [http://www.tv.com/the-mentalist/show/75200/summary.html The Mentalist] at [http://www.tv.com TV.com]
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