Bones

American crime comedy-drama television series (2005-2017)

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*Bones* is an English-language television series created by Hart Hanson. The show aired on the FOX network from September 13, 2005, to March 28, 2017. It is classified as a crime and drama, with some sources also listing it as a medical series. The series has concluded and consists of 12 seasons and 246 episodes.

Episode durations are listed as 42 minutes in some records, while others indicate a runtime of 60 minutes. The series holds a vote average of 8.191 and a rating of 8.1. It has 1,817,653 social media followers and is referenced by 1,637 other encyclopedia articles.

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TV series · TMDB

★ 8.2

Dr. Temperance Brennan and her colleagues at the Jeffersonian's Medico-Legal Lab assist Special Agent Seeley Booth with murder investigations when the remains are so badly decomposed, burned or destroyed that the standard identification methods are useless.

Aired: 2005–2017
Seasons: 12 · 246 episodes
Status: Ended
Created by: Hart Hanson
Network: FOX
Genres: Crime, Drama

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TV series

Status: Ended
Network: FOX
Genres: Drama, Crime, Medical
Runtime: 60 min
TVMaze rating: 8.1/10

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Key facts

Genre: Police procedural , Drama
Created by: Hart Hanson
Inspired by: The life of forensic anthropologist and author Kathy Reichs
Showrunners: Hart Hanson Stephan Nathan Michael Peterson Jonathan Collier
Starring: David Boreanaz Emily Deschanel Michaela Conlin Eric Millegan T. J. Thyne Jonathan Adams Tamara Taylor John Francis Daley John Boyd
Theme music composer: The Crystal Method
Composers: Peter Himmelman Sean Callery
Country of origin: United States
Original language: English
Number span no of episodes: 246 ( list of episodes )
Executive producers: Hart Hanson Barry Josephson Stephen Nathan Ian Toynton Carla Kettner Jonathan Collier Michael Peterson Randy Zisk
Producers: Kathy Reichs Emily Deschanel David Boreanaz Gene Hong
Running time: 43 minutes
Production companies: Josephson Entertainment Far Field Productions 20th Century Fox Television
Network: Fox
Release: September 13, 2005 ( 2005-09-13 ) –, March 28, 2017 ( 2017-03-28 )

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Encyclopedic overview

Bones is an American police procedural drama television series created by Hart Hanson for Fox. It premiered on September 13, 2005, and concluded on March 28, 2017, airing for 246 episodes over 12 seasons. The show is based on forensic anthropology and forensic archaeology, with each episode focusing on a Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) case file concerning the mystery behind human remains brought by FBI Special Agent Seeley Booth (David Boreanaz) to Temperance "Bones" Brennan (Emily Deschanel), a forensic anthropologist. It also explores the personal lives of the characters. The rest of the main cast includes Michaela Conlin, T. J. Thyne, Eric Millegan, Jonathan Adams, Tamara Taylor, John Francis Daley, and John Boyd.

The series is based on the life and novels of forensic anthropologist Kathy Reichs, who also produced the show. Its title character, Temperance Brennan, is named after the protagonist of Reichs' crime novel series. In the Bones universe, Brennan writes successful mystery novels featuring a fictional forensic anthropologist named Kathy Reichs.

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