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Psych is an American detective comedy-drama television series created by Steve Franks for USA Network. The series stars James Roday as Shawn Spencer, a young crime consultant for the Santa Barbara Police Department whose "heightened observational skills" and impressive eidetic memory allow him to convince people that he solves cases with his psychic abilities. The program also stars Dulé Hill as Shawn's intelligent best friend and reluctant partner Burton "Gus" Guster, as well as Corbin Bernsen as Shawn's father Henry, a former detective with the Santa Barbara Police Department.

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Psych is an English-language television series created by Steve Franks. The show aired on the USA Network and is classified within the Drama, Comedy, and Crime genres. It ran for eight seasons, with a total of 121 episodes according to one source, while another lists 120 episodes. The series premiered on July 7, 2006, and its final episode aired on March 26, 2014.

The show has been described as ended. Episode durations are listed as 42 minutes in one record and 60 minutes in another. Audience reception includes a vote average of 7.898 and a rating of 8.1. The series has 222,855 social media followers and is referenced by 964 other encyclopedia articles.

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TV series · TMDB

7.9

Thanks to his police officer father's efforts, Shawn Spencer spent his childhood developing a keen eye for detail (and a lasting dislike of his dad). Years later, Shawn's frequent tips to the police lead to him being falsely accused of a crime he solved. Now, Shawn has no choice but to use his abilities to perpetuate his cover story: psychic crime-solving powers, all the while dragging his best friend, his dad, and the police along for the ride.

Aired
2006–2014
Seasons
8 · 120 episodes
Status
Ended
Created by
Steve Franks
Network
USA Network
Genres
Drama, Comedy, Crime

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TV series

Status
Ended
Network
USA Network
Genres
Drama, Comedy, Crime
Runtime
60 min
TVMaze rating
8.1/10

Key facts

Television.image
Psych.svg
Television.location
White Rock, British Columbia, Canada
Television.runtime
42 minutes
Television.creator
Steve Franks
Television.showrunner
Steve Franks
Television.country
United States
Television.language
English
Television.network
USA Network
Television.camera
Single-camera
Television.num_seasons
8
Television.num_episodes
121
Television.list_episodes
List of Psych episodes

via Wikipedia infobox

~18 min read

Encyclopedic overview

24 sections
Contents
  • Overview
  • Characters
  • Main
  • Recurring
  • Episodes
  • Production
  • Casting
  • Theme song
  • Pineapple
  • Series finale aftershow
  • Release
  • Syndication
  • Home media
  • Reception
  • Ratings
  • Nominations and awards
  • Other media
  • Novels
  • Film series
  • Podcast
  • ''The Psychologists Are In: A Psych Rewatch''
  • Notes
  • References
  • External links

Psych is an American detective comedy-drama television series created by Steve Franks for USA Network. The series stars James Roday as Shawn Spencer, a young crime consultant for the Santa Barbara Police Department whose "heightened observational skills" and impressive eidetic memory allow him to convince people that he solves cases with his psychic abilities. The program also stars Dulé Hill as Shawn's intelligent best friend and reluctant partner Burton "Gus" Guster, as well as Corbin Bernsen as Shawn's father Henry, a former detective with the Santa Barbara Police Department.

Psych premiered on July 7, 2006, following the fifth season premiere of Monk, and continued to be paired with the series until Monk's conclusion on December 4, 2009. During the second season, an animated segment titled "The Big Adventures of Little Shawn and Gus" was added to the series. Psych was the highest-rated American basic cable television premiere of 2006. USA Network renewed the series for an eighth season on December 19, 2012, to include eight episodes, and ordered two more episodes on June 25, 2013, bringing the episode order to ten. On February 5, 2014, USA Network confirmed that the eighth season of Psych would be its last, with the series finale airing on March 26, 2014.

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