Without a Trace

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Without a Trace
Genre Drama
Running time 60 minutes
Creator(s) Hank Steinberg
Starring Anthony LaPaglia
Poppy Montgomery
Marianne Jean-Baptiste
Enrique Murciano
Roselyn Sanchez
and
Eric Close
Country of origin United States United States
Original channel CBS
Original run September 26, 2002–present
No. of episodes 105
Official website
IMDb profile
TV.com summary
"Without a Trace" redirects here. For other uses, see Without a Trace (disambiguation).

Without a Trace is an American television show set in New York City. The show is about an FBI missing person unit; each episode typically follows the investigation into one person's disappearance.

It debuted as part of the CBS fall line-up in 2002. It was created by Hank Steinberg, and produced by Jerry Bruckheimer. The show was the first to ever score strong ratings opposite longtime NBC hit ER -- which, like Without a Trace, is produced by Warner Bros. Television. The executive producer is Ed Redlich.

Unlike many real-life missing persons cases, the person is typically found at the end of the episode. However, like some real-life cases, sometimes the team does not find the person in time to help them out. Also in the background of the cases are the team's outside lives, such as romances and divorce and how these cases can be taken personally.

One thing that sets it apart from most of the other current crime-solving TV dramas is that, at the end of most episodes, they show information about a real-life missing person. This is not the case all the time: for example, at the end of an episode where the missing person attempted to commit suicide, a promotion for a suicide help line was aired in place of the missing persons report. This is generally not the case for showings in other countries. (Although, in Australia, the Nine Network usually shows information on missing persons in that country after episodes. In Hong Kong, the TVB Pearl showed information of missing persons, provided by Hong Kong Police, after each episode in the first two seasons. But since season 3, such information is not shown.)

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

Without a Trace was run on Thursdays at 10 p.m. ET on CBS until September 2006 when it was moved to Sundays at 10 p.m. ET on CBS.

The show is also unique in being the only prime-time US drama to feature two Australian actors (albeit playing American characters) in the permanent cast, in the two top-billed roles no less. A further permanent cast member is played by a Briton.

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[edit] Regular cast

Special Agents Sam Spade, Jack Malone, Danny Taylor, Martin Fitzgerald and Vivian Johnson.
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Special Agents Sam Spade, Jack Malone, Danny Taylor, Martin Fitzgerald and Vivian Johnson.

[edit] DVD Releases

[edit] Season Releases

DVD Name
Cover Art
Release dates
Region 1
Region 2
The Complete 1st Season September 14, 2004 January 10, 2005
The Complete 2nd Season March 13, 2007 January 16, 2006
The Complete 3rd Season July 24, 2006


Without A Trace has been released on Region 1 and Region 2 DVD.

Season 2, which was thought to be indefinitely scrapped, has recently been announced for March 13, 2007.[1]

Although they have Released Seasons 1, 2, and 3 on DVD in Europe (Region 2 format). Shown below are the UK and Ireland box covers for Seasons 2 and 3.

[edit] Seasons

Special Agents Malone and Delgado
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Special Agents Malone and Delgado

Season One The FBI's New York Missing Persons Squad consists of the boss, Jack Malone, and his team: Vivian Johnson, Danny Taylor, Samantha Spade. Martin Fitzgerald joins the team at the start of season 1. In addition to working for the FBI, Jack is trying to be a decent father and deal with a separation from his wife. Samantha is overcoming the secret affair she had with Jack, her boss. Martin is adjusting to being the newest member of a well-established team. His father is a Deputy Director for the FBI, which makes Martin worry about receiving special treatment.

Season Two As the team continues to track down missing persons, Jack and his wife divorce and fight for custody of their children, while Jack must also care for his Alzheimic father (Martin Landau).

Season Three Vivian undergoes a risky surgery for an enlarged heart, while Martin and Samantha begin a secret office romance.

Season Four The team receives a new member, Elena Delgado, a former homicide detective who lends a streetwise perspective to the team's cases. Martin develops an addiction to painkillers after recovering from near-fatal gunshot wounds, and Jack begins a romance with the widow of a former mentor killed in the line of duty.

[edit] 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.

Season Timeslot Season Premiere Season Finale TV Season Ranking Viewers
(in millions)
1st Thursday 10:00PM September 26, 2002 May 15, 2003 2002-2003 #16 15.09
2nd Thursday 10:00PM September 25, 2003 May 20, 2004 2003-2004 #11 16.74
3rd Thursday 10:00PM September 23, 2004 May 19, 2005 2004-2005 #8 18.68
4th Thursday 10:00PM September 29, 2005 May 18, 2006 2005-2006 #7 18.54
5th Sunday 10:00PM September 24, 2006 2006-2007


[edit] Broadcasters

Without a Trace is broadcast around the world by the following stations:

Country Name Translation Station
Australia Nine Network
Arena (cable)
Austria Without a Trace - Spurlos verschwunden ORF1
Belgium Without a Trace Kanaal Twee (cable)
Brazil Desaparecidos Warner Channel (cable)
SBT
Canada Global
Colombia Sin Rastro RCN Television
Denmark Forsvundet sporløst Disappeared - No Trace TV3
Finland Ilman johtolankaa Without a Trace MTV3
France FBI : portés disparus FBI: Reported Missing France 2
Germany Without a Trace - Spurlos verschwunden Kabel Eins
Greece Χωρίς Ίχνος Without a trace Alpha TV
Hong Kong 尋人密探組 The Missing Persons Division TVB Pearl
Iceland Sporlaust Without a Trace RÚV
Ireland TG4
India Zee Cafe
Israel ללא עקבות Without a Trace (Literally Without Tracks) Israel 10
Italy Senza Traccia Without a Trace Rai Due
Japan FBI失踪者を追え (Efubīai (FBI) Shissōsha o Oe) FBI, Follow the Missing People NHK (new episodes)
Super Channel (reruns)
Korea, South 위드아웃 어 트레이스 (Wideuaut eo teureiseu; loanword from the original name) Without a Trace Catch On, SkyHD
FBI실종수사대 (에프비아이失踪搜査隊; Epeubiai (FBI) Siljong-susadae) FBI Disappearance Investigation Team OCN
Malaysia ntv7
Middle East MBC 4
The Netherlands Without a Trace Without a Trace Avro
New Zealand TV2
Norway NRK
Peru Without a Trace Without a Trace Warner Channel
Philippines Without a Trace Without a Trace RPN9
Poland Bez śladu Without a Trace TVN (new episodes)
TVN Siedem (reruns)
Portugal Sem Rasto Without a Trace RTP1
AXN
Romania Disparuti fara urma Without a Trace Pro TV
Singapore Channel 5
Slovenia Brez sledu Without a Trace POP TV
South Africa SABC 3
Spain Sin Rastro Without a Trace Antena 3 (new episodes)
AXN (reruns)
Sweden Brottskod: Försvunnen Crime-code: Disappeared SVT1
Taiwan 失蹤現場 The Disappearance Scenes Public Television Service
Turkey CNBC-e
United Kingdom More4 (new episodes)
Channel 4 reruns
United States CBS
TNT Network (syndication)
Venezuela Warner Channel (cable)
Televen
Hungary Nyomtalanul Without a trace Viasat3

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