Bones (2005)

Genre

drama television series, police procedural, horror television series

Country

United States

Length

12 seasons, 246 episodes

Rated

TV-14

Rating

8.2 of 10 from 3,528 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A forensic anthropologist named Temperance Bones Brennan and an FBI agent named Seeley Booth team up to solve murders by examining human remains. The series mixes crime-solving with their ongoing personal dynamics and the lives of their lab colleagues.

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What happens

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. Bones is a joint production by Josephson Entertainment and Far Field Productions in association with 20th Century Fox Television and syndicated by 20th Television. The series is the longest-running one-hour drama series produced by 20th Century Fox Television. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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