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	The Mentalist logo
Genre	Police drama
Created by	Bruno Heller
Directed by	Chris Long; David Nutter
Starring	Simon Baker; Robin Tunney; Owain Yeoman; Tim Kang; Amanda Righetti;
Country of origin	United States
Original language	English
No. of seasons	1
No. of episodes	9 (list of episodes)
Production
Executive producers	Bruno Heller; David Nutter
Producer	Charles Goldstein
Running time	1 hour (including commercials)
Original release
Network	CBS
Release	September 23 2008 –; present

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The Mentalist is a CBS police drama television series which debuted on September 23, 2008 on CBS.^[1]

Flashpoint is a Canadian police drama television series that debuted on July 11, 2008, on CTV in Canada and CBS in the U.S.[1] Sniper[2] and Critical Incident[3] were former working titles. The original 2007 pilot for the series was filmed using the Critical Incident title[3] and Sniper was used when CTV originally announced the series in late December 2007.[4]

Plot

Golden Globe Award nominee Simon Baker stars 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. He also makes frequent use of his mentalist abilities to lead witnesses or offenders into offering the actual facts of the case, as known only to them. 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. Although the show has had a strong following, it has been criticized by many as a copy of the other psychic related show currently on television, Psych. 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.^[2] 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."

On October 15, 2008, CBS ordered a full season of The Mentalist.^[3]

Cast and Characters

Actor/Actress	Character
Simon Baker	Patrick Jane

Robin Tunney	Teresa Lisbon

Owain Yeoman	Wayne Rigsby

Tim Kang	Kimball Cho

Amanda Righetti	Grace Van Pelt

Shaun Toub	KJ Patel
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Episode list

U.S. Nielsen ratings

Seasonal ratings

Season	Timeslot	Season Premiere	Season Finale	TV Season	Ranking	Viewers (in millions)
1st	Tuesday 9:00PM	September 23, 2008	N/A	2008–2009	#7	15.48

Weekly ratings

#	Episode	Air Date	Timeslot (EST)	Season	Rating	Share	18-49 (Rating/Share)	Viewers (m)	Weekly Rank (#)
1	"Pilot"	September 23, 2008	Tuesday 9:00 P.M.	2008-2009	9.5	15	3.5/9	15.6	#10
2	"Red Hair and Silver Tape"	September 30, 2008			9.7	15	3.6/9	15.5	#6
3	"Red Tide"	October 14, 2008			9.4	14	3.4/8	14.9	#7
4	"Ladies in Red"	October 21, 2008			9.7	15	3.5/9	15.3	#6
5	"Redwood"	October 28, 2008			10.1	16	3.9/9	16.1	#7
6	"Red Handed"	November 11, 2008			10.1	15	4.0/10	16.5	#8
7	"Seeing Red"	November 18, 2008			9.9	15	3.5/8	15.8	#7
8	"The Thin Red Line"	November 25, 2008			9.7	15	3.7/9	15.9

International broadcasts

Country	Network	Start date
Canada	CBS, A	September 23, 2008
Australia	Nine Network	October 5, 2008
Germany	Sat.1	2009
South Africa	M-Net	January 2009
United Kingdom	Five / Five US	2009

References

^ Michael Schneider, "CBS sets premieres after debates" Variety June 26, 2008
^ http://www.thefutoncritic.com/news.aspx?id=20080924cbs01
^ http://www.thefutoncritic.com/news.aspx?id=20081015cbs03

http://tvbythenumbers.com/2008/10/15/tuesday-ratings-ncis-and-the-mentalist-have-more-viewers-but-house-and-fringe-rock-demos/6251 http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1196946/

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[1] Michael Schneider, "CBS sets premieres after debates" Variety June 26, 2008

[2] ttp://www.thefutoncritic.com/news.aspx?id=20080924cbs01

[3] ttp://www.thefutoncritic.com/news.aspx?id=20081015cbs03

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 '''''The Mentalist''''' is a [[CBS]] [[police drama]] [[television series]] which debuted on September 23, 2008 on [[CBS]].<ref>Michael Schneider, "[http://www.variety.com/article/VR1117988126.html?categoryid=14&cs=1 CBS sets premieres after debates]" ''Variety'' June 26, 2008</ref>
+Flashpoint is a Canadian police drama television series that debuted on July 11, 2008, on CTV in Canada and CBS in the U.S.[1] Sniper[2] and Critical Incident[3] were former working titles. The original 2007 pilot for the series was filmed using the Critical Incident title[3] and Sniper was used when CTV originally announced the series in late December 2007.[4]
+==Plot==
 Golden Globe Award nominee [[Simon Baker]] stars 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. He also makes frequent use of his mentalist abilities to lead witnesses or offenders into offering the actual facts of the case, as known only to them. 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. Although the show has had a strong following, it has been criticized by many as a copy of the other
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 On October 15, 2008, CBS ordered a full season of ''The Mentalist''.<ref>http://www.thefutoncritic.com/news.aspx?id=20081015cbs03</ref>
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+==Cast and Characters==
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+| colspan="3" style="background: #e6e9ff;"|
-| Teresa Lisbon || [[Robin Tunney]]
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-| Wayne Rigsby || [[Owain Yeoman]]
+| [[Robin Tunney]]
+| Teresa Lisbon
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+| colspan="3" style="background: #e6e9ff;"|
-| Kimball Cho || [[Tim Kang]]
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+| [[Owain Yeoman]]
-| Grace Van Pelt || [[Amanda Righetti]]
+| Wayne Rigsby
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+|-
+| colspan="3" style="background: #e6e9ff;"|
+|-
+| [[Tim Kang]]
+| Kimball Cho
+|-
+| colspan="3" style="background: #e6e9ff;"|
+|-
+| [[Amanda Righetti]]
+| Grace Van Pelt
+|-
+| colspan="3" style="background: #e6e9ff;"|
+|-
+| [[Shaun Toub]]
+| KJ Patel
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+|| colspan="3" style="background: #e6e9ff;"|
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 ==Episode list==