Profiler (TV series)
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Profiler is an American crime drama created by Cynthia Saunders that aired on NBC from September 21, 1996, to July 1, 2000. The series follows the exploits of a criminal profiler working with the fictional FBI Violent Crimes Task Force (VCTF) based in Atlanta, Georgia.
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Genre | Crime drama |
Created by | Cynthia Saunders |
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Theme music composer | Angelo Badalamenti |
Country of origin | United States |
Original language | English |
No. of seasons | 4 |
No. of episodes | 83 (list of episodes) |
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Running time | approx. 42 min, hour with commercials (per episode) |
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Network | NBC |
Release | September 21, 1996 (1996-09-21) – July 1, 2000 (2000-07-01) |
The show initially starred Ally Walker as profiler Dr. Samantha Waters, the victim of a stalker known as "Jack of All Trades". At the end of the third season, Walker departed the series and was replaced by Jamie Luner as prosecutor-turned-profiler Dr. Rachel Burke during the show's final season.[1][2] Robert Davi, Roma Maffia, Peter Frechette, and Julian McMahon co-starred for all four seasons. Caitlin Wachs and Erica Gimpel also co-starred for the first two seasons; Wachs was replaced by Evan Rachel Wood in a recurring role for the third season, while Gimpel appeared as a guest star.
Along with The Pretender, Profiler was a staple of NBC's Saturday night lineup during the late 1990s. The series shared a similar lead character and premise with the Fox series Millennium, which also premiered at the beginning of the 1996–97 television season.