Bones (TV series)

Bones
Genre	Police procedural Comedy drama
Created by	Hart Hanson
Showrunners	Hart Hanson (seasons 1–9) Stephan Nathan (season 10) Michael Peterson (seasons 11–12) Jonathan Collier (seasons 11–12)
Starring	Emily Deschanel David Boreanaz Michaela Conlin Eric Millegan T. J. Thyne Jonathan Adams Tamara Taylor John Francis Daley John Boyd
Theme music composer	The Crystal Method
Composers	Peter Himmelman Sean Callery
Country of origin	United States
Original language	English
No. of seasons	12
No. of episodes	246 (list of episodes)
Production
Executive producers	Hart Hanson Barry Josephson Stephen Nathan Ian Toynton Carla Kettner Jonathan Collier Michael Peterson Randy Zisk
Producers	Kathy Reichs Emily Deschanel David Boreanaz Gene Hong
Running time	43 minutes
Production companies	Josephson Entertainment Far Field Productions 20th Century Fox Television
Original release
Network	Fox
Release	September 13, 2005 (2005-09-13) – March 28, 2017 (2017-03-28)
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Bones is an American police procedural comedy 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 very loosely based on the life and novels of forensic anthropologist Kathy Reichs,^[1] 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.^[2] The series is the longest-running one-hour drama series produced by 20th Century Fox Television.^[3]