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| Genre | Crime Procedural Drama | |
| Running Time | 40-44 Minutes | |
| Creator | Bruno Heller | |
| Starring | See Cast below | |
| Country of origin | United States | |
| Networks | CBS | |
| Original run | September 23, 2008- | |
| present | ||
| No. of Episodes | 138 | |
| No. of Seasons | 6 | |
The Mentalist is an American crime procedural television series starring Simon Baker as Patrick Jane. The series debuted on September 23, 2008, on CBS.
Season 5 of The Mentalist features the show's 100th episode, entitled Red Dawn.
One of the show's characteristics is that each episode title (except for the Pilot) contains a reference to the color Red. This changes after the Season 6 episode Red John with other colors referred to in the episode titles besides red (for example; black, grey, white, green, silver, etc).
Cast and Crew
Cast
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| Patrick Jane | Simon Baker | Main
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| Teresa Lisbon | Robin Tunney | Main
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| Kimball Cho | Tim Kang | Main
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| Wayne Rigsby | Owain Yeoman | Main
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| Grace Van Pelt | Amanda Righetti | Main
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| Dennis Abbott | Rockmond Dunbar | Main
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| Kim Fischer | Emily Swallow | Main
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| Joe Adler | Jason Wylie | Main
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| Xander Berkeley | Guest
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| Virgil Minelli | Gregory Itzin | Recurring
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| J.J. LaRoche | Pruitt Taylor Vince | Recurring
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| Madeleine Hightower | Aunjanue Ellis | Recurring
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| Gale Bertram | Michael Gaston | Recurring
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| Bret Stiles | Malcolm McDowell | Guest
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| Brett Partridge | Jack Plotnick | Guest
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| Ray Haffner | Reed Diamond | Guest
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| Kristina Frye | Leslie Hope | Guest
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| CBI Ron | John Troy Donovan | Recurring
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| CBI Karl | Karl Sonnenberg | Recurring
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Crew
| Role | Crew members |
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| Creator | Bruno Heller |
| Showrunner |
Bruno Heller (season 1-6) |
| Executive Producer |
Bruno Heller |
| Co-executive Producer | Ken Woodruff Chris Long Eoghan Mahony Tom Szentgyorgyi Ashley Gable (past) Gary Glasberg (past) Andi Bushell(past) |
| Producer |
Erika Green Swafford |
| Production Manager | John Scherer Leanne Moore (past) |
| Composer | Blake Neely |
US ratings
| Season | Episodes | Timeslot (EST) | Season Premiere | Season Finale | Rank | Viewers
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| 1 | 23 |
Tuesday 9:00 pm |
September 23, 2008 | May 19, 2009 | #6 | 17.52 | |
| 2 | 23 | Thursday 10:00 pm | September 24, 2009 | May 20, 2010 | #10 | 15.37 | |
| 3 | 24 | Thursday 10:00 pm | September 23, 2010 | May 19, 2011 | #9 | 15.24 | |
| 4 | 24 | Thursday 10:00 pm | September 22, 2011 | May 17, 2012 | #12 | 14.57 | |
| 5 | 22 | Sunday 10:00 pm | September 30, 2012 | May 5, 2013 | #24 | 11.82 | |
| 6 | 22 | Sunday 10:00 pm | September 29, 2013 | May 18, 2014 | #26 |
11.27 | |
| 7 | 13 | TBA | 2015 | TBA | TBA | TBA | |
List of episodes
DVD Release
- See complete DVD series of The Mentalist
| DVD Name | # of Episodes |
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| The Mentalist: The Complete First Season | 23 | September 22, 2009 |
| The Mentalist: The Complete Second Season | 23 | September 21, 2010 |
| The Mentalist: The Complete Third Season | 24 | September 20, 2011 |
| The Mentalist: The Complete Fourth Season | 24 | September 18, 2012 |
| The Mentalist: The Complete Fifth Season | 22 | September 17, 2013 |
| The Mentalist: The Complete Sixth Season | 22 | September 30, 2014 |
| The Mentalist: The Complete Seventh Season | 13 | September 2015 |