The First 48
The First 48 follows detectives from around the country during these first critical hours as they race against time to find the suspect. Gritty and fast-paced, it takes viewers behind the scenes of real-life investigations with unprecedented access to crime scenes, autopsies, forensic processing, and interrogations.
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Season 1
13 episodes
Premiered Jun 3, 2004
Season 2
13 episodes
Premiered Jan 6, 2005
Season 3
12 episodes
Premiered Oct 5, 2005
Season 4
19 episodes
Premiered Jun 14, 2006
Season 5
13 episodes
Premiered Jan 18, 2007
Season 6
17 episodes
Premiered Jul 11, 2007
Season 7
32 episodes
Premiered Jan 9, 2008
Season 8
15 episodes
Premiered Jan 1, 2009
Season 9
13 episodes
Premiered Jun 16, 2009
Season 10
29 episodes
Premiered Jan 14, 2010
Season 11
39 episodes
Premiered Sep 30, 2010
Season 12
32 episodes
Premiered Dec 8, 2011
Season 13
36 episodes
Premiered Mar 6, 2013
Season 14
39 episodes
Premiered Jun 17, 2014
Season 15
29 episodes
Premiered Nov 5, 2015
Season 16
22 episodes
Premiered Dec 1, 2016
Season 17
28 episodes
Premiered Oct 19, 2017
Season 18
18 episodes
Premiered Jan 10, 2019
Season 19
54 episodes
Premiered Jan 1, 2020
Season 20
23 episodes
Premiered Oct 20, 2021
Season 21
19 episodes
Premiered Nov 2, 2022
Season 22
8 episodes
Premiered Sep 20, 2023
Season 23
10 episodes
Premiered Jan 1, 2024
Season 24
9 episodes
Premiered May 29, 2024
Season 25
9 episodes
Premiered Jan 1, 2025
Season 26
9 episodes
Premiered May 30, 2024
Season 27
12 episodes
Premiered Jan 1, 2025
Season 28
12 episodes
Premiered Jun 12, 2025
Season 29
19 episodes
Premiered Jan 1, 2026
Season 30
4 episodes
Premiered Jul 17, 2026
Ep 1Gangs of Little Havana/Execution in Coconut Grove
A wall of silence from a frightened community hampers efforts to solve a brutal murder; and a mother of two is shot execution-style in her kitchen in an affluent neighborhood. In a visual style more like drama than reality show, we tail Miami homicide investigators as they race time to solve these murders. Who're the suspects? Are the detectives right? With cliffhangers at each break, both cases in this gritty episode will keep viewers guessing until the end.
Ep 2Overkill/Left for Dead
Miami homicide detectives race against time in the critical first hours of investigation to find the evidence necessary to charge two suspects in a brutal murder case; & police find a man who's been shot and left for dead, but with no evidence, witnesses, or even a name for their victim, the detectives have got their work cut out for them. Find out if these driven detectives can make their cases.
Ep 3Blood in the Snow/Swope Park Killing
In Kansas City, an ambitious captain and two veteran detectives face their first homicide of the year and must make deals with wanted drug kingpins to find the killer of a young woman; and a female homicide sergeant and her all-male team get a tip that leads their murder investigation into a dark subculture of drugs, guns, and buried safes.
Ep 4Double Shooting on Haskell; Back Alley Revenge
In Kansas City, detectives investigate a shooting death and must convince a son to give up his father; and investigate a murder in an area known for its drug problems.
Body in the Park / Ruby Street Shooting
Sergeant Irma Labrice and Detectives Leon Lubiejewski and Michael Gross don't have much time to find a murder suspect and they don't have much to go on either, as the victim's body was burned beyond recognition; witnesses to the murder refuse to talk to police.
Ep 6Killing Spree
Police try to convince the frightened residents of a housing project known as the "Pork and Beans" to help them track down the man who's been terrorizing the community, but after the third murder in a month, no one even calls 911.
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