The First 48

2004– · 29 seasons · 512 episodes · Crime, Documentary, Mystery

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.

Season 1	7.9	7.5	7.7	7.6	7.6	7.6	7.7	7.6	7.4	7.4	7.9	7.9	8.0
Season 2	8.1	8.5	7.5	7.8	7.8	8.2	7.7	7.6
Season 3	8.0	8.1	8.0	7.8	7.9	7.9	8.2	8.0
Season 4	8.1	8.3	8.2	8.2	8.2	8.1	8.0	9.1
Season 5	8.4	8.0	7.7	7.9	8.1	8.5	8.2	7.6
Season 6	7.7	8.1	7.5	7.7	8.1	7.8	7.3	7.9
Season 7	8.5	7.5	8.1	8.5	8.2	8.3	7.8	8.0
Season 8	8.8	7.9	8.3	8.1	8.6	8.2	8.1	8.6
Season 9	8.2	7.3	8.0	8.1	7.7	8.0	7.8	8.0
Season 10	8.1	7.9	8.0	7.8	7.4	7.6	7.4	8.1
Season 11	8.3	7.1	7.9	7.4	8.4	8.2	8.0	7.7
Season 12	7.3	8.4	8.1	7.4	7.8	7.7	8.8	7.4
Season 13	7.8	7.6	7.5	9.0	7.9	7.9	7.8	7.2
Season 14	7.3	9.0	7.5	8.6	7.3	7.9	8.1	8.0
Season 15	8.2	7.2	7.8	7.8	7.5	8.1	7.4	7.5
Season 16	8.1	7.5	8.0	7.9	7.8	7.7	7.2	7.3
Season 17	7.8	7.6	8.2	7.8	7.7	7.9	7.5	7.6
Season 18	7.8	8.0	8.1	8.0	7.6	8.8	7.5	7.6
Season 19	8.7	8.2	7.6	7.2	7.8	8.3	7.2	6.9
Season 21	7.2	7.2	7.2	7.4	7.1	7.2	7.4	6.9
Season 22	7.2	7.9	7.3	7.3	7.3	6.7	7.4	7.4
Season 23	7.7	7.7	7.2	6.9	7.3	7.1	6.3	7.1
Season 24	7.0	7.4	6.3	5.6	8.1	7.2	6.6	7.7
Season 25	6.4	7.5	7.1	6.6	6.5
Season 26	6.0	7.0	6.7
Season 27	7.0	6.0	6.2	5.7	6.7	6.8	8.6
Season 28	7.3	6.7	6.8	6.8	6.5	6.3	7.4
Season 29	8.2	7.0	6.6	6.6	6.9	6.6	6.6	7.4
Season 30	7.1	7.1	6.9	8.2	7.2

The First 48

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