The First 48 (series)
- User score: 7.8
- Production country: United States of America
- Production companies: ITV Entertainment
- Genre: Documentary, Drama, Crime
- Release date: 6/3/2004
- Release date of last episode: 12/28/2023
- Series status: Returning series
- Seasons count: 24 ( List of episodes )
- Episodes count: 522
- Run time: 45 min.
Series description
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.
