The Mentalist

The Mentalist
Genre	Police drama
Created by	Bruno Heller
Starring	Simon Baker Robin Tunney Owain Yeoman Tim Kang Amanda Righetti
Country of origin	United States
Original language	English
Production
Executive producers	Bruno Heller David Nutter
Running time	1 hour (including commercials)
Original release
Network	CBS
Release	September 23, 2008

The Mentalist is a CBS police drama television series will debut on September 23, 2008 on CBS, on the same night as the NCIS season 6 premiere.

Starring Golden Globe Award nominee Simon Baker as Patrick Jane, an independent consultant with the California Bureau of Investigation (CBI), who has a remarkable track record for solving serious crimes by using his razor sharp skills of observation. Within the Bureau, Jane is notorious for his blatant lack of protocol and his semi-celebrity past as a psychic medium, whose paranormal abilities he now admits he feigned. Jane's role in cracking a series of tough high-profile cases is greatly valued by his fellow agents. However, no-nonsense Senior Agent Teresa Lisbon openly resists having Jane in her unit and alternates between reluctantly acknowledging Jane's usefulness and blasting him for his theatrics, narcissism and dangerous lack of boundaries. Lisbon's team includes agents Kimball Cho, Wayne Rigsby and rookie member Grace Van Pelt, who all think Jane's a loose cannon but admire his charm and knack for clearing cases.

Cast

Name	Actor
Patrick Jane	Simon Baker
Teresa Lisbon	Robin Tunney
Wayne Rigsby	Owain Yeoman
Kimball Cho	Tim Kang
Grace Van Pelt	Amanda Righetti

International broadcasts

The series will air on A in Canada concurrently with its American broadcast.

See also

• Psych, a USA Network series about a man who convinces police to hire him as a psychic when he is actually just a keen observer.
• Monk, also USA Network series about an obsessive-compulsive man with many irrational fears, who uses his skills to solve incredibly complicated crimes.