Without a Trace is an American television show set in New York City. The show is about an FBI missing person unit; each episode typicially follows the investigation into one person's disappearance.

It debuted as part of the CBS fall line-up in 2002. It was created by Hank Steinberg, and produced by Jerry Bruckheimer.

Unlike many real-life missing persons cases, the person is often found at the end of the episode.

One thing that sets it apart from most of the other current crime-solving TV dramas is that, at the end of most episodes, they show information about a real-life missing person. This is not the case all the time: for example, at the end of an episode where the missing person attempted to commit suicide, a promotion for a suicide help line was aired in place of the missing persons report. This is also not the case for showings in other countries.

Regular cast:

• Anthony LaPaglia - Jack Malone, head of the unit
• Eric Close - Martin Fitzgerald
• Marianne Jean-Baptiste - Vivian Johnson
• Poppy Montgomery - Samantha "Sam" Spade
• Enrique Murciano - Danny Taylor

External link

• Official website (http://www.cbs.com/primetime/without_a_trace/) hosted by CBS
• Without a Trace (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt321021/) at the Internet Movie Database