Profiler (TV series)

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Profiler
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Genre	Crime drama
Created by	Cynthia Saunders
Starring	Ally Walker; Robert Davi; Julian McMahon; Roma Maffia; Michael Whaley; Peter Frechette; Erica Gimpel; Caitlin Wachs; Heather McComb; Traci Lords; Jamie Luner;
Theme music composer	Angelo Badalamenti
Country of origin	United States
Original language	English
No. of seasons	4
No. of episodes	83 (list of episodes)
Production
Executive producers	Clifton Campbell; Stephen Kronish; Kim Moses; Ian Sander;
Producers	John Forrest Niss; Lorie Zerweck; Charles Holland; Anthony Santa Croce;
Running time	approx. 42 min, hour with commercials (Original airings only, per episode); 1 hour (both Season 2 Episode 19 and Season 3 Episode 21 only, only in original airings and on DVD releases);
Production companies	Sander/Moses Productions; Three Putt Productions; (1998–2000; seasons 3–4); NBC Studios;
Original release
Network	NBC
Release	September 21, 1996 –; July 1, 2000

Profiler is an American crime drama created by Cynthia Saunders that aired on NBC from September 21, 1996, to July 1, 2000. The series follows the exploits of a criminal profiler working with the fictional FBI Violent Crimes Task Force (VCTF) based in Atlanta, Georgia.

The show initially starred Ally Walker as profiler Dr. Samantha Waters, the victim of a stalker known as "Jack of All Trades". At the end of the third season, Walker departed the series and was replaced by Jamie Luner as prosecutor-turned-profiler Dr. Rachel Burke during the show's final season. Robert Davi, Roma Maffia, Peter Frechette, and Julian McMahon co-starred for all four seasons. Caitlin Wachs and Erica Gimpel also co-starred for the first two seasons; Wachs was replaced by Evan Rachel Wood in a recurring role for the third season, while Gimpel appeared as a guest star.

Along with The Pretender, Profiler was a staple of NBC's Saturday night lineup during the late 1990s. The series shared a similar lead character and premise with the Fox series Millennium, which also premiered at the beginning of the 1996–97 television season.