Team Abe Vigoda picks, in the drama category: Numb3rs
NUMB3RS (pronounced
Numbers) is an American
television show produced by brothers
Ridley and
Tony Scott. It follows
FBI Special Agent Don Eppes (
Rob Morrow) and his
mathematical genius brother,
Charlie Eppes (
David Krumholtz), who helps Don solve crimes for the FBI. Created by
Nicolas Falacci and
Cheryl Heuton, the program is produced by
CBS Paramount Network Television and airs on the
CBS network in the U.S.
The show focuses equally on the relationships between Don Eppes, his brother Charlie Eppes and their father,
Alan Eppes (
Judd Hirsch), and on the brothers' efforts to fight crime, normally in Los Angeles. A typical episode begins with a crime, which is subsequently investigated by a team of FBI agents led by Don and mathematically described by Charlie, with the help of
Larry Fleinhardt (
Peter MacNicol) and
Amita Ramanujan (
Navi Rawat). The insights provided by Charlie's mathematics are always in some way crucial to solving the crime.
The series was the most popular show airing on Friday evenings throughout its first four seasons.
[2] Numb3rs was renewed for a fifth season which started October 3, 2008.
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