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{{Short description|American crime drama television series (2005–2010)}}
{{For|the South Korean television series|Numbers (South Korean TV series)}}
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{{Infobox television
| image              = Numb3rs Insignia.jpg
| caption            =
| genre              = {{Plain list|
* [[Police procedural]]
* [[Crime drama]]
}}
| creator            = {{Plain list|
* [[Nicolas Falacci]]
* [[Cheryl Heuton]]
}}
| starring           = {{Plain list|
* [[Rob Morrow]]
* [[David Krumholtz]]
* [[Judd Hirsch]]
* [[Alimi Ballard]]
* [[Sabrina Lloyd]]
* [[Dylan Bruno]]
* [[Diane Farr]]
* [[Navi Rawat]]
* [[Sophina Brown]]
* [[Aya Sumika]]
* [[Peter MacNicol]]
}}
| music              = [[Charlie Clouser]]
| country            = United States
| language           = English
| num_seasons        = 6
| num_episodes       = 118
| list_episodes      = List of Numbers episodes
| executive_producer = {{Plain list|
* Nicolas Falacci
* Cheryl Heuton
* [[Ridley Scott]]
* [[Tony Scott]]
* [[David W. Zucker]]
* Andrew Dettmann
* [[Don McGill]]
* Lewis Abel
* Ken Sanzel
* Barry Schindel
* Brooke Kennedy
}}
| producer           = {{Plain list|
* John Forrest Niss
* Michael Attanasio
* Christine Larson-Nitzsche
}}
| location           = Los Angeles, [[Pasadena, California|Pasadena]]
| camera             = 
| runtime            = 43 minutes
| company            = {{Plain list|
* The Barry Schindel Company (seasons 2–3)
* Post 109 Productions (season 6)
* [[Scott Free Productions]]
* [[Paramount Television|Paramount Network Television]] (seasons 1–2)
* [[CBS Studios|CBS Paramount Network Television]] (seasons 3–5)
* [[CBS Studios|CBS Television Studios]] (season 6)
}}
| network            = [[CBS]]
| first_aired        = {{Start date|2005|1|23}}
| last_aired         = {{End date|2010|3|12}} 
}}

'''''Numbers''''' (stylized as '''''NUMB3RS''''') is an American [[crime drama]] television series that originally aired on [[CBS]] from January 23, 2005, to March 12, 2010, with a total of six seasons consisting of [[List of Numbers episodes|118 episodes]]. The series was created by [[Nicolas Falacci]] and [[Cheryl Heuton]], and follows [[Federal Bureau of Investigation|FBI Special Agent]] [[Don Eppes]] ([[Rob Morrow]]) and his brother [[Charlie Eppes]] ([[David Krumholtz]]), a college mathematics professor and prodigy, who helps Don solve crimes for the FBI. Brothers [[Ridley Scott|Ridley]] and [[Tony Scott]] produced ''Numbers''; its production companies are the Scott brothers' [[Scott Free Productions]] and [[CBS Television Studios]] (originally [[Paramount Network Television]], and later [[CBS Paramount Network Television]]).

The show focuses equally on the relationships among Don Eppes, his brother Charlie Eppes, and their father, [[Alan Eppes]] ([[Judd Hirsch]]), and on the brothers' efforts to fight crime, usually in Los Angeles. A typical episode begins with a crime, which is subsequently investigated by a team of FBI agents led by Don and [[Mathematical modeling|mathematically modeled]] by Charlie, with the help of [[Larry Fleinhardt]] ([[Peter MacNicol]]) and [[Amita Ramanujan]] ([[Navi Rawat]]). The insights provided by Charlie's mathematics were always in some way crucial to solving the crime.

On May 18, 2010, CBS canceled the series after six seasons.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20100521160712/http://blog.zap2it.com/frominsidethebox/2010/05/report-cbs-cancels-ghost-whisperer-numbers-and-five-more-shows.html "Report: CBS cancels 'Ghost Whisperer,' 'Numbers' and five more shows"]. . [[Zap2It]]. May 18, 2010.</ref>

==Cast and characters==
{{main|List of Numbers characters{{!}}List of ''Numbers'' characters}}

The show revolved around three intersecting groups of characters: the FBI, scientists at the fictitious California Institute of Science (CalSci), and the Eppes family.

* [[Don Eppes]] ([[Rob Morrow]]), Charlie's older brother, is the lead FBI agent at the Los Angeles Violent Crimes Squad.
* [[Professor]] [[Charlie Eppes]] ([[David Krumholtz]]) is a [[mathematician|mathematical genius]], who in addition to teaching at CalSci, consults for the FBI and [[National Security Agency|NSA]].
* [[Alan Eppes]] ([[Judd Hirsch]]) is a former [[Los Angeles|L.A.]] [[Urban planner|city planner]], a widower, and the father of both Charlie and Don Eppes. Alan lives in a historic two-story [[California bungalow]] furnished with period [[Arts and Crafts Movement|Arts and Crafts]] furniture.
* [[David Sinclair (Numbers)|David Sinclair]] ([[Alimi Ballard]]) is an FBI [[field agent]] and was later made Don's second-in-command and promoted to supervisor.
* Terry Lake ([[Sabrina Lloyd]]) is a forensic psychologist and FBI agent. (season 1)
* Prof. [[Larry Fleinhardt]] ([[Peter MacNicol]]) is a [[theoretical physicist]] and [[cosmologist]] at CalSci. Charlie's former mentor and now best friend, he also frequently consults for the FBI.
* Prof. [[Amita Ramanujan]] ([[Navi Rawat]]) is a mathematician at CalSci and an FBI consultant. In season two, she begins dating Charlie, whom she is later engaged to and marries in season six. Charlie was her [[thesis advisor]]. Her name is a reference to influential autodidactic Indian mathematician [[Srinivasa Ramanujan]]. (seasons 2–6, main; 1, recurring)
* [[Megan Reeves]] ([[Diane Farr]]) is an FBI [[behaviorist|behavioral specialist]]. She was involved romantically with Larry Fleinhardt and left the FBI to counsel troubled young women. (seasons 2–4)
* [[Colby Granger]] ([[Dylan Bruno]]) is an FBI field agent. Once thought to have betrayed his colleagues, he is now back in their good graces and confidence. (seasons 3–6, main; 2, recurring)
* [[Liz Warner]] ([[Aya Sumika]]) is an FBI agent, formerly involved with Agent Eppes. (seasons 5–6, main; 3–4, recurring)
* Nikki Betancourt ([[Sophina Brown]]) is an FBI agent with four years' experience in the [[Los Angeles Police Department|LAPD]] and a [[Juris Doctor|law degree]]. (seasons 5–6)

==Episodes==
{{Main|List of Numbers episodes}}

'''Opening:''' (Voice-over by David Krumholtz) We all use math every day. To predict weather, to tell time, to handle money. Math is more than formulas and equations. It's logic; it's rationality. It's using your mind to solve the biggest mysteries we know.

===Season 1 (2005)===
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The first season aired between January 23, 2005, and May 13, 2005, at 10:00&nbsp;pm on Fridays. It started the working relationship between Los Angeles' [[List of FBI field offices#California|FBI field office]] and Charlie Eppes. The main FBI agents are Charlie's brother, Don Eppes, and [[List of Numbers characters#Terry Lake|Terry Lake]], as well as [[List of Numbers characters#David Sinclair|David Sinclair]]. Don and Charlie's father, Alan Eppes, provides emotional support for the pair, while Professor Larry Fleinhardt and doctoral student Amita Ramanujan provide mathematical support and insights to Charlie. Season one was a half-season, producing only 13 episodes. [[Sabrina Lloyd]] played Terry Lake, an agent, in this season; she was later replaced by [[Diane Farr]], who played Megan Reeves.

===Season 2 (2005–06)===
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The second season aired between September 23, 2005, and May 19, 2006, again at 10:00&nbsp;pm on Fridays. Season two has several changes to Don's FBI team: Terry Lake is reassigned to [[Washington, D.C.|Washington]] and two new members join Don and David Sinclair: [[Megan Reeves (Numb3rs)|Megan Reeves]] and [[Colby Granger]]. Charlie is challenged on one of his long-standing mathematical workpieces and starts work on a new theory, cognitive emergence theory. Larry sells his home and assumes a [[nomad]]ic lifestyle while he becomes romantically involved with Megan. Amita receives an offer for an assistant professor position at [[Harvard University]], but is plagued by doubt as her relationship with Charlie is challenged, and her career is in upheaval. Alan begins work and dating again, although he struggles with the loss of his wife and Charlie and his dream of her.

===Season 3 (2006–07)===
{{Main|Numbers (season 3)}}
''Numb3rs'' was renewed for a third season,<ref name="season3">{{cite news |url=http://www.tv.com/numb3rs/show/25043/story.html?story_id=3543&tag=headlines;title;1 |title=Voila! CBS renews 14 shows at once |last=Mahan |first=Colin |publisher=TV.com |date=March 6, 2006 |access-date=August 25, 2007}}</ref> which began airing at 10:00&nbsp;pm on Friday, September 22, 2006, and ended on May 18, 2007. Charlie and Amita intensify their relationship, as do Larry and Megan, especially after Megan's kidnapping. Amita has trouble adjusting to her new role as a CalSci professor, and Larry announces his [[leave of absence]]; he will be on the [[International Space Station]] for six months, which greatly distresses Charlie. Charlie and his colleagues are troubled by Dr. Mildred Finch, the newly appointed chair of the CalSci Physics, Mathematics, and Astronomy Division, whom they learn has begun dating Alan.
Meanwhile, Don dates Agent Liz Warner and questions his [[ethics]] and [[self worth]], and receives counseling. Charlie sees Don's therapist, and the two understand one another more. Despite Don's concerns, Alan engages in some FBI consulting with his engineering knowledge, and Larry returns from the space station, disillusioned. The finale wraps up with a revelation that Colby was a double agent for the Chinese.

Noticeable changes from previous seasons include removing the opening-credit sequence (credits are now done during the first segment of the show), the absence of Peter MacNicol's character for much of the season, and the absence of Diane Farr's character for a few episodes. Peter MacNicol appeared in the first 11 episodes before leaving for the television show ''[[24 (TV series)|24]]'', but returned to ''Numbers'' for the 21st episode of season&nbsp;three ("[[The Art of Reckoning (Numb3rs)|The Art of Reckoning]]"). His character's absence was written into the show by becoming a [[payload specialist]] on the International Space Station. Diane Farr, pregnant for most of the season, left the show for [[maternity leave]] in episode 18 ("[[Democracy (Numb3rs)|Democracy]]"); her character's absence is explained as a particular assignment to the [[United States Department of Justice|Department of Justice]].

===Season 4 (2007–08)===
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The season premiere aired on September 28, 2007, in the same time slot as in previous seasons, 10:00&nbsp;pm [[Eastern Time]].<ref name="fall2007preview">{{cite web |url=http://www.cbs.com/primetime/fall_preview_2007/ |title=CBS 2007 Fall Preview |website=[[CBS]] |access-date=August 24, 2007}}</ref> Because of the [[2007–2008 Writers Guild of America strike|writer's strike]], only 12 episodes were initially produced. However, once the strike ended, CBS announced the show's return April 4, 2008, with six episodes.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.zap2it.com/tv/news/zap-cbsreturndates,0,7656374.story |title=CBS Sets Series Return Dates |website=[[Zap2it]] |access-date=February 13, 2008 |archive-date=February 16, 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080216054051/http://www.zap2it.com/tv/news/zap-cbsreturndates%2C0%2C7656374.story |url-status=dead }}</ref> The season ended on May 16, 2008.

As this season starts, [[Colby Granger]] escapes from jail and is revealed to be a [[triple agent]]. He then rejoins the team. Don and Liz break up halfway through this season after Liz has trouble with Don's trust issues. Amita's parents come to visit, which becomes a secondary theme throughout most of the season. Due to her work at the DOJ, Megan is conflicted by her work and turns to Larry. Near the end of the season, Don's girlfriend from season&nbsp;two, Robin Brooks, returns. Don and Robin then continue their relationship. Charlie attends [[FBI Academy|FBI training camp]] because he has been working with Don for several years and wants to understand better what his brother does. In the season finale, Megan leaves the team to move back to Washington, DC, and Charlie goes head-to-head with Don about a case. This causes Charlie to send information to scientists in [[Pakistan]]. He is subsequently arrested and has his [[security clearance]] revoked to no longer help Don on cases. At the end of the episode, Don drives away to another case, and Charlie admits that giving up FBI work will be more challenging than he expected.

Several characters from previous seasons did not appear in season&nbsp;four, most notably [[Mildred Finch]] and [[Ian Edgerton]].

===Season 5 (2008–09)===
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The fifth season premiered on October 3, 2008, and the season finale aired on May 15, 2009. The season premiere was moved back one week to accommodate the [[United States presidential election debates, 2008|2008 presidential debates]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.broadcastingcable.com/article/114334-CBS_Sets_Fall_Premiere_Dates.php |title=CBS Sets Fall Premiere Dates |publisher=Broadcasting & Media |access-date=June 20, 2009}}</ref>

Season five opens three weeks after "[[When Worlds Collide (Numbers)|When Worlds Collide]]" (season four's finale), with the government dropping the charges against Charlie. Charlie gets his [[security clearance]] back after Don and he fight FBI Security Officer Carl McGowan. Don begins to explore [[Judaism]]. The team adds new agent Nikki Betancourt, who arrives shortly after Megan Reeves' departure. Robin is offered a promotion but turns it down. Buck Winters (from the episodes [[Spree (Numbers)|"Spree"]] and "[[Two Daughters]]") breaks out of prison and comes after Don. Alan suddenly finds himself coaching CalSci's basketball team. David becomes Don's primary relief supervisor. [[DARPA]] tries to recruit Charlie, but he turns down their offer. Toward the end of the season, Don is stabbed, and Charlie blames himself for it. The aftermath of Don's stabbing causes Charlie to focus more on his FBI consultation work. Amita is kidnapped, and the team races to find her. After she is rescued, Charlie proposes to Amita. Her response is left undisclosed.

[[Disturbed (Numbers)|"Disturbed"]] marked the 100th episode of ''Numbers''.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.nydailynews.com/entertainment/tv/2009/05/01/2009-05-01_hawking_counts_numb3rs_as_a_fave.html |title=Hawking counts 'Numb3rs' as a fave |access-date=September 9, 2009 |last=Kinon |first=Cristina |date=May 1, 2009 |newspaper=[[New York Daily News]]}}</ref>

===Season 6 (2009–10)===
{{Main|Numbers (season 6)}}
The sixth and final season premiered Friday, September 25, 2009, at 10:00&nbsp;pm [[Eastern Time Zone|ET]]<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.tvguide.com/News/FallTV-CBS-premieres-1007227.aspx |title=Fall TV: CBS Announces Premiere Dates |publisher=TVGuide.com |access-date=June 24, 2009}}</ref> and the season finale aired on March 12, 2010, 3 days before Hirsch's 75th birthday.

The season starts with the [[engagement]] of Charlie and Amita. Soon after, Larry turns down an opportunity to meet with mathematicians at [[CERN]], in [[Geneva]], and drops his course load for the following semester. This leads Charlie to realize Larry is once again leaving and leaving all of his work to Charlie. Don learns that his former mentor is crooked, causing Don angst to shoot his mentor. Charlie and Don realize that Alan has lost a substantial amount of money in his [[401(k)]]. After some delay, Larry leaves Los Angeles to find a vacant piece of land for sale within driving distance of the city. Alan decides to return to work and finds a job as a software technical consultant. David asks Don for advice about career paths within the FBI. Larry returns from the desert with a new theory about the universe's fate. Charlie and Amita begin planning their wedding and decide to join the [[Big Brothers Big Sisters of America|Big Brother/Big Sister]] program to practice parenting skills. They get married before their move to [[England]] to teach at the [[University of Cambridge]]. Don loses his gun, recovers it after it is used in some [[vigilante]] murders, and gets engaged to Robin. He also decides to leave the team, taking an administrative position within the FBI. Before leaving, Charlie and Amita decide that the family garage should be converted to a [[guest house]] so Alan can continue living with them. Leaving Colby, Liz, and Nikki behind, David departs for Washington, DC, to a position as an anti-corruption team leader.

==Home media==
[[CBS Home Entertainment|CBS DVD]] (distributed by [[Paramount Home Entertainment]]) has released all six seasons of ''Numb3rs'' on DVD in Regions 1, 2, and 4.

On June 2, 2017, CBS DVD released ''Numb3rs: The Complete Series'' on DVD in Region 1.<ref>[http://tvshowsondvd.com/news/Numb3rs-Numbers-The-Complete-Series/23149 Add the Six Seasons Together in 'The Complete Series' this Summer!] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170329141944/http://tvshowsondvd.com/news/Numb3rs-Numbers-The-Complete-Series/23149 |date=March 29, 2017 }}</ref>

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!Complete series
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==Awards and nominations==
[[Nicolas Falacci]] and [[Cheryl Heuton]], the show's creators, won several awards for the show, including the [[Carl Sagan Award for Public Understanding of Science]] in 2006<ref name="carlsaganaward">{{cite web |url=http://www.cbs.com/primetime/numb3rs/ |title=Official Numb3rs website |website=[[CBS]] |access-date=May 13, 2006 }}</ref> and the [[National Science Board]]'s Public Service Award in 2007.<ref name="publicserviceaward">{{cite news |url=https://www.nsf.gov/news/news_summ.jsp?cntn_id=108701 |title=The "Numb3rs" Add Up: Popular TV Show and Its Creators Receive Public Service Award |publisher=[[National Science Board]] |date=April 16, 2007 |access-date=August 25, 2007 }}</ref> They also won the [[Joint Policy Board for Mathematics]] (JPBM) reward and encourage communicators who, on a sustained basis, bring mathematical ideas and information to non-mathematical audiences Communications Award in 2010.<ref>{{Cite AV media |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fp8ytVfeREQ |title=NUMB3RS Creators Win 2010 JPBM Award |date=2011-01-14 |last=Mathematical Association of America |access-date=2024-07-10 |via=YouTube}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=JPBM Communications Award |url=https://www.siam.org/prizes-recognition/joint-prizes/detail/jpbm-communications-award |access-date=2024-07-10 |website=SIAM |language=en-US}}</ref> Also, the show's [[stunt coordinator]], Jim Vickers, was nominated for an [[Emmy Award]] for [[Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Stunt Coordination|Outstanding Stunt Coordination]] in 2006 for episode 14 of Season&nbsp;2, "[[Harvest (Numbers)|Harvest]]".<ref name="imdb_awards">{{cite web |url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0433309/awards |title=Awards for "Numb3rs" |publisher=[[IMDb]] |access-date=August 25, 2007 }}</ref>

==Representation of mathematics==
{{cquote|We all use math every day. To predict weather, to tell time, to handle money. Math is more than formulas and equations. It's logic; it's rationality. It's using your mind to solve the biggest mysteries we know.}}

Several mathematicians work as [[consultant]]s for each episode.<ref name="wolfram_consultants">{{cite web |url=http://blog.wolfram.com/2007/05/the_mathematica_behind_televis.html?lid=title |title=The Math(ematica) behind Television's Crime Drama NUMB3RS |first=Eric |last=Weisstein |author-link=Eric Weisstein |access-date=August 24, 2007 |archive-date=November 11, 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071111091311/http://blog.wolfram.com/2007/05/the_mathematica_behind_televis.html?lid=title |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref name="hollywood_consulting">{{cite web |url=http://www.hollywoodmath.com/projects.htm |title=Hollywood Math and Science Film Consulting |access-date=August 24, 2007 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |first=Elizabeth |last=Weise |url=http://www.math.caltech.edu/USA%20Today.html |title=They're Calculatingly Cool |publisher=[[USA Today]] |date=February 9, 2005 |access-date=October 13, 2007 }}</ref> Actual mathematics are presented in the show; the equations on the chalkboards are mathematically valid, and are somewhat applicable to the situations presented in each show. This mathematical validity and applicability of the equations have been asserted by professional mathematicians.<ref name="wolfram_consultants" /><ref name="devlin">{{cite web |first=Keith |last=Devlin |url=http://www.maa.org/devlin/devlin_02_05.html |title=NUMB3RS gets the math right |publisher=[[Mathematical Association of America]] |access-date=August 24, 2007 }}</ref><ref name="mathgames">{{cite web |first=Ed Jr. |last=Pegg |author-link=Ed Pegg, Jr. |url=http://www.maa.org/editorial/mathgames/mathgames_01_21_05.html |title=Math Games – The NUMB3RS TV show |publisher=[[Mathematical Association of America]] |date=January 21, 2005 |access-date=August 24, 2007 }}</ref>

A book entitled ''The Numbers Behind NUMB3RS: Solving Crime with Mathematics'' ({{isbn|0452288576}}; published August 28, 2007), written by [[Keith Devlin]] and [[Gary Lorden|Dr. Gary Lorden]], a consultant to the show along with Dr. Orara, a physics consultant, explains some of the mathematical techniques that have been used both in actual FBI cases and in other law-enforcement departments.<ref name="devlin_book">{{cite book |title=The Numbers Behind NUMB3RS: Solving Crime with Mathematics (Paperback) |year=2007 |publisher=[[Amazon.com]] |isbn=978-0-452-28857-7 |url-access=registration |url=https://archive.org/details/numbersbehindnum0000devl }}</ref><ref name="redhawke_books">{{cite web |url=http://www.redhawke.org/content/view/347/89/ |title=NUMB3RS Books and DVDs |author=Lady Shelley |access-date=August 25, 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070821112757/http://www.redhawke.org/content/view/347/89/ |archive-date=August 21, 2007 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

Since the premiere season, the blog edited by Prof. Mark Bridger (Northeastern University) has commented on the mathematics behind each episode of the show.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.atsweb.neu.edu/math/cp/blog/? |title=Numb3rs blog |publisher=Northeastern University |date=June 14, 2005 |access-date=June 15, 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070202040230/http://www.atsweb.neu.edu/math/cp/blog/ |archive-date=February 2, 2007 }}</ref>

[[Wolfram Research]] (the developers of ''[[Mathematica]]'') is the chief math consultant, reviewing scripts and providing background mathematics for the show. Starting with season four, their website in collaboration with CBS is entitled "The math behind ''NUMB3RS''".<ref>{{cite web|url=http://numb3rs.wolfram.com |title=NUMB3RS Episode 412-Power-Wolfram Research Math Notes |publisher=Numb3rs.wolfram.com |access-date=June 15, 2010}}</ref>

[[Alice Silverberg]], a mathematician consultant to the show, expressed concern with its use of mathematics, asserting that the math is inserted after the initial script and written to provide plausible-sounding [[jargon]], rather than having consultants involved at all stages of story development.<ref name="silverberg">{{cite journal
| last = Silverberg | author-link = Alice Silverberg
| first = Alice |date=November 2006 |title=Alice in NUMB3Rland |journal=FOCUS |volume=26 |issue=8 |pages=12–13 |url=http://www.math.uci.edu/~asilverb/bibliography/numb3rland.pdf }}</ref> The same part-time consultant offered criticism of the show's portrayal of female mathematicians and expressed concern over the appropriateness of the relationship between Charlie Eppes and his graduate student Amita Ramanujan.<ref name="silverberg" />

==Production==
The idea for ''Numbers'' was generated in the late 1990s when Nick Falacci and Cheryl Heuton, the show's creators, attended a lecture given by [[Bill Nye]], a popular [[Science education|science educator]].<ref name="nye">{{cite news |url=http://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1137661,00.html|title=The Numb3rs Guy |publisher=Time Magazine |date=December 4, 2005 |access-date=August 25, 2007}}</ref> The premise of the show is similar to that of author [[Colin Bruce (author)|Colin Bruce]]'s [[The Strange Case of Mrs. Hudson's Cat|reimaginings of the Sherlock Holmes character]],<ref>{{cite news| last=Jonas |first=Gerald|title=The Strange Case |url=https://www.nytimes.com/books/97/10/05/bib/971005.rv102432.html | work=The New York Times |date=October 5, 1997}}</ref> and to the "[[Mathnet]]" segment on the children's television show ''[[Square One Television|Square One]]''.

[[Gabriel Macht]] was originally cast to portray the character of Don Eppes.<ref name="Point of Origin">{{cite video |people=Cheryl Heuton (co-creator/co-executive producer), Nicolas Falacci (co-creator-executive producer), Ridley Scott (executive producer), Tony Scott (executive producer), David W. Zucker (co-executive producer), Mark Saks (casting director), Skip Chaissom (producer) |date=2006 |title=Point of Origin: Inside the Unaired Pilot |medium=DVD (Numb3rs: Season 1) |publisher=CBS Studios, Inc.}}</ref> Also, the original concept for the show had the events take place at [[Massachusetts Institute of Technology]];<ref name="imdb_trivia">{{cite web |url=http://imdb.com/title/tt0433309/trivia |title="Numb3rs" (2005) Trivia |publisher=[[IMDb]] |access-date=August 25, 2007 }}</ref> this was later changed to the fictional California Institute of Science, commonly called CalSci. Scenes which take place at CalSci are filmed at [[California Institute of Technology]] (Caltech)<ref name="imdb_trivia" /> and the [[University of Southern California]]. One of the most frequent campus locations at Caltech is the vicinity of [[:Image:Millikan Library, Caltech.jpg|Millikan Library]], including the bridge over Millikan Pond, the Trustees room, and the arcades of nearby buildings. At USC, locations include Doheny Library and the Town and Gown dining room. Exteriors for the FBI offices are on the distinctive bridge at [[Los Angeles Center Studios]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://us.imdb.com/title/tt0433309/locations |title="Numb3rs" (2005) - Filming locations |publisher=Us.imdb.com |date=May 1, 2009 |access-date=June 15, 2010}}</ref>

Another common location is the [[American Craftsman|Craftsman home]] of the Eppes family. The house shown in the first season is real; it is owned by David Raposa and Edward Trosper,<ref name="craftsmanhome">{{cite news |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2005-feb-17-hm-numbers17-story.html |title=Arts and Crafts by the 'Numb3rs' |first=Christy |last=Hobart |work=Los Angeles Times |date=February 17, 2005 }}</ref> although a [[replica]] set was used from the second season onwards.<ref name="setfilming">{{cite web |url=http://www.fanrush.com/forums/forumdisplay.php?f=15 |title=NUMB3RS.org forum |access-date=May 30, 2007 |archive-date=May 21, 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070521062639/http://www.fanrush.com/forums/forumdisplay.php?f=15 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

===Title of the show===
The show uses the number three in its title instead of the letter "e", in which is found in [[Leet]]speak. In the interviews with Tom Jicha of the ''[[South Florida Sun Sentinel|South Florida Sun-Sentinel]]'' and with Alan Pergament of ''[[The Buffalo News]]'', Heuton mentioned that the use of the number three in the title derives from [[leet]], a form of computer jargon that replaces letters with numbers.<ref>{{cite news |last=Jicha|first=Tom|title=Doing the Math – CBS Hopes Its New Equation for the Crime Drama, Pairing a Detective and a Genius, Will Add up to a Hit |newspaper=[[South Florida Sun Sentinel|South Florida Sun-Sentinel]] |location=[[Fort Lauderdale, Florida]]|date=January 22, 2005 | url= http://iw.newsbank.com/resources/doc/nb/news/107C960544014224?p=NewsBank |access-date=February 26, 2015}}{{subscription required| via=Newsbank}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last=Pergament |first=Alan |title='Numb3rs' Viewers Probably Won't Be Willing to Do the Math |newspaper=[[The Buffalo News]] | location=[[Buffalo, New York]]| publisher=[[The Buffalo News]] |date=January 20, 2005 |url=http://iw.newsbank.com/resources/doc/nb/news/107C908EC4021785?p=NewsBank |access-date=February 27, 2015}}{{subscription required| via=Newsbank}}</ref>  Dr. [[Gary Lorden]], a [[California Institute of Technology]] mathematics professor who served as the show's mathematics consultant, told [[National Public Radio|NPR]]'s Ira Flatow that it was created on a normal computer keyboard.  Lorden also mentioned that the use of the number three in the title can serve as a restriction in Internet searches about the series.<ref name="NPR">{{cite web |author=National Public Radio |author-link=National Public Radio |title=The 'Numb3rs' Don't Lie |work=[[National Public Radio]] |date=October 5, 2007 |url=https://www.npr.org/templates/transcript/transcript.php?storyId=15039360 |access-date=February 27, 2015}}</ref>

Both entertainment reporters and psychologists noticed the title's spelling.  Some reporters, such as Joanne Ostrow of the ''[[Denver Post]]'',<ref>{{cite news |last=Ostrow |first=Joanne |title=Networks are busy, it must be midseason |work=[[Denver Post]] |location=[[Denver, Colorado]]| publisher=[[Denver Post]] |date=December 8, 2004 |url=https://www.chicagotribune.com/2004/12/08/networks-are-busy-it-must-be-midseason/ |access-date=February 26, 2015}}</ref> the staff members of ''[[People (magazine)|People Magazine]]'',<ref>{{cite news |author=Staff Report |title=Picks and Pans Review: Numb3rs |work=[[People (magazine)|People Magazine]] |location=[[New York City, New York]] |publisher=[[People (magazine)|People Magazine]] |date=January 31, 2005 |url=http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20146679,00.html |access-date=February 26, 2015 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150402111543/http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20146679,00.html |archive-date=April 2, 2015 }}</ref> the editors of [[The Futon Critic]],<ref>{{cite web |author=The Futon Critic Staff |title=Numb3rs' Add Up to a January Premiere |work=[[The Futon Critic]] |date=November 29, 2004 |url=http://www.thefutoncritic.com/news/2004/11/29/numb3rs-add-up-to-a-january-premiere-17323/20041129cbs01/ |access-date=February 26, 2015}}</ref> the staff of the [[E. W. Scripps Company|Scripps Howard News Service]],<ref>{{cite news|author=Staff Report |title='Committed' is TV's best offering for January |work=[[E. W. Scripps Company|Scripps Howard News Service]] | location=[[Cincinnati, Ohio]]| publisher=[[E. W. Scripps Company|Scripps Howard News Service]] |date=December 28, 2004 |url=http://iw.newsbank.com/resources/doc/nb/news/123E305577746D28?p=NewsBank |access-date=February 26, 2015}}{{subscription required| via=Newsbank}}</ref> and Mike Hughes of ''[[USA Today]]''<ref>{{cite news |last=Hughes |first=Mike |title='Numb3rs' adds up for new series' stars |work=[[USA Today]] |location=[[Tysons Corner, Virginia]]| publisher=[[USA Today]] |date=January 7, 2005 |url=http://iw.newsbank.com/resources/doc/nb/news/127C307C99E0BD98?p=NewsBank |access-date=February 26, 2015}}{{subscription required| via=Newsbank}}</ref> acknowledged the presence of the number three in the title.  Lynette Rice of ''[[Entertainment Weekly]]'' asked Krumholtz about the three in the title; his response was, "Isn't that annoying? I think it should be the mathematical symbol for [[sigma]], which looks like an E. I've been fighting that for weeks."<ref>{{cite magazine |last=Rice|first=Lynette|title=David Krumholtz explains how it all adds up|magazine=[[Entertainment Weekly]]|date=February 14, 2005|url=https://ew.com/article/2005/02/14/david-krumholtz-explains-how-it-all-adds/|access-date=February 11, 2014}}</ref>  (The [[sigma]] (Σ) stands for [[summation]].<ref>{{cite web |last=Weiss |first=David J. |title=Review of Mathematical Symbols |work=Psy302: Statistical Methods |publisher=[[California State University, Los Angeles]] |date=September 21, 2001 |url=http://instructional1.calstatela.edu/dweiss/Psy302/Symbols.htm |access-date=February 11, 2014}}</ref>)  Others used varying adjectives to describe the title.  The TV site [[Zap2it.com]] called it "their typographical silliness, not ours".<ref>{{cite news |author=dmason |title=CBS is counting on 'Numb3rs' |work=[[Ventura County Star]] |location=[[Camarillo, California]]| publisher=[[Ventura County Star]] |date=December 4, 2004 |url=http://iw.newsbank.com/resources/doc/nb/news/1076B5146BD80512?p=NewsBank |access-date=February 28, 2015}}{{subscription required| via=Newsbank}}</ref>  Brad Aspey of ''[[The Muskegon Chronicle]]'', stated, "No, that wasn't an ugly typo you just read - "NUMB3RS" (pronounced numbers) is the idiosyncratic title of filmmakers Ridley and Tony Scott's astute and crafty psychological drama which shows that even math can make for edge-of-your-seat entertainment."<ref>{{cite news |last=Aspey |first=Brad |title='Regular' TV finally getting the message from cable |work=[[The Muskegon Chronicle]] |location=[[Muskegon, Michigan]] |publisher=[[The Muskegon Chronicle]] |date=January 28, 2005 |url=http://iw.newsbank.com/resources/doc/nb/news/11406B3D9777EDE5?p=NewsBank  |access-date=February 28, 2015}}{{subscription required| via=Newsbank}}</ref>  Ellen Gray of ''[[The Philadelphia Daily News]]'', said, "Some of you may have noticed that in promoting "Numb3rs," which premieres Sunday before moving to its regular 10 p.m. Friday slot, CBS has chosen to put a 3 in place of the "e" in the title....I won't be going along with this particular affectation, which slows down my typing and seems to be the graphic equivalent of the reversed "R" in Toys R Us.  So there."<ref>{{cite news|last=Gray |first=Ellen |title=Math Adds Up to Zero for 'Numb3rs' Star |work=[[The Philadelphia Daily News]] |location=[[Philadelphia, Pennsylvania]] |publisher=[[Watertown Daily Times]] |date=January 22, 2005 |url=http://iw.newsbank.com/resources/doc/nb/news/107CD076C5CB2884?p=NewsBank |access-date=February 28, 2015}}{{subscription required| via=Newsbank}}</ref>

Still others had a more positive view of the title.  When NPR's Flatow asked both Lorden and Dr. Keith Devlin, NPR's mathematics reporter, about the title, both men denied creating the title; Devlin believed that executive producer Tony Scott originated the title.  Lorden stated that he initially thought that the title was "kind of hokey", but later saw it as "brilliant" and a "catchy logo".<ref name="NPR"/>  Jonathan Storm of ''[[The Philadelphia Inquirer]]'', in his review of the series stated, "You'd think CBS's new ''Numbers'', which premieres at 10 tonight after the Patriots-Steelers football game, is just another one of those shows with numskull titles trying to draw attention to themselves.  But the '3' substituting for the 'e' is actually based on a real thing"....  He later said that the show was "written by people familiar with the [[Cult of the Dead Cow|Dead Cow Cult]]".<ref>{{cite news |last=Storm |first=Jonathan |title=Solving Crimes by the 'Numb3rs' |work=[[The Philadelphia Inquirer]] |location=[[Philadelphia, Pennsylvania]] |publisher=[[The Philadelphia Inquirer]] |date=January 23, 2005 |url=http://iw.newsbank.com/resources/doc/nb/news/107D72D2F66DE363?p=NewsBank |access-date=February 27, 2015}}{{subscription required| via=Newsbank}}</ref>  David Brooks of ''[[The Telegraph (Nashua)|The Telegraph (Nashua, NH)]]'' devoted the majority of his entire review to the use of leet in the series title.<ref>{{cite news |last=Brooks |first=David |title=C4n y0u r34d 7h15? Maybe you can work for CBS |work=[[The Telegraph (Nashua)|The Telegraph (Nashua, NH)]] |location=[[Nashua, New Hampshire]] |publisher=[[The Telegraph (Nashua)|The Telegraph (Nashua, NH)]] |date=January 19, 2005 |url=http://iw.newsbank.com/resources/doc/nb/news/107BACC732EA8C00?p=NewsBank |access-date=February 28, 2015}}{{subscription required| via=Newsbank}}</ref>  In addition, three psychologists, Manuel Perea, Jon Andoni Duñabeitia, and Manuel Carreiras mentioned the television series in their 2008 article for the [[American Psychological Association]]'s ''[[Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Perception and Performance]]''.<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Perea |first1=Manuel |last2=Duñabeitia |first2=Jon Andoni |last3=Carreiras |first3=Manuel Carreiras |title=Observations: R34d1ng W0rd5 w1th Numb3r5 |journal=Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Perception and Performance |volume=34 |issue=1 |pages=237–241 |publisher=[[American Psychological Association]] |location=[[United States]] |year=2008 |url=http://www.uv.es/~mperea/leet1.pdf |doi=10.1037/0096-1523.34.1.237 |pmid=18248151 |s2cid=6054151 |access-date=February 11, 2014}}</ref>

===American television ratings===
Seasonal rankings (based on average total viewers per episode) of ''Numb3rs'' on CBS.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.abcmedianet.com/web/display/display_main.aspx?searchparams=numb3rs&typecode=DNR |title=Ratings search for Numb3rs |publisher=ABC Media Net |access-date=June 15, 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090107091549/http://www.abcmedianet.com/web/display/display_main.aspx?searchparams=numb3rs&typecode=DNR |archive-date=January 7, 2009 }}</ref>

''Note: Each U.S. network television season starts in late September and ends in late May, which coincides with the completion of May [[sweeps]].''

{| class="wikitable"
|- style="background:#e0e0e0;"
! Season
! Timeslot
! Season premiere
! Season finale
! Episodes
! TV season
! Ranking
! Viewers<br>(in millions)
|- style="background:#f9f9f9;"
| 1st
| rowspan="6" style="text-align:center;" |Friday 10:00&nbsp;PM
| January 23, 2005
| May 13, 2005
| style="text-align:center"|13
| style="text-align:center"|2004–2005
! style="text-align:center"|#36
! style="text-align:center"| 10.77<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.abcmedianet.com/pressrel/dispDNR.html?id=060105_05 |title=Viewer numbers of the official 2004–2005 U.S. television season |publisher=[[American Broadcasting Company]] |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070310210208/http://www.abcmedianet.com/pressrel/dispDNR.html?id=060105_05 |archive-date=March 10, 2007 }}</ref>
|- style="background:#f9f9f9;"
| 2nd
| September 23, 2005
| May 19, 2006
| style="text-align:center"|24
| style="text-align:center"|2005–2006
! style="text-align:center"|#32
! style="text-align:center"| 11.62<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.abcmedianet.com/pressrel/dispDNR.html?id=053106_05 |title=Viewer numbers of the official 2005–2006 U.S. television season |publisher=[[American Broadcasting Company]] |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070310210300/http://www.abcmedianet.com/pressrel/dispDNR.html?id=053106_05 |archive-date=March 10, 2007 }}</ref>
|- style="background:#f9f9f9;"
| 3rd
| September 22, 2006
| May 18, 2007
| style="text-align:center"|24
| style="text-align:center"|2006–2007
! style="text-align:center"|#38
! style="text-align:center"| 10.5<ref name="autogenerated1">{{cite news |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/hr/content_display/television/features/e3ifbfdd1bcb53266ad8d9a71cad261604f |title=2006–07 primetime wrap – Series programming results |work=[[The Hollywood Reporter]] |date=May 25, 2007 |access-date=August 25, 2007 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20070815162048/http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/hr/content_display/television/features/e3ifbfdd1bcb53266ad8d9a71cad261604f <!-- Bot retrieved archive --> |archive-date = August 15, 2007}}</ref>
|- style="background:#f9f9f9;"
| 4th<ref name="autogenerated1" />
| September 28, 2007
| May 16, 2008
| style="text-align:center"|18
| style="text-align:center"|2007–2008
! style="text-align:center"|#55
! style="text-align:center"| 9.14<ref>{{cite web|url=https://televisionista.blogspot.com/2008/06/tv-ratings-2007-2008-season-top-200.html |title=Televisionista: TV Ratings: 2007–2008 Season Top-200 |publisher=Televisionista.blogspot.com |date=June 1, 2008 |access-date=June 15, 2010}}</ref>
|- style="background:#f9f9f9;"
| 5th
| October 3, 2008
| May 15, 2009
| style="text-align:center"|23
| style="text-align:center"|2008–2009
! style="text-align:center"|#37
! style="text-align:center"| 10.29<ref>{{cite web|url=http://abcmedianet.com/web/dnr/dispDNR.aspx?id=121608_04 |title=ABC Medianet |publisher=ABC Medianet |access-date=June 15, 2010}}</ref>
|- style="background:#f9f9f9;"
| 6th
| September 25, 2009
| March 12, 2010
| style="text-align:center"|16<ref>{{cite magazine |last=Ausiello |first=Michael |url=https://ew.com/article/2009/11/04/this-just-in-cbs-trims-numb3rs-episode-order/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091107045123/http://ausiellofiles.ew.com/2009/11/04/this-just-in-cbs-trims-numb3rs-episode-order/|archive-date=November 7, 2009 |title=This just in: CBS trims 'Numb3rs,' orders more 'NCIS' and 'Mother' |magazine=Entertainment Weekly|date=November 4, 2009 |access-date=November 21, 2019}}</ref>
| style="text-align:center"|2009–2010
! style="text-align:center"|#46
! style="text-align:center"|8.45<ref name="Deadline.com 2009-2010 Series Rankings">{{cite news |url=https://deadline.com/2010/05/full-series-rankings-for-the-2009-10-broadcast-season-44277/ |website=Deadline|date=May 27, 2010 |title=Deadline.com: Full Series Rankings for The 2009-2010 Broadcast Season}}</ref>
|}

*'''Note:''' The pilot episode aired on Sunday before moving to its regular night on Friday.

== International broadcasting ==
{{Flag|Australia}}: [[Network 10|Network Ten]]

{{Flag|Austria}}: [[Paramount Network]]

{{Flag|Spain}}: [[Calle 13 (TV channel)|Calle 13]]

{{Flag|Netherlands}}: [[Net5|NET 5]]

{{Flag|Denmark}}: [[13th Street (TV channel)|13th Street]]

{{Flag|France}}: [[Universal TV|Universal Channel]], [[M6 (TV channel)|M6]], [[6ter]], [[RTL-TVI|RTL TVL]]

{{Flag|India}}: [[AXN (Indian TV channel)|AXN]]

{{Flag|Japan}}: [[Fox Crime]]

{{Flag|Poland}}: [[Hallmark Channel (international)|Hallmark Channel]]

{{Flag|South Africa}}: [[Universal TV]]

{{Flag|Italy}}: [[Rai 4]]

{{Flag|Hungary}}: [[Viasat 3|Viasat3]]

{{Flag|Russia}}: [[Universal TV|Universal Channel]]

==References==
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