Raines


Raines is an American police procedural crime drama television series that ran on NBC in the United States from March 15 to April 27, 2007. The show premiered as a mid-season replacement, as well as airing on CH in Canada, TV3 in Ireland, ITV3 in the UK, and on Network Ten in Australia.
The series focused on Michael Raines, a 'mentally haunted' LAPD detective, who interacts with imaginary manifestations of dead crime victims in order to solve criminal cases. Raines must deal with his unique, unintentional method, as it causes problems with his co-workers and in his personal life.
The first two episodes aired on Thursday nights at 10:00 PM Eastern Time during the time slot normally occupied by ER. The third episode aired eight days later, taking up its regular Friday at 9:00 PM time slot.
On May 14, 2007, NBC announced its schedule for the 2007-2008 television season. Raines was left off this list, and was officially cancelled.

Cast and characters

Mykelti Williamson appeared in a cameo role, in the pilot episode, as Detective Bobby 'Fearless' Smith, a role he originated on the 2002-03 NBC-TV series 'Boomtown', also conceived by Raines creator Graham Yost, and set in Los Angeles.
Luis Guzmán was originally cast in the role of Charlie Lincoln, but after the pilot was shot, he was replaced by Malik Yoba. NBC then asked that the producers re-shoot the scenes in which he appeared.

Episodes

A script entitled "Every Picture Tells a Story" was written but not filmed; this would have been episode production number 108.

U.S. television ratings

Weekly rankings based on Fast National ratings.
#EpisodeAir DateTimeslot SeasonRatingShare18–49ViewersRank
1"Pilot"March 15, 2007Thursday 10:00 PM2006–20076.7122.910.46# 23
2"Meet Juan Doe"March 22, 2007Thursday 10:00 PM2006–20075.9102.58.71# 33
3"Reconstructing Alice"March 30, 2007Friday 9:00 PM2006–20074.891.96.97# 50
4"Stone Dead"April 6, 2007Friday 9:00 PM2006–20074.481.76.67# 53
5"5th Step"April 13, 2007Friday 9:00 PM2006–20074.171.56.45# 59
6"Inner Child"April 20, 2007Friday 9:00 PM2006–20073.971.35.87# 63
7"Closure"April 27, 2007Friday 9:00 PM2006–20073.871.45.59# 61

For the season, the show came in #83, with 6.7 million viewers.

Home media

Though the series has never been released to DVD, all 7 episodes are available for digital download from iTunes and Amazon.