Numbers is an American television series created by Nicolas Falacci and Cheryl Heuton.
It premiered on CBS on Sunday, January 23, 2005, at 10:00 pm with its pilot episode then moved to its Friday slot five days later.
The series is set in Los Angeles, California, and follows the stories of a Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) team and a mathematics professor, focusing on relationships between FBI Special Agent in Charge Don Eppes (Rob Morrow), his brother Professor Charlie Eppes (David Krumholtz) and their father, Alan Eppes (Judd Hirsch), and on the brothers' efforts to fight crime.
A typical episode begins with a crime, which is subsequently investigated by Don's team and mathematically described by Charlie.
The first season, a mid-season replacement for Dr. Vegas,[2] was the shortest of the six, and spanned 13 episodes from January to May 2005.