The First 48 premiered on A&E on August 4, 2004. For homicide detectives, the clock starts ticking the moment they are called. Their chance of solving a case is cut in half if they don't get a lead in The First 48. Each passing hour gives suspects more time to flee, witnesses more time to forget what they saw, and crucial evidence more time to be lost forever. The First 48 follows detectives from around the country during these first critical hours as they race against time to find the suspect. Gritty and fast-paced, it takes viewers behind the scenes of real-life investigations with unprecedented access to crime scenes, autopsies, forensic processing, and interrogations.
Episodes
January 4, 2009
Season 1 (2004-2005)
(14 Episodes In Season 1)
Roadside Burning/Blood Ties (Originally Aired 8/4/2004)
Deadly Attraction (Originally Aired 8/11/2004)
Silence In The Grove/Showstopper (Originally Aired 8/18/2004)
Silent Witness/Halley Street Slayings (Originally Aired 8/25/2004)
Killing Spree (Originally Aired 9/2/2004)
Stripper's Revenge/Dead On Arrival (Originally Aired 9/9/2004)
Murder In The Driveway/Double Shooting In The Bean (Originally Aired 9/15/2004)
Gangs Of Little Havana/Execution In Coconut Grove (Originally Aired 10/16/2004)
Desert Bones/Party's Over (Originally Aired 12/4/2004)
Coyote Blue/Hunt For Teeth (Originally Aired 3/3/2005)
A Deadly Betrayal (Originally Aired 3/3/2005)
Blood In The Snow/Swope Park (Originally Aired 3/10/2005)
Double Murder On Haskell/Back Alley Revenge (Originally Aired 3/31/2005)
A Serial Killer Calls (Originally Aired 3/31/2005)
Hostile Takeover/Shot In The Back (Originally Aired 4/28/2005)
On Ice/Body In The Canal (Originally Aired 5/5/2005)
Murder On The Interstate/House Of Santeria (Originally Aired 5/7/2005)
Fire In The Rain/Family Feud (Originally Aired 5/7/2005)
Body In The Park/Ruby Street Shooting (Originally Aired 6/5/2005)
At Close Range/Murder In Motor City (Originally Aired 6/16/2005)
Fallen/Texas Burning (Originally Aired 6/19/2005)
At Death's Door/Wrong Side Of The Tracks (Originally Aired 6/23/2005)
Downstream Drifter/Murder In Room 162 (Originally Aired 6/30/2005)
Devil's Candy (Originally Aired 7/14/2005)
Overkill/Left For Dead (Originally Aired 7/17/2005)
The First 48 premiered on A&E on August 4, 2004. For homicide detectives, the clock starts ticking the moment they are called. Their chance of solving a case is cut in half if they don't get a lead in The First 48. Each passing hour gives suspects more time to flee, witnesses more time to forget what they saw, and crucial evidence more time to be lost forever. The First 48 follows detectives from around the country during these first critical hours as they race against time to find the suspect. Gritty and fast-paced, it takes viewers behind the scenes of real-life investigations with unprecedented access to crime scenes, autopsies, forensic processing, and interrogations.
