Overview - 48 Hours

Overview

This newsmagazine series investigates intriguing crime and justice cases that touch on all aspects of the human experience. Over its long run, the show has helped exonerate wrongly convicted people, driven the reopening — and resolution — of cold cases, and changed numerous lives. CBS News correspondents offer an in-depth look into each story, with the emphasis on solving the mystery at its heart.

Seasons

• Name: Specials

  Episode: 46

  Date first aired: 1998-04-23

• Name: Season 1

  Episode: 26

  Date first aired: 1988-01-19

• Name: Season 2

  Episode: 46

  Date first aired: 1988-09-08

• Name: Season 3

  Episode: 1

  Date first aired: 1989-09-14

• Name: Season 6

  Episode: 1

  Date first aired: 1993-03-17

• Name: Season 11

  Episode: 16

  Date first aired: 1998-04-29

• Name: Season 12

  Episode: 53

  Date first aired: 1998-09-16

• Name: Season 13

  Episode: 43

  Date first aired: 1999-09-22

• Name: Season 14

  Episode: 42

  Date first aired: 2000-09-20