What is The First 48 about?

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.

Latest episode

S30 · Episode 1 — Wrong End of the Gun · 2026-07-17

A North Charleston man asking for help at a stranger's doorstep dies from a gunshot wound to the leg and the search for the shooter leads in an unexpected direction.

Genres: Documentary, Drama, Crime
First aired: 2004-06-03
Rating: ★ 7.9 / 10

Top cast

Dion Graham Narrator

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