Instinct (American TV series)

Instinct
Genre	Police procedural Thriller Drama Mystery
Based on	Murder Games by James Patterson & Howard Roughan
Developed by	Michael Rauch
Starring	Alan Cumming Bojana Novakovic Daniel Ings Naveen Andrews Sharon Leal
Composer	James S. Levine
Country of origin	United States
Original language	English
No. of seasons	2
No. of episodes	24
Production
Executive producers	Michael Rauch Alex Kurtzman Heather Kadin James Patterson Bill Robinson Leopoldo Gout Alan Cumming Marc Webb
Production locations	New York City, New York
Camera setup	Single-camera
Running time	44 minutes
Production companies	34 Films Secret Hideout James Patterson Entertainment Black Lamb CBS Television Studios
Original release
Network	CBS
Release	March 18, 2018 (2018-03-18) – August 25, 2019 (2019-08-25)
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Instinct (stylized as INSTIИCT) is an American police procedural drama television series which premiered on March 18, 2018, on CBS. The series is based on James Patterson's 2017 novel Murder Games. In May 2018, CBS renewed the series for a second season. The second season premiered on June 30, 2019. The series was cancelled near the end of its second season, on August 17, 2019. The series is notable for featuring a gay male character in the lead, who is married to another man.^[1]