Psych

This article is about the television series. For other uses, see Psych (disambiguation).

Psych
Genre
Created bySteve Franks
Starring
Opening theme"I Know You Know"
by The Friendly Indians
Ending theme"I Know You Know"
by The Friendly Indians
Country of originUnited States
Original languageEnglish
No. of seasons8
No. of episodes120 (list of episodes)
Production
Executive producers
Producers
  • Andy Berman
  • Gordon Mark
  • James Roday
  • Dulé Hill
  • Tim Meltreger
  • Tracey Jeffrey
Production locationsWhite Rock, British Columbia, Canada
Camera setupSingle-camera
Running time42 minutes
Production companies
Original release
NetworkUSA Network
ReleaseJuly 7, 2006 (2006-07-07) –
March 26, 2014 (2014-03-26)
Related
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Psych is an American detective comedy-drama television series created by Steve Franks for USA Network.[1] The series stars James Roday as Shawn Spencer, a young crime consultant for the Santa Barbara Police Department whose "heightened observational skills"[2] and impressive eidetic memory allow him to convince people that he solves cases with psychic abilities. The program also stars Dulé Hill as Shawn's intelligent best friend and reluctant partner Burton "Gus" Guster, as well as Corbin Bernsen as Shawn's father Henry, a former detective with the Santa Barbara Police Department.[3]

Psych premiered on July 7, 2006, following the fifth-season premiere of Monk, and continued to be paired with the series until Monk's conclusion on December 4, 2009. During the second season, an animated segment titled "The Big Adventures of Little Shawn and Gus" was added to the series. Psych was the highest-rated US basic cable television premiere of 2006.[4] USA Network renewed the series for an eighth season on December 19, 2012, to include eight episodes, and ordered two more episodes on June 25, 2013, bringing the episode order to ten.[5][6] On February 5, 2014, USA Network confirmed that the eighth season of Psych would be its last, with the series finale airing on March 26, 2014.[7]

Psych: The Movie, a two-hour television film, aired on USA Network on December 7, 2017, launching the Psych film series,[8] with Franks' hope being to make five more Psych movies following Psych: The Movie.[9] On February 14, 2019, it was announced Psych: The Movie 2 was greenlit and set to premiere in late 2019, for which the main cast would return, but the premiere thereof was subsequently delayed to 2020, with the film renamed Psych 2: Lassie Come Home, and released on NBCUniversal's streaming service, Peacock, July 15, 2020, the day the service officially launched.[10][11][12] On May 13, 2021, Peacock announced a third film, Psych 3: This Is Gus, which premiered on November 18, 2021.[13][14] Three further Psych films are in development.[9]

  1. ^ "About | Psych". ION Television. Retrieved February 6, 2014.
  2. ^ Season 1, episode 11: "My heightened observational skills are considered a gift by many many people, but I'm here to tell you, they can be a burden."
  3. ^ Atkin, Hillary (March 26, 2013). "'Psych's' James Roday, Dule Hill Savor Series' Creative Freedom". Variety. Retrieved May 6, 2013.
  4. ^ "Psych Debuts As This Year's Most-watched New Show in Basic Cable". The Futon Critic.
  5. ^ Seidman, Robert (December 19, 2012). "'Psych' Renewed for an 8th Season by USA". TV by the Numbers. Archived from the original on December 22, 2012. Retrieved December 19, 2012.
  6. ^ "'Psych' Gets Order For Two More Episodes, One To Be Determined By Fans". Deadline. June 26, 2013. Retrieved June 26, 2013.
  7. ^ Bibel, Sara (February 5, 2014). "'Psych' Canceled by USA After 8 Seasons; Series Finale to Air March 26". Zap2it. Archived from the original on February 22, 2014. Retrieved February 5, 2014.
  8. ^ Psych_USA [@Psych_USA] (October 7, 2017). "Grab your pineapple and mark your calendars! #PsychTheMovie is coming to @USA_Network on DECEMBER 7!" (Tweet). Retrieved September 18, 2019 – via Twitter.
  9. ^ a b MacDonald, Lindsay (December 7, 2017). "Yes, the Psych Movie Sequel Will Be All About John Cena". TV Guide. Retrieved December 8, 2017.
  10. ^ USA Network (February 14, 2019). "Psych: The Movie 2 Is Coming to USA Network Later This Year!". USA Network.
  11. ^ Andy Swift (September 17, 2019). "Psych Movie Sequel Gets a Doggone Cute New Title, Later Premiere Date Now on Peacock Streaming Service". TVLine.
  12. ^ "Psych 2 to Premiere in July, Among First Wave of Peacock Streaming Originals". TVLine. May 14, 2020. Retrieved May 14, 2020.
  13. ^ Ausiello, Michael (May 13, 2021). "Psych 3: This Is Gus a Go at Peacock; Threequel to Feature Wedding, Birth of 'Baby Guster,' Random Pineapple(s)". TVLine. Retrieved May 13, 2021.
  14. ^ Webb Mitovich, Matt (October 9, 2021). "Psych 3 Movie Threequel Gets Premiere Date, Trailer That Questions Existence of a 'Peacock' Streaming Service". TVLine. Retrieved October 9, 2021.