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.

Status

Returning Series

Seasons

39 seasons

Episodes

1167 episodes

First aired

Jan 19, 1988

Last aired

May 23, 2026

Episode length

42m

Network

CBS

1. 

   Season 1

   29 episodes Jan 19, 1988
2. 

   Season 2

   61 episodes Sep 8, 1988
3. 

   Season 3

   1 episode Jan 4, 1990
4. 

   Season 4

   1 episode Sep 11, 1991
5. 

   Season 5

   1 episode Sep 16, 1992
6. 

   Season 6

   1 episode Sep 15, 1993
7. 

   Season 7

   1 episode Sep 21, 1994
8. 

   Season 8

   1 episode Sep 14, 1995
9. 

   Season 9

   30 episodes Sep 12, 1996
10. 

    Season 10

    52 episodes Sep 11, 1997
11. 

    Season 11

    16 episodes Apr 29, 1998
12. 

    Season 12

    53 episodes Sep 16, 1998
13. 

    Season 13

    43 episodes Sep 22, 1999
14. 

    Season 14

    42 episodes Sep 20, 2000
15. 

    Season 15

    45 episodes Sep 27, 2001
16. 

    Season 16

    43 episodes Sep 19, 2002 ★ 9.0
17. 

    Season 17

    35 episodes Sep 26, 2003
18. 

    Season 18

    30 episodes Sep 25, 2004
19. 

    Season 19

    30 episodes Sep 23, 2005
20. 

    Season 20

    29 episodes Sep 23, 2006
21. 

    Season 21

    27 episodes Sep 28, 2007
22. 

    Season 22

    26 episodes Sep 23, 2008
23. 

    Season 23

    26 episodes Sep 18, 2009
24. 

    Season 24

    27 episodes Sep 24, 2010
25. 

    Season 25

    27 episodes Sep 23, 2011
26. 

    Season 26

    27 episodes Sep 27, 2012
27. 

    Season 27

    34 episodes Sep 27, 2013 ★ 2.0
28. 

    Season 28

    68 episodes Sep 27, 2014
29. 

    Season 29

    38 episodes Sep 12, 2015
30. 

    Season 30

    33 episodes Sep 24, 2016 ★ 1.0
31. 

    Season 31

    32 episodes Sep 30, 2017 ★ 10.0
32. 

    Season 32

    30 episodes Sep 29, 2018
33. 

    Season 33

    33 episodes Sep 14, 2019
34. 

    Season 34

    37 episodes Sep 9, 2020
35. 

    Season 35

    31 episodes Sep 18, 2021
36. 

    Season 36

    31 episodes Sep 17, 2022 ★ 7.0
37. 

    Season 37

    33 episodes Sep 16, 2023 ★ 8.0
38. 

    Season 38

    33 episodes Sep 21, 2024 ★ 4.9
39. 

    Season 39

    30 episodes Sep 27, 2025
40. 

    Specials

    46 episodes Apr 23, 1998