Editing Without a Trace (section)

== Reception ==
''Without a Trace'' received generally positive reviews during its original broadcast. On [[Rotten Tomatoes]], the series received a score of 81% based on 16 reviews.<ref name="RottenTomates">{{cite web|url=https://www.rottentomatoes.com/tv/without-a-trace/s01|title=Without a Trace|work=[[Rotten Tomatoes]]|access-date=May 11, 2017}}</ref> On [[Metacritic]], the series earned a 75 out of 100 based on 30 critic reviews.<ref name="Metacritic">{{cite web|url=http://www.metacritic.com/tv/without-a-trace|title=Without a Trace Reviews|work=[[Metacritic]]|access-date=May 11, 2017}}</ref>

=== U.S. television ratings ===
Seasonal rankings (based on average total viewers per episode) of ''Without a Trace'' on CBS:

''Note: Each U.S. network television season starts in late September and ends in late May, which coincides with the completion of May [[sweeps]].''

{| class="wikitable"
|- style="background:#e0e0e0; white-space:nowrap;"
! Season
! Timeslot
! Season premiere
! Season finale
! TV season
! Ranking
! Viewers<br />(in millions)
|- style="background:#f9f9f9;"
| [[Without a Trace (season 1)|1]]
| rowspan="4"|Thursday 10:00{{nbsp}}pm
| September 26, 2002
| May 15, 2003
| [[2002–03 United States network television schedule|2002–2003]]
! #15
! 15.09<ref name="r0203">{{cite web|url=https://groups.google.com/group/rec.arts.tv/browse_thread/thread/ee82c0640bcaeb06/82c78e0fe7710443?lnk=st&q=%22practice%22++2002-03+%22primetime%22+friends+survivor&rnum=1&hl=en#82c78e0fe7710443|title=2002-03 Ratings|access-date=May 25, 2007}}</ref>
|- style="background:#f9f9f9;"
| [[Without a Trace (season 2)|2]]
| September 25, 2003
| May 20, 2004
| [[2003–04 United States network television schedule|2003–2004]]
! #11
! 16.74<ref name="ABCmedianet 20040602">{{cite press release|url=http://abcmedianet.com/web/dnr/dispDNR.aspx?id=060204_11 |title=SEASON TO DATE PROGRAM RANKINGS - part 1 FROM 09/22/03 THROUGH 05/30/04 |publisher=ABC Medianet |date=June 2, 2004 |access-date=July 24, 2010}}</ref>
|- style="background:#f9f9f9;"
| [[Without a Trace (season 3)|3]]
| September 23, 2004
| May 19, 2005
| [[2004–05 United States network television schedule|2004–2005]]
! #8
! 18.68<ref name="ABCmedianet 20050601">{{cite press release|url=http://abcmedianet.com/web/dnr/dispDNR.aspx?id=060105_05 |title=SEASON PROGRAM RANKINGS - part 1 FROM 09/20/04 THROUGH 05/29/05 |publisher=ABC Medianet |date=June 1, 2005 |access-date=July 24, 2010}}</ref>
|- style="background:#f9f9f9;"
| [[Without a Trace (season 4)|4]]
| September 29, 2005
| May 18, 2006
| [[2005–06 United States network television schedule|2005–2006]]
! #7
! 18.7<ref name="THR-20060526">{{Cite web |url=http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/hr/search/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1002576393|title=05/06 series |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061208201731/http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/hr/search/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1002576393 |date=May 26, 2006 |work=[[The Hollywood Reporter]] |archive-date=December 8, 2006  |access-date=January 30, 2010}}</ref>
|- style="background:#f9f9f9;"
| [[Without a Trace (season 5)|5]]
| Sunday 10:00{{nbsp}}pm (1–23)<br>Thursday 10:00{{nbsp}}pm (24)
| September 24, 2006
| May 10, 2007
| [[2006–07 United States network television schedule|2006–2007]]
! #16
! style="text-align: center;"|14.7<ref name="THR-20070525">{{Cite web |url=http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/hr/content_display/television/features/e3ifbfdd1bcb53266ad8d9a71cad261604f |title=06/07 series |date=May 25, 2007 |work=[[The Hollywood Reporter]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070528062839/http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/hr/content_display/television/features/e3ifbfdd1bcb53266ad8d9a71cad261604f |archive-date=May 28, 2007 |access-date=January 30, 2010}}</ref>
|- style="background:#f9f9f9;"
| [[Without a Trace (season 6)|6]]
| Thursday 10:00{{nbsp}}pm
| September 27, 2007
| May 15, 2008
| [[2007–08 United States network television schedule|2007–2008]]
! #20
! style="text-align: center;"| 13.10<ref>{{cite web |url=http://abcmedianet.com/DNR/2008/pdf/dnr052808.pdf |title=Season Program Rankings |access-date=2008-06-02 |date=May 28, 2008 |publisher=[[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]] Medianet |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20080624195320/http://abcmedianet.com/DNR/2008/pdf/dnr052808.pdf <!-- Bot retrieved archive --> |archive-date = June 24, 2008}}</ref>
|- style="background:#f9f9f9;"
| [[Without a Trace (season 7)|7]]
| Tuesday 10:00{{nbsp}}pm
| September 23, 2008
| May 19, 2009
| [[2008–09 United States network television schedule|2008–2009]]
! #18
! 12.86<ref name="ABCmedianet 20090602">{{cite press release|url=http://abcmedianet.com/web/dnr/dispDNR.aspx?id=060209_05 |title=SEASON RANKINGS FROM 09/22/08 THROUGH 05/31/09 |publisher=ABC Medianet |date=June 2, 2009 |access-date=July 24, 2010}}</ref>
|}

=== Awards and nominations ===
During the series{{'}} run, it received 1 Golden Globe award nomination, 5 Primetime Emmy award nomination, and 3 Screen Actors Guild award nominations.
{| class="wikitable"
!Year
!Association
!Category
!Nominee/Recipient
!Results
|-
|2003
|[[Primetime Emmy Award]]
|[[Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actor in a Drama Series|Outstanding Guest Actor in a Drama Series]]
|[[Charles S. Dutton]]
|{{WON}}
|-
|2003
|[[Creative Arts Emmy Award]]
|[[Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Art Direction for a Single-Camera Series|Outstanding Art Direction for a Single Camera Series]]
|[[Aaron Osborne]]
|{{WON}}
|-
|2003
|[[NAACP Image Awards]]
|[[35th NAACP Image Awards|Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series]]
|[[Marianne Jean-Baptiste|Marianne Jean-Baptise]]
|{{Nominated}}
|-
|2003
|[[Satellite Awards]]
|[[Satellite Award for Best Television Series – Drama|Best Television Series - Drama]]
!
|{{Nominated}}
|-
|2003
|[[Young Artist Award]]
|Best Performance in a TV Drama Series - Guest Starring Young Actor
|[[David Henrie]]
|{{Nominated}}
|-
|2004
|Gold Derby Awards
|Best Drama Series
!
|{{Nominated}}
|-
|2004
|Gold Derby Awards
|Best Lead Actor
|[[Anthony LaPaglia]]
|{{Nominated}}
|-
|2004
|Gold Derby Awards
|Best Supporting Actress in a Series
|[[Marianne Jean-Baptiste|Marianne Jean-Baptise]]
|{{Nominated}}
|-
|2004
|Gold Derby Awards
|Best Guest Actor in a Drama Series
|[[Martin Landau]]
|{{Nominated}}
|-
|2004
|Gold Derby Awards
|Best Episode of the Year "Wannabe"
|[[David Barrett (director)|David Barrett]]
|{{Nominated}}
|-
|2004
|[[Golden Globe Award]]
|[[Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Television Series Drama|Best Lead Actor in a Television Series - Drama]]
|[[Anthony LaPaglia]]
|{{WON}}
|-
|2004
|Gracie Allen Awards
|Outstanding Entertainment Program - Drama
!
|{{WON}}
|-
|2004
|[[Primetime Emmy Award]]
|[[Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series|Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series]]
|[[Anthony LaPaglia]]
|{{Nominated}}
|-
|2004
|[[Primetime Emmy Award]]
|[[Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actress in a Drama Series|Outstanding Guest Actor in a Drama Series]]
|[[Martin Landau]]
|{{Nominated}}
|-
|2004
|[[Satellite Awards]]
|[[Satellite Award for Best Actor – Television Series Drama|Best Lead Actor in a Series - Drama]]
|[[Anthony LaPaglia]]
|{{Nominated}}
|-
|2004
|[[Young Artist Award]]
|Best Performance in a TV Series - Guest Starring Young Actress
|[[Aria Curzon|Aria Noelle Curzon]]
|{{Nominated}}
|-
|2005
|[[Screen Actors Guild Award]]
|[[Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Drama Series|Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Drama Series]]
|[[Anthony LaPaglia]]
|{{Nominated}}
|-
|2005
|[[Screen Actors Guild Award]]
|[[Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series|Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series]]
|[[Eric Close]]
[[Marianne Jean-Baptiste|Marianne Jean-Baptise]]
[[Anthony LaPaglia]]
[[Poppy Montgomery]]
[[Enrique Murciano]]
|{{Nominated}}
|-
|2005
|[[Primetime Emmy Award]]
|[[Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actress in a Drama Series|Outstanding Guest Actor in a Drama Series]]
|[[Martin Landau]]
|{{Nominated}}
|-
|2005
|[[Satellite Awards]]
|[[Satellite Award for Best Actor – Television Series Drama|Best Lead Actor in a Series - Drama]]
|[[Anthony LaPaglia]]
|
|-
|2005
|[[Screen Actors Guild Award]]
|[[Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Drama Series|Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Drama Series]]
|[[Anthony LaPaglia]]
|{{Nominated}}
|-
|2005
|[[Young Artist Awards]]
|Best Performance in a Television Series - Guest Starring Young Actor
|Loren Berman
|{{Nominated}}
|-
|2006
|[[GLAAD Media Award]]
|Outstanding Individual Episode "Transitions"
!
|{{Nominated}}
|-
|2006
|Gold Derby Awards
|Best Supporting Actor
|[[Martin Landau]]
|{{Nominated}}
|-
|2006
|Gold Derby Awards
|Best Guest Actress in a Drama Series
|[[Laurie Metcalf]]
|{{Nominated}}
|-
|2006
|[[NAACP Image Awards]]
|Outstanding Actress in a Drama Series
|[[Marianne Jean-Baptiste|Marianne Jean-Baptise]]
|{{Nominated}}
|-
|2006
|[[Young Artist Award]]
|Best Performance in a Television Series - Guest Starring Young Actor
|Masam Holden
|{{Nominated}}
|-
|2006
|[[Young Artist Award]]
|Best Performance in a Television Series - Guest Starring Young Actress
|Ashley Rose
|{{Nominated}}
|-
|2007
|[[ALMA Award]]
|Outstanding Supporting Actress - TV Series, Miniseries or Television Movie
|[[Roselyn Sánchez|Roselyn Sanchez]]
|{{Nominated}}
|-
|2007
|[[NAACP Image Awards]]
|Outstanding Actress in a Drama Series
|[[Roselyn Sánchez|Roselyn Sanchez]]
|{{Nominated}}
|-
|2007
|[[NAACP Image Awards]]
|Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series
|[[Marianne Jean-Baptiste|Marianne Jean-Baptise]]
|{{Nominated}}
|-
|2007
|[[Young Artist Award]]
|Best Performance in a TV Series - Guest StarringYoung Actor
|Darian Weiss
|{{WON}}
|-
|2008
|[[ALMA Award]]
|Outstanding Actor in a Drama Series
|[[Enrique Murciano]]
|{{Nominated}}
|-
|2008
|[[ALMA Awards]]
|Outstanding Actress in a Drama Television Series
|[[Roselyn Sánchez|Roselyn Sanchez]]
|{{WON}}
|-
|2008
|[[ALMA Awards]]
|Outstanding Writing for a Television Series
|[[Jose Molina (writer)|Jose Molina]]
|{{Nominated}}
|-
|2008
|[[NAACP Image Awards]]
|Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series
|[[Marianne Jean-Baptiste|Marianne Jean-Baptise]]
|{{Nominated}}
|-
|2008
|[[Young Artist Award]]
|Best Performance in a TV Series - Guest Starring Young Actress
|[[Ashley Sanchez]]
|{{Nominated}}
|-
|2009
|[[ALMA Awards]]
|Actor in a Television - Drama
|[[Enrique Murciano]]
|{{Nominated}}
|-
|2009
|[[ALMA Awards]]
|Outstanding Actress in a Drama Series
|[[Roselyn Sánchez|Roselyn Sanchez]]
|{{Nominated}}
|-
|2009
|[[AACTA Awards]]
|[[AACTA Award for Best Lead Actor in a Television Drama|Best Actor]]
|[[Anthony LaPaglia]]
|{{Nominated}}
|-
|2009
|[[Young Artist Award]]
|Best Performance in a TV Series - Recurring Young Actress
|[[Haley Ramm]]
|{{Nominated}}
|}