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{{short description|American crime drama series that aired on CBS, 2002–2009}}
{{Other uses}}
{{Infobox television
| image              = Without a trace logo.jpg
| genre              = {{Plainlist|
*[[Police procedural]]
*[[Crime drama]]
}}
| creator            = [[Hank Steinberg]]
| starring           = {{Plainlist|
*[[Anthony LaPaglia]]
*[[Poppy Montgomery]]
*[[Marianne Jean-Baptiste]]
*[[Enrique Murciano]]
*[[Eric Close]]
*[[Roselyn Sánchez]]
}}
| country            = United States
| language           = English
| num_seasons        = 7
| num_episodes       = 160
| list_episodes      = List of Without a Trace episodes
| location           = New York City, New York, U.S.
| executive_producer = {{Plainlist|
*Hank Steinberg
*[[Jerry Bruckheimer]]
*[[Jonathan Littman]]
*[[Ed Redlich]]
*Jan Nash
*Greg Walker
}}
| producer           = {{Plainlist|
* Greg Walker
* Jan Nash
* Gwendolyn M. Parker
* Scott White
* Diego Gutierrez
* Nancy van Doornewaard
* Allison Abner
* David H. Goodman
* Byron Balasco
}}
| composer           = {{Plainlist|
* Peter Manning Robinson
* [[Richard Marvin (composer)|Richard Marvin]]
* [[Reinhold Heil]]
* [[Johnny Klimek]]
}}
| camera             =
| runtime            = 43 minutes
| company            = {{Plainlist|
* [[Jerry Bruckheimer Television]]
* [[CBS Productions]]<br />(2002–06)<br />(seasons 1–4)
* [[CBS Paramount Network Television]]<br />(2006–09)<br>(seasons 5–7)
* [[Warner Bros. Television]]
}}
| network            = [[CBS]]
| first_aired        = {{Start date|2002|9|26}}
| last_aired         = {{End date|2009|5|19}}
| related            = {{Plain list|
* ''[[CSI: Crime Scene Investigation]]''
* ''[[CSI: Miami]]''
* ''[[CSI: NY]]''
* ''[[CSI: Cyber]]''
* ''[[CSI: Vegas]]''
* ''[[Cold Case]]''
}}
}}

'''''Without a Trace''''' is an American [[police procedural]] [[Drama (film and television)|drama]] television series created by [[Hank Steinberg]] that aired on [[CBS]] from September 26, 2002, to May 19, 2009 with the total of seven seasons and 160 episodes. The series focuses the cases of a Missing Persons Unit (MPU) of the [[Federal Bureau of Investigation]] (FBI) in New York City. It starred [[Anthony LaPaglia]], [[Poppy Montgomery]], [[Marianne Jean-Baptiste]], [[Enrique Murciano]], [[Eric Close]], and [[Roselyn Sánchez]].

At the time of its original broadcast, ''Without a Trace'' was one of CBS' most successful series, earning high television ratings and winning a [[Primetime Emmy Award]]. On May 19, 2009, CBS announced the cancellation of the series after seven seasons.

==Premise==
Each episode followed the search for one individual under tight time constraints. The stories also focused on the personal lives of the team members and illustrated how their experiences gave them insight into cases. The team consisted of [[Jack Malone (Without a Trace)|Jack Malone]] ([[Anthony LaPaglia]]), [[Samantha Spade]] ([[Poppy Montgomery]]), [[Vivian Johnson]] ([[Marianne Jean-Baptiste]]), Danny Taylor ([[Enrique Murciano]]), [[Martin Fitzgerald (Without a Trace)|Martin Fitzgerald]] ([[Eric Close]]), and Elena Delgado ([[Roselyn Sánchez]]), the last of whom joined the cast in the [[Without a Trace season 4|fourth season]].

The real FBI does investigate missing persons; specifically, they have the authority to help in any "mysterious" disappearances of children abducted by nonfamily members. The groups that investigate these crimes are called Child Abduction Rapid Deployment teams.<ref>[https://www.fbi.gov/hq/cid/cac/kidnap.htm Federal Bureau of Investigation – Crimes Against Children – Nonfamily Child Abductions]</ref> They get involved in other missing persons cases as needed but do not have a dedicated unit. One element that set the series apart from other TV police dramas was the display of information about real-life missing persons at the end of most episodes. This resulted in a kidnapped brother and sister being found on July 25, 2005.<ref>[http://www.thefutoncritic.com/news.aspx?id=20050725cbs01 For the First Time, a Kidnapped Brother and Sister Are Found as a Direct Result of a Tip from a "Without a Trace" Viewer Who Saw the Missing Boy Profiled During the July 21st Broadcast of the CBS Series], ''The Futon Critic'', July 25, 2005. Accessed July 10, 2013.</ref> At least five people have been found as a result of those announcements.<ref>[http://www.thefutoncritic.com/news/2006/08/08/missing-18-year-old-woman-is-found-after-being-featured-in-a-public-service-announcement-during-the-june-1-broadcast-of-without-a-trace--21990/20060808cbs03/ Missing 18-Year-Old Woman Is Found After Being Featured in a Public Service Announcement During the June 1 Broadcast of "Without a Trace"], ''The Futon Critic'', August 8, 2006. Accessed July 10, 2013.</ref> Occasionally, such information was replaced with other public-service announcements, such as an episode about an attempted suicide that presented information on a [[Suicide prevention|suicide help line]]. Showings outside the United States tend to omit missing persons information; however, Australia's [[Nine Network]] usually showed Australian cases, and in Hong Kong, the [[TVB Pearl]] showed information about local missing persons during the first two seasons. ''Without a Trace'' took place within [[Jerry Bruckheimer]]'s ''[[CSI: Crime Scene Investigation]]'' universe. A crossover episode in 2007 featured characters [[Gil Grissom]] ([[William Petersen]]) from ''CSI'' and Jack Malone from ''Without a Trace'' working together to solve the same case.

==Production==
''Without a Trace'' debuted as part of the CBS fall line-up in 2002, created by [[Hank Steinberg]] and produced by [[Jerry Bruckheimer]]. The show is the only primetime American drama to feature two Australians (LaPaglia and Montgomery) and a Briton (Jean-Baptiste) playing Americans in the regular cast. It was the first show to achieve strong ratings opposite longtime [[NBC]] hit medical drama ''[[ER (TV series)|ER]]'' which, like ''Without a Trace,'' is produced by [[Warner Bros. Television]].

''Without a Trace'' ran on Thursdays at 10&nbsp;pm until September 2006, when it was moved to Sundays. In the 2007–2008 season, it swapped timeslots with ''[[Shark (American TV series)|Shark]],'' returning it to its old timeslot on Thursdays. However, this lasted only until the 2008–2009 season, when it moved to Tuesdays at 10pm.

The first two [[showrunners]] were Steinberg and [[Ed Redlich]]. Between seasons two and three, Redlich moved away from active participation in the series, with staff writers Jan Nash and Greg Walker taking over. In the middle of season four, Steinberg left to produce the series ''[[The Nine (TV series)|The Nine]],'' while remaining executive producer.

=== Cancellation ===
On May 19, 2009, the morning the series finale aired, it was announced that the show had been cancelled. In season seven, the ratings sank lower, to an average of a 2.7 rating but climbed up to 12 million viewers and ranked 18th. However, CBS had to make a choice between renewing either ''Without a Trace'' or ''[[Cold Case]]'' due to budget cuts. They chose to keep ''Cold Case''.

==Main cast==
{| class="wikitable" style="width: 100%"
|-
! Name !! Portrayed by !! Occupation !! Position !! Main cast !! Guest cast
|-
| [[Jack Malone (Without a Trace)|John "Jack" Michael Malone]]|| [[Anthony LaPaglia]] || Supervisory Special Agent -<br/>Missing Persons Unit, FBI || <small>Supervisory Agent,<br/>Head of MPU</small> || Seasons 1–7 ||
|-
| [[Samantha Spade|Samantha "Sam" Spade]]|| [[Poppy Montgomery]] || Special Agent -<br/>Missing Persons Unit, FBI || <small>Field Agent, MPU</small> || Seasons 1–7 ||
|-
| [[Vivian Johnson|Vivian "Viv" Johnson]]|| [[Marianne Jean-Baptiste]] || Special Agent -<br/>Missing Persons Unit, FBI || <small>Senior Field Agent, MPU</small> || Seasons 1–7 ||
|-
| [[Danny Taylor (Without a Trace)|Danny Taylor, né Alvarez]]|| [[Enrique Murciano]] || Special Agent -<br/>Missing Persons Unit, FBI || <small>Field Agent, MPU</small> || Seasons 1–7 ||
|-
| [[Elena Delgado]]|| [[Roselyn Sánchez]] || Special Agent -<br/>Missing Persons Unit, FBI || <small>Field Agent, MPU</small> || Seasons 4–7 || <small>Season 4 (prior to<br/>joining the regular cast)</small> 
|-
| [[Martin Fitzgerald (Without a Trace)|Martin Fitzgerald]]|| [[Eric Close]] || Special Agent -<br/>Missing Persons Unit, FBI || <small>Field Agent, MPU</small> || Seasons 1–7 ||
|}

==Season synopsis==
===Season 1===
{{Main|Without a Trace season 1}}
The missing persons unit is headed up by the driven but morally compromised Jack Malone, whose professional successes are marred by his complicated personal life—he is in the midst of a messy breakup from his wife, precipitated by his own infidelity with his protege, Samantha "Sam" Spade. At the outset of the series, Jack struggles to balance his crumbling marriage with the arrival of Martin Fitzgerald, a rookie agent whose placement Jack sees as a [[sinecure]] due to Fitzgerald's father being a powerful figure in the FBI. The team ultimately find themselves forced to come together and personally reckon with the legacy of [[9/11]] when a powerful businesswoman whose company headquarters were destroyed in the Twin Tower attacks goes missing and her kidnapper—a man whose wife was killed in the World Trade Center—abducts Jack in order to forestall her rescue.

===Season 2===
{{Main|Without a Trace season 2}}
As the team continues to track down missing people, Jack and his wife slide towards divorce, while Jack must also care for his father ([[Martin Landau]]) who has [[Alzheimer's disease]]. The team members' life histories are revealed, including the fact that Martin was practically raised by his aunt and uncle, and Danny is an orphan whose estranged brother Rafael ([[Alex Fernandez (actor)|Alex Fernandez]]) is a convicted felon. Martin fatally shoots a child sex trafficker, and both Vivian and he must keep quiet to keep their jobs. Jack makes a last-ditch attempt to save his marriage by moving to [[Chicago]] with his family, giving Vivian a long-awaited promotion to his post, but at the last minute, his wife Maria ([[Talia Balsam]]) leaves without him, taking their daughters Hannah and Kate ([[Vanessa Marano|Vanessa]] and [[Laura Marano]]) with her.

Following a campaign by the conservative group the [[Parents Television Council]], CBS was fined a record $3.6 million for indecency for the sixth episode "Our Sons and Daughters", which centered around a teenaged [[orgy]]. CBS argued that the episode "featured an important and socially relevant storyline warning parents to exercise greater supervision of their teenaged children."<ref name="eonline">{{cite news  | last = Finn | first = Natalie | title = CBS Fined for "Trace" of Indecency | work = Eonline.com| publisher = [[E!]] |date=March 15, 2006 | url = http://www.eonline.com/uberblog/b51883_cbs_fined_trace_of_indecency.html| access-date = 2007-06-23 }}</ref>

===Season 3===
{{Main|Without a Trace season 3}}
Vivian loses her promotion when Jack returns to his job, causing some commotion among the team.  She also experiences heart trouble that endangers her life and her career and undergoes risky surgery. Martin and Samantha begin dating secretly, and because of disagreements between them on whether or not to reveal it to the rest of the team, it ends badly.  Jack undergoes a brutal custody battle with his ex-wife.  Danny has to confront his traumatic past, and Rafael.  The season ends with a cliffhanger as a hired mercenary opens fire on Martin and Danny's car while they transport a prisoner.

===Season 4===
{{Main|Without a Trace season 4}}
After barely surviving the gun battle that ended season three, Martin must recover from near-fatal gunshot wounds while Danny battles [[post-traumatic stress disorder]] (PTSD). Stretched for help, the team gets a new member, Elena Delgado, a former NYPD vice-squad officer with an aggressive, streetwise attitude. She has a past connection to Danny, the nature of which is unknown until season five. Martin develops an addiction to painkillers, and Jack begins dating Anne Cassidy ([[Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio]]), the widow of a former mentor killed in the line of duty.

===Season 5===
{{Main|Without a Trace season 5}}
Anne miscarries and abruptly breaks up with Jack. Danny and Elena begin dating, while her ex-husband Carlos Aguilar ([[Jsu Garcia]]) sues for custody of their daughter Sofie ([[Ashlyn Sanchez]]) and later abducts her. More about Samantha's difficult past is revealed, including her strained relationships with her mother Patricia ([[Tess Harper]]) and older sister Emily ([[Molly Price]]). Jack is abducted and tortured by a psychotic woman but initially appears to show few effects. At the end of the season, Carlos is freed, leaving the team worried about Elena's safety, and a serial kidnapper appears to be preying on young women.

===Season 6===
{{Main|Without a Trace season 6}}
Vivian is put in charge of a task force to locate the serial kidnapper, who is part of a sex-trafficking ring. Samantha discovers that she is pregnant from a one-night stand with a bartender at the time, Brian Donovan ([[Adam Kaufman (actor)|Adam Kaufman]]), and by the end of the season, he waives paternal rights because of what Jack digs up on him and Sam confronting him about it, and she gives birth to her son Finn. Jack begins a pattern of roughing up suspects and intimidating people to make them talk, which appears to be related to PTSD. He also gets into a dangerous situation without backup and is nearly killed and becomes overly involved in the life of a teenager he saved from the sex traffickers. In the season finale, he is demoted and put in mandatory therapy with Dr. Clare Bryson ([[Linda Hunt]]).

This season also contained a two-part crossover episode with ''[[CSI: Crime Scene Investigation]]'', as Jack and [[Gil Grissom]] ([[William Petersen]]) and their teams track down a serial killer responsible for the disappearance of a boy six years ago. Both episodes are included on the DVD collection for ''CSI'''s eighth season.

''Without a Trace'' completed 12 episodes of season six before the [[2007–08 Writers Guild of America strike|2007–2008 WGA strike]].<ref>[http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/news/business/la-striketvgrid-html,1,316783.htmlstory The TV Grid: Is your show coming back?], ''Los Angeles Times''. Retrieved June 28, 2009.</ref> Because the show's writing staff all joined the strike, no more new episodes were made until the issue was settled. Once the strike ended, the show returned on April 3, 2008, with six episodes.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.zap2it.com/tv/news/zap-cbsreturndates,0,7656374.story |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080216054051/http://www.zap2it.com/tv/news/zap-cbsreturndates,0,7656374.story |url-status=dead |archive-date=February 16, 2008 |title=CBS Sets Series Return Dates |website=[[Zap2it]] |access-date=2008-02-13}}</ref>

===Season 7===
{{Main|Without a Trace season 7}}
The seventh and final season begins with the team getting a new boss, Clark Medina ([[Steven Weber]]), but he shortly gives Jack his position back. Jack and Sam's relationship rekindles. Jack takes custody of his older daughter Hannah. Brian decides to be a father to Finn.  Martin gets involved with Kim Marcus ([[Vanessa Marcil]]), but he eventually finds out that she was involved in a crime and arrests her.  Jack and Sam mutually end their romantic relationship for good.  Jack reconciles with Hannah.  Sam begins living with Brian to raise Finn together.  The team goes to Danny and Elena's wedding.

==Episodes==
{{Main|List of Without a Trace episodes}}
<onlyinclude>{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center"
|-
! style="padding: 0 8px;" colspan="2" rowspan="2"| Season
! style="padding: 0 8px;" rowspan="2"| Episodes
! colspan="3"| Originally aired
|-
! First aired
! Last aired
|-
|bgcolor="#789E91"|
|[[List of Without a Trace episodes#Season 1 (2002–03)|1]]
| 23
| {{Start date|2002|9|26}}
| {{End date|2003|5|15}}
|-
|bgcolor="#F26E25"|
|[[List of Without a Trace episodes#Season 2 (2003–04)|2]]
| 24
| {{Start date|2003|9|25}}
| {{End date|2004|5|20}}
|-
|bgcolor="#333743"|
|[[List of Without a Trace episodes#Season 3 (2004–05)|3]]
| 23
| {{Start date|2004|9|23}}
| {{End date|2005|5|19}}
|-
|bgcolor="#861819"|
|[[List of Without a Trace episodes#Season 4 (2005–06)|4]]
| 24
| {{Start date|2005|9|29}}
| {{End date|2006|5|18}}
|-
|style="background: #2EA2C0;"|
|[[List of Without a Trace episodes#Season 5 (2006–07)|5]]
| 24
| {{Start date|2006|9|24}}
| {{End date|2007|5|10}}
|-
|style="background: #AA232E;"|
|[[List of Without a Trace episodes#Season 6 (2007–08)|6]]
| 18
| {{Start date|2007|9|27}}
| {{End date|2008|5|15}}
|-
|style="background:  #cf8d32;"|
|[[List of Without a Trace episodes#Season 7 (2008–09)|7]]
| 24
| {{Start date|2008|9|23}}
| {{End date|2009|5|19}}
|-
|}</onlyinclude>

===Crossover with ''CSI: Crime Scene Investigation''===
{{Main|CSI (franchise)#Crossovers}}
{{See also|CSI: Crime Scene Investigation#Crossovers}}
In "Where and Why", Gil Grissom comes to New York to help the FBI track down a serial killer after Jack Malone comes to Las Vegas to help the CSIs with a murder victim in "Who and What".

== 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}}
|}

==Home media==

===Season releases===
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! DVD name
! Region 1
! Region 2
! Region 4
|-
|The Complete 1st Season
| September 14, 2004<ref name="Amazon S1 R1">{{cite web|url=https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0002DRE72|title=Without a Trace - The Complete First Season (2002)|website=Amazon|access-date=January 24, 2010}}</ref>
| January 10, 2005<ref name="Amazon S1 R2">{{cite web|url=https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0002GZA2K/ |title= Without A Trace - Complete Season 1 (DVD) (2002) (2004)|publisher=Amazon.co.uk |access-date=May 1, 2010}}</ref>
| December 15, 2004<ref name="DVDOrchard S1 R4">{{cite web|url=http://www.dvdorchard.com.au/product.asp?PND=911759 |title=Without A Trace - Season 1 (Special Price) DVD |publisher=www.dvdorchard.com.au |access-date=May 1, 2010}}</ref>
|-
|The Complete 2nd Season
| March 13, 2007<ref name="TSOD20061129"/>
| January 16, 2006<ref name="hmv S2 R2">{{cite web|url=http://hmv.com/hmvweb/simpleMultiSearch.do?searchUID=5109777453719634795&pGroupID=0&adultFlag=false&primaryID=0&simpleSearchString=without+a+trace+season+2&btnSubmitSearch.x=0&btnSubmitSearch.y=0|title=Without A Trace: Season 2: 4dvd: Box Set|publisher=HMV.com|access-date=January 24, 2010}}</ref>
| November 16, 2005<ref name="DVDOrchard S2 R4">{{cite web|url=http://www.dvdorchard.com.au/product.asp?PND=117807 |title=Without A Trace - Season 2 DVD |publisher=www.dvdorchard.com.au |access-date=May 1, 2010}}</ref>
|-
|The Complete 3rd Season
| May 15, 2012<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.wbshop.com/product/code/1000312645.do?adid=0512WACNRcEml&ref=EW0512C|title=Without a Trace: The Complete Third Season|work=www.WBShop.com|access-date=May 27, 2015}}</ref>
| July 24, 2006<ref name="hmv S3 R2">{{cite web|url=http://hmv.com/hmvweb/simpleMultiSearch.do?searchUID=&pGroupID=-1&adultFlag=false&primaryID=0&simpleSearchString=without+a+trace+season+3|title=Without A Trace: Season 3: 4dvd: Box Set|publisher=HMV.com|access-date=January 24, 2010}}</ref>
| May 2, 2007<ref name="DVDOrchard S3 R4">{{cite web|url=http://www.dvdorchard.com.au/product.asp?PND=144223 |title=Without A Trace - Season 3 DVD |publisher=www.dvdorchard.com.au |access-date=May 1, 2010}}</ref>
|-
|The Complete 4th Season
| September 11, 2012<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.amazon.com/Without-Trace-Complete-Fourth-Season/dp/B0094UOI64/ref=atv_dvd_twister|title=Amazon.com: Without a Trace: The Complete Fourth Season: Anthony Lapaglia, Poppy Montgomery, Marianne Jean-Baptiste, Enrique Murciano, Roselyn Sanchez, Eric Close: Movies & TV|website=Amazon|access-date=May 27, 2015}}</ref>
| July 14, 2008<ref name="autogenerated1">{{cite web|url=https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0017U09IK|title=Without A Trace - Complete Season 4 [DVD] [2008]|website=Amazon UK|access-date=May 27, 2015}}</ref>
| July 1, 2009<ref name="DVDOrchard S4 R4">{{cite web|url=http://www.dvdorchard.com.au/product.asp?PND=164147 |title=Without A Trace - Season 4 DVD |publisher=www.dvdorchard.com.au |access-date=May 1, 2010}}</ref>
|-
|The Complete 5th Season
| November 27, 2012<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.tvshowsondvd.com/news/Trace-Season-5/17738|title=Without a Trace DVD news: Announcement for Without a Trace - The Complete 5th Season - TVShowsOnDVD.com|access-date=May 27, 2015|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150114100826/http://www.tvshowsondvd.com/news/Trace-Season-5/17738|archive-date=January 14, 2015|df=mdy-all}}</ref>
| February 22, 2010
| {{N/a}}
|-
|The Complete 6th Season
| May 7, 2013<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00CP6YNGO/ref=s9_psimh_gw_p74_d6_i7?pf_rd_m=ATVPDKIKX0DER&pf_rd_s=center-2&pf_rd_r=0HAB36PR9DJGA10KVJ8D&pf_rd_t=101&pf_rd_p=1389517282&pf_rd_i=507846|title=Amazon.com: Without a Trace: The Complete Sixth Season: Anthony La Paglia, Poppy Montgomery, Marianne Jean-Baptiste, Enrique Murciano, Roselyn Sanchez, Eric Close: Movies & TV|website=Amazon|access-date=May 27, 2015}}</ref>
| July 5, 2010
| {{n/a}}
|-
|The Complete 7th and Final Season
| April 29, 2014<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.amazon.com/Without-Trace-Complete-Seventh-Season/dp/B00K1G4RYI/ref=sr_1_5?s=movies-tv&ie=UTF8&qid=1494901131&sr=1-5&keywords=without+a+trace|title=Amazon.com: Without a Trace: The Complete Seventh Season: Anthony La Paglia, Poppy Montgomery, Marianne Jean-Baptiste, Enrique Murciano, Roselyn Sanchez, Eric Close: Movies & TV|website=Amazon|access-date=May 27, 2015}}</ref>
| {{N/a}}
| {{N/a}}
|}
''Without a Trace'' Season 1 has been released on [[DVD region code|Region]] 1, Region 2 and Region 4 DVD. Season 2 (region 1 DVD) was released on March 13, 2007.<ref name="TSOD20061129">{{cite web |url=http://www.tvshowsondvd.com/newsitem.cfm?NewsID=6662 |title=Without a Trace - Long-lost Series Finally Found! Season 2 Announced |last=Lacey |first=Gord |publisher=[[TVShowsOnDVD.com]] |date=November 29, 2006 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061202091727/http://www.tvshowsondvd.com/newsitem.cfm?NewsID=6662 |archive-date=December 2, 2006 |df=mdy-all }}</ref> Seasons 3 and 4 were released on Region 1 DVDs in 2012 under the [[Warner Archive Collection|Warner Archive]] "Manufactured On Demand" model. Season 5 was released in Region 1 on November 27, 2012. Season 6 was released in Regions 1 and 4 on May 7, 2013. Season 7 was released on April 29, 2014 on Region 1.

Seasons 1–6 have all been released under Region 2 encoding, while Seasons 1-4 have been released under Region 4 encoding.

==Syndication==
From 2005 to 2009, after a long run of weekday back-to-back episodes on [[TNT (American TV network)|TNT]], ''Without a Trace'' reruns were moved to a [[graveyard slot]] in early morning, then removed totally from TNT's lineup. From 2009 to 2014, the series aired on [[Ion Television]]. From 2010 to 2012, the series aired on [[MyNetworkTV]].{{Citation needed|date=July 2023}}

In August 2020, [[Paramount Network]] began airing reruns of the show on August 14, 2020, making a return of the series in syndication for the first time since TNT removed it from its lineup in 2009.

In May 2023, ''Without a Trace'' was removed from the new [[Max (streaming service)|Max]] streaming service that used to be [[HBO Max]].

Since 2023, reruns of ''Without a Trace'' aired on "[[Charge! (TV network)|Charge!]]".

==See also==
*''[[CSI: Crime Scene Investigation]]''
*''[[CSI: Miami]]''
*''[[CSI: NY]]''
*''[[Cold Case]]''
*''[[Criminal Minds]]''
*''[[Law & Order]]''
*''[[Law & Order: Criminal Intent]]''
*''[[Law & Order: Special Victims Unit]]''
*''[[Missing Persons (TV series)|Missing Persons]]''

==References==
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==External links==
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