Psych

{{short description|American detective comedy-drama television series}}

{{about|the television series|other uses|Psych (disambiguation)}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=May 2018}}

{{Infobox television

| image = Psych.svg

| location = White Rock, British Columbia, Canada

| runtime = 42 minutes

| creator = Steve Franks

| genre = {{plainlist|

| executive_producer = {{plainlist|

| starring = {{plainlist|

| opentheme = {{theme song|"I Know You Know"|the Friendly Indians}}

| endtheme = {{theme song|"I Know You Know"|the Friendly Indians}}

| country = United States

| producer = {{plainlist|

  • Andy Berman
  • Gordon Mark
  • James Roday
  • Dulé Hill
  • Tim Meltreger
  • Tracey Jeffrey}}

| language = English

| network = USA Network

| camera = Single-camera

| first_aired = {{start date|2006|7|7}}

| last_aired = {{end date|2014|3|26}}

| company = {{plainlist|

}}

| num_seasons = 8

| num_episodes = 120

| list_episodes = List of Psych episodes

| related = {{plainlist|

}}

}}

Psych is an American detective comedy-drama television series created by Steve Franks for USA Network.{{cite web|url=http://iontelevision.com/about/psych |title=About | Psych |publisher=ION Television |access-date=2014-02-06}} The series stars James Roday as Shawn Spencer, a young crime consultant for the Santa Barbara Police Department whose "heightened observational skills"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." and impressive eidetic memory allow him to convince people that he solves cases with his 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.{{cite web|last=Atkin|first=Hillary|title='Psych's' James Roday, Dule Hill Savor Series' Creative Freedom|date=March 26, 2013 |url=https://variety.com/2013/tv/features/psych_james_roday_dule_hill-1200327235/|publisher=Variety|access-date=2013-05-06}}

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 American basic cable television premiere of 2006.{{cite web| url = http://www.thefutoncritic.com/news.aspx?id=20060711usa01| title = Psych Debuts As This Year's Most-watched New Show in Basic Cable| publisher = The Futon Critic}} 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.{{cite web|url=http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/2012/12/19/psych-renewed-for-an-8th-season-by-usa/162532|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121222013408/http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/2012/12/19/psych-renewed-for-an-8th-season-by-usa/162532/|url-status=dead|archive-date=December 22, 2012|title='Psych' Renewed for an 8th Season by USA|work=TV by the Numbers|first=Robert|last=Seidman|date=December 19, 2012|access-date=2012-12-19}}{{cite web|url=https://deadline.com/2013/06/psych-gets-order-for-two-more-episodes-one-to-be-determined-by-fans-529425/ |title='Psych' Gets Order For Two More Episodes, One To Be Determined By Fans |publisher=Deadline |date=June 26, 2013 |access-date=2013-06-26}} 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.{{cite web|url=http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/2014/02/05/psych-canceled-by-usa-after-8-seasons-series-finale-to-air-march-26/234908/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140222204956/http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/2014/02/05/psych-canceled-by-usa-after-8-seasons-series-finale-to-air-march-26/234908/|url-status=dead|archive-date=February 22, 2014|title='Psych' Canceled by USA After 8 Seasons; Series Finale to Air March 26|first=Sara|last=Bibel|work=Zap2it|date=February 5, 2014|access-date=2014-02-05}}

Psych: The Movie, a two-hour television film, aired on USA Network on December 7, 2017, launching the Psych film series,{{Cite tweet|number=916766804822896640|title=Grab your pineapple and mark your calendars! #PsychTheMovie is coming to @USA_Network on DECEMBER 7!|user=Psych_USA|author=Psych_USA|access-date=September 18, 2019|date=7 October 2017}} with Franks's hope being to make five more Psych movies following Psych: The Movie.{{cite web|url=https://www.tvguide.com/news/psych-the-movie-sequel-john-cena-ending/|title=Yes, the Psych Movie Sequel Will Be All About John Cena|last=MacDonald|first=Lindsay|publisher=TV Guide|date=December 7, 2017|access-date=December 8, 2017}} 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.{{cite web|url=https://www.usanetwork.com/psych/blog/psych-the-movie-2-announcement|title=Psych: The Movie 2 Is Coming to USA Network Later This Year!|website=USA Network|author=USA Network|date=February 14, 2019}}{{cite web|url=http://tvline.com/2019/09/17/psych-movie-sequel-title-details-premiere-plan-peacock/|title=Psych Movie Sequel Gets a Doggone Cute New Title, Later Premiere Date Now on Peacock Streaming Service|website=TVLine|author=Andy Swift|date=September 17, 2019}}{{cite web|url=https://tvline.com/2020/05/14/psych-2-lassie-come-home-premiere-date-peacock/ |title=Psych 2 to Premiere in July, Among First Wave of Peacock Streaming Originals |publisher=TVLine |date=May 14, 2020 |access-date=2020-05-14}} On May 13, 2021, Peacock announced a third film, Psych 3: This Is Gus, which premiered on November 18, 2021.{{Cite web|title=Psych 3: This Is Gus a Go at Peacock; Threequel to Feature Wedding, Birth of 'Baby Guster,' Random Pineapple(s)|url=https://tvline.com/2021/05/13/psych-3-this-is-gus-third-movie-peacock-streaming/|last=Ausiello|first=Michael|date=May 13, 2021|website=TVLine|language=en-US|access-date=May 13, 2021}}{{Cite web|title=Psych 3 Movie Threequel Gets Premiere Date, Trailer That Questions Existence of a 'Peacock' Streaming Service|url=https://tvline.com/2021/10/09/psych-3-movie-premiere-date-trailer-peacock/|last=Webb Mitovich|first=Matt|date=October 9, 2021|website=TVLine|language=en-US|access-date=October 9, 2021}} Three further Psych films were reportedly in development.

Overview

Most episodes begin with a cold open in the form of a flashback to Shawn and Gus's childhoods. The flashbacks usually involve Shawn and Gus being taught a lesson by a young Henry Spencer (Shawn's father) (Corbin Bernsen), who wishes that his son would follow in his footsteps and become a law enforcement officer. These lessons often play a role for the climax of the episode. As a child, Shawn was taught by Henry to hone his powers of observation and deduction, often using games and challenges to test him. Each flashback also sets the theme for the episode.

Shawn originally becomes known as a psychic when, after calling in tips on dozens of crimes covered on the news which help the police to close the case, the police become suspicious of his knowledge, theorizing that such knowledge could only come from the "inside" and unwilling to believe that it is merely Shawn having honed his observational skills. To avoid being sent to jail, Shawn uses those skills to convince the police that he is psychic; though the interim police chief warns Shawn that if his "powers" are fake, he will be prosecuted. With no choice but to keep up the act, and having proven himself an effective aid to the police in solving crimes, he establishes a psychic detective agency, Psych, and becomes an outside consultant to the police. Pretending to have psychic powers allows him to engage in strange and comic behavior as he turns real clues into hunches and otherworldly visitations. He enjoys teasing lifelong friend Burton Guster (Gus), a pharmaceutical sales representative, about Gus's eclectic interests as they drive around in a blue Toyota Echo nicknamed "The Blueberry"{{cite magazine|last=Barrett |first=Annie |url=https://ew.com/article/2010/07/21/psych-dule-hill-reader-questions/ |title='Psych': Dulé Hill answers your questions, Part 1|magazine=Entertainment Weekly|date=July 21, 2010 |access-date=2020-02-28}} solving crimes.

Head detective Carlton Lassiter (Timothy Omundson), playfully nicknamed "Lassie" by Shawn and Gus, quietly comes to respect Shawn's crime-solving skills despite doubting his psychic abilities; Lassiter is constantly exasperated by Shawn keeping investigations ongoing and/or infuriated by Shawn's antics. However, junior detective Juliet "Jules" O'Hara (Maggie Lawson) and Chief Karen Vick (Kirsten Nelson) are far less antagonistic – with O'Hara expressing belief in Shawn's abilities while Vick is mum on the subject – and usually willing to give Shawn the leeway he needs to solve cases. Henry and Shawn have a difficult relationship, but despite this, Henry reluctantly helps Shawn on various occasions.

Characters

{{main|List of Psych characters}}

=Main=

File:Psychcast.jpg, Corbin Bernsen, James Roday, Kirsten Nelson, Dulé Hill, and Timothy Omundson.]]

=Recurring=

Episodes

{{Main|List of Psych episodes}}

{{:List of Psych episodes}}

Production

The show uses White Rock, British Columbia, Canada for its Santa Barbara, California setting.{{cite web|title=Filming locations for "Psych" (2006)|url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0491738/locations|work=imdb.com|access-date=2010-07-05}}

=Casting=

{{expand section|date=December 2021}}

Anne Dudek's character was written out of the series after the character generated a negative test audience reaction with Lassiter due to their relationship. Maggie Lawson was cast as Juliet O'Hara to serve as a replacement.{{cite web |last1=Raymond |first1=Nicholas |title=Psych: Why Anne Dudek's Character Was Replaced After The Pilot |url=https://screenrant.com/psych-anne-dudek-replaced-juliet-reason-why/ |website=Screen Rant |access-date=December 14, 2021 |date=April 8, 2020}}{{cite magazine |last1=Agard |first1=Chancellor |title=Psych 10th anniversary: Creator, stars share memories from pilot |url=https://ew.com/tv/2016/07/07/psych-10th-anniversary-pilot-premiere-memories/ |magazine=Entertainment Weekly |access-date=December 14, 2021 |date=July 7, 2016}}

=Theme song=

The theme song for Psych is "I Know You Know" by the Friendly Indians, series creator Steve Franks's band. Some episodes in the third through eighth seasons use an extended version of "I Know You Know" consisting of the first verse and the chorus,A later version of the song performed by the Friendly Indians revealed a second verse that was not used at any point during the course of the show, though most episodes use a shortened version consisting of mostly the chorus. In some episodes, the theme song is changed, usually as a tie-in to the theme of the episode to come.

Variations of the theme song include:

  • A Christmas-themed version in the Christmas episodes, "Gus's Dad May Have Killed an Old Guy" (2x10), "Christmas Joy" (3x09), and "The Polarizing Express" (5x14)
  • A Spanish-sung version in "Lights, Camera... Homicidio" (2x13) and "No Country for Two Old Men" (7x04)
  • A Bollywood-themed version sung in Hindi for "Bollywood Homicide" (4x06)
  • An a cappella version performed by Boyz II Men in the episodes revolving around Gus's a cappella group, "High Top Fade-Out" (4x07) and "Let's Doo-Wop It Again" (6x13)
  • A version recorded by Curt Smith for "Shawn 2.0" (5x08)
  • A version sung by Julee Cruise in the Twin Peaks-inspired episode, "Dual Spires" (5x12)
  • A superhero-themed version in "The Amazing Psych-Man & Tap-Man, Issue 2" (6x04)
  • A The Shining-inspired version for "Heeeeere's Lassie" (6x11)

=Pineapple=

In the "pilot", Roday improvised by picking up a pineapple and saying, "Should I slice this up for the road?" Since then, pineapples have appeared in every episode as a running gag, whether just one in the background or the actual mention of it. It is Shawn's go-to housewarming gift. The pineapple is a major marketing point for items related to the show on the USA website.{{cite web|title=Comedy Television Series and Mystery TV Show – Psych TV Series – USA Network – What's with the Pineapple? – USA Network|url=http://www.usanetwork.com/series/psych/pineapple/|access-date=2011-10-24}} Fan movements, such as fan-made websites, have also been dedicated to finding a pineapple or pineapple-related object in each episode.{{Cite web|url=http://psychpineapple.com/|title=Psych Pineapple | where is the pineapple in every episode of Psych?}}

=Series finale aftershow=

Following the series finale on March 26, 2014, USA Network aired a live aftershow entitled "Psych After Pshow." The hour-long special was hosted by Kevin Pereira and featured series stars and creator/executive producer Steve Franks.[https://web.archive.org/web/20140322053314/http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/2014/03/21/psych-series-finale-airs-next-week-on-usa/246920/ 'Psych' Series Finale Airs Next Week on USA]

Release

=Syndication=

In July 2011, Ion Television announced that Psych would become part of its 2012 broadcast in syndication.{{cite web|url=http://www.ionmedianetworks.com/press/ion-television-acquires-top-rated-psych-monk-?id=256 |title=ION Media Networks | Press Releases |publisher=Ionmedianetworks.com |date=July 27, 2011 |access-date=2014-02-06}} During 2012, reruns of the show mostly ran on Saturdays as a marathon. In 2013, Ion Television announced the acquisition option pick-up of season seven of Psych. It no longer airs on Ion Television. The deal with NBC Universal Cable & New Media Distribution adds all 16 new episodes of season seven to Ion's existing library of seasons one to six of Psych and includes rights to future seasons.{{cite web|url=http://www.ionmedianetworks.com/press/ion-television-ion-television-acquires-season?id=301 |title=ION Media Networks | Press Releases |publisher=Ionmedianetworks.com |date=July 1, 2013 |access-date=2014-02-06}} As of January 2023, Psych started airing on Hallmark Movies and Mysteries. The show would also air on its sister channel, Hallmark Channel, starting on January 2025. Hallmark airings would feature edited dialogue and scenes to align with the channel's content guidelines.

=Home media=

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Title

!Ep #

!Region 1

!Region 2

!Region 4

The Complete First Season

| 15

| June 26, 2007

| April 24, 2008

| April 30, 2008

The Complete Second Season

| 16

| July 8, 2008

| June 7, 2010

| March 3, 2010

The Complete Third Season

| 16

| July 21, 2009

| February 21, 2011

| March 2, 2011

The Complete Fourth Season

| 16

| July 13, 2010

| July 18, 2011

| August 22, 2012

The Complete Fifth Season

| 16

| May 31, 2011

| May 21, 2012

| September 5, 2013

The Psych-O-Ween Collection

| 4

| September 11, 2012{{cite web|url=http://www.tvshowsondvd.com/news/Psych-Psych-o-Ween-Collection/17158|title=Psych – A Spook-Tackular DVD is Announced in the Form of 'The Psych-O-Ween Collection'|last=Lambert|first=David|date=June 27, 2012|work=TVShowsOnDVD|access-date=2012-06-27|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120629101736/http://www.tvshowsondvd.com/news/Psych-Psych-o-Ween-Collection/17158|archive-date=June 29, 2012|df=mdy-all}}

| TBA

| TBA

The Complete Sixth Season

| 16

| October 16, 2012

| July 26, 2013

| August 14, 2014

The Complete Seventh Season

| 14

| October 8, 2013

| July 11, 2016

| TBA

Psych: The Musical

| 4

| December 17, 2013{{cite web|url=http://www.tvshowsondvd.com/news/Psych-The-Musical/19052|title=Psych – DVD Announcement for 'Psych – The Musical': Date, Cost, Box Cover|last=Lambert|first=David|date=October 8, 2013|work=TVShowsOnDVD|access-date=2013-10-11|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131013164636/http://www.tvshowsondvd.com/news/Psych-The-Musical/19052|archive-date=October 13, 2013|df=mdy-all}}

| TBA

| TBA

The Eighth and Final Season

| 10

| April 1, 2014{{cite web |url=http://www.tvshowsondvd.com/news/Psych-Season-8/19351 |title=Psych – 'The Complete 8th Season' Announced: Date, Correct Price, Extras, Package |author=Lambert, David |work=TVShowsOnDVD.com |date=January 14, 2014 |access-date=2014-01-20 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140118033816/http://www.tvshowsondvd.com/news/Psych-Season-8/19351 |archive-date=January 18, 2014 |df=mdy-all }}

| TBA

| TBA

The Complete Series

| 120

| October 7, 2014{{cite web |url=http://www.tvshowsondvd.com/news/Psych-The-Complete-Series/20057 |title=Psych – We Predict 'The Complete Series' DVD Set to Arrive This Fall |author=Lambert, David |work=TVShowsOnDVD.com |date=July 15, 2014 |access-date=2014-08-05 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140723083937/http://tvshowsondvd.com/news/Psych-The-Complete-Series/20057 |archive-date=July 23, 2014 |df=mdy-all }}

| TBA

| TBA

The Complete Collection

|120, 1 Movie

|July 3, 2018{{Cite web|url=https://www.amazon.com/Psych-Complete-Collection-James-Roday/dp/B07B5WCX4R|title=Psych: The Complete Collection|website=www.amazon.com|access-date=2019-02-12}}

|TBA

|TBA

The Complete Collection (Blu-ray version)

|120, 3 Movies

|October 17, 2023{{Cite web|url=https://www.amazon.com.br/Psych-The-Complete-Collection-Blu-Ray/dp/B0CGD4GWC8|title=Psych: The Complete Collection|website=www.amazon.com|access-date=2024-05-19}}

|TBA

|TBA

Reception

=Ratings=

Psych scored a 4.51 rating and an average of 6.1 million total viewers at its premiere, which made it the highest-rated scripted series premiere on basic cable in 2006 in all key demographics (households, P18-49, P25-54, and total viewers), according to a USA Network press release, quoted from the Futon Critic.

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! style="width:7%;" rowspan="2"| TV season

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! span style="width:7%; font-size:smaller; line-height:100%;"| Premiere
Viewers
(in millions)

! Date

! span style="width:10%; font-size:smaller; line-height:100%;"| Finale
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(in millions)

1

| rowspan="3" style="text-align:center;" |Friday 10:00 pm (July 7, 2006 – February 20, 2009)

! 15

| style="font-size:11px;line-height:110%"|{{center|July 7, 2006}}

! 6.06{{cite news |last=Kissel |first=Rick |title=Talent skeins boost nets |url=http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-149558076.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131013170000/http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-149558076.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=October 13, 2013 |access-date=2013-06-05 |newspaper=Daily Variety |publisher=Penske Business Media |date=July 12, 2006 |oclc=60626272}}

| style="font-size:11px;line-height:110%"|{{center|March 2, 2007}}

! 4.48{{cite news |agency=Associated Press |date=March 9, 2007 |url=http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1Y1-104070455.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131111044645/http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1Y1-104070455.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=November 11, 2013 |title=Wrestling in Top Spot in Cable Ratings |publisher= |oclc=464378787 |access-date=2013-07-30}}

! style="font-size:smaller"| 2006–2007

2

! 16

| style="font-size:11px;line-height:110%"|{{center|July 13, 2007}}

! 4.33{{cite news |last=Kissel |first=Rick |title='Bee' sings for NBC: but Fox keeps up streak |url=http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-167029723.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131104171920/http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-167029723.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=November 4, 2013 |access-date=2013-09-02 |work=|date=July 18, 2007 |oclc=60626272}}

| style="font-size:11px;line-height:110%"|{{center|February 15, 2008}}

! 4.70{{cite news |last=Seidman |first=Robert |date=February 20, 2008 |url=http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/2008/02/20/top-cable-shows-feb-11-17-sponge-bob-vs-lebron/2705/ |title=Top Cable Shows Through Feb 11–17: SpongeBob vs. Lebron? |work=TV by the Numbers |publisher=Zap2it |access-date=2013-11-02 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131019064900/http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/2008/02/20/top-cable-shows-feb-11-17-sponge-bob-vs-lebron/2705/ |archive-date=October 19, 2013 |df=mdy-all }}

! style="font-size:smaller"| 2007–2008

3

! 16

| style="font-size:11px;line-height:110%"|{{center|July 18, 2008}}

! 4.89{{cite news |last=Seidman |first=Robert |date=July 22, 2008 |url=http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/2008/07/22/nielsen-ratings-cable-tv-top-20-home-run-for-espn/4507/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120826123038/http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/2008/07/22/nielsen-ratings-cable-tv-top-20-home-run-for-espn/4507/ |url-status=dead |archive-date=August 26, 2012 |title=Nielsen Ratings Cable TV Top 20: Home Run Hit for ESPN |work=TV by the Numbers |publisher=Zap2it |access-date=2013-11-02}}

| style="font-size:11px;line-height:110%"|{{center|February 20, 2009}}

! 4.83{{cite news |last=Seidman |first=Robert |date=February 24, 2009 |url=http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/2009/02/24/wwe-raw-the-closer-and-monk-lead-weekly-cable-viewing/13386/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110303193203/http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/2009/02/24/wwe-raw-the-closer-and-monk-lead-weekly-cable-viewing/13386 |url-status=dead |archive-date=March 3, 2011 |title=WWE RAW, The Closer and Monk lead weekly cable viewing |work=TV by the Numbers |publisher=Zap2it |access-date=2013-11-02}}

! style="font-size:smaller"| 2008–2009

4

| {{center|Friday 10:00 pm (August 7, 2009 – October 16, 2009)
Wednesday 10:00 pm (January 27, 2010 – March 10, 2010)
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! 16

| style="font-size:11px;line-height:110%"|{{center|August 7, 2009}}

! 3.98{{cite news |last=Seidman |first=Robert |date=August 11, 2009 |url=http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/2009/08/11/icarly-burn-notice-the-closer-royal-pains-wwe-raw-and-monk-top-weeks-cable-shows/24562/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101222173449/http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/2009/08/11/icarly-burn-notice-the-closer-royal-pains-wwe-raw-and-monk-top-weeks-cable-shows/24562 |url-status=dead |archive-date=December 22, 2010 |title=iCarly, Burn Notice, The Closer, Royal Pains, WWE RAW and Monk top week's cable shows |work=TV by the Numbers |publisher=Zap2it |access-date=2013-11-02}}

| style="font-size:11px;line-height:110%"|{{center|March 10, 2010}}

! 2.95{{cite web|last=Seidman|first=Robert|url=http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/2010/03/11/psych-ends-season-on-a-so-so-note/44699/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110401133822/http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/2010/03/11/psych-ends-season-on-a-so-so-note/44699|url-status=dead|archive-date=April 1, 2011|title=Psych Ends Season on a So-So Note|date=March 11, 2010|publisher=TV by the Numbers|access-date=2011-11-17}}

! style="font-size:smaller"| 2009–2010

5

| rowspan="3"|{{center|Wednesday 10:00 pm (July 14, 2010 – May 29, 2013){{efn|name=Musical|The episode "Psych: The Musical" aired as a special two-hour event at 9:00 pm Eastern on December 15, 2013, outside of the seventh season's primary run.}}}}

! 16

| style="font-size:11px;line-height:110%"|{{center|July 14, 2010}}

! 3.69{{cite web|last=Gorman|first=Bill|url=http://tvbythenumbers.com/2010/07/15/wednesday-cable-hot-in-cleveland-steady-tosh-0-top-chef-espy-awards-psych-premiere-ratings-more/57256|title=Wednesday Cable: Hot In Cleveland Steady; Tosh.0, Top Chef, ESPY Awards, Psych Premiere Ratings & More|publisher=TV by the Numbers|date=July 15, 2010|access-date=2010-07-15|archive-date=September 29, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120929010451/http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/2010/07/15/wednesday-cable-hot-in-cleveland-steady-tosh-0-top-chef-espy-awards-psych-premiere-ratings-more/57256/|url-status=dead}}

| style="font-size:11px;line-height:110%"|{{center|December 22, 2010}}

! 2.90{{cite web|last=Gorman|first=Bill|url=http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/2010/12/26/wednesday-1222-cable-ratings-mythbusters-top-chef-psych-meet-the-browns-wwe-tribute-to-the-troops-more/76569|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101231091625/http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/2010/12/26/wednesday-1222-cable-ratings-mythbusters-top-chef-psych-meet-the-browns-wwe-tribute-to-the-troops-more/76569|url-status=dead|archive-date=December 31, 2010|title=Wednesday Cable Ratings: Mythbusters, Top Chef, Psych, Meet the Browns, WWE Tribute To The Troops & More|publisher=TV by the Numbers|date=December 26, 2010|access-date=2010-12-26}}

! style="font-size:smaller"| 2010

6

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| style="font-size:11px;line-height:110%"|{{center|October 12, 2011}}

! 3.00{{cite web|url=http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/2011/10/13/wednesday-cable-ratings-south-park-rises-american-horror-story-falls-brewerscards-nlcs-ghost-hunters-nick-swardson-more/107148/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111015180706/http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/2011/10/13/wednesday-cable-ratings-south-park-rises-american-horror-story-falls-brewerscards-nlcs-ghost-hunters-nick-swardson-more/107148/|url-status=dead|archive-date=October 15, 2011|title=Wednesday Cable Ratings: 'South Park' Rises; 'American Horror Story' Falls; + Brewers/Cards NLCS, 'Psych' Premiere, 'Ghost Hunters' & More|publisher=TV by the Numbers|last=Gorman|first=Bill|date=October 13, 2011|access-date=2011-10-14}}

| style="font-size:11px;line-height:110%"|{{center|April 11, 2012}}

! 2.71{{cite web|url=http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/2012/04/12/wednesday-cable-ratings-south-park-wins-night-psych-americas-best-dance-crew-house-hunters-restaurant-stakeout-duck-dynasty-more/128755|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120415010900/http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/2012/04/12/wednesday-cable-ratings-south-park-wins-night-psych-americas-best-dance-crew-house-hunters-restaurant-stakeout-duck-dynasty-more/128755/|url-status=dead|archive-date=April 15, 2012|title=Wednesday Cable Ratings: 'South Park' Wins Night, 'Psych', 'America's Best Dance Crew', 'House Hunters', 'Restaurant Stakeout', 'Duck Dynasty' & More|publisher=TV by the Numbers|last=Bibel|first=Sara|date=April 12, 2012|access-date=2012-04-13}}

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| style="font-size:11px;line-height:110%"|{{center|February 27, 2013}}

! 2.94{{cite web|url=http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/2013/02/28/wednesday-cable-ratings-duck-dynasty-dominates-night-psych-top-chef-the-daily-show-nba-basketball-more/171199/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130303005414/http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/2013/02/28/wednesday-cable-ratings-duck-dynasty-dominates-night-psych-top-chef-the-daily-show-nba-basketball-more/171199/|url-status=dead|archive-date=March 3, 2013|title=Wednesday Cable Ratings: 'Duck Dynasty' Dominates Night + 'Psych', 'Top Chef', 'The Daily Show', NBA Basketball & More|publisher=TV by the Numbers|first=Amanda|last=Kondolojy|date=February 28, 2013|access-date=2013-03-01}}

| style="font-size:11px;line-height:110%"|{{center|May 29, 2013{{efn|name=Musical}}}}

! 2.18{{cite web|last=Bibel|first=Sara|title=Wednesday Cable Ratings: NHL Playoffs Win Night, 'Psych', 'The Real World', 'Love Thy Neighbor', 'Mythbusters', 'Melissa & Joey' & More|url=http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/2013/05/30/wednesday-cable-ratings-nhl-playoffs-win-night-psych-the-real-world-love-thy-neighbormythbusters-melissa-joey-more/185066/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130607112841/http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/2013/05/30/wednesday-cable-ratings-nhl-playoffs-win-night-psych-the-real-world-love-thy-neighbormythbusters-melissa-joey-more/185066/|url-status=dead|archive-date=June 7, 2013|date=May 30, 2013|access-date=2013-05-30}}

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! 2.28{{cite web|last=Bibel|first=Sara|title=Wednesday Cable Ratings: 'American Horror Story' Wins Night, 'My Strange Addiction', 'Psych', 'Real World Ex-Plosion' & More|url=http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/2014/01/09/wednesday-cable-ratings-american-horror-story-wins-night-my-strange-addiction-psych-real-world-ex-plosion-more/227773/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140110001838/http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/2014/01/09/wednesday-cable-ratings-american-horror-story-wins-night-my-strange-addiction-psych-real-world-ex-plosion-more/227773/|url-status=dead|archive-date=January 10, 2014|date=January 9, 2014|access-date=2013-01-09}}

| style="font-size:11px;line-height:110%"|{{center|March 26, 2014}}

! 1.93{{cite web|url=http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/2014/03/27/wednesday-cable-ratings-duck-dynasty-finale-tops-night-nba-basketball-psych-workaholics-more/248441/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140327234806/http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/2014/03/27/wednesday-cable-ratings-duck-dynasty-finale-tops-night-nba-basketball-psych-workaholics-more/248441/|url-status=dead|archive-date=March 27, 2014|title=Wednesday Cable Ratings: 'Duck Dynasty' Finale Tops Night + NBA Basketball, 'Psych', 'Workaholics' & More|last=Kondolojy|first=Amanda|work=TV by the Numbers|date=March 27, 2014|access-date=2014-03-27}}

! style="font-size:smaller"| 2014

Rotten Tomatoes gave the first three seasons of the series an overall 89% "fresh" rating.[https://www.rottentomatoes.com/tv/psych Psych], Fandango. Retrieved Jun 06, 2024.

=Nominations and awards=

{{Main|List of awards and nominations received by Psych}}

Psych was the winner of the Center for Inquiry Annual Award for "Excellence in Entertainment" for advancing the cause of science and exposing superstition. Accepting for Psych was staff writer Daniel Hsia.{{cite web|url=http://www.iigwest.com/investigations/2007/20070809_pressrelease.html |title=IIG – 08/09/2007 Press Release |publisher=Iigwest.com |access-date=2011-08-07}}{{cite web|url=http://iigwest.com/iigawards |title=The IIG Awards |publisher=Iigwest.com |date=August 21, 2010 |access-date=2011-08-07}} James Roday Rodriguez was nominated for the 2006 Satellite Award for Best Actor – Television Series Musical or Comedy.[http://www.pressacademy.com/satawards/forms/pdf/2006-IPA-Nom-Announce.pdf] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070715082332/http://www.pressacademy.com/satawards/forms/pdf/2006-IPA-Nom-Announce.pdf|date=July 15, 2007}} Rodriguez was also nominated for the 2009 Ewwy Award for Best Actor in a Comedy. Psych was nominated for its first Emmy Award in 2010 in the category Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Music Composition for a Series (Original Dramatic Score) for the episode "Mr. Yin Presents...".{{cite web |author=1 by Corinne Heller |url=http://www.ontheredcarpet.com/2010/07/emmy-awards-2010-get-the-full-list-of-nominations.html |title=Emmy Awards 2010 |publisher=OnTheRedCarpet.com |date=November 11, 2010 |access-date=2011-08-07 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100709221505/http://www.ontheredcarpet.com/2010/07/emmy-awards-2010-get-the-full-list-of-nominations.html |archive-date=July 9, 2010 |url-status=dead }} Adam Cohen and John Robert Wood were the composers for this episode. Psych was nominated for its second Emmy Award in 2012 in the category "Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Emerging Media Program" for their interactive game "HashTag Killer". In 2012 and 2013, Psych was nominated for the People's Choice Award for "Best Cable TV Comedy". In 2014, Psych won the People's Choice Award for "Best Cable TV Comedy" in its last nomination.

Other media

=Novels=

William Rabkin has written and published five novels based on the series. The novels are written in third-person narrative style. Additionally, Chad Gervich (Small Screen, Big Picture) has published a crime-fighting guide based on methods presented in the show.

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Author

! Title

! ISBN

! Publication date

rowspan=5|William Rabkin

| A Mind Is a Terrible Thing to Read

| {{ISBNT|0-451-22635-6}}

| January 6, 2009

Mind Over Magic

| {{ISBNT|0-451-22744-1}}

| July 7, 2009

The Call of the Mild

| {{ISBNT|0-451-22876-6}}

| January 5, 2010

A Fatal Frame of Mind

| {{ISBNT|0-451-23159-7}}

| August 3, 2010

Mind-Altering Murder

| {{ISBNT|0-451-23252-6}}

| February 1, 2011

Chad Gervich

| Psych's Guide to Crime Fighting for the Totally Unqualified

| {{ISBNT|1-455-51286-9}}

| May 7, 2013

=Film series=

{{main|Psych (film series)}}Once production on the original series wrapped, series creator Steve Franks had the idea to bring the Psych universe back in film form later on. On May 8, 2017, USA Network announced Psych: The Movie, a two-hour TV film to air December 7, 2017.{{Cite news|url=http://www.usanetwork.com/psych/blog/psych-holiday-movie-2017|title=Not a Drill: 'Psych: The Movie' Is Coming to USA Network This December

|access-date=2017-05-08}} All the original main cast would return for the film, directed by series creator Steve Franks and co-written by Franks and series star, James Roday Rodriguez. The first sequel, Psych 2: Lassie Come Home, was released on NBCUniversal's new streaming service, Peacock, on July 15, 2020.{{cite web |author=w Network |date=February 14, 2019 |title=Psych: The Movie 2 Is Coming to USA Network Later This Year! |url=https://www.usanetwork.com/psych/blog/psych-the-movie-2-announcement |website=USA Network}} A third film, Psych 3: This Is Gus, followed on November 18, 2021. Three further Psych films are in development with the script for Psych 4 reportedly complete.{{cite web | url=https://www.tvinsider.com/1118094/psych-4-movie-timothy-omundson-carlton-lassiter/ | title=Timothy Omundson Says 'Psych 4' is Just Waiting for Greenlight: 'We're All Ready to Go' | date=January 14, 2024 }}

=Podcast=

==''The Psychologists Are In: A Psych Rewatch''==

Launched in November 2021, Maggie Lawson and Timothy Omundson have hosted a weekly rewatch podcast of the series and films. Episodes include plot recaps and behind-the-scenes memories from the two hosts. The series also features interviews with cast members, guest stars, and crew members, including writers, directors, and series creator Steve Franks.{{Cite web |last=Ivie |first=Devon |date=2023-08-09 |title=Maggie Lawson, Psych's Visionary Rewatcher |url=https://www.vulture.com/article/maggie-lawson-interview-psych-rewatch-podcast.html |access-date=2023-09-06 |website=Vulture |language=en-us}}

Notes

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References

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