JEFF GOLDBLUM WITH CO-STAR MADELEINE STOWE

Emmy Award-winning executive producer-writer Graham Yost ("Band of Brothers," "From the Earth to the Moon," "Boomtown") and star Jeff Goldblum ("The Lost World: Jurassic Park," "Independence Day," "The Fly") combine forces in "Raines," an inventive police drama that blends traditional noir storytelling with humor and intrigue.

Eccentric LAPD Detective Michael Raines (Goldblum) uses his unique imagination to focus on every murder case in such a way that the murder victims actually begin to take shape in front of him. At first, he thinks he's losing his mind, but he then uses the constantly evolving hallucinations -- which are figments of his imagination and not ghosts -- to help him discover the victims' killers. Raines struggles to accept this peculiar gift -- or burden -- and reconcile it with his daily life.

Also prominent in Raines' life are his understanding boss, Captain Daniel Lewis (Matt Craven, "From the Earth to the Moon"); an antagonistic uniformed officer, Remi Boyer (Dov Davidoff, "Third Watch"); Boyer's long-suffering partner, Officer Michelle Lance (Linda Park, "Star Trek: Enterprise"); sharp-tongued civilian employee, Carolyn Crumley (Nicole Sullivan, "MADtv"); his former partner, Charlie Lincoln (Malik Yoba, "Thief"); and therapist, Samantha Kohl (Madeleine Stowe, "The Last of the Mohicans," "We Were Soldiers").

"Raines" is from NBC Universal Television Studio.

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Day & time: Fridays on NBC (9-10 p.m. ET)

Premiere date: March 15, 2007

Starring: Jeff Goldblum, Matt Craven, Dov Davidoff, Linda Park, Madeleine Stowe, Nicole Sullivan, Malik Yoba

Executive producer: Graham Yost

Creator: Graham Yost

Co-executive producers: Felix Alcala and Fred Golan

Producer: Preston Fischer

Consulting producers: Bruce Rasmussen and Jennifer Cecil

Co-producer: Josh Singer

Story editor: Taylor Elmore

Staff writer: David Andron, Moira Walley-Beckett and Wendy Calhoun

Director: Frank Darabont (pilot)

Casting directors: Meg Liberman and Irene Cagen

Production designer: Greg Melton

Art director: Anthony D. Parrillo

Director of photography: Lex du Pont

Costume designer: Giovanna Melton

Editors: Ron Rosen, Derek Berlatsky and Peter Frank

Music supervisor: Gregory Sill

Sound mixer: Tim Cooney

Origination: Hollywood, California

Produced by: NBC Universal Television Studio