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Monk Synopsis and General Information

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Premiered:

July 12, 2002

When is it on?:

Fridays at 9pm ET on USA Network (check local listings)

Tagline:

Obsessive. Compulsive. Detective.

Starring:

Tony Shalhoub as Adrian Monk
Jason Gray-Stanford as Randall Disher
Ted Levine as Leland Stottlemeyer
Emmy Clarke Julie Teeger
Traylor Howard as Natalie Teeger

Did you know....:

Each episode's title begin with, "Mr. Monk..."

Synopsis:

Being a detective is easily one of the most difficult and strenuous jobs, but imagine having obsessive-compulsive disorder on top of that?!

Adrian Monk is a homicide detective on the San Francisco Police force and after the tragic (and unsolved) death of his wife, Monk developed an abnormal fear of germs, heights and crowds. As you can imagine, this makes his job almost impossible at times.

This genuinely entertaining dramedy follows the escapades of Monk and his crew as they take on all types of cases -- no matter how dirty and disturbing.

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