WORLD-RENOWNED FORENSIC ANTHROPOLOGIST DR. TEMPERANCE BRENNAN LENDS HER EXPERTISE TO HELP THE FBI SOLVE CRIMES ON THE SERIES PREMIERE OF "BONES" FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 16, ON FOX

From executive producers Barry Josephson and Hart Hanson comes BONES, an investigative drama inspired by real-life forensic anthropologist and best-selling novelist Kathy Reichs. Dr. Temperance Brennan is a highly skilled forensic anthropologist in Washington, DC. FBI Agent Seeley Booth calls on her to assist with investigations when the standard methods of identifying a body are useless � when the remains are badly decomposed, burned or destroyed beyond recognition. In the season premiere, Booth asks Brennan to help provide clues and information when skeletal remains are found at the bottom of a lake. With her team of specialists at the Jeffersonian Institute, Brennan determines the identity of the remains to be the ex-aide of a Washington, DC, congressman. A series of clues add up to murder, and Brennan wants in on the case. Although skeptical of all scientists, or "squints" as he calls them, Booth knows if he wants Brennan's expertise on the case, he's going to have to give in to her demand to a partnership with him and let her out of the lab. But Brennan may have gotten more than she bargained for when she digs under the surface to uncover who was behind the murder in the "Pilot" episode of BONES encoring Friday, Sept. 16 (8:00-9:00 PM ET/PT) on FOX. (BON-101) (TV-14 L, V)

Cast: Emily Deschanel as Dr. Temperance Brennan, David Boreanaz as FBI Special Agent Seeley Booth, TJ Thyne as Dr. Jack Hodgins, Michaela Conlin as Angela Montenegro, Eric Millegan as Zack Addy, Jonathan Adams as Dr. Daniel Goodman.

Guest Cast: Chris Conner as Oliver Laurier; Dominic Fumusa as Peter St. James; Larry Poindexter as Sen. Bethlehem; Sam Trammell as Ken Thompson; Tyrees Allen as Ted Eller; Bonita Friedericy as Sharon Eller; Katherine Ann McGregor as Mrs. Bethlehem; John Sterling Carter as FBI Director; Naja Hill as Cleo Eller; Charles Janasz as Reverend; Damian T. Raven as Uniformed Security; Dave Roberson as Homeland Security; Yun Choi as FBI Agent #1; Jeff Witzke as FBI Agent #2; Marilyn Sue Perry as Customs Agent; Billy Briggs as Airport Clerk.

[EDITOR'S NOTE: The previously announced episodes of THE BERNIE MAC SHOW and THE WAR AT HOME will not air this night.]