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Psych Genre Detective fiction Comedy - drama Created by Steve Franks Starring James Roday Dulé Hill Timothy Omundson Maggie Lawson Kirsten Nelson Corbin Bernsen Opening theme `` I Know You Know '' by The Friendly Indians Ending theme `` I Know You Know '' Country of origin United States Original language ( s ) English No. of seasons 8 No. of episodes 120 ( list of episodes ) Production Executive producer ( s ) Steve Franks Chris Henze Kelly Kulchak Mel Damski Bill Callahan Producer ( s ) Andy Berman Gordon Mark James Roday Dulé Hill Tim Meltreger Tracey Jeffrey Location ( s ) British Columbia, Canada Camera setup Single - camera Running time 42 minutes Production company ( s ) Pacific Mountain Productions TagLine Television NBC Universal Television Studio ( 2006 -- 2007 ) ( seasons 1 -- 2 ) Universal Media Studios ( 2007 -- 2008 ) ( season 2 ) Universal Cable Productions ( 2008 -- 2014 ) ( seasons 3 -- 8 ) Distributor NBCUniversal Television Distribution Release Original network USA Network Picture format 480i ( SDTV ) 1080i ( HDTV ) Original release July 7, 2006 ( 2006 - 07 - 07 ) -- March 26, 2014 ( 2014 - 03 - 26 ) External links Website Psych is an American detective comedy - drama television series created by Steve Franks and broadcast on USA Network with syndicated reruns on ION Television. The series stars James Roday as Shawn Spencer, a young crime consultant for the Santa Barbara Police Department whose `` heightened observational skills '' and impressive eidetic memory allow him to convince people that he solves cases with 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 officer of the Santa Barbara Police Department. Psych debuted on Friday, July 7, 2006, immediately 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 US basic cable television premiere of 2006. 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. 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. The show has developed a cult following, especially in the years since going off air, with fans of the show being called `` Psych - O 's ''. Psych : The Movie, a two - hour TV movie, aired on USA Network on December 7, 2017. Franks ' hope is to make five more Psych movies, following Psych : The Movie. The show notably featured Latino and Black co-leads ( and later producers ), the second detective show to do so since New York Undercover. Contents 1 Overview 2 Characters 2.1 Main 2.2 Recurring 3 Episodes 4 Production 4.1 Theme song 4.1. 1 Variations 4.2 Pineapple 4.3 `` Psych : The Musical '' 4.4 Series finale post-show 4.5 `` Psych : The Movie '' 5 Reception 5.1 Ratings 5.2 Nominations and awards 6 Syndication 7 Home media 8 Novels 9 References 10 External links 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 ), 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. The police theorize that such knowledge could only come from the `` inside '' and they decide to arrest him as a suspect. To avoid being sent to jail, Shawn uses his observational skills to convince the police that he is psychic. 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 representative, about Gus 's eclectic interests as they drive around in a blue Toyota Echo nicknamed `` The Blueberry '' solving crimes. Head detective Carlton Lassiter ( Timothy Omundson ), playfully named `` Lassie '' by Shawn and Gus, quietly respects Shawn 's crime - solving skills, but doubts his psychic abilities and is constantly exasperated and / or infuriated by his antics. However, junior detective Juliet `` Jules '' O'Hara ( Maggie Lawson ) and Chief 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 article : List of Psych characters Main The cast of Psych, from left to right : Maggie Lawson, Corbin Bernsen, James Roday, Kirsten Nelson, Dulé Hill, and Timothy Omundson Shawn Spencer ( James Roday ) is a freelance consultant with the Santa Barbara Police Department who pretends to be a psychic. However, really his exceptional observational skills and eidetic memory allow him to obtain his `` visions ''. He refuses to take anything seriously, but has matured slowly throughout the seasons. He has had romantic tension with Juliet O'Hara since they met, which led them to start dating in the middle of season five. In the middle of season six, he tries to propose to her, but finds out that neither of them is ready. Though the two hit a bump in season seven when she discovers he is not psychic, they soon reconcile. When she moves to San Francisco to be Vick 's head detective, he realizes he can not live without her and resolves to move there. In a final effort to `` come clean '', he makes several DVDs, one of which he sends to Lassiter, upon which he starts to confess the truth to him, but Lassiter breaks the DVD before Shawn can say it. Burton `` Gus '' Guster ( Dulé Hill ) is Shawn 's best friend since childhood, as well as business partner. He is also a pharmaceuticals salesman. Unlike Shawn, he takes his work very seriously, playing the `` straight man '' and usually tries to act professionally, yet in later episodes, he ends up as invested in jokes and snacks as Shawn. He is famous for his many aliases ( usually given to him by Shawn ), including `` Magic Head '', `` Lavender Gooms '', `` Ghee Buttersnaps '', and `` Control Alt Delete ''. He is known for being attracted to all types of women, who often end up being the criminal. He is also known for his supersensitive nose, the `` Super Sniffer '' or `` Super Smeller. '' He is also usually very sensitive ( a sympathetic crier ) and has a gigantic soft side. Carlton `` Lassie '' Lassiter ( Timothy Omundson ) is the head detective for the Santa Barbara Police Department. He is skeptical of Shawn 's psychic abilities, and is extremely annoyed by Shawn 's comic antics. However, he once secretly confessed to Shawn, while drunk, that he respects him and because of this, he occasionally comes to Psych for help with his more difficult cases. During season seven, Lassie married his girlfriend, Marlowe. In season eight, they find out Marlowe is pregnant. In Psych 's final season, he is promoted to chief. When it does not work out for Juliet to be head detective, the mayor hires someone else. At first, Chief Lassiter just wants to get rid of her, but the more he learns about his new head detective, the more he realizes he has in common with her. Juliet `` Jules '' O'Hara ( Maggie Lawson ) is a junior detective for the Santa Barbara Police Department, and is Lassiter 's partner. She joined the SBPD after Lassiter 's old partner got transferred after the pilot episode, and was originally a cop in Miami. Throughout the series, Shawn and she share constant romantic tension. The two start dating in season five, but hit a bump when she discovers his secret in season seven. The bump is only temporary, though, and the two resume dating near the end of season seven. When Lassiter is promoted to chief in season eight, he wants Juliet as head detective, but is told he can not have her. So, she instead accepts a job as Vick 's chief detective in San Francisco. In the final episode of the series, `` The Break - Up '', she accepts Shawn 's marriage proposal right before the engagement ring he inherited from his grandmother is stolen. Karen Vick ( Kirsten Nelson ) is the SBPD Chief. She is tough but fair, usually reluctant to hire Shawn and Gus for cases, but almost always gives in. She respects Shawn 's help and input, but firmly keeps him in check ( as much as she can ) when he pushes the limits of the law or her patience. She is temporarily suspended at the end of season 7, rehired in season 8, and resigns later that season to accept a job as chief in San Francisco. Henry Spencer ( Corbin Bernsen ) is Shawn 's uptight and precise father and a former police sergeant. He trained Shawn on everything about being a detective, going so far as teaching him to remember the layout of a room with his eyes closed and beating a lie detector. He is usually visited by Shawn with questions about various cases, but is also usually reluctant to help. He has been rehired to the SBPD to be in charge of the department 's consultants, much to Shawn 's chagrin. At the end of season six in a cliff - hanger ending, Henry quit the SBPD and then was shot by a former police partner after finding out he was being paid to cover up cases for criminals. In the season - seven premiere, Henry has survived the shooting and is making a recovery. In spite of no longer being part of the SBPD staff, he still helps Shawn with his cases. He becomes a criminology professor at the local college, and at one point saves Shawn right before he gets shot by the bad guys he is chasing. At the end of the series, he takes over the Psych office that Shawn and Gus vacate to join Vick and O'Hara in San Francisco, though it is unclear what he will use it for. Recurring Young Shawn ( seasons 1 -- 5 : Liam James ; seasons 5 -- 6 : Skyler Gisondo ) is the younger version of Shawn Spencer. He is shown at the beginning of most episodes in flashbacks to the late 1980s and early 1990s, usually learning a life lesson from his father, which helps him later in the episode. He has also been portrayed by Josh Hayden ( in the pilot episode ) and by Kyle Pejpar ( in the episode `` Spellingg Bee '' ). Young Gus ( Carlos McCullers II ) is the younger version of Burton `` Gus '' Guster. He is shown at the beginning of various episodes in flashbacks with Shawn. He was also portrayed by Isaah Brown during the first season. Buzz McNab ( Sage Brocklebank ) is a naive but lovable cop who often provides Shawn and Gus with clues. He takes every case given to him by Lassiter and Juliet with a polite, optimistic attitude, despite both Lassiter and Jules finding said case to be menial. Shawn gives him a `` little boy cat '' ( that is actually a girl cat ) that once helped him solve a case in season one. In `` Shawn Gets the Yips '', McNab is severely injured when a bomb goes off in his mailbox while he is getting his mail. Later in the episode, he returns to work with a severe concussion and on crutches, remarking to Shawn and Gus that he had lost part of three toes, and when Shawn coughs, he immediately begins to go get Shawn a drink of water before being told numerous times that he should rest. He has occasionally pulled Shawn over for various traffic violations, only to realize that it is him and apologize. In the fourth - season finale episode, `` Mr. Yin Presents... '', McNab is attacked and knocked unconscious by the unseen killer. He returns in season five. In season seven, he appears as a male stripper at the hotel where Marlowe has her bachelorette party, attended by both Juliet and the chief. He is fired by Harris Trout at the end of season seven, but is rehired by Chief Lassiter during season eight. During the series finale, Lassiter 's new head detective ( Betsy Branigan ) wants McNab to be her junior detective. Lassiter is hesitant about this at first because McNab scored so low on the detective 's exam, but Branigan insists, and Lassiter finally assents. In Psych : The Movie, Shawn hires McNab to help him ( Shawn ) prove his validity to a crime boss. Madeleine Spencer ( Cybill Shepherd ) is a police psychologist who is Shawn 's mother and Henry 's ex-wife. In the episode `` Ghosts '', she tells Lassiter that she has eidetic tonal memory, which is like Shawn 's photographic memory but with sound. She also appears in `` Murder ?... Anyone ?... Anyone ?... Bueller ? '', `` An Evening with Mr. Yang '', `` Yang 3 in 2D '', and `` Juliet Takes a Luvvah ''. She was portrayed over-the - shoulder by a different actress in `` Shawn ( and Gus ) of the Dead ''. Psych is partially inspired by the 1980s hit TV series Moonlighting, in which Shepherd plays the lead character, and Madeleine Spencer was made to symbolically `` give birth '' to the lead character of Psych. Abigail Lytar ( Rachael Leigh Cook ) is Shawn 's high - school crush, whom he let get away when he moved from, then back to, Santa Barbara when his parents got divorced. She first appears in `` Murder ?... Anyone ?... Anyone ?... Bueller ? '' and returns in `` An Evening with Mr. Yang '', `` He Dead '', `` Bollywood Homicide '', and `` You Ca n't Handle This Episode ''. In `` You Ca n't Handle This Episode '', the winter half premiere of season four, Abigail departs for Uganda. However, she returns in the episode `` Mr. Yin Presents... ''. After being kidnapped by Yin and saved by Shawn, she tells him she does not like danger and breaks up with him after the two share a final kiss. Winnie Guster ( Phylicia Rashad ) is Gus ' mother. She appears in the first two of the series ' Christmas episodes, `` Gus 's Dad May Have Killed an Old Guy '' and `` Christmas Joy ''. She later appears in `` Nightmare on State Street '' in one of Gus ' nightmares. Bill Guster ( Ernie Hudson, Keith David ) is Gus ' father. Although the character of Gus ' father appeared in the first two Christmas episodes, Bill Guster was played by Ernie Hudson in `` Gus 's Dad May Have Killed an Old Guy '' and by Keith David in `` Christmas Joy ''. Mr. Yang ( Ally Sheedy ) was a serial killer, first appearing in `` An Evening with Mr. Yang ''. She returns after a decade - long absence to target Shawn in her deadly game of cat - and - mouse. In the season - four finale, `` Mr. Yin Presents... '', Shawn and Gus visit her in prison. She seemed to have a deeper connection to Shawn, as the last scene of `` Mr. Yin Presents... '' shows Yin, Yang 's partner, looking at a picture of what is presumably a younger Yang, standing next to young Shawn. Her help is enlisted again by Shawn and Gus in `` Yang 3 in 2D '', the fifth season 's finale, in which it is revealed that she is actually Yin 's daughter. She later returns in `` Psych : The Musical '', in which she is stabbed to death by the eventual murderer. Mary Lightly ( Jimmi Simpson ) was a department psychologist who was an expert on Mr. Yang. He first appeared in `` An Evening with Mr. Yang '' and later in `` Mr. Yin Presents... ''. He was stabbed to death in the season - four finale by Yin while bravely trying to capture him alone. He appears on videotape in `` Yang 3 in 2D '', as well as in an after - death sequence in `` Psych : The Musical '' and `` Psych the Movie ''. Woody the Coroner ( Kurt Fuller ) is a police coroner with whom Shawn shares a mutual respect. His wife cheats on him with multiple men, some of whom he has approved. He is also apparently wanted in the Philippines. He first appeared in `` High Top Fade Out ''. In Psych : The Movie, after Woody loses his position has head coroner in Santa Barbara, he is hired to assist the head coroner in San Francisco, where he reunites with Chief Vick, Juliet, Shawn, Gus, and Henry, and prominently features in the events of the movie. Mr. Yin ( Christopher Turner, Peter Weller ) was a serial killer who was actually responsible for the Yang murders. He is also Yang 's father. He first appeared in `` Mr. Yin Presents... '' targeting Shawn, and later returned for a second round in `` Yang 3 in 2D '', in which he is murdered by his daughter. Pierre Despereaux ( Cary Elwes ) is an extremely elusive Canadian art thief, first appearing in `` Extradition : British Columbia ''. When Shawn and Gus travel to Canada on a ski trip, they end up catching him ; however, he, in fact, is revealed to be simply an insurance fraudster. Despereaux returned in `` Extradition II : The Actual Extradition Part '', in which he was accused of multiple murders after his escape from prison ; he is later cleared of the murder charges and finally extradited to the United States. He returns in `` Indiana Shawn and the Temple of the Kinda Crappy, Rusty Old Dagger '', in which he races with Shawn and Gus against a gang of art thieves to find an old dagger ; while he is seemingly murdered and the SBPD believe him to be dead, Shawn and Gus know the truth. He finally appears in `` Lock, Stock, Some Smoking Barrels and Burton Guster 's Goblet of Fire '', where he is revealed to be Royston Staley, Deputy Director of Interpol. He claims Pierre Despereaux was created as an elaborate undercover operation, although Shawn and Gus are divided over whether this is the truth or part of an even bigger con. Declan Rand ( Nestor Carbonell ) is a rich criminal profiler so good at his job that he poses a threat to Shawn. He turns out to be a fake criminal profiler and knows that Shawn is not a real psychic. He briefly becomes Juliet 's boyfriend. His first appearance was in `` Shawn 2.0 '', and his most recent appearance was in `` One, Maybe Two, Ways Out ''. In `` Extradition II : The Actual Extradition Part '', Juliet announces that Declan and she broke up. He is considered a fake, just like Shawn. He is compared to Shawn in a few ways, like the fact that both their fathers taught them about the fields in which they are working. Marlowe Viccellio ( Kristy Swanson ) is a woman Lassiter meets and later marries. After meeting Lassiter, it is discovered that she has been stealing blood to help her dying brother, and she is sent to prison. Despite this, her relationship with Lassiter continues, and they eventually marry. She first appears in `` This Episode Sucks '' and later in `` Let 's Doo - Wop It Again ''. In season seven, after being released from prison, Lassiter and she tie the knot and later have a baby girl. Curt Smith ( himself ) is a British singer best known for his work in the band Tears for Fears. He first appeared in the episode `` Shawn 2.0 '', where he had been hired to perform full - time at the estate of Declan Rand. He later performs while intoxicated at the wedding of a friend of Shawn and Gus. In the episode `` 100 Clues '', Curt is hired to perform at an elusive party to which Shawn and Gus are invited. However, he is shot in the diaphragm as he arrives. In the same episode, he is attacked ( and presumably eaten ) by a panther. In episode `` A Nightmare on State Street '', Gus dreams that Smith is eaten by zombies. Frank O'Hara ( William Shatner ) is Juliet 's estranged father, and also a talented con man who uses his talents to fool the Santa Barbara Police Department. Shawn figured out his schemes, but told him he would not give him up if he mended his relationship with Juliet. Juliet figures it out, but he tries to right his wrongs by solving the crime. Juliet is slowly starting to have a better relationship with him. He first appears in `` In for a Penny '', and again in `` Heeeeere 's Lassie ''. Ken Wong ( Jerry Shea ) is an Asian American who works for Shawn and Gus, is fired, and is seen working at various places they visit. He is seen in `` Romeo and Juliet and Juliet '' and `` In Plain Fright '', as well as `` HashTag Killer '', an online - only episode. He does not like Shawn and feels that he wants him to be jobless. Rachael ( Parminder Nagra ) is Gus 's girlfriend, who first appeared in `` Juliet Takes a Luvvah ''. Later in the same episode, she is revealed to be a single mother. Lloyd French ( Jeffrey Tambor ) is Juliet 's stepfather. He first appeared in `` No Country for Two Old Men '', and later, in `` Right Turn or Left for Dead ''. Harris Trout ( Anthony Michael Hall ) is a special consultant hired by the mayor to increase efficiency at the SBPD. He first appears in `` No Trout About It '', the season - seven finale. As a result of his findings, he suspends Chief Vick for six months, demotes Lassiter as head detective, fires McNab for moonlighting as a stripper, and says he will no longer hire Gus and Shawn for any cases. Though Lassiter saves his life in `` S.E.I.Z.E. the Day '', he does not give Lassiter any thanks or credit for it. In the next episode of the season, though Lassiter, Juliet, Shawn, and Gus work together to catch a bad guy and nab him against all odds, Trout fires Lassiter and Juliet, refires Gus and Shawn, and is in turn fired himself for his recklessness in a hostage situation. Betsy Brannigan ( Mira Sorvino ) takes over as the new head detective when Lassiter is promoted to chief and the mayor will not let him hire Juliet for the position. Though he tries at first to get rid of her, he is soon forced to admit they have more in common than he originally thought. Shawn describes her as `` a female Lassiter ''. Though she seems hesitant to accept Shawn 's gift at first, she soon gets on board with it. She is very efficient, eventually beating Shawn to the punch during an investigation and nabbing the bad guy while Shawn, Gus, and Lassiter are still debating how to do it. She selects McNab as her junior detective, much to Lassiter 's consternation. She appears in the last three episodes of Psych. Episodes Main article : List of Psych episodes Season Episodes Originally aired First aired Last aired 15 July 7, 2006 March 2, 2007 16 July 13, 2007 February 15, 2008 16 July 18, 2008 February 20, 2009 16 August 7, 2009 March 10, 2010 5 16 July 14, 2010 December 22, 2010 6 16 October 12, 2011 April 11, 2012 7 14 February 27, 2013 May 29, 2013 The Musical December 15, 2013 8 10 January 8, 2014 March 26, 2014 The Movie December 7, 2017 Production The show uses White Rock, British Columbia, Canada for its Santa Barbara, California setting. Psych also incorporates Vancouver and various locations around the Lower Mainland of British Columbia as a backdrop. Santa Barbara is on a mountainous coastline without bays and just has the few Channel Islands miles offshore. Many of the overlooking helicopter shots and set - up shots ( in which the exterior of the Santa Barbara Courthouse is shown ) are actually filmed in Santa Barbara. The animated segments `` The Big Adventures of Little Shawn and Gus '' were created by J.J. Sedelmaier Productions, Inc. The music, effects, and sound design for `` The Big Adventures of Little Shawn and Gus '' were created by Fred Weinberg. Theme song The theme song for Psych is `` I Know You Know '' by The Friendly Indians, series creator Steve Franks ' band. Some episodes in seasons three - eight use an extended version of `` I Know You Know '', consisting of the first verse and the chorus, but 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 The theme was given a Christmas theme for the episode `` Gus 's Dad May Have Killed an Old Guy ''. It was used again in `` Christmas Joy '' ( 3.09 ) and `` The Polarizing Express ''. The song was sung in Spanish for `` Lights, Camera... Homicidio '' and `` No Country for Two Old Men ''. It was expanded into Bollywood - themed version sung in Hindi in `` Bollywood Homicide '' while each of the theme credits was shown first in Hindi, then in English. Boyz II Men performed an a cappella version of the theme for `` High Top Fade Out ''. It was used again for the episode `` Let 's Doo - Wop It Again ''. In `` Romeo and Juliet and Juliet '', the main titles are translated in Chinese. However, the actual theme song is not edited. Curt Smith of Tears for Fears guest - starred in `` Shawn 2.0 '' and recorded his own version of the theme. Smith also recorded a song ( `` This is Christmas '' ) for the episode `` The Polarizing Express ''. Julee Cruise, who recorded the theme for Twin Peaks, recorded a slower, extended version of the theme for the Twin Peaks - inspired episode `` Dual Spires ''. A superhero - themed version was recorded for `` The Amazing Psych - Man & Tap Man, Issue # 2 ''. The main titles were also redone in a comic - book style. For the episode `` Heeeeere 's Lassie '', the song and main titles were given a theme similar to The Shining. The Christmas - themed and Hindi versions of the song also include variations on the main titles. The Hindi and Chinese - themed episodes phonetically translated words into Devanagari and Chinese characters, respectively, in their title sequences. The title sequence in the episode `` Dual Spires '' is an almost shot - for - shot recreation of the title sequence of Twin Peaks. The episode `` 100 Clues '' featured an entirely new main title sequence based on the board game Clue. The actor names and title were shown on game cards similar to those of the cards of suspects in Clue. Pineapple In the episode `` Pilot '', James Roday improvised by picking up a pineapple and saying, `` Should I slice this up for the road ? '' Since then, pineapples have appeared in almost every episode as a running gag. The pineapple is a major marketing point for items related to the show on the USA website. Fan movements, such as fan - made websites, have also been dedicated to finding a pineapple or pineapple - related object in each episode. `` Psych : the Musical '' Main article : Psych : The Musical Before season 8 was aired, the show did a special, 88 - minute musical episode. This episode does not fit chronologically in the narrative ; there are situations in the episode that would imply that it takes place sometime before the middle of season 7. Series finale post-show Following the series finale on March 26, 2014, the USA network aired a live post-show. The hour - long special was hosted by Kevin Pereira and featured series stars and creator / executive producer Steve Franks. `` Psych : the Movie '' Main article : Psych : The Movie On May 8, 2017, USA Network announced Psych : The Movie, a two - hour TV movie to air December 7, 2017. All the original main cast would return for the TV movie, which was directed by series creator, Steve Franks, and screenplayed by Franks and series star, James Roday. Zachary Levi was later announced for the movie, as the main villain, `` Thin White Duke, '', while Jazmyn Simon -- Dulé Hill 's real - life fiancée -- played Selene, a romantic interest for Gus. On July 5, 2017, Charlotte Flair announced that she would be in Psych : The Movie as Heather Rockrear. On June 28, 2017, former guest star Ralph Macchio joined the cast reprising his role as Nick Conforth, the police academy officer who trained Shawn and Gus in season 5. Principal photography took place from May 25 to June 18 in Vancouver, British Columbia. It was later announced that Timothy Omundson would have a reduced role due to a stroke, but would still appear. In addition, Kurt Fuller, John Cena and Jimmi Simpson were confirmed to be reprising their respective roles of Woody Strode, Ewan O'Hara and Mary Lightly. 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. Season Timeslot ( ET ) Episodes Premiered Ended TV season Date Premiere Viewers ( in millions ) Date Finale Viewers ( in millions ) Friday 10 : 00 pm ( July 7, 2006 -- February 20, 2009 ) 15 July 7, 2006 6.06 March 2, 2007 4.48 2006 -- 2007 16 July 13, 2007 4.33 February 15, 2008 4.70 2007 -- 2008 16 July 18, 2008 4.89 February 20, 2009 4.83 2008 -- 2009 Friday 10 : 00 pm ( August 7, 2009 -- October 16, 2009 ) Wednesday 10 : 00 pm ( January 27, 2010 -- March 10, 2010 ) 16 August 7, 2009 3.98 March 10, 2010 2.95 2009 -- 2010 5 Wednesday 10 : 00 pm ( July 14, 2010 -- May 29, 2013 ) 16 July 14, 2010 3.69 December 22, 2010 2.90 6 16 October 12, 2011 3.00 April 11, 2012 2.71 2011 -- 2012 7 16 February 27, 2013 2.94 May 29, 2013 2.18 2013 8 Wednesday 9 : 00 pm ( January 8, 2014 -- March 26, 2014 ) 10 January 8, 2014 2.28 March 26, 2014 1.93 2014 Notes Jump up ^ `` Psych : The Musical '' aired as a special event on December 15, 2013, outside of the seventh season 's primary run. ^ Jump up to : 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. Nominations and Awards Main article : List of awards and nominations received by Psych Psych was the winner of the Independent Investigations Group Annual Award for `` Excellence in Entertainment '' for advancing the cause of science and exposing superstition. Accepting for Psych was staff writer Daniel Hsia. James Roday was nominated for the 2006 Satellite Award for Best Actor -- TV Series Musical or Comedy. James Roday 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 Outstanding Music Composition for a Series for the episode `` Mr. Yin Presents... ''. 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 `` Outstanding Creative Achievement in Interactive Media '' 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. Syndication In July 2011, ION Television announced that Psych would become part of its 2012 broadcast in syndication. 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. 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 -- six of Psych and includes rights to future seasons. As of January 2017, Psych start airing on Hallmark Movies and Mysteries and is also airing on ION Television. Home media 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 11, 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 September 11, 2012 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 December 17, 2013 TBA TBA The Complete Eighth Season 10 April 1, 2014 TBA TBA The Complete Series 122 October 7, 2014 TBA TBA 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. Author Title ISBN Publication date William Rabkin A Mind Is a Terrible Thing to Read 0 - 451 - 22635 - 6 January 6, 2009 Mind Over Magic 0 - 451 - 22744 - 1 July 7, 2009 The Call of the Mild 0 - 451 - 22876 - 6 January 5, 2010 A Fatal Frame of Mind 0 - 451 - 23159 - 7 August 3, 2010 Mind - Altering Murder 0 - 451 - 23252 - 6 February 1, 2011 Chad Gervich Psych 's Guide to Crime Fighting for the Totally Unqualified 1 - 455 - 51286 - 9 May 7, 2013 References Jump up ^ `` About Psych ''. ION Television. Retrieved 2014 - 02 - 06. Jump up ^ 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. '' Jump up ^ Atkin, Hillary. `` ' Psych 's ' James Roday, Dule Hill Savor Series ' Creative Freedom ''. Variety. 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Question: when did the first season of psych come out
Answer: July 7, 2006