Veronica Mars

Veronica Mars
Third season intertitle
Genre	Drama Mystery Neo-noir Comedy-drama Teen drama
Created by	Rob Thomas
Starring	Kristen Bell Percy Daggs III Teddy Dunn Jason Dohring Sydney Tamiia Poitier Francis Capra Enrico Colantoni Ryan Hansen Kyle Gallner Tessa Thompson Julie Gonzalo Chris Lowell Tina Majorino Michael Muhney
Narrated by	Kristen Bell (as Veronica Mars)
Opening theme	"We Used to Be Friends" by The Dandy Warhols
Country of origin	United States
Original language(s)	English
No. of seasons	3
No. of episodes	64 (list of episodes)
Production
Executive producer(s)	Joel Silver Rob Thomas Diane Ruggiero Jennifer Gwartz Danielle Stokdyk
Location(s)	San Diego, California Oceanside, California San Marcos, California
Running time	42 minutes
Production company(s)	Stu Segall Productions Silver Pictures Television Rob Thomas Productions Warner Bros. Television
Distributor	Warner Bros. Television Distribution
Release
Original network	UPN (2004–06) The CW (2006–07)
Picture format	480i (SDTV) 1080i (HDTV)
Audio format	Stereo Dolby Digital 5.1
Original release	September 22, 2004 (2004-09-22) – May 22, 2007 (2007-05-22)
Chronology
Followed by	Veronica Mars (film)

Veronica Mars is an American teen noir mystery drama television series created by screenwriter Rob Thomas. The series is set in the fictional town of Neptune, California, and stars Kristen Bell as the eponymous character. The series premiered on September 22, 2004, during television network UPN's final two years, and ended on May 22, 2007, after a season on UPN's successor, The CW, airing for three seasons total. Veronica Mars was produced by Warner Bros. Television, Silver Pictures Television, Stu Segall Productions, and Rob Thomas Productions.Joel Silver and Rob Thomas were executive producers for the entire run of the series, while Diane Ruggiero was promoted in the third season.

Veronica Mars is a student who progresses from high school to college while moonlighting as a private investigator under the tutelage of her detective father. In each episode, Veronica solves a different stand-alone case while working to solve a more complex mystery. The first two seasons of the series each had a season-long mystery arc, introduced in the first episode of the season and solved in the season finale. The third season took a different format, focusing on smaller mystery arcs that would last the course of several episodes.

Thomas initially wrote Veronica Mars as a young adult novel, which featured a male protagonist; he changed the gender because he thought a noir piece told from a female point of view would be more interesting and original. Filming began in March 2004, and the series premiered in September to 2.49 million American viewers. The critically acclaimed first season's run of 22 episodes garnered an average of 2.5 million viewers per episode in the United States. Veronica Mars appeared on a number of fall television best lists, and garnered several awards and nominations. During the series' run, it was nominated for two Satellite Awards, four Saturn Awards, five Teen Choice Awards and was featured on AFI's TV Programs of the Year for 2005.