He loses his job and refuses to leave his house for several years.
The series was critically acclaimed, winning eight Emmy Awards, one Golden Globe Award, and two Screen Actors Guild Awards.Īdrian Monk, a San Francisco Police Department detective, suffers a nervous breakdown after his wife, Trudy, is killed by a car bomb, possibly because of her work as a journalist.
Monk and the End – Part II", its series finale, with 9.4 million viewers, 3.2 million of them in the 18–49 demographic. The series held the record for the most-watched scripted drama episode in cable television history from 2009 through 2012 (broken by The Walking Dead) with " Mr. It continued for eight seasons, with the final season concluding on December 4, 2009. The series debuted on July 12, 2002, on USA Network. The series was produced by Mandeville Films and ABC Studios in association with Universal Network Television. It originally ran from 2002 to 2009 and is primarily a police procedural series, but also exhibits comic and dramatic tones in its exploration of the main characters' personal lives. Monk is an American comedy-drama detective mystery television series created by Andy Breckman and starring Tony Shalhoub as the title character, Adrian Monk. NBCUniversal Television Distribution (U.S.)ĭisney–ABC Domestic Television (seasons 6–8).