"Bones" has bounced around the schedule this season but primarily aired in the Tuesday 8 p.m. slot until "American Idol" returned in January. It's averaged 8.4 million viewers so far this season, according to Nielsen.
Deschanel plays a forensic anthropologist and part-time novelist whose specialty is identifying bodies and solving crimes based on clues left behind in victims' bones. David Boreanaz plays an FBI homicide investigative agent who often works with her on investigations.
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