Are “Numbers‘” days numbered?

CBS has opted to cut back the order for the veteran crime procedural from 22 to 16 episodes.

Friday nights have taken a big ratings hit this fall, and “Numbers,” now in its sixth season, has been no exception. Last week, the drama starring Rob Morrow and David Krumholtz averaged a 1.7 rating/6 share among adults 18-49 and 7.9 million viewers overall.

Additionally, CBS has a couple of drama series on tap for midseason, including another crime procedural, Canadian co-production “Flashpoint,” which has performed well on Fridays.

As for “Numbers’ ” future, a rep for CBS said no decision has been made.

But with the series, from sibling CBS TV Studios, already secured a syndication run, continuing it at the high cost associated with a long-running drama is considered unlikely.

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Charlie meets his mathematical equivalent when LOTTERY AGENT JANE assists in the investigation into a complex scam that involves thefts of unsold lottery tickets

LOTTERY AGENT JANE:- Early to mid 30s, eccentric and engaged, she is a “lottery cop,” an expert mathematician, employed by the California State Lottery to spot frauds. A fast talking genius who’s (maybe) just as bright as Charlie Eppes, excellent at calculating probabilities, she works closely with Charlie in trying to figure out the mathematical scam that inspired a series of armed robberies of unscratched lottery tickets. Jane winds up accused of having planned the crimes herself — and a dubious (and gallant) Charlie, possibly spotting his opposite number in romance as well as in calculations, double-checks everyone else’s work and comes up with a different bottom line — and a different suspect…GUEST STAR (10) PLEASE SUBMIT ALL ETHNICITIES

BOYD:- 40-52, an affable man in a business suit, with a business-casual attitude, Boyd is the security supervisor for the California Lottery Commission, and he’s an expert on the lottery and all its works. The boss of “lottery cop” Jane, Boyd has no math expertise, and appears to be a little out of his depth when Jane and Charlie suss out the real scheme that underpins the thefts of unscratched lottery tickets. In fact, Boyd is the inside man, and he plants evidence that implicates Jane Hackett as the mastermind behind the crimes — and it all works swell until mastermind Charlie Eppes steps in, determined to find the real criminals…GUEST STAR (6) PLEASE SUBMIT ALL ETHNICITIES

SCOTT / ROBBER TWO:- 40-45 years old, a motivational speaker type, Scott used to be a truck salesman — but he won $15 million in the lottery, blew it all, and now hosts a support group for fellow lottery winners who need help managing their nouveaux riches. Apparently a family man who’s earnestly trying to help others, Scott in fact is badly in debt and needs a fresh influx of cash. He’s been one of the four robbers who have been hitting local convenience stores and stealing unscratched lottery tickets at gunpoint. When his son Zack is arrested, a suddenly desperate Scott wastes no time in offering the FBI anything they want if they’ll drop the charges against his boy…GUEST STAR (14)

ZACK:- 16 years old, Zack is a smart kid with a smart mouth; he thinks he’s funny but too many of his jokes land flat. The son of a widower, Zack doesn’t have a woman in the house to adjust his attitude, and he’s got a bracing contempt for his father and anyone else who has ever bought a lottery ticket. Having boosted the stash of winning scratchers his dad stole at gunpoint, Zack tries to cash one in, and when he’s arrested, he makes it clear that this is an intervention, intended to stop his father’s foolhardy criminal career in its tracks…GUEST STAR (15)

SARA:- 38 years old, in a business suit and carrying a briefcase, Sara is a financial advisor who specializes in working with lottery winners to protect their finances from predators and from their own folly. Bright, a motivated businesswoman, Sara tells Liz a few things about the late John (one of her clients), but refuses to talk further without a subpoena. Later, Sara is fingered by Boyd as the mathematical mastermind behind the scheme to track down a winning ticket, and she’s busted in the act…GUEST STAR (17)

ROBBER THREE:- 32-42, Another former lottery winner, he’s the third member of the original quartet of armed robbers, and he’s busted in the act of robbing yet another convenience store…3 lines, 2 scenes (36) PLEASE SUBMIT ALL ETHNICITIES

ROBBER FOUR:- 32-42, another former lottery winner, he’s the fourth member of the original quartet of armed robbers, and he’s busted in the act of robbing yet another convenience store…2 lines, 2 scenes (36) PLEASE SUBMIT ALL ETHNICITIES

PUNK TEEN:- Female, this punk teen at 16 or 17 roams through the aisles of a convenience store, grousing while trying to shoplift an energy drink. She’s pissed off when the clerk busts her…CO-STAR (1) PLEASE SUBMIT ALL ETHNICITIES

CLERK #1:- 45-60, male, a sharp-eyed clerk at a mini-mart, he catches a teenager shoplifting an energy drink, and comes up shooting when four armed robbers try to boost his stash of lottery tickets. He misses one and shotguns another to death…CO-STAR (1) PLEASE SUBMIT ALL ETHNICITIES

CLERK #2:- Early to late 30s, a male or female clerk at a strip mall, he or she fingers a teenager in a hoodie as the person of suspicion who’s trying to sell one of the stolen scratchers…CO-STAR (28) PLEASE SUBMIT ALL ETHNICITIES

LAWYER:- Mid 30s to mid 40s, this female attorney for Scott Underwood, she is very unhappy when the FBI agents place Zack and Scott in the same interview room, and clearly are hoping for a guilty admission from one or both of them…CO-STAR (34) PLEASE SUBMIT ALL ETHNICITIES

CLERK #3:- Early 30s to mid 40s, a male clerk at a Gas-N-Go station, he sells Sara Lewis a fistful of Millionaire Madness scratch-offs…CO-STAR (46) PLEASE SUBMIT ALL ETHNICITIES

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WHILE INVESTIGATING A HEROIN RING, AGENT IAN EDGERTON BECOMES A MURDER SUSPECT AND HIS DESPERATION COULD PUT A MEMBER OF DON’S TEAM IN JEOPARDY, ON “NUMB3RS,” FRIDAY, NOV. 13

Lou Diamond Phillips (”La Bamba,” “Stargate Universe“) Returns as Agent Ian Edgerton

Guest Stars Include Christopher McDonald (”Happy Gilmore,” “Family Law“) as U.S. Marshal Frank Thompson and Missi Pyle (”Heroes“) as U.S. Marshal Janet Galvin, Who Are Both Involved in the Edgerton Investigation

“Ultimatum” - While tracking down a felon running a heroin ring inside a prison, Agent Ian Edgerton becomes a murder suspect when the informant he meets with ends up dead, sending a desperate Edgerton over the edge when he takes a member of Don’s team hostage, on NUMB3RS, Friday, Nov. 13 (10:00-11:00 PM, ET/PT) on the CBS Television Network.

SERIES REGULARS:
Don Eppes……………………………. Rob Morrow
Charlie Eppes…………………… David Krumholtz
Alan Eppes……………………………… Judd Hirsch
David Sinclair…………………………. Alimi Ballard
Amita Ramanujan…………………….. Navi Rawat
Colby Granger………………………… Dylan Bruno
Nikki Betancourt…………………. Sophina Brown
Liz Warner……………………………… Aya Sumika
Larry Fleinhart……………………. Peter MacNicol

RECURRING CAST:
Agent Ian Edgerton……… Lou Diamond Phillips

GUEST CAST:
Frank Thompson………. Christopher McDonald
Tal Feigenbaum………………….. Pablo Schreiber
Janet Galvin………………………………. Missi Pyle
Vincent Costello……………….. Andrew Hawkes
Jones…………………………………. Marcus Chong
Felipe Garcia……………… Donald Roman Lopez

WRITTEN BY: Robert Port
DIRECTED BY: Dennis Smith

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DON AND THE TEAM INVESTIGATE MURDERS THAT ARE BEING COPIED FROM A YET-TO-BE-RELEASED MOVIE, AND LARRY LEAVES FOR HIS ADVENTURE, ON “NUMB3RS,” FRIDAY, OCT. 16

Adam Goldberg (”The Unusuals,” “Entourage“) Guest Stars as Screenwrtier Chris McNall

“Where Credit’s Due” - Don and the team investigate a series of murders which they realize are being copied from scenes out of a soon-to-be-released movie. Also, Larry leaves to embark on his personal adventure, on NUMB3RS, Friday, Oct. 16 (10:00-11:00 PM, ET/PT) on the CBS Television Network.

SERIES REGULARS:
Don Eppes……………………………. Rob Morrow
Charlie Eppes…………………… David Krumholtz
Alan Eppes……………………………… Judd Hirsch
David Sinclair…………………………. Alimi Ballard
Amita Ramanujan…………………….. Navi Rawat
Colby Granger………………………… Dylan Bruno
Nikki Betancourt…………………. Sophina Brown
Liz Warner……………………………… Aya Sumik
Larry Fleinhart……………………. Peter MacNicol

GUEST CAST:
Chris McNall…………………….. Adam Goldberg
Carolyn White………………………. Jessica Lundy
Victor Stokes…………………………. Ron Orbach
Tyson………………………………. Tyler Francavilla
Lorrelle………………………… Arielle Vandenberg
Grant………………………………….. Randy Wayne
Coroner………………………………….. Leslie Silva

WRITTEN BY: Andrew Dettmann
DIRECTED BY: Dennis Smith

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When Edgerton is accused of murdering one of his informants, he takes drastic measures to prove his innocence..

[FRANK] 35 to 45, this experienced, hardened U.S. Marshal arrests Edgerton (Lou Diamond Phillips) for murder and accuses him of assisting a jailed heroin kingpin. Thompson forcefully reminds David that the prison is his turf, and that he and his Marshals have jurisdiction over everything that occurs within the prison walls. He trusts John to make the right call during a standoff, but his trust is misplaced…GUEST STAR (12) PLEASE SUBMIT BOTH CAUCASIAN AND AFRICAN-AMERICAN ACTORS

[JOHN] Late 20s to mid 30s, this condescending U.S. Marshal who rubs David the wrong way is the Team Leader of the Pacific Fugitive Apprehension Squad. He pegs Edgerton as a textbook felon, a classification that frustrates and annoys the Numbers team. John insists on asserting his authority during a standoff, but his attempts to control the situation are a cover for his own gain.sptv050769..GUEST STAR (12) PLEASE SUBMIT BOTH CAUCASIAN AND AFRICAN-AMERICAN ACTORS

[VINCENT] Early to late 30s, one of Edgerton’s confidential, ferret-like informants, he races through the streets of Los Angeles trying to outrun Edgerton. He’s caught with cocaine and begs Edgerton not to make him rat out an escaped con. The next morning, Vincent is found dead, his throat slit from ear too ear…CO-STAR (2)

[JONES] 25 to 55, this African-American prisoner is mistaken for an escaped prisoner from behind. He admits that he swapped ID bracelets with the other prisoner in exchange for a payment made to his wife…CO-STAR (40)

[GARCIA] 30 to 45, male, this polished Hispanic bookkeeper is a possible target…CO-STAR

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DON AND THE TEAM MUST UNCOVER WHO IS AT THE CENTER OF A DEADLY GAMBLING OPERATION, ON “NUMB3RS,” FRIDAY, OCT. 9

“7 Men Out” - Don and his team are called in to investigate who is behind a deadly gambling ring that is running a high-stakes Russian roulette tournament. Also, Don and Charlie become concerned about Alan’s financial health, on NUMB3RS, Friday, Oct. 9 (10:00-11:00 PM, ET/PT) on the CBS Television Network.

SERIES REGULARS:
Don Eppes……………………………. Rob Morrow
Charlie Eppes…………………… David Krumholtz
Alan Eppes……………………………… Judd Hirsch
David Sinclair…………………………. Alimi Ballard
Amita Ramanujan…………………….. Navi Rawat
Colby Granger………………………… Dylan Bruno
Nikki Betancourt…………………. Sophina Brown
Liz Warner……………………………… Aya Sumika
Larry Fleinhart……………………. Peter MacNicol

GUEST CAST:
Glen Olin…………………………………. Tim Guinee
Nancy Olin…………………….. Stephanie Childers
Margo………………………………… Sarah Rafferty
Kai Kragen…………………………… Jason Antoon
Brian Willets (The Immortal)………………. Jeffrey Hutchinson
Property manager…………………………. Amy Hill
Uniform #1……………………………. Antonio Elias
Detective…………………………………. Dan Martin
Referee………………………………… Todd Weeks
Troubled Guy……………………. Michael Hartson

WRITTEN BY: Executive Producer Don McGill
DIRECTED BY: Alex Zakrzewski

WHEN FBI AGENTS ARE KILLED DURING A SHOOTOUT WITH BANK ROBBERS, DON AND THE TEAM ARE BROUGHT IN TO INVESTIGATE, ON “NUMB3RS,” FRIDAY, OCT. 2

Los Angeles Lakers Star Jordan Farmer Returns, Guest Starring as Himself

“Friendly Fire” - When two FBI agents, part of a unit headed by Don’s former mentor, are killed during a shootout with bank robbers, the team must investigate what exactly happened. Also, Charlie and Amita worry when Larry opts not to attend a conference in Geneva, on NUMB3RS, Friday, Oct. 2 (10:00-11:00 PM, ET/PT) on the CBS Television Network.

SERIES REGULARS:
Don Eppes……………………………. Rob Morrow
Charlie Eppes…………………… David Krumholtz
Alan Eppes……………………………… Judd Hirsch
David Sinclair…………………………. Alimi Ballard
Amita Ramanujan…………………….. Navi Rawat
Colby Granger………………………… Dylan Bruno
Nikki Betancourt…………………. Sophina Brown
Liz Warner……………………………… Aya Sumika
Larry Fleinhart……………………. Peter MacNicol

GUEST CAST:
Pete Fox……………………………….. Gregg Henry
Tina Gordon…………………………….. Jen Drohan
Jim Wilson……………………………. Gregory Sims
Jordan Farmar………………………………… himself
Hale’s Wife……………………………… Laura Ford
Amy……………………………………….. Vera Miao

STORY BY: Robert Port and Mark Llewellyn
TELEPLAY BY: Robert Port
DIRECTED BY: Rod Holcomb

Don and the team must protect a political activist from a possible sniper, on the sixth season premiere of “Numb3rs,” Friday, Sept. 25

Gary Cole (”Entourage,” “The West Wing“) Guest Stars as Shepard Crater, The Man Suspected of Trying to Hunt Down the Political Activist the Team Is Protecting

“Hangman” - Don and the team must protect high-profile activist Benjamin Polk at a political rally, but it soon becomes a manhunt when they search for a sniper trying to kill Polk. Also, Charlie awaits an answer from Amita about his marriage proposal, on the sixth season premiere of NUMB3RS, Friday, Sept. 25 (10:00-11:00 PM, ET/PT) on the CBS Television Network.

SERIES REGULARS:
Don Eppes……………………………. Rob Morrow
Charlie Eppes…………………… David Krumholtz
Alan Eppes……………………………… Judd Hirsch
David Sinclair…………………………. Alimi Ballard
Amita Ramanujan…………………….. Navi Rawat
Colby Granger………………………… Dylan Bruno
Nikki Betancourt…………………. Sophina Brown
Liz Warner……………………………… Aya Sumika
Larry Fleinhart……………………. Peter MacNicol

GUEST CAST:
Shepard Crater………………………….. Gary Cole
Benjamin Polk…………………………… David Call
Wanda Schoemer…………….. Becky Wahlstrom

WRITTEN AND DIRECTED BY: Executive Producer Ken Sanzel

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