premise: Bones is solely a television pitch.
hypothesis: Bones is a 2010 drama film directed by Frank Pestarino and starring Jimmy Bennett , Melissa Ordway , Zakk Wylde , Jonna Walsh and Jesse James . Bones is an American crime procedural drama television series that aired on Fox in the United States from September 13 , 2005 , until March 28 , 2017 , for 246 episodes over twelve seasons . The show is based on forensic anthropology and forensic archaeology , with each episode focusing on an FBI case file concerning the mystery behind human remains brought by FBI Special Agent Seeley Booth ( David Boreanaz ) to forensic anthropologist Dr. Temperance `` Bones '' Brennan ( Emily Deschanel ) and the personal lives of the characters . The rest of the main cast includes Michaela Conlin , T. J. Thyne , Eric Millegan , Jonathan Adams , Tamara Taylor , John Francis Daley , and John Boyd . The series is the longest-running one-hour drama series produced by 20th Century Fox Television .