Las Vegas is an American
television series that aired on
NBC from September 22, 2003 to February 15, 2008. The show focuses on a team of people working in the fictional
Montecito Casino in
Las Vegas, Nevada—dealing with issues that arise within the working environment, ranging from valet parking and restaurant management to casino security. The series originally aired on Monday nights, though NBC later moved the series to Friday nights first to 9:00PM Eastern/8:00PM Central and then to 10:00PM Eastern/9:00PM Central. The show is currently in syndication and airs in the United States (on
TNT).
Background
The series originally centered around
Ed Deline, a strict ex-
CIA officer who went from Head of Security to becoming President of Operations of the Montecito, whose job is to run the day-to-day operations of the casino. Following his departure from the series in Season 5, former
Marine Danny McCoy (
Josh Duhamel), Ed's former protege, has become the Montecito's new President of Operations.
Other characters that work with McCoy include current Head of Security and Surveillance, and former Head
Valet,
Mike Cannon (
James Lesure) who plays an integral role in investigations due to his engineering degree from
MIT.