AFTER SEBASTIAN'S FRIEND AND FORMER LAW FIRM PARTNER IS SHOT DEAD BEFORE HIS EYES, SEBASTIAN'S TEAM DISCOVERS THAT SEBASTIAN WAS THE INTENDED VICTIM, ON "SHARK," SUNDAY, JAN. 27

Emmy Award Winner Joe Spano ("Hill Street Blues," "Midnight Caller"), Peter Gallagher ("The O.C.," "American Beauty") and Lisa Lackey ("Heroes") Guest Star, Respectively, as the Victim of the Shooting and a Founding Partner and Lawyer in Sebastian's Former Firm

Emmy Award Nominee Jonathan Banks ("Wiseguy"), Carlo Rota ("24") and Former NFL Player Matthew Willig Also Guest Star, Respectively, as a Powerful Former Client of Sebastian's, a Notorious Canadian Hitman and a Contractor for Hits

"Partners in Crime" - Dark secrets from Sebastian's past surface after the fatal shooting of his long-time friend and former law firm partner is determined to have been a failed attempt to kill Sebastian, on SHARK, Sunday, Jan. 27 (10:00-11:00 PM, ET/PT) on the CBS Television Network. (Previously scheduled for an earlier date)

SERIES REGULARS:

Sebastian Stark: James Woods
Jessica Devlin: Jeri Ryan
Isaac Wright: Henry Simmons
Julie Stark: Danielle Panabaker
Raina Troy: Sophina Brown
Madeleine Poe: Sarah Carter
Danny Reyes: Kevin Alejandro

RECURRING CAST:

D.A. Leo Cutler: Kevin Pollak
Judge Dana Pearlman: Rikki Klieman

GUEST CAST:

Frank Bell: Peter Gallagher
Hank "Buzz" Busby: Matthew Willig
Paul Faber: Joe Spano
Anton Robitaille: Carlo Rota
Jason Normandy: Jonathan Banks
Sonny Gore: William Stanford Davis
Jennifer Randolph: Lisa Lackey
Carol Faber: Colleen McGrann
Bob McClure: Jeff Austin
Detective Moreno: Joseph Will
Natalie Faber: Ashley Greene
Duncan Mercer: Michael Massee
Judge Victor Ortiz: Efrain Figueroa

WRITTEN BY: Ian Biederman, the series' creator and one of the series' executive producers, based on a story by Bill Chais, one of the series' supervising producers

DIRECTED BY: David Miller

RATING: TV-14-LV