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 9:00 p.m. EST/8:00 p.m. CST and then to 10 p.m. EST/9:00 p.m. CST. The show is currently in syndication and airs in the United States (on TNT). NBC announced on April 2, 2008, that the show would not be returning for the next season.

Background

The series originally centered around Ed Deline (James Caan in his first television series role), 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. Danny's childhood friend and ex-fiancée, Mary Connell (Nikki Cox), worked at the Montecito first as Event Director then got promoted to Hotel Manager in the third season until finally leaving in the fifth season. Sam Marquez (Vanessa Marcil), a manipulative businesswoman and self-proclaimed "best casino host in the world", has only one interest: to get high rollers to play at the casino. Ed's daughter Delinda Deline (Molly Sims) serves as the Entertainment Manager, and runs all the food and beverages in the casino. She is currently living with Danny after previously having a romantic connection with him early in the first season. The ownership of the casino has changed quite a bit with A.J. Cooper (Tom Selleck) as the sixth owner. NBC recently hinted at the possibility of putting Mike Cannon (Lesure) into a spinoff of the Las Vegas series. TNT has been airing reruns of the series since early 2008. TNT and NBC have also been rumored to be in negotiations for TNT to pick up the series and air new episodes on the network.

Cast and characters

Main cast and characters

• Ed Deline (Season 1-4, starring, Season 5 guest star), (James Caan), Former President of Operations and Head of Security of the Montecito Resort & Casino, and also a former member of the Board of Directors. Deline was, at one point, one of the main characters of the series, portrayed as a loving husband and father, as well as a father figure to his employees, especially Danny. Nevertheless, he is a tough man and doesn't hesitate to use violence to get what he wants. As the former Director of Counter Intelligence for the CIA, his past has come back to haunt him on several occasions, most recently during his daughter's wedding in "Father of the Bride Redux." During season 3, Ed was briefly in retirement until the Maloofs tried to hire him for their potential casino in Macau. Eventually Ed returned to his position when Casey Manning bought the casino. Ed left the casino since being wanted by the Las Vegas police for killing Mary Connell's father and has since gone into hiding. Ed went back to work for the CIA and is currently in Paris, France. He makes the point of not being called Mr. Ed.