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CID is an Indian police procedural television series created by B. P. Singh for Sony Entertainment Television India. The series stars Shivaji Satam as ACP Pradyuman, Aditya Srivastava as Sr. Inspector Abhijeet, Dayanand Shetty as Sr. Inspector Daya, Dinesh Phadnis as Inspector Fredricks aka Freddy and Narendra Gupta as Forensic expert Dr. Salunkhe respectively.

The location of CID is set in Mumbai. The series aired for 20 years on Sony TV and is the longest-running television series in India. The series premiered on 21 January 1998 and The last episode aired on 27 October 2018. The series aired its 500th episode on 18 January 2008, 1,000th episode on 13 September 2013 and 1,500th episode on 25 February 2018.

CID got into both the Limca Book of Records and the Guinness Book of World Records on 7 November 2004 for its record-breaking single shot episode of 111 minutes (1 hour and 51 minutes), entitled "The Inheritance" without a cut which writer – director – producer B. P. Singh feels "every Indian should be proud of because no one has achieved this before".

Run time of episodes 1 to 404 is around 20 minutes and episodes 405 to 1547 is approximately 43 minutes on an average.

CID is primarily shot in Mumbai, Maharashtra, India. During the long course of the show, the series has been shot in various locations all over India. The series has also been shot in foreign countries. Some Foreign locations have included places like Uzbekistan, a major shoot in Paris, and Switzerland which included tourist attractions like Interlaken as well as cities such as Berne and Zurich. The major shoot in Paris-Switzerland was for the 2 hourly special episode "Aakhri Chunauti", and a part of the production team's 13th anniversary celebration plan.[23]

The show was decided to end suddenly by the channel and on 27 October 2018, the last episode was aired.[24][25] Rumours of the show getting cancelled was going rounds while the official statement by the channel stated the show will go off air for three months to give the producers enough time to reboot it. Further it was reported that "CID is not wrapping up. But it is going on a short break and that's only for a creative reason. The makers haven't received any closure letter from the channel that proves that they are still in contract with them. The break has been decided mutually by the makers and channel as they want to reboot the show."[26] But no announcement of it returning was made since then. Actor Dayanand Shetty who played Daya quoted that the show would not return after this break saying, "No, I don't think it's coming back. I doubt it's coming back. There can't be a break. It's just a convenient way of killing the show."[25]

On 7 July 2006, a nationwide talent hunt show called Operation Talaash was launched in search of a new officer to join the CID team. This concluded on 1 September 2006, with Vivek V. Mashru being chosen to play Sub-Inspector Vivek.[27]

Sony Entertainment Television had launched CID: Gallantry Awards, an initiative to encourage and honour acts of bravery in society on 26 January 2010 Republic Day.[28] The second edition of this initiative was aired on 23 January 2011. The third and fourth editions were aired on 1 April 2012 and 14 April 2013 respectively.[29]

On 10 July 2015; Sony TV announced the Shaatir Lekhak Contest, in which 3 incomplete stories and clues were presented. Contestants were required to complete any one story out of three. The contest ended on 26 July 2015. The winning story appeared in episodes and prizes were also given to the winner. From the total entries, 3 winners were selected, one for each story. The result for the winners were declared during one of the episodes of CID prior to 1 September 2015.[30]

CID had three crossover episodes with the series Aahat, once on 13 November 2009; second time on 12 February 2010 and third time on 25 June 2010.

It also had crossover episodes with Adaalat, once on 3–4 December 2010; second time on 15 July 2012 titled CID Viruddh Adaalat and third time on 20 December 2014 titled CID V/s Adaalat – Karmyudh.

It also had a crossover with Sab TV's comedy series Taarak Mehta Ka Ooltah Chashmah for 4 episodes. Titled as "Mahasangram", it started and ended in July 2014.

It entered in both Guinness Book of World records and Limca Book of Records for uncut shooting for 111 minutes for the episode named "The Inheritance" during October 2004.[31]

Rediff gave the series 4.5 / 5 stars, and stated, "Much of the credit for CID's success should go to Singh, and its cast, especially Shivaji Satam who plays ACP Pradyuman". It stated, "Its actors, or at least the core of the cast who have been a part of the series since its inception are so popular they have become household names."[32] Rahul Hegde of Rediff giving the same ratings stated, "The crime detective series is still going strong".[33]

The Times of India stated, "CID which has constantly entertained its viewers with unique and challenging cases is also known for its different jokes in the world of internet."[34]