Kidnapped (TV series)

infobox television
show_name = Kidnapped


format = Drama
creator = Jason Smilovic
runtime = 42 mins.
starring = In Photo:
Delroy Lindo
Jeremy Sisto
Carmen Ejogo
Mykelti Williamson
Dana Delany
Will Denton
Timothy Hutton
Not Shown:
Linus Roache
executive_producer = Jason Smilovic
Michael Dinner
Sarah Timberman
Carl Beverly
country = Flagicon|USA United States
network = NBC
first_aired = September 20, 2006
last_aired = August 11, 2007
num_seasons = 1
num_episodes = 13
imdb_id = 0771329
tv_com_id = 58144|

"Kidnapped" is a short-lived American television drama series from Sony Pictures Television which aired on NBC from September 20 2006 to August 11 2007. The series was officially cancelled on May 14 2007. [ [http://www.tvseriesfinale.com/2007/05/2007_cancelled_shows_several_nbc_cancellations.php 2007 Cancelled Shows: Several NBC Cancellations | TV Series Finale ] ]

eries Overview

The series premise was to feature a new kidnapping each season, with a core continuing cast who investigated the kidnappings, and additional cast members who changed each season, consisting of the kidnappers and the people affected. The show told the story from the discrete points of view of the victim, the parents, the investigators, and the kidnappers. However, this idea of a semi-rotating cast became moot after the show's cancellation.

The core cast included ex-FBI operative Knapp (Jeremy Sisto) offering privately contracted services to retrieve kidnapping victims, his technologically adept coordinator and assistant Turner (Carmen Ejogo) and FBI Agent Latimer King (Delroy Lindo).

Timothy Hutton and Dana Delany co-star as an affluent New York couple whose teenage son Leopold (Will Denton) is abducted. Other characters include Gutman (Mädchen Amick) and "The Accountant" (James Urbaniak), Leopold's bodyguard (and King's brother-in-law) Virgil Hayes (Mykelti Williamson), and FBI agents played by Linus Roache and Michael Mosley.

Ratings

Nielsen Ratings for the premiere were 6.0, with total viewers of 7.5 million, and adults 2.8 in the 18-49 demographic. The second episode scored a 2.1 in the 18-49 demographic, with a total of 6.3 million viewers.

cheduling

"Kidnapped" was originally scheduled to air on Tuesdays at 9:00 PM ET in the U.S., as announced in a presentation made by NBC in advance of the normal upfront presentations. This placed "Kidnapped" in a timeslot against the popular series House on Fox. Because of this and similar problems with other shows, in an unusual move on May 25, 2006, NBC announced significant changes to its fall schedule, moving "Kidnapped" to a Wednesday 10:00 PM ET timeslot.

NBC and Netflix then announced, two months before the start of the 2006 fall season, that the pilot episodes of "Kidnapped" and "Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip" (another new series) would be made available to Netflix subscribers on a specially issued preview DVD. The pilot for "Kidnapped" was also made available online at [http://www.msn.com/ msn.com] .

Premiering on September 20, 2006, "Kidnapped" started airing on NBC on Wednesday nights. After the third episode performed poorly in the ratings, NBC announced that the show would be completed and aired within the 13 episodes of the original production order, instead of the usual 22 of a full TV season, and that the show would be rescheduled to Saturdays at 9 PM starting October 21.

Cancellation

However, after the fourth and fifth episode aired, NBC announced that the show was being immediately removed from NBC's schedule. NBC then announced that the remaining 8 episodes would be shown online at [http://www.nbc.com/ nbc.com] until completion of the story, with a new episode posted each Friday. The series finale was posted online on December 22, 2006 and the series was not renewed by NBC. The entire series was released on DVD on April 24, 2007.

Beginning June 24, 2007, NBC began to air the eight remaining unaired episodes of the series on overnight Sunday night/Monday mornings as part of the network's "NBC All Night" lineup after "Meet the Press", replacing the usual late night airing of "Best of Dateline NBC" at that time. [ [http://www.thefutoncritic.com/news.aspx?id=7413 Breaking News - NBC Gives 'Kidnapped' Late Night Burn Off Run | TheFutonCritic.com ] ] This is depending on local affiliates, however, as some stations only carry portions of the lineup, and some do not air "NBC All Night" at all.

Over the Summer of 2007, two cast members from "Kidnapped" were announced as having regular roles on NBC's "Law & Order". Jeremy Sisto and Linus Roache were cast as, respectively, a police detective and an Executive Assistant District Attorney.

The series returned on Universal HD in 2008.

Cast

Main cast

upporting cast

Episodes

"Main article": List of Kidnapped episodes

External links

*imdb title | id= 0771329 | title=Kidnapped
* [http://www.tv.com/kidnapped/show/58144/summary.html?q=Kidnapped&tag=search_results;title;0 "Kidnapped"] at TV.com
* [http://www.nbc.com/Kidnapped/ NBC's Kidnapped website]

References

*List of TVB series (2008)