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Kidnapped

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When the son of a wealthy man is kidnapped, the parents are called and told not to involve the police. The mother wants some kind of assurance that they will get their son back, so the family lawyer tells them of a man who specializes in bringing back kidnap victims. He comes and he's not exactly people friendly but will do whatever he has to to bring their son back. The boy's bodyguard, who is shot and placed in a hospital, is found by his brother-in-law, an FBI agent, who is thereby told about the boy's kidnapping. He goes to the family and, knowing the specialist they've hired, tries working together to bring the boy back, but they learn that there's a lot more going on.

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Cast & Crew See All

Jeremy Sisto
Lucian Knapp
Carmen Ejogo
Turner
Delroy Lindo
Latimer King

Season 1 Episode Guide See All

Episode 1

Pilot

Wed, Sep 20, 200642 mins

The son of millionaire Conrad Cain and his wife Ellie, 15-year-old Leopold, is kidnapped on his way to school. The bodyguard, Virgil Hayes, is left for dead at the scene. Cain, who has a lot to hide in his past, hires Private Investigators Knapp and Turner, both of whom work outside "The System" to find his son. "The System", represented by Federal Agents Latimer King and Andy Archer, also begin to investigate the case, against the Cains' will.

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Awards

  • 2007 - CSC Award - Best Cinematography in TV Series - winner
  • 2007 - Primetime Emmy - Outstanding Music Composition for a Series (Original Dramatic Score) - nominated

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DVD Pick of the Week: April 24, 2007

I'm extremely excited for April 24, because that's the day one of my most anticipated titles is released. No, it's not WKRP, which is plagued with music-licensing issues. It's the BBC release of Planet Earth. This 11-episode series explores our planet like no other series has done, from the North Pole to the South Pole, it's all covered in this program. They spent $25 million and 2,000 days in the field shooting material for the program, and they did it all using high-definition cameras. Narrated by the legendary David Attenborough (the Discovery Channel version is narrated by Sigourney Weaver), this series is being released on DVD, Blu-ray and HD DVD, and all formats are among the top sellers on Amazon (as of now, DVD is No. 1, HD DVD No. 8 and Blu-ray No. 19 — their list is updated hourly). The DVD set also includes a bonus program, "Planet Earth: The Future," and 110 minutes of behind-the-scenes material that isn't available on the higher-priced Blu-ray and HD DVD releases.T...

Wed, Apr 18, 2007

Short Cuts: Kidnapped, Peyton Manning and More!

Super Bowl XLI MVP Peyton Manning visits Late Show with David Letterman on Feb. 13.... The first season of One Day at a Time — not starring Jack Bauer, but Bonnie Franklin — arrives on DVD Apr. 24, as does the complete 13-episode run of NBC's Kidnapped.... YouTube has inked a deal with Digital Music group to post more than 4,000 hours of content, including such classic TV shows as I Spy and Gumby (damn it), in the coming weeks, says the Wall Street Journal.

Mon, Feb 12, 2007

What About Brian? Goodish News, That's What

ABC has ordered four additional scripts for J.J. Abrams' What About Brian, which in its second season has been retaining more than 80 percent of The Bachelor's audience and a few weeks ago was nipping at the heels of the higher-profile Studio 60.... As first reported here yesterday afternoon, NBC.com will unspool the remainder of Kidnapped's 13 total episodes online, premiering a new eppy each Friday (starting Nov. 3). Per Reuters, there is talk that the final eight may also at some point be burned off in a mini-marathon.

Thu, Nov 2, 2006

NBC Sticks Up for Studio 60, Hides Kidnapped

In a statement to MediaPost, an NBC rep refutes talk — fueled by a recent Fox News report — that Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip is thisclose to being axed. The missive reiterates that NBC recently ordered three more scripts for the struggling Monday series, and maintains that the show, at this point, still "is profitable." The buzz here in the TV Guide hallways is that NBC will wait to see the numbers for one more Studio 60 airing before making any major decisions, while MediaPost says that a time-slot change, not all-out cancellation, is a more likely first remedy. On a related note, NBC has pulled the already humiliated Kidnapped from its sad Saturday burn-off berth for the duration of November sweeps, replacing it with Law & Order: CI reruns.KIDNAPPED UPDATE: It's just been whispered in my ear that, as we speak, Kidnapped is wrapping production on its 13th and final episode, and that the entire demi-season "is bound to have a life on DVD." As for the broadcast airing...

Wed, Nov 1, 2006

Exclusive Kidnapped Preview: Will Leo Die?

When NBC's critically acclaimed (yet undeservedly ratings-anemic) Kidnapped returns with new episodes this Saturday at 9 pm/ET, life will not get any easier for the Cains. As series creator Jason Smilovic previews for TVGuide.com, "Over the next few episodes, we delve deeper into the lives of both the Cains and the perpetrators, while Leopold, still in limbo in Mexico, has made himself gravely ill [in] a daring plan that could cost him his life." Back at home, freelancer Knapp and FBI agent King try to work the case while keeping it out of the headlines, "but when the news finally breaks," Smilovic says, "the kidnappers deliver a shocking message to the Cains, suggesting there's more to the kidnapping than the kidnapping itself." OK, I am so not watching Single White Female 2 on Lifetime this Saturday as planned.

Wed, Oct 18, 2006

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