October 6, 2006

Kidnapped Cancelled, Vanished Vanquished, and Justice Jelling?

Kidnapped is available on DVD.

It seems that NBC will be cancelling Kidnapped, but allowing 13 episodes to be completed and aired... sometime. (Kudos to NBC for doing that! )

Kidnapped is one of my favorite new series this year. It's another in a long line of 'elengated' serials like Lost and PrisonBreak where the show is basically about one storyline. Kidnapped's story revolved around the kidnapping of the son of a wealthy New York businessman. But what made this series different from Vanished, which is about a Senator's wife being kidnapped, is that Kidnapped has two storylines going; the New York 'cop' based story dealing with how to get the kid back, and the story of the boy being kidnapped. I really thought this show had potential. Maybe a better timeslot would have helped.

Vanished actually killed the lead character. And that made the show a little better. Anyway, Fox is moving Vanished to Fridays. (Does any network do well on Fridays besides the basic cable Sci-Fi channel?) And there's something about Vanished being paired up with Nanny 911 that doesn't bode well.

When I first heard about Justice, all I could think of what, oh great, another lawyer show. And I still feel that way. It's a different take on the lawyer genre, showing the case from the defendants position, then showing "what actually happened." It's a nice twist, and interesting characters, but apparently not doing that well in the ratings. But Fox did order a few more episodes, so that may be a sign it'll be on the air for a few more months.

(The title of this article was brought to you with the help of Roget's Thesaurus which I actually got the word 'Jelling' from.)

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Skuly
Oct 24, 2006
3:33pm

Kidnapped is an awsome show, didn't know it was cancelled if so it sucks but the past few years i've learned to deal with the good shows being cancelled while the shows i hate get renewed over and over.

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charlene
Nov 13, 2006
11:06pm

kidnapped was alot better then all the other crap on TV. They pre-empted kidnapped with Law and Order and it stated in the TV guide is was on.!! NBC are you using babies to rate your shows!

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Corey
Nov 15, 2006
2:52am

NBC will be taping and airing the remaining episodes of "Kidnapped" on NBC.com. I am about to watch episode 06 and the quality isn't that great, but I will take what I can get this show is/was great.

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