Question: I'm just curious, if Kidnapped takes off, how many weeks can they keep this story running? Can they search for Leo for, say, five years?
Answer: Given the disappointing early numbers, this is a problem the show would be lucky to have. If by some miracle Kidnapped does get a decent run, the idea is to resolve the Leopold kidnapping case in the first season. In future seasons (should there be any), the lead investigators (Jeremy Sisto, possibly Delroy Lindo) would take on a new kidnapping. This question more accurately applies to the conspiracy-dense Vanished, which spins a much more open-ended story around the disappearance of the senator's wife. (Again, a story I'm not convinced we'll get to see to its natural end. ...
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Meanwhile, NBC has already greenlit a 13-episode order for the new drama Kidnapped, starring Timothy Hutton and Dana Delany as the wealthy parents of an abducted 15-year-old boy. Will Denton plays the kid, Mykelti Williamson is his bodyguard, Jeremy Sisto is a rogue investigator, and Delroy Lindo is the lead FBI agent on the case.
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