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Hostages
- Metascore64
- 2013-2014
- 1 season
- CBS
- Drama, Suspense
- TV-14
A surgeon about to operate on the U.S. president is ordered to kill him by a rogue FBI agent who is holding her family hostage.
- Metascore64
- 2013-2014
- 1 season
- CBS
- Drama, Suspense
- TV-14
A surgeon about to operate on the U.S. president is ordered to kill him by a rogue FBI agent who is holding her family hostage.
Crisis' Rachael Taylor: I Hope Viewers "Love to Hate" My Character
There's not a lot of time for character development in the pilot episode of Crisis, NBC's hostage thriller that premieres Sunday. The first hour is more preoccupied with immersing viewers into the action and getting a couple of major twists out of the way than delving into the depths of its major players. But here's what we do know: A bus of children is taken hostage by a group of highly trained criminals while on a field trip. What do the bad guys want? It's unclear. But the children's parents all hold positions of power in Washington, D.C., ranging from the CEO of a major corporation (Gillian Anderson) to the president of the United States. There's also a nearly unrecognizable Dermot Mulroney playing a shlubby parent chaperone who's an embarrassment to his daughter, but who defies expectations when it comes to the events that unfold. And in a made-for-TV coincidence, the no-nonsense FBI agent in charge of the case, Susie Dunn (Rachael Taylor), is the estranged sister of Anderson's character, Meg Fitch.
The Practice's Dylan McDermott Cops Lead Role in Kevin Williamson's CBS Thriller
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Ask Matt: Arrow vs. S.H.I.E.L.D., Hostages and Miniseries, Sleepy Hollow, NCIS
Question: I am loving Season 2 of Arrow. It is jam-packed with action and has been really fun lately. I can't believe I am saying it, but I think The CW may have beat a major network in creating a great show within the genre (looking at Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.). Felicity and Oliver's chemistry is off the chart, and I even like Grant Gustin as Barry Allen. Do you also think Arrow is doing better than Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.? Do you think the ratings of Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. are enough to qualify for the people at Marvel to plan several rumored spin-offs or new series? — AadilMatt Roush: Can't quite tell if your main concern is quality or ratings, but my emphasis is almost always on the former, and by that standard, Arrow is by far the superior and more satisfying show, with a clearer focus, more dynamic action and character development....
Top Moments: Awkward Nina Dobrev and Ian Somerhalder and Alex Trebek Raps!
Our top moments of the week: 12. Most Brutal Setback: After nearly dying trying to save a baby from a fire in the fall finale of Chicago Fire, viewers are surprised to see Casey alive and well and acting like nothing ever happened. His physical wounds may have healed, but the emotional toll is brutal. Moments after helping a hostage escape from a robber during another fire, Casey takes the bad guy to task and punches him to a bloody pulp. Yeah, that's definitely not part of the job description. 11. Safest Ending: On the buttoned-up season -- and likely series -- finale of the low-rated Hostages, Ellen saves the president's life and...
Ratings: Bachelor Premiere Hits Three-Year High; Hostages Ends on Low Note
The Bachelor is off to a, uh, Juan-derful start.Winter TV: Must-see new showsMonday's two-hour season premiere drew 8.5 million viewers and a 2.7 in the adults 18-to-49 demographic ...
Ratings: Voice Hits Finale Low; Hostages Rises
The Voice topped Monday, but posted its lowest performance finale numbers yet.The two-hour episode drew 12.7 million viewers and a 3.3 in the adults 18-to-49 demographic, down two tenths from last week and almost a ...
Ratings: The Sing-Off Soars; Almost Human Improves
NBC definitely has a lot to sing about.The network topped Monday, powered by The Voice with 12.8 million viewers and a 3.4 in the adults 18-to-49 demographic, which boosted the Season 4 premiere of The Sing-Off (8.4 million, 2.4). The Sing-Off was up 26 percent from its Season 3 premiere, which did not follow The Voice.The sexiest Victoria's Secret fashionsFox was the only other network to air an all-new lineup, with Almost Human (6 million, 1.8) up a tenth and Sleepy Hollow (6.5 million, 2.1) down a tenth.Mike & Molly (7.6 million, 2.0) was down ...
Ratings: Almost Human, Sleepy Hollow Fall; Dancing Rises
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CBS Moves Up Intelligence Premiere Date
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Ratings: The Voice, Blacklist Rise; Dancing Falls
NBC topped Monday with The Voice and The Blacklist.The Voice drew 11.9 million viewers and a 3.8 in the adults 18-to-49 demographic, up two tenths from last week. The Blacklist followed with 10.7 million ...
How Hostages and Betrayal Have Survived Cancellation
Based on their low ratings, shouldn't ABC's Betrayal and CBS's Hostages been canceled by now? Neither freshman drama has caught on with viewers, and they seem unlikely renewal candidates. But both have survived so far — and it's their status as limited-run series that may have saved them.
Ratings: Mike & Molly Drops in Return; Voice Hits Season Low
Mike & Molly returned down Monday.The CBS sitcom's Season 4 premiere bowed to 9.1 million viewers and a 2.6 in the adults 18-to-49 demographic, down half a point from last season's opener. It was, however, up nearly a point from its season finale. How I Met Your Mother (8.7 million, 3.4) improved four tenths, while 2 Broke Girls (8.1 million, 2.6), Mom (7.3 million, 2.0) and Hostages (4.8 million, 1.1) all fell a tenth, with the latter tying ...
Ratings: Voice, HIMYM Dip; Blacklist, Hostages, Castle Rise
NBC and Fox tied for the night Monday with The Voice and the World Series.The Voice drew 13 million viewers and a 4.2 in the adults 18-to-49 demographic, down a tenth from ...
The Monday Playlist: Hostages Goes Crazy, HBO's Cannes-Do Attitude
Simplicity can be a helpful thing for an effective thriller — and that, sadly, is an attribute CBS's overwrought, underwatched Hostages (Monday, 10/9c) lacks altogether. The more complications this show introduces, the sillier it threatens to become. It's hard to imagine a subplot of less interest than the money problems of foxy hostage-taker Sandrine ...
Ratings: Bones, Mom, Hostages Up; Voice, Dancing Down
Bones saw a small boost for its big wedding.The long-awaited episode drew 7.5 million viewers and a 2.1 in the adults 18-to-49 demographic Monday, up one tenth from last week.NBC won the night with The Voice (13.4 million, 4.2), which fell three tenths, and The Blacklist (11.4 million, 3.0), which ...
CBS Pulls We Are Men After Two Episodes
We Are Men has been canceled after two episodes, TVGuide.com has learned. The testosterone-heavy comedy, which stars Chris Smith, Jerry O'Connell, Kal Penn and Tony Shalhoub, debuted to...
Ratings: Hostages Keeps Falling; Dancing Grows
CBS' Monday lineup continues to struggle.Hostages slid even further Monday to a dangerously low 5.2 million viewers and 1.2 in the adults 18-to-49 demographic, dropping 20 percent. Save for How I Met Your Mother (7.4 million, 2.9), the rest of CBS' comedies ...
The Monday Playlist: Mom's First Date, Bones Nemesis Returns, Dream School
Until CBS stops going for Broke, it may be hard for Mom, one of the season's more promising and pungent new comedies, to get the break it, and the title character, deserves. What's happening to CBS on Monday with its once-dominant comedy lineup is a slow-fade version of the freefall NBC experienced with its Thursday lineup in the wake of Friends. Holding on to shows too long (How I Met Your Mother, which could have wrapped this whole thing way earlier), promoting shows too soon with too little to offer (the shrill and increasingly charmless 2 Broke Girls), making odd decisions like keeping the award-winning Mike & Molly on the shelf in favor of an insta-dud like the abysmal We Are Men, this is one of those rare nights when CBS's programming acumen has mostly crapped out. (Monday's loss is, of course, Thursday's gain, with former Monday anchors The Big Bang Theory and, to a lesser degree these days, the played-out Two and a Half Men helping get early sampling for newbies The Millers and The Crazy Ones.)
Ratings: Blacklist, Sleepy Hollow Stay Strong; We Are Men Soft
The Blacklist looks like it's on its way to the pickup list.The NBC drama drew 12.1 million and a 3.6 in the adults 18-to-49 demographic Monday, slipping a mere 5 percent from last week's series premiere. Lead-in The Voice (14.2 million, 4.6) dropped 10 percent.Fall TV Popularity Contest: Will you man up for We Are Men?Fellow freshman series Sleepy Hollow (7.9 million, 3.0) also performed well ...
Will "Super" and Super-Funny Shows Be the Biggest Hits of the Fall?
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Ratings: Voice Returns Up; Blacklist Destroys Hostages
NBC topped the first official night of the new season, led byThe Voice and The Blacklist.Fresh off its Emmy win, The Voice returned Monday to 14.7 million viewers and a 4.9 in the adults 18-to-49 demographic, improving 17 percent from last fall's debut.James Spader's new drama The Blacklist, one of TVGuide.com users' most anticipated new dramas, followed with ...
Fall TV Popularity Contest: Will You Adopt Mom, Hostages or The Blacklist?
Did you find Mom's family issues funny? Will Hostages hold onto its audience? Will you bet on The Blacklist's Red Reddington? Vote!
Hostages: How Much Life Is in CBS' New "Limited Series"?
CBS is trying something a little different with its new drama Hostages. When CBS introduced it in May, executives called the show — a thriller about Ellen Sanders (Toni Collette), a surgeon who, on the night before she's set to operate on the president, is taken hostage with her family by an FBI agent-turned-terrorist named Duncan Carlisle (Dylan McDermott) who wants the POTUS dead — a "limited series."Fall preview: Check out all the must-see new shows It's a phrase that was thrown around a lot during the network upfronts, and it seems to have meant different things to different people. Is it a one-and-done miniseries? Is it the next American Horror Story-like anthology series? For the brains behind Hostages, it simply boils down to numbers. "We definitely look at this as a series, [something] more akin to a cable series where they do fewer episodes than networks traditionally do," executive producer Rick Eid tells TVGuide.com...
Ask Matt: Blacklist vs. Hostages, Mad Men's Split Season, Under the Dome
Send questions and comments to askmatt@tvguidemagazine.com and follow me on Twitter! Question: I think the last time I wrote to you was trying to decide whether to watch Lone Star or The Event in a time-slot match-up. You rightly pointed me in the direction of Lone Star in terms of quality, with clearly a star in the making in James Wolk, but sadly, it was a victim of the wrong network (Fox) for a show that probably was meant for cable, so it died an early death. Not that it matters in the long run, considering The Event also wilted. Now we have another Monday night time-slot match-up...
Toni Collette's Watchlist: Which Classic Show Helped Her Perfect an American Accent?
Hostages star Toni Collette credits The Brady Bunch with helping her to perfect her American accent. "Back in Australia we have a lot of American television programs, which is probably why I 'm OK at doing an American accent — I think it's from watching too much TV," Collette tells us in her celebrity Watchlist video. "One of them was The Brady Brunch. Every afternoon after school, "Marsha, Marsha, Marsha."
Exclusive: Hostages Casts Dylan McDermott's Wife
Freshman CBS drama Hostages has added a potentially crucial piece to the highly serialized show's puzzle.Francie Swift (Law & Order: SVU, Gossip Girl) has landed the possibly recurring role of Nina, the wife of Dylan McDermott's FBI agent-turned-terrorist Duncan Carlisle, TVGuide.com has learned exclusively. Although details about her character are scarce, sources say she will be central to the long-arc plot of the first season....
Ask Matt: Dramedies, Arrested, Nurse Jackie, H50, Hannibal
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CBS Announces Premiere Dates for New and Returning Shows
CBS has announced premiere dates for its new and returning fall shows, including How I Met Your Mother, The Crazy Ones and NCIS.
CBS Fall Schedule: Hawaii Five-0 Moves to Fridays, Two-Hour Comedy Block on Thursdays
CBS announced its new fall schedule Wednesday, moving drama Hawaii Five-0 to Fridays, Person of Interest to Tuesdays, and introducing a two-hour comedy block on Thursdays. New comedies We Are Men and Mom, starring Anna Faris and Allison Janney, will follow How I Met Your Mother and 2 Broke Girls, respectively, on Mondays. New drama Hostages will take over Hawaii Five-0's Mondays-at-10 berth in the fall, with Intelligence, starring Josh Holloway, replacing it midseason after Hostages concludes its run. Hawaii Five-0 heads to Fridays at 9/8c.
Upfronts: CBS' 2013-14 Fall Schedule
CBS will announce its new fall schedule on Wednesday, May 15. Below you can find scoop on the network's pilots in contention, renewals and cancellations.
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