Vanished (TV series)

Vanished
GenreDrama
Thriller
Created byJosh Berman
StarringGale Harold
Eddie Cibrian
John Allen Nelson
Joanne Kelly
Margarita Levieva
John Patrick Amedori
Christopher Egan
Robert Hoffman
Ming-Na Wen
Rebecca Gayheart
Country of originUnited States
Original languageEnglish
No. of seasons1
No. of episodes13
Production
Executive producersJosh Berman
Carla Kettner
Mimi Leder
Charles Pratt, Jr.
Paul Redford
Running time43 minutes
Production companiesOsprey Productions
20th Century Fox Television
Original release
NetworkFox
ReleaseAugust 21 (2006-08-21) –
December 8, 2006 (2006-12-08)
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Vanished is an American drama television series produced by 20th Century Fox. The series premiered on August 21, 2006 on Fox and its last episode aired on November 10, 2006. Based in Atlanta, Georgia, the series begins with the sudden disappearance of the wife of a Georgia senator, which is quickly revealed to be part of a wider conspiracy. The family of the missing woman, a pair of FBI agents, a journalist and her lover/cameraman, are all drawn into an evolving mystery with political and religious undertones. The show was created by CSI writer Josh Berman, and executive produced by Mimi Leder, who also directed the show, and Paul Redford.

On October 26, 2006, USA Today reported that the planned 22-episode series was ordered to be wrapped up after the 13th episode.[1] The story arc of finding Sara Collins was to be concluded, with the mystery of a larger conspiracy left dangling in the event the series was extended. On November 16, 2006, Fox confirmed that the show would end after a final episode in December.[2]

On December 8, 2006, the final episode of Vanished appeared online. The production team was told a few months before the show was taken off the air to at least reveal Sara's fate by the 13th episode, but none of the other plotlines were resolved.

According to a report of E! Online's Kristin dos Santos on July 23, 2007, the unsolved mystery behind Vanished was to be the focus of an episode of Bones,[3] during the third season. However, the 2007–2008 Writers Guild of America strike shortened the season, and that episode was never developed.

  1. ^ Levin, Gary (October 26, 2006). "'Vanished' is a wisp of its former self". USA Today. Retrieved August 13, 2007.
  2. ^ Adalain, Jeff (November 16, 2006). "Fox extends 'Death's' life: Exile stands for 'Vanished'". Variety. Archived from the original on June 29, 2011. Retrieved February 10, 2007.
  3. ^ Sassone, Bob (July 24, 2007). "FOX will wrap up Vanished mystery this fall". TV Squad. Dulles, Virginia: Weblogs, Inc. Archived from the original on October 21, 2007.