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Missing Persons (1993)

Missing Persons poster
Genre
drama, mystery
Country
United States
Length
1 season, 18 episodes
Rated
B
Rating
6.3 of 10 from 3 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A team of Chicago police detectives investigates multiple missing persons cases in each episode. The show follows the unit as they work to find people who have disappeared.

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What happens

Missing Persons is an American crime drama television series, set in Chicago. It followed a fictitious missing persons unit; each episode usually following the investigation into three or more cases. It ran on ABC from August 30, 1993 to February 17, 1994. It was produced by Gary Sherman Productions in association with Stephen J. Cannell Productions, and often used local Chicago-based actors, as well as occasional guest stars such as Nina Foch, Eddie Bracken, and Lois Smith. Semi-regulars included Ian Gomez, Irma P. Hall, Laura Cerón and Valerie Harper. Unlike most Cannell's series, he did neither creates nor co-create this series. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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