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Hostages (2013)

Hostages poster
Genre
drama television series
Country
United States
Length
1 season, 15 episodes
Rated
TV-14
Rating
5.9 of 10 from 90 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A family is taken hostage in their own home on the night before a planned surgery. The kidnappers demand that the mother, a surgeon, assassinate the President of the United States during the operation.

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What happens

Hostages is an American drama television series that aired on CBS as part of the 2013–14 American television season. Developed for American television by Alon Aranya and Jeffrey Nachmanoff, it is based on the Israeli series of the same name created by Omri Givon and Rotem Shamir and produced by Chaim Sharir, which premiered on October 13, 2013, almost three weeks after the American version's premiere. Jeffrey Nachmanoff wrote and directed the pilot episode for the American version. The series premiered on September 23, 2013 and ended on January 6, 2014. On May 10, 2014, CBS cancelled the series after one season. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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