C4 Bags Kidnapped, Runaway

LONDON, June 22: Channel 4
has picked up the rights to two of the most buzzed-about shows from the L.A.
Screenings this year: Sony Pictures Television International’s Kidnapped and Runaway.

Channel 4 and E4 will air
both shows in 2007. C4 is also working with SPTI to explore VOD and other
non-linear broadcast opportunities. Kidnapped sees Jeremy Sisto (Six Feet Under) trying to solve the abduction of a wealthy
couple's teenage son. It will air on NBC in the Wednesday 10 p.m. slot formerly
home to Law & Order. Runaway stars Donnie Wahlberg (Boomtown) as a wrongly convicted
man who escapes and creates a new identity with his family while trying to
prove his innocence. It will air on The CW on Monday nights at 9 p.m.