NBC shuts down 'Kidnapped' production

NBC will shut down production on Kidnapped after the last of its ordered 13 episodes is completed.

The news comes just days after the network's CEO, Bob Wright, openly criticised the severely ratings-challenged show, saying it "was maybe too difficult a concept."

However, in a change from NBC's past approach to dealing with failed shows - the network, like many of its US counterparts, has been known to pluck shows from its schedule without much in the way of notice - it is understood that the network will air all 13 episodes and is working with Sony Pictures TV to wrap the show's storyline up neatly.