Season 1 • Episode 18
LatestBobby is still under investigation for a suspected bribe and perverting the course of justice. Also a little girl is snatched in a department store.
Missing Persons is a short-lived 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 big-name 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 series from Cannell's company, he did not create or co-create this series.
Acting
Daniel J. Travanti's post-Hill Street gravitas anchors every scene.
Production
Shot entirely on Chicago streets—no Toronto fakery here.
Creators
Gary Sherman, Peter Lance
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Stephen J. Cannell's company produced this but he had zero creative involvement—a rare ghost credit.
This aired the same year as The X-Files debuted; network TV had no room for grounded procedural mystery.
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