Hostages (TV series)
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Hostages is an American television drama-thriller series centered on a surgeon whose family is taken captive and who is coerced into a political assassination plot.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Hostages | 2 |
| Hostages (TV series) canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Hostages (TV series) Context triple: [Dylan McDermott, notableWork, Hostages (TV series)]
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A.
Hostages Trial
The Hostages Trial was a post–World War II U.S. military tribunal at Nuremberg that prosecuted German generals for war crimes and crimes against humanity committed in the Balkans.
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B.
Hostage
"Hostage" is a 2005 crime thriller film in which Jonathan Tucker appears alongside Bruce Willis in a tense story about a hostage negotiator drawn into a violent standoff.
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C.
The Kidnappers
The Kidnappers is a 1953 British family drama film set in early 20th-century Nova Scotia, following two young brothers who "adopt" a missing baby they find while searching for a dog.
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D.
Dawson's Field hijackings
The Dawson's Field hijackings were a series of coordinated airplane hijackings in September 1970 by Palestinian militants that culminated in multiple airliners being blown up on a remote airstrip in Jordan, dramatically escalating the Palestinian militant campaign and contributing to the events of Black September.
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E.
The First 48
The First 48 is a true-crime documentary television series that follows real homicide investigations during the critical first two days after a murder.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
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Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Hostages (TV series) Target entity description: Hostages is an American television drama-thriller series centered on a surgeon whose family is taken captive and who is coerced into a political assassination plot.
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A.
Hostages Trial
The Hostages Trial was a post–World War II U.S. military tribunal at Nuremberg that prosecuted German generals for war crimes and crimes against humanity committed in the Balkans.
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B.
Hostage
"Hostage" is a 2005 crime thriller film in which Jonathan Tucker appears alongside Bruce Willis in a tense story about a hostage negotiator drawn into a violent standoff.
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C.
The Kidnappers
The Kidnappers is a 1953 British family drama film set in early 20th-century Nova Scotia, following two young brothers who "adopt" a missing baby they find while searching for a dog.
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D.
Dawson's Field hijackings
The Dawson's Field hijackings were a series of coordinated airplane hijackings in September 1970 by Palestinian militants that culminated in multiple airliners being blown up on a remote airstrip in Jordan, dramatically escalating the Palestinian militant campaign and contributing to the events of Black September.
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E.
The First 48
The First 48 is a true-crime documentary television series that follows real homicide investigations during the critical first two days after a murder.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | television series ⓘ |
| audioFormat | Dolby Digital 5.1 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| basedOn | Hostages (Israeli TV series) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| composer |
Johnny Klimek
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Reinhold Heil NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
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| creator |
Alon Aranya
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Omri Givon NERFINISHED ⓘ Rotem Shamir NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| developer | Jeffrey Nachmanoff NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| executiveProducer |
Alon Aranya
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Jeffrey Nachmanoff NERFINISHED ⓘ Jerry Bruckheimer NERFINISHED ⓘ Jonathan Littman NERFINISHED ⓘ Omri Givon NERFINISHED ⓘ Rotem Shamir NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| filmingLocation | New York City ⓘ |
| firstAired | 2013-09-23 ⓘ |
| genre |
drama
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thriller ⓘ |
| lastAired | 2014-01-06 ⓘ |
| leadActorForCharacter Dr. Ellen Sanders | Toni Collette NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| leadActorForCharacter Duncan Carlisle | Dylan McDermott NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| mainCharacter |
Dr. Ellen Sanders
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Duncan Carlisle NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| numberOfEpisodes | 15 ⓘ |
| numberOfSeasons | 1 ⓘ |
| originalChannel | CBS NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | English ⓘ |
| originalNetwork | CBS ⓘ |
| originalRunEndYear | 2014 ⓘ |
| originalRunStartYear | 2013 ⓘ |
| pictureFormat | HDTV 1080i ⓘ |
| plotSummary | A surgeon’s family is taken hostage and she is coerced into a plot to assassinate the President of the United States. ⓘ |
| productionCompany |
Jerry Bruckheimer Television
NERFINISHED
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Warner Bros. Television ⓘ |
| runtimePerEpisode | approximately 43 minutes ⓘ |
| setting | Washington, D.C. ⓘ |
| starring |
Billy Brown
NERFINISHED
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Dylan McDermott NERFINISHED ⓘ James Naughton NERFINISHED ⓘ Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio NERFINISHED ⓘ Mateus Ward NERFINISHED ⓘ Quinn Shephard NERFINISHED ⓘ Rhys Coiro NERFINISHED ⓘ Sandrine Holt NERFINISHED ⓘ Tate Donovan NERFINISHED ⓘ Toni Collette NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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Referenced by (4)
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