CW Monday 9pm
debuts September 25, 9pm
concept
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The Raders look like a normal middle-class American family, with a dad, Paul Rader, his lovely wife Lily, teenagers Henry and Hannah and 8-year-old Tommy. Those are their real names, but as they struggle to blend into a new life in Bridgewater, Iowa, they are all using secret identities. This family is on the run, hiding from the legal system that unjustly accused Paul Radar of a terrible and violent crime. Adding to the danger, the real killer is now threatening the lives of the Rader children. As Paul works to protect his loved ones and uncover the evidence that will clear him, he lives with the daily fear that someone will accidentally reveal the family's dark secret in Runaway, The CW's new one-hour drama. 
stars Donnie Walhberg, Leslie Hope, Dustin Milligan, Sarah Ramos, Nathan Gamble, Susan Floyd, Karen LeBlanc
producers Darren Star, Ed Zuckerman, Chad Hodge, Susie Fitzgerald
studio Sony Pictures Television, Darren Star Productions, Golly Inc.
my take
It's 7th Heaven meets The Fugitive with Donnie Wahlberg who looks much older than I remember him, yet not nearly old enough to have three kids. It's the CW's only new fall show (all others being cobbled from its parents, Nielsen-rest-their-electronic-souls) which means CW brains thought there was something special about it. Sony's producing, so that removes the financial incentive from CW. I don't hate it, but I'm just not too sure. It really does seem to marry 7th Heaven with this year's hot idea: serialized mystery. Against the mysterious Vanished on Fox, it has a very different lead-in. I've got a feeling this will be one of the lost shows of the season.
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