It's field trip day for the students of Ballard High School, a place that educates the children of Washington, D.C.'s elite, top-of-their-industry CEOs, international diplomats, political power players and even the president's son. But when their bus is ambushed on a secluded rural road, the teenagers and their chaperones are taken, igniting a national crisis.

Now with some of the country's most powerful parents at the mercy of one vengeful mastermind, the question arises: How far would you go and what would you become to ensure your child's safe return? With so many parents and dignitaries put into play with nowhere to turn and no one to trust, this unthinkable scenario grows from the select families at risk to an entire nation at stake... 

Rand Ravich (Life, The Astronaut's Wife), Far Shariat (Life, I Love You Phillip Morris)

It's not billed that way, but Crisis should be a short-season series, just like CBS' Hostages. I like that cast a lot. What happens when this crisis is over? Putting that aside, this looks like it could be quite engaging. After football.