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Alert: Missing Persons Unit

Name: Alert: Missing Persons Unit
Genre: Drama, Crime
Released: 2023-01-08
Cast: Scott Caan, Ryan Broussard, Adeola Role

2023 | 3 seasons | 44 min | Drama, Crime

Weeknight Watchearly rating

Why it’s a Weeknight Watch

With middling reviews (29% on Rotten Tomatoes) and a short run with a modest audience, it's a mixed bag. Fine if it's on; don't plan your night around it.

Based on critics, audiences, awards, box office and buzz. Details below.

Is it for you?

Who'll love it: Made for crime-drama fans. If you loved Mare of Easttown or Bosch, start here.
The mood: Dark and gritty.
The pace: 3 seasons: a few weeks of evenings, episodes of about 44 minutes, about 21 hours in all.
What might put you off: Rated TV-14. Probably too much for younger kids.
It was cancelled, so the story may not get a proper ending.

When police officer Nikki Batista’s son goes missing, she joins the Philadelphia Police Department's Missing Person’s Unit (MPU) to help other people find their loved ones, even as she searches for her own. Six years later, her world is turned upside-down when her ex-husband, Jason Grant, a former police officer, shows up with a proof-of-life photo of their missing boy. Or is it?

How it earned its rating

CriticsBelow par
29% on Rotten Tomatoes, 48 on Metacritic
AudiencesNot counted
Not measured yet: not enough ratings
AwardsNot counted
No major awards or nominations
Reach & staying powerBelow par
Ran for 3 seasons and reached a small audience so far; still draws a steady audience long after release
Buzz & cultural impactSolid
About 148K people sought it out in the past year