Vanished was an hour-long American television drama produced by Twentieth Century Fox. It premiered on August 21, 2006 on FOX and its last episode aired on November 10, 2006. Based in Atlanta, Georgia, the series, in serial format, starts with the sudden disappearance of a Georgia senator's wife, which quickly appears to form part of a wider conspiracy. The family of the missing woman, a pair of FBI agents, a journalist and her lover/cameraman, are all drawn into an evolving mystery with political and religious undertones. The show's creator is C.S.I. writer Josh Berman, and its executive producers are Mimi Leder (John Doe, ER), who is also the show's director, and Paul Redford.
On December 8, 2006 the final episode of Vanished appeared online. Fans on message boards all agree that the ending, which includes no real conclusion and a huge cliff hanger, was not intended to be the final episode. The production team was told a few months before the show was taken off the air to at least reveal Sara's fate by the 13th episode, but none of the other plotlines were resolved.
On May 16, 2007, the series was officially canceled.
According to E!Online's Kristin Veitch report on July 23, 2007, Vanished's mystery could be resolved in the next season of Bones.