'Kidnapped' delivers, but the walls fall down on 'Jericho'.(Suburban Living)(TV/Radio)

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Byline: Ted Cox Three of this fall's many new paranoid thriller series begin over the next couple of days. Two are fairly thrilling, while the other just makes a viewer paranoid that someone is poisoning the TV supply. Let's agree to put off the bad news and the paranoia as long as possible, shall we? NBC's "Kidnapped" debuts at 9 p.m.

Wednesday on WMAQ Channel 5. It takes the "24" approach of allowing one cohesive story line to run an entire season. The creepy Jeremy Sisto, who has played everything from the bipolar brother in "Six Feet Under" to Jesus Christ Himself, kicks unexpectedly into action-hero mode as Knapp, a freelance investigator specializing in kidnapping cases, and it suits him. Brusque, unshaven and morally ruthless, Knapp puts the...