The show told the story from the discrete points of view of the victim, the parents, the investigators, and the kidnappers.

The core cast included ex-FBI operative Knapp (Jeremy Sisto) offering privately contracted services to retrieve kidnapping victims, his technologically adept coordinator and assistant Turner (Carmen Ejogo), and FBI Agent Latimer King (Delroy Lindo).

Timothy Hutton and Dana Delany co-starred as an affluent New York couple whose teenage son Leopold (Will Denton) is abducted.

Other characters included Gutman (Mädchen Amick) and "The Accountant" (James Urbaniak), Leopold's bodyguard (and King's brother-in-law) Virgil Hayes (Mykelti Williamson), and FBI agents played by Linus Roache and Michael Mosley.

[3] This depended on local affiliates, however, as some stations only carry portions of the lineup, and some do not air NBC All Night at all.