Hunted is an American reality TV series based on the British TV series of the same name. It ran on CBS from January 22 to March 1, 2017.
Premise The show is a competition series that centers on nine teams of two as they are fugitives on the run from highly skilled investigators. Each pair attempts to use their wits to evade capture for 28 days in a 100,000-square-mile region in the southeastern United States in order to win the grand prize of $250,000.
Premiere Hunted premiered on January 22, 2017, on CBS after the 2017 AFC Championship Game.
Contestants Fugitive Team Relationship First Episode Last Episode Result DaysLasted & Married 4: "Fight, Flight or Freeze" 7: "The Final Escape" 28 & Friends 2: "Snitches Get Stitches" 7: "The Final Escape" 28 & Friends 2: "Snitches Get Stitches" 7: "The Final Escape" 22 & Married 2: "Snitches Get Stitches" 18 & Dating 1: "The Internet Never Forgets" 6: "Poking the Bear" 16 & Friends 3: "Operation Cupid's Revenge" 16 & Friends 3: "Operation Cupid's Revenge" 4: "Fight, Flight or Freeze" 14 & Childhood friends 1: "The Internet Never Forgets" 2: "Snitches Get Stitches" 10 & Engaged 1: "The Internet Never Forgets" 1
Investigators
Command Center Robert W. Clark Commander, FBI (Ret.)
Intelligence
Theresa PaytonHead of Intelligence, Former White House CIO Ben OwenSenior Analyst, MI5 (Former) & Hunter on Hunted UK
Intelligence Analysts Steve MastersonIntelligence Analyst, Naval Intelligence (Former) Connie MinIntelligence Analyst, CIA (Former) Aki PeritzIntelligence Analyst, CIA (Former) Zaira PirzadaIntelligence Analyst, Academia
Cyber Analysts Myke ColeCyber Analyst, USCG Charles DeBarberCyber Analyst, US Army Cyber Intelligence (Former) Landon StewartCyber Analyst, US Army/NSA (Former) Dr. Max WachtelForensic Psychologist, Behavioral Profiler
Operations Lenny DePaulHead of Operations, US Marshals (Ret.) Ryan 'Ry Phi' PhillipsOperations Supervisor, SWAT Andrew StumpfOperations Supervisor, Navy SEAL (Ret.)
Hunters
Team Alpha John "Buck" SmithUS Marshals (Ret.) Walter "Griff" GarrisonDetective (Ret.)
Team Bravo Jermaine FinksDepartment of Homeland Security Chad LightUS Army Special Forces (Former)
Team Charlie Evy PoumpourasUS Secret Service Maureen O'ConnellFBI (Ret.)
Team Delta Jacquie BainerPrivate Investigator Paul RossiUSN (Former)
Team Echo Allison "Alli" PaganettiUS Army Jonathan GomezUS Army Rangers
Team Foxtrot Muhammad 'Shadow' BilalUS Army Special Forces (Ret.) Cortice MilesDetective
Team Golf John PiccianoDetective Vinny SenzamiciUS Marshals (Former)
Team Hotel Nick "Klem" KlementowiczSWAT Sam PhillipsSWAT
Team India Amanda FryEl Paso Police Department Roxanne LopezDetective
Episodes
Production The show was filmed without the assistance of government or law enforcement. Each episode ends with a disclaimer stating that 'while the investigative techniques shown are real, some procedures have been replicated for broadcast.'
Some information the hunters obtained — such as the Enterprise rental agreement and the car's location — came from the production itself, provided to the hunters when they requested it. Also, participants granted access in advance to their personal records, homes and phones, and then that information was meted out to the hunters the same way it would have been during an actual investigation.
There was a clear firewall between the hunter team and fugitive team. The production team did considerable research to ensure that the requests and receipt of information simulated what would happen in the real world, such as waiting for a subpoena. Additionally, the hunters had to make proper requests, and were sometimes denied information by the production team.
Hunted was picked up by Channel 4 in the UK, but renamed Hunted USA to avoid confusion with the UK version.
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