| Alt Name: | Hunted USA |
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| Based On: | Hunted UK |
| Country: | United States |
| Language: | English |
| Num Seasons: | 1 |
| Num Episodes: | 7 |
| Company: | Endemol Shine North America |
| Network: | CBS |
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.[1]
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.[2] [3]
Hunted premiered on January 22, 2017, on CBS after the 2017 AFC Championship Game.[4] [5]
| Fugitive Team | Relationship | First Episode | Last Episode | Result | Days Lasted | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| & | Married | 7: "The Final Escape" | 28 | |||
| & | Friends | 7: "The Final Escape" | 28 | |||
| & | Friends | 7: "The Final Escape" | 22 | |||
| & | Married | 2: "Snitches Get Stitches" | 18 | |||
| & | Dating | 6: "Poking the Bear" | 16 | |||
| & | Friends | 3: "Operation Cupid's Revenge" | 16 | |||
| & | Friends | 4: "Fight, Flight or Freeze" | 14 | |||
| & | Childhood friends | 2: "Snitches Get Stitches" | 10 | |||
| & | Engaged | 1: "The Internet Never Forgets" | 1 | |||
Robert W. Clark
Commander, FBI (Ret.)[6]
Intelligence
Theresa Payton
Head of Intelligence, Former White House CIO[7]
Ben Owen
Senior Analyst, MI5 (Former) & Hunter on Hunted UK[8]
Intelligence Analysts
Steve Masterson
Intelligence Analyst, Naval Intelligence (Former)[9]
Connie Min
Intelligence Analyst, CIA (Former)[10]
Aki Peritz
Intelligence Analyst, CIA (Former)[11]
Zaira Pirzada
Intelligence Analyst, Academia[12] Cyber Analysts
Myke Cole
Cyber Analyst, USCG[13]
Charles DeBarber
Cyber Analyst, US Army Cyber Intelligence (Former)[14]
Landon Stewart
Cyber Analyst, US Army/NSA (Former)[15]
Dr. Max Wachtel
Forensic Psychologist, Behavioral Profiler[16]
Lenny DePaul
Head of Operations, US Marshals (Ret.)[17]
Ryan 'Ry Phi' Phillips
Operations Supervisor, SWAT[18]
Andrew Stumpf
Operations Supervisor, Navy SEAL (Ret.)[19]
Hunters Team Alpha
John "Buck" Smith
US Marshals (Ret.)[20]
Walter "Griff" Garrison
Detective (Ret.)[21]
Team Bravo
Jermaine Finks
Department of Homeland Security[22]
Chad Light
US Army Special Forces (Former)[23]
Team Charlie
Evy Poumpouras
US Secret Service[24]
Maureen O'Connell
FBI (Ret.)[25] Team Delta
Jacquie Bainer
Private Investigator[26]
Paul Rossi
USN (Former)[27]
Team Echo
Allison "Alli" Paganetti
US Army[28]
Jonathan Gomez
US Army Rangers[29]
Team Foxtrot
Muhammad 'Shadow' Bilal
US Army Special Forces (Ret.)[30]
Cortice Miles
Detective[31] Team Golf
John Picciano
Detective[32]
Vinny Senzamici
US Marshals (Former)[33]
Team Hotel
Nick "Klem" Klementowicz
SWAT[34]
Sam Phillips
SWAT[35]
Team India
Amanda Fry
El Paso Police Department[36]
Roxanne Lopez
Detective[37]
The show was filmed without the assistance of government or law enforcement.[38] 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.[39] 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.[40]