''Hunted'' is an American

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TV series based on the UK TV series of the same name. It ran on

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from January 22 to March 1, 2017.

Premise

The show is a

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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

after the 2017 AFC Championship Game.

Contestants

Investigators

Command Center

Robert W. Clark
Commander, FBI (Ret.) Intelligence Theresa Payton
Head of Intelligence, Former White House CIO
Ben Owen
Senior Analyst, MI5 (Former) & Hunter on Hunted UK Intelligence Analysts
Steve Masterson
Intelligence Analyst, Naval Intelligence (Former)
Connie Min
Intelligence Analyst, CIA (Former)
Aki Peritz
Intelligence Analyst, CIA (Former)
Zaira Pirzada
Intelligence Analyst, Academia Cyber Analysts

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Cyber Analyst, USCG

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Cyber Analyst, US Army Cyber Intelligence (Former)
Landon Stewart
Cyber Analyst, US Army/NSA (Former)
Dr. Max Wachtel
Forensic Psychologist, Behavioral Profiler

Operations

Lenny DePaul
Head of Operations, US Marshals (Ret.)
Ryan 'Ry Phi' Phillips
Operations Supervisor, SWAT
Andrew Stumpf
Operations Supervisor, Navy SEAL (Ret.) Hunters Team Alpha
John "Buck" Smith
US Marshals (Ret.)
Walter "Griff" Garrison
Detective (Ret.) Team Bravo
Jermaine Finks
Department of Homeland Security
Chad Light
US Army Special Forces (Former) Team Charlie
Evy Poumpouras
US Secret Service
Maureen O'Connell
FBI (Ret.) Team Delta
Jacquie Bainer
Private Investigator
Paul Rossi
USN (Former) Team Echo
Allison "Alli" Paganetti
US Army
Jonathan Gomez
US Army Rangers Team Foxtrot
Muhammad 'Shadow' Bilal
US Army Special Forces (Ret.)
Cortice Miles
Detective Team Golf
John Picciano
Detective
Vinny Senzamici
US Marshals (Former) Team Hotel
Nick "Klem" Klementowicz
SWAT
Sam Phillips
SWAT Team India
Amanda Fry
El Paso Police Department
Roxanne Lopez
Detective

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

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in the UK, but renamed ''Hunted USA'' to avoid confusion with the UK version.

References

External links

* {{IMDb title, 6340730 2017 American television series debuts 2017 American television series endings 2010s American reality television series CBS original programming American television series based on British television series English-language television shows Television series by Endemol Television shows filmed in Alabama Television shows filmed in Florida Television shows filmed in Georgia (U.S. state) Television shows filmed in South Carolina