# The Hunting Party (TV series)

The Hunting Party is an American procedural crime drama television series created by JJ Bailey. The series premiered on NBC on January 19, 2025.

## Cast and characters
### Main

* Melissa Roxburgh as Rebecca "Bex" Henderson, an FBI Special Agent
* Nick Wechsler as Oliver Odell, Bex's former partner and lover
* Patrick Sabongui as Ryan Hassani, a CIA agent
* Josh McKenzie as Shane Florence, a prison officer at an underground silo known as The Pit in Cheyenne, Wyoming
* Sara Garcia as Jennifer Morales, an Army Intelligence officer

### Recurring

* Zabryna Guevara as Elizabeth Mallory

## Episodes

| No. | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original release date | U.S. viewers (millions) |
| 1 | "Richard Harris" | Thor Freudenthal | JJ Bailey | January 19, 2025 (2025-1-19) | 3.05 |
| 2 | "Clayton Jessup" | Marcus Stokes | Keto Shimizu | February 10, 2025 (2025-2-10) | 2.87 |
| 3 | "Lowe" | Kristin Windell | Michael Jones-Morales | February 17, 2025 (2025-2-17) | 3.12 |
| 4 | "Doctor Ezekiel Malak" | Blackhorse Lowe | Teleplay by : JJ Bailey Story by : Jake Coburn | February 24, 2025 (2025-2-24) | 3.06 |
| 5 | "Roy Barber" | Glen Winter | Teleplay by : Jake Coburn Story by : JJ Bailey | March 3, 2025 (2025-3-3) | 2.69 |
| 6 | "Arlo Brandt" | James Bamford | Michael Jones-Morales & Vinny Ferris | March 10, 2025 (2025-3-10) | 2.82 |
| 7 | "Mark Marsden" | Rob Hardy | Rebecca Bellotto & Paula Sabbaga | March 17, 2025 (2025-3-17) | 2.91 |
| 8 | "Denise Glenn" | TBA | Keto Shimizu & David Loong | March 24, 2025 (2025-3-24) | TBD |
| 9 | "Tom Beecher" | TBA | Rebecca Bellotto & Paula Sabbaga | March 31, 2025 (2025-3-31) | TBD |
| 10 | TBA | TBA | JJ Bailey & Jake Coburn | April 7, 2025 (2025-4-7) | TBD |

## Production
### Development

In August 2022, it was announced J.J. Bailey had entered into an overall deal with Universal Television with the first project to be developed being procedural drama, The Hunting Party, created by Bailey and Jake Coburn. In February 2023, it was announced NBC had set up a writers room for the series with a formal straight-to-series order taking place one year after.

### Casting

In May 2024, it was announced Melissa Roxburgh was cast as the show's lead. Later that same month, it was announced Patrick Sabongui, Josh McKenzie and Sara Garcia had joined the cast as series regulars. In June 2024, Nick Wechsler joined the cast as a series regular while Kyra Leroux was cast in a recurring role.

### Filming

Filming for the series began on June 20, 2024, and concluded on November 19, 2024.

## Broadcast

The series premiered on January 19, 2025, on NBC.

## Reception
### Critical response

The review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes reported a 18% approval rating with an average rating of 4.7/10, based on 11 critic reviews. Metacritic, which uses a weighted average, assigned a score of 34 out of 100 based on 7 critics, indicating "generally unfavorable" reviews.

### Ratings

Viewership and ratings per episode of The Hunting Party :
| No. | Title | Air date | Rating/share (18–49) | Viewers (millions) | DVR (18–49) | DVR viewers (millions) | Total (18–49) | Total viewers (millions) |
| 1 | "Richard Harris" | January 19, 2025 | 0.5/4 | 3.05 | 0.1 | 0.62 | 0.5 | 3.67 |
| 2 | "Clayton Jessup" | February 10, 2025 | 0.2/3 | 2.87 | 0.1 | 1.78 | 0.4 | 4.65 |
| 3 | "Lowe" | February 17, 2025 | 0.2/4 | 3.12 | 0.1 | 1.62 | 0.35 | 4.74 |
| 4 | "Doctor Ezekiel Malak" | February 24, 2025 | 0.2/4 | 3.06 | 0.1 | 1.67 | 0.35 | 4.72 |
| 5 | "Roy Barber" | March 3, 2025 | 0.2/3 | 2.69 | 0.1 | 1.71 | 0.3 | 4.41 |
| 6 | "Arlo Brandt" | March 10, 2025 | 0.2/3 | 2.82 | TBD | TBD | TBD | TBD |
| 7 | "Mark Marsden" | March 17, 2025 | 0.2/3 | 2.91 | TBD | TBD | TBD | TBD |