Hunted (2017 TV series)
Hunted is an American reality TV series based on the UK 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. Investigators. Command Center. Robert W. Clark Intelligence Theresa Payton Ben Owen Intelligence Analysts Steve Masterson Connie Min Aki Peritz Zaira Pirzada Cyber Analysts Myke Cole Charles DeBarber Landon Stewart Dr. Max Wachtel Operations. Lenny DePaul Ryan 'Ry Phi' Phillips Andrew Stumpf Hunters John "Buck" Smith Walter "Griff" Garrison Jermaine Finks Chad Light Evy Poumpouras Maureen O'Connell Jacquie Bainer Paul Rossi Allison "Alli" Paganetti Jonathan Gomez Muhammad 'Shadow' Bilal Cortice Miles John Picciano Vinny Senzamici Nick "Klem" Klementowicz Sam Phillips Amanda Fry Roxanne Lopez 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.