CBS has ordered a new reality series, Hunted, produced by Endimol Shine North America, the same production company behind reality properties like Big Brother and The Biggest Loser. The new U.S. order is based on a UK series of the same name.
Here’s the CBS press release:
IF YOU HAD TO DISAPPEAR TOMORROW, COULD YOU? CBS ORDERS “HUNTED,” A NEW ALTERNATIVE SERIES WHERE PARTICIPANTS GO ON THE RUN TO EVADE CAPTURE BY SKILLED INVESTIGATORS
CBS has ordered HUNTED, a new one-hour alternative series where participants are challenged to go on the run as some of the world’s most highly skilled investigators and trackers pursue them in a nationwide manhunt. The series is being developed for broadcast based on the format of the UK show, which was created and produced by Shine TV. The new CBS series will be produced by Endemol Shine North America.
“HUNTED is a compelling new alternative series format, which our Alternative department had been tracking for a while, that feels tailor-made for CBS,” said Glenn Geller, President, CBS Entertainment. “It combines the suspense of a crime drama with the thrill of a competition reality series and some very topical social issues.”
HUNTED follows ordinary people attempting the nearly impossible task of disappearing in today’s vast digital world, as professional investigators combine state-of-the-art tracking methods with traditional tactics to narrow down the search area. From searching their target’s home and scouring Internet and cell phone histories to identifying behavioral patterns, they look for clues to potential hiding places and collaborators that can ultimately lead to capture.
HUNTED premiered to strong ratings this month, especially among young adults, on Channel 4 in the UK.
Information regarding premiere date and how to apply to be a participant will be announced at a later date.
What do you think? Would you watch this show? If you’ve watched the UK version, how is it?
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20 Comments on "Hunted: CBS Orders New Reality Series"
My husband & I couldn’t wait to watch this show each Wednesday. We loved it until tonight. We felt it was not fair that the hunted had successfully hid and then had to “check in” two days prior to picking up the money. We each felt that if these couples could hide for 28 days unfound then they deserved the money. So glad that two couples won. We are not sure we will watch this show again knowing this ahead of time. Good show until we found out these last minute rules.
Only worth watching if they’re isn’t anything else to watch. Even then, a good book would be better. It’s an interesting concept for a show but the reality is boring and manipulative. It might be more interesting if the show provided all the rules of the game so the watcher could envision how they might beat the game.
Me. And my mom watch’s this show and we love it
I find this show in poor taste. We have no privacy in this country and now you make a game of these pros tracking citizens.
count me in
Love your show already. I am a retired Army Master Sgt. I have been involved in escape and evasion courses and taught the same. If you continue the program and would like to lose your $250,000,00 please contact me. To make it fair, I will take one of my co-workers. The only thing he has evaded has been his wife to have a beer with his friends. Please send the Navy Seal after me.
Good show concept, but is one-sided. It’s like shooting fish in a barrel. The hunters are skilled professionals with access to a vast networking of communications versus a handful of square citizens. Plus, just in case a fish gets away, they have the re-set button to re-track them every time they use the ATM card. Track me, an ex-con who has been living a positive and productive life for the past 27 years. Give me $500 dollars and access one time to an ATM, and I show up on the CBS door-step in 30 days.
I watched the first episode. I was not impressed at all. So far it is too easy for investigators and the “fugitives” seem vetted out to be on the more naive side of the law, making them easy prey.
Hopefully some of the future teams actually think strategically like real fugitives would!
And limited it to such a small area too, very unrealistic!
I think the show’s producers are manipulating variables to make us think investigators/hunters are smarter than they are….
my message is this I can beat you or anyone at this game all day any day just come and see Ill smoke you today or the next come and get some I put it to you now you will never find me no matter who comes looking if you don’t then Ill know you cant win so why try
IS THERE A TIME LIMIT OR DESTINATION?? DOES IT GO ON FOREVER IF YOU ARE NOT CAPTURED??????
I think it is an amazing idea! I am looking foward to the show and I want to know how I can be a part of the next series!
This is a mind-numbingly bad idea. I hope this doesn’t make it to air.