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.
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.
Hunted premiered on January 22, 2017, on CBS after the 2017 AFC Championship Game.
Robert W. Clark <br><small>Commander, FBI (Ret.)</small>
<big>Intelligence</big>
Theresa Payton<br><small>Head of Intelligence, Former White House CIO</small> <br>Ben Owen<br><small>Senior Analyst, MI5 (Former) & Hunter on Hunted UK</small>
Intelligence Analysts <br>Steve Masterson<br><small>Intelligence Analyst, Naval Intelligence (Former)</small> <br>Connie Min<br><small>Intelligence Analyst, CIA (Former)</small> <br>Aki Peritz<br><small>Intelligence Analyst, CIA (Former)</small> <br>Zaira Pirzada<br><small>Intelligence Analyst, Academia</small>
Cyber Analysts <br>Myke Cole<br><small>Cyber Analyst, USCG</small> <br>Charles DeBarber<br><small>Cyber Analyst, US Army Cyber Intelligence (Former)</small> <br>Landon Stewart<br><small>Cyber Analyst, US Army/NSA (Former)</small> <br>Dr. Max Wachtel<br><small>Forensic Psychologist, Behavioral Profiler</small>
Lenny DePaul<br><small>Head of Operations, US Marshals (Ret.)</small> <br>Ryan 'Ry Phi' Phillips<br><small>Operations Supervisor, SWAT</small> <br>Andrew Stumpf<br><small>Operations Supervisor, Navy SEAL (Ret.)</small>
<big>Hunters</big>
Team Alpha <br>John "Buck" Smith<br><small>US Marshals (Ret.)</small> <br>Walter "Griff" Garrison<br><small>Detective (Ret.)</small>
Team Bravo <br>Jermaine Finks<br><small>Department of Homeland Security</small> <br>Chad Light<br><small>US Army Special Forces (Former)</small>
Team Charlie <br>Evy Poumpouras<br><small>US Secret Service</small> <br>Maureen O'Connell<br><small>FBI (Ret.)</small>
Team Delta <br>Jacquie Bainer<br><small>Private Investigator</small> <br>Paul Rossi<br><small>USN (Former)</small>
Team Echo <br>Allison "Alli" Paganetti<br><small>US Army</small> <br>Jonathan Gomez<br><small>US Army Rangers</small>
Team Foxtrot <br>Muhammad 'Shadow' Bilal<br><small>US Army Special Forces (Ret.)</small> <br>Cortice Miles<br><small>Detective</small>
Team Golf <br>John Picciano<br><small>Detective</small> <br>Vinny Senzamici<br><small>US Marshals (Former)</small>
Team Hotel <br>Nick "Klem" Klementowicz<br /><small>SWAT</small> <br>Sam Phillips<br><small>SWAT</small>
Team India <br>Amanda Fry<br><small>El Paso Police Department</small> <br>Roxanne Lopez<br><small>Detective</small>
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 â such as the Enterprise rental agreement and the car's location â 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.