Hunted (2017 TV series)

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.

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.

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 Myke Cole Cyber Analyst, USCG Charles DeBarber 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

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.