Hunted

This is genuinely both interesting and fun. I've never watched more that maybe 2 or 3 episodes of any reality show, but I just micro-binged the first three. Can't wait for more, and how the heck do I sign up for next season?!?

Part of the fun is watching people make obvious mistakes... I mean, how is it not obvious that you shouldn't just meander down any streets if you don't have to or spend the night at your best friends' house?

Also fun to see the fugitives struggle to figure out how their trackers repeatedly get close or find them even when they've been extra careful, or try to come up with ways of getting around, communicating with friends and relatives, eating, bathing or finding places to sleep with the minescule budget they get - $500 for a whole month, although they can accept non-monetary help or work in exchange for stuff - without being seen by those who might have seen a wanted posting or a camera the trackers might be looking for them through.

I wanna do it! Sign me and my best fried of 21 years up, CBS!

It's a shame there's only one season. I watched this when it was on T.V. Recently i was trying to remember what it was called to maybe watch it again. It's a fun show! We've all wondered what it would be like to be on the run... how well we'd do. So the shows a great concept and well executed. That being said, it's a show. So of course it's not gonna be as crazy as the real thing. In the show they can't break the law, which makes sense and they also of course have camera crews with them and mics on etc. so it's not like they can just steal cars and rob convenience stores and stuff actual fugitives might do.

Fantastic reality TV, there should be more like this!

Having read most of the already posted reviews, I agree overall. Here are my suggestions for improvements:

Have fewer fugitive teams so it is less frenetic and so viewers can get more involved with the participants. I really had no personal involvement with any of them.

Tell the viewers more about the rules! I didn't understand why family members and close friends "gave up" information so easily. Do they have to tell the truth? Are they paid? If so, why were just a few paid? Do the fugitives understand the rules? How about volunteer helpers? Do they know that it is a reality game show? If so, can fugitives offer to reimburse them later if they win? It's hard for viewers to buy in, when the rules are so fuzzy.

What about the cameramen? What are their rules? Is there a way for the investigators to track them? That would be a huge cheat.

Give the fugitives a more realistic chance. Letting the pursuers know exactly how they are going to escape was a huge cheat, in my opinion.

Treat it more like the game it is, rather than acting as if these contestants are serial killers or something. Lighten up! Show respect where it is deserved.

I hope this show continues with substantial improvements. I love the premise.

This is a reality TV competition. Nine teams of two regular people are tasked to avoid the group of highly trained investigators hunting for them. They are given an hour head start as they set off to escape detection for 28 days before retrieving the $250,000 prize. The investigators use modern computer and tracking technologies as they dig through the competitors' real and internet life.

It's an interesting show. There are interesting detection techniques. There are interesting contestants. The potential is there for good reality TV. The show does need to explain the rules of the game much better. There are definitely rules but the viewer is forced to piece it all together. How much money can they withdraw from the banks? What kind of preparations can they do? The contestants obviously have camera crews following them. So this is an edited competition with murky rules. I hope that this is not fake. It does need to clarify its scenario. For example, the finale has the contestants picking up the money from a bank and running on foot to a plane. It's an interesting visual but I kept wondering what happened to their rides. It could have been an easy fix if the money comes with instructions to run to the plane. It would have been more dramatic and more logical. This show needs to clean up some of these loose threads.