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georgiapeach:
Very interesting info in this great article:

http://www.newyorker.com/culture/persons-of-interest/who-dreams-of-hunting-people

Some HIGHLIGHTS:


PERSONS OF INTEREST
WHO DREAMS OF HUNTING PEOPLE?
The experts of the CBS show “Hunted” explain why no one can hide.
By Joshua Rothman   02:00 P.M.

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DePaul has found working on “Hunted” surprisingly satisfying, in part because the fugitives were often resourceful—they hid in woods and on the water, and used all sorts of technological tricks to disguise their trails—and in part because the manhunt had realistic resources at its disposal. “We had access to confidential informant funding,” he said. “Like, ‘There are some guys hiding in a bunker around here—a hundred bucks if you tell us where they are.’ We had thermal vision, helicopters, K-9 …”

“We had a tip line,” Payton said. “Facial recognition. Drones.”

“We hung up wanted posters,” DePaul continued. (True, the posters acknowledged the artificiality of the hunt—“This individual is voluntarily ‘on the run’ as part of a new television series,” one read—but they got the job done.) In key respects, the show simulated the limitations of the law: the investigators found themselves waiting on simulated subpoenas. Conversely, there were ways in which the simulated manhunt couldn’t match the real one.

“Contacting real law enforcement to do true A.P.B.s—we didn’t have that,” Payton said.

Are there top-secret resources, I asked, used in real life, that couldn’t be used on television?

“Of course there are!” DePaul said. “There are trade secrets in our community that we don’t talk about—”

“—And that’s the end of this, or we stomp on your phone!” Payton said, perhaps only half in jest, while DePaul laughed. He hazarded that the onscreen manhunt was between seventy and eighty per cent as intense as the real thing.

Marionete:
I just realized that the hunters may have been using certain techniques that are actually used in real-life hunts, only they couldn't be publicized. That could explain why at times it feels like a lead came out of nowhere or why something might seem staged.

gamerfan09:
https://www.reddit.com/r/CBSHunted/comments/5ro6sr/i_was_on_hunted_episode_3/

Sentra & Thu's friend who helped them in Episode Three had an AMA on Reddit and revealed some REALLY interesting details:

-There were pauses during production. Similar to how TAR does Pit Stops where everyone rests, there was always a point where everyone (hunters/fugitives/production) took a break and ran psych tests to ensure everyone was alright to continue.

-The show was filmed during the summer, and there was a high possibility that a team was in Florida during the tragic Pulse nightclub shooting.

-The editing does not correctly present events in the proper timeline. Sentra & Thu never actually went to the coffee shop.

-The release signed by people fugitives ask for help also includes permission from the hunters to interview them.

-There are TWO cameramen (which is weird considering UK is only one). One would follow directly behind while the other got the smaller shots and followed in a different angle (see: the random shots of fugitives from behind bushes).

-All fugitives are forced to move every 2 days.

-It is 100% real with no fakery.

mjharmstone:
I should preface this with a warning that nothing is confirmed, but I have podcasted about this season and the second UK one, so have got some insider knowledge.

In the UK, the way that most information comes in is through what is known as Gold Command. This is the show's creator, who is the only person who knows the location of all fugitives at any given time. HQ/Command will work leads, then come to him with their line of enquiry - if they have done all due process, he will reveal any information that they need - such as ANPR/LPR hits, CCTV or mail intercepts. I have had confirmation that this is how it works in the US as well.

CCTV shots are simulated by the embedded cameraperson/people.

There is such a thing as hunting hours - the Hunters only have a certain amount of time each day to catch the fugitives before everyone must stop moving for the night. These hours vary depending on the day, but usually it is 8a-8p.

HQ always wear the same clothes so that timelines can be monkeyed around with - this is way more prevalent in the US than in the UK, where everything was presented (reasonably) linearly last year.

In the UK, they are also required to make contact with friends/family at least once - whether this rule is also a thing in the US is unclear, but I would lean towards yes.

georgiapeach:
Thank you so much!! that really helps clarify some questions.

I really hate seeing people on FB yelling FAKE! when it really just seems to be a communication/editing issue.  Had the techniques/rules been outlined at the beginning, I think it would have been fine from a suspense point of view. As long as I know that the Hunters are doing everything "as if" they were waiting for real info, I have no problem with that.  It is when we zoom in on inconsistencies that things start to look "fake". I really think that a better more linear editing next season would be a BIG step forward. Calling one team the "3rd team out" when we now see they lasted many days longer than some of the others...is not good editing.

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