Hunters (2016 TV series)

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Hunters
Genre
Created by
Based onAlien Hunter by Whitley Strieber
Starring
Composer Andy Gray
Country of originUnited States
Australia
Original languageEnglish
No. of seasons1
No. of episodes13
Production
Executive producers
Production location Melbourne, Australia
Camera setup Single-camera
Production companies Valhalla Entertainment [1]
Universal Cable Productions
Original release
Network Syfy
ReleaseApril 11 (2016-04-11) –
July 11, 2016 (2016-07-11)

Hunters is an American drama television series that aired on Syfy, created by Natalie Chaidez and executive produced by Chaidez, Emile Levisetti and Gale Anne Hurd. Based on Whitley Strieber's best-selling novel Alien Hunter, the series premiered on April 11, 2016. It was originally going to air at 10/9c on Monday nights before the final six episodes were abruptly pushed back two hours in the schedule to Tuesdays at midnight due to the series' poor performance in the previous slot. [2]

Contents

Syfy announced Hunters' cancellation on July 8, 2016. [3]

Premise

Hunters centers around the disappearance of a decorated Philadelphia cop's wife when he discovers an organization that hunts down alien terrorists. [4]

Production

Developed in 2013, Hunters was ordered by Syfy in September 2014 with a straight 13-episode pick up. At the time there were no casting announcements. Production began in Melbourne, Australia. [1] [5] Each episode takes its title from a different song by the British band Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark.

Cast

Episodes

No.TitleDirected byTeleplay byOriginal air dateUS viewers
(millions)
1"The Beginning & the End"Ernest R. Dickerson & Emile LevisettiNatalie ChaidezApril 11, 2016 (2016-04-11)0.54 [9]
2"Messages"Glendyn IvinRon Milbauer & Terri Hughes BurtonApril 18, 2016 (2016-04-18)0.43 [10]
3"Maid of Orleans" Rowan Woods Natalie ChaidezApril 25, 2016 (2016-04-25)0.40 [11]
4"Love and Violence" Daina Reid Richard E. Robbins May 2, 2016 (2016-05-02)0.32 [12]
5"Her Body in My Soul"Glendyn IvinSean TrettaMay 9, 2016 (2016-05-09)0.37 [13]
6"Bunker Soldier"Daina ReedBret VandenBos & Brandon WillerMay 16, 2016 (2016-05-16)0.29 [14]
7"Kissing the Machine"Rowan WoodsNatalie Chaidez & Devin HughesMay 23, 2016 (2016-05-23)0.26 [15]
8"The More I See You"Mat KingTony ElliotMay 30, 2016 (2016-05-30)0.17 [16]
9"Promise"Daniel NettheimRon Milbauer & Terri Hughes BurtonJune 6, 2016 (2016-06-06)0.25 [17]
10"Our System"Mat KingSean TrettaJune 13, 2016 (2016-06-13)0.29 [18]
11"Telegraph" Kriv Stenders Bret VandenBos & Brandon WillerJune 20, 2016 (2016-06-20)0.27 [19]
12"Pretending to See the Future"Kriv StendersTony ElliottJune 27, 2016 (2016-06-27)0.21 [20]
13"New Holy Ground"Emile LevisettiNatalie Chaidez & Devin HughesJuly 11, 2016 (2016-07-11)0.31 [21]

Reception

The series has been panned by many critics. Brian Lowry from Variety called the pilot "utterly generic, conceptually cynical and instantly forgettable." [22] Boston Herald's Mark Perigard criticized the overacting from the cast and felt that the series seems like torture porn. [23]

Hunters sits with a 0% by critics and a 55% by audiences on Rotten Tomatoes [24] in addition to a score of 34 from 12 critics over on Metacritic. [25]

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