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| Created by | JJ Bailey |
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| Music by | Dan Romer |
| Country of origin | United States |
| Original language | English |
| No. of seasons | 1 |
| No. of episodes | 9 |
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| Network | NBC |
| Release | January 19, 2025 – present |
The Hunting Party is an American procedural crime drama television series created by JJ Bailey. The series premiered on NBC on January 19, 2025. [1] [2]
| No. | Title [3] | Directed by | Written by [4] | Original release date [3] | U.S. viewers (millions) |
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| 1 | "Richard Harris" | Thor Freudenthal | JJ Bailey | January 19, 2025 | 3.05 [5] |
| 2 | "Clayton Jessup" | Marcus Stokes | Keto Shimizu | February 10, 2025 | 2.87 [6] |
| 3 | "Lowe" | Kristin Windell | Michael Jones-Morales | February 17, 2025 | 3.12 [7] |
| 4 | "Doctor Ezekiel Malak" | Blackhorse Lowe | Teleplay by : JJ Bailey Story by : Jake Coburn | February 24, 2025 | 3.06 [8] |
| 5 | "Roy Barber" | Glen Winter | Teleplay by : Jake Coburn Story by : JJ Bailey | March 3, 2025 | 2.69 [9] |
| 6 | "Arlo Brandt" | James Bamford | Michael Jones-Morales & Vinny Ferris | March 10, 2025 | 2.82 [10] |
| 7 | "Mark Marsden" | Rob Hardy | Rebecca Bellotto & Paula Sabbaga | March 17, 2025 | 2.91 [11] |
| 8 | "Denise Glenn" | Nicole Rubio | Keto Shimizu & David Loong | March 24, 2025 | 2.26 [12] |
| 9 | "Tom Beecher" | Shana Stein | Rebecca Bellotto & Paula Sabbaga | March 31, 2025 | 2.21 [13] |
| 10 | "Jenna Wells" | TBA | JJ Bailey & Jake Coburn | April 7, 2025 | TBD |
In August 2022, it was announced J.J. Bailey had entered into an overall deal with Universal Television with the first project to be developed being procedural drama, The Hunting Party, created by Bailey and Jake Coburn. [14] In February 2023, it was announced NBC had set up a writers room for the series with a formal straight-to-series order taking place one year after. [15] [16]
In May 2024, it was announced Melissa Roxburgh was cast as the show's lead. [17] Later that same month, it was announced Patrick Sabongui, Josh McKenzie and Sara Garcia had joined the cast as series regulars. [18] [19] In June 2024, Nick Wechsler joined the cast as a series regular while Kyra Leroux was cast in a recurring role. [20]
Filming for the series began on June 20, 2024, and concluded on November 19, 2024. [21]
The review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes reported a 18% approval rating with an average rating of 4.7/10, based on 11 critic reviews. [22] Metacritic, which uses a weighted average, assigned a score of 34 out of 100 based on 7 critics, indicating "generally unfavorable" reviews. [23]
| No. | Title | Air date | Rating/share (18–49) | Viewers (millions) | DVR (18–49) | DVR viewers (millions) | Total (18–49) | Total viewers (millions) | Ref. |
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| 1 | "Richard Harris" | January 19, 2025 | 0.5/4 | 3.05 | 0.1 | 0.62 | 0.5 | 3.67 | [5] |
| 2 | "Clayton Jessup" | February 10, 2025 | 0.2/3 | 2.87 | 0.1 | 1.78 | 0.4 | 4.65 | [6] |
| 3 | "Lowe" | February 17, 2025 | 0.2/4 | 3.12 | 0.1 | 1.62 | 0.3 | 4.74 | [7] |
| 4 | "Doctor Ezekiel Malak" | February 24, 2025 | 0.2/4 | 3.06 | 0.1 | 1.67 | 0.4 | 4.72 | [8] |
| 5 | "Roy Barber" | March 3, 2025 | 0.2/3 | 2.69 | 0.1 | 1.71 | 0.3 | 4.41 | [9] |
| 6 | "Arlo Brandt" | March 10, 2025 | 0.2/3 | 2.82 | 0.1 | 1.61 | 0.3 | 4.43 | [10] |
| 7 | "Mark Marsden" | March 17, 2025 | 0.2/3 | 2.91 | 0.1 | 1.52 | 0.3 | 4.42 | [11] |
| 8 | "Denise Glenn" | March 24, 2025 | 0.1/2 | 2.26 | — | — | — | — | [12] |
| 9 | "Tom Beecher" | March 31, 2025 | 0.1/2 | 2.21 | — | — | — | — | [13] |
