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Post by Scumhunter on Aug 31, 2015 11:51:14 GMT -5
I'll just have to hope you're right. Unfortunately, it will be at least a month and a half or so of anxiety wondering. If there's no new episodes by December then we definitely know it was the season finale lol.  |
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Post by danwind on Aug 31, 2015 21:50:38 GMT -5
Just got off the phone with a rep from ZPZ. Apparently last night WAS the season finale, but it should be rerun going forward. I am still confused since John Walsh and everyone else said it was supposed to be SIXTEEN EPISODES this season. I guess Walsh just meant the contract was for another sixteen episodes but the season wouldn't be. The rep also couldn't comment on whether or not The Hunt had been renewed. (Which is understandable, it took CNN forever to renew The Hunt after it's very successful first season). I'm still annoyed though. They just air the show as a season finale, no one besides the CNN Go app's Twitter account mentions that fact. Most tv shows advertise the fact when an upcoming episode is a season finale. The way CNN is handling this is horrible. So they air the season finale, don't mention it's the season finale, and apparently next week people will tune in and not see The Hunt and not know what's going on since no one ever advertised last week was season 2's finale. I hope there's nothing more to this going on. But I am a little worried when all of a sudden 8 episodes into a supposed 16-episode season is the season finale, that isn't even mentioned, and no one knows anything about renewal. (William Greer had a segment filmed on him, and screw it, I'll say it since the season is over again, the con artist case I learned from a source was John and Julianne Dimitrion, who were supposed to be aired after all this season.) AMW might not have been as good a show towards the end, but they aired a lot more episodes per season and didn't take long breaks in between. I was relieved when I learned this season would be 16 episodes, since not enough fugitives would be aired in only 8-episode seasons. Too many people need a court of last resort, and not enough bad guys would be caught with such short seasons. Little did I know we got 8 episodes after all. There isn't a court of last resort on tv anymore. Only a partial one... Very pissed off right now. Not at The Hunt, but at CNN's scheduling. I hoped they didn't cancelled the hunt, I be really mad if they do |
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Post by Scumhunter on Sept 2, 2015 9:27:59 GMT -5
There is no indication The Hunt will be cancelled. It's one of CNN's highest rated shows. (The only complication is like AMW it is an expensive show to produce). The issue and confusion is John Walsh was saying CNN gave him 16 episodes this year, yet they had their season finale after only 8.
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Post by Scumhunter on Sept 3, 2015 11:44:24 GMT -5
Ok, I found out Anthony Bourdain's "Parts Unknown" which usually fills The Hunt's time slot when it's on, returns on September 27th on CNN. Parts Unknown has traditionally 9-episode seasons. This means The Hunt (unless it moves to a new night or time slot) would not return until November 29th at the very earliest. Meaning it would impossible for 16-episodes to all air in 2015, and the show would stretch into 2016 if it returns this year. (Once again, unless a new night or time slot). Ridiculous. I understand most of CNN's shows are only 8-episodes, but when you're a public service show that already shows a limited amount of cases as it is when so many people need your help (even though I love the show), it's a problem. John Walsh states he has to turn down 100 cases a week. 100 cases. Only 1-2 per episode. And only 8 episodes before the show takes a long break. *sigh* I'm so disappointed because I thought we were going to see 16 episodes in 2015, not a few episodes in July, a long break, and then a season that stretches into next year. (If that's the plan). www.eater.com/2015/8/24/9197693/anthony-bourdain-parts-unknown-sixth-season-cuba-cnn-septemberen.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anthony_Bourdain:_Parts_Unknown#Season_5.5B8.5D |
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Post by Scumhunter on Sept 3, 2015 11:55:18 GMT -5
P.S. I understand some people will want to re-assure me, but I remember on the old AMW forums back in 2012, when I thought something was up, and everyone thought I was crazy. Turns out I was right.
I'm sorry but I find it oddly suspicious after all the talk about 16-episodes, there's suddenly a season finale after only 8 episodes (9 if you count Still Running). And it's not mentioned it's the season finale.
We can talk about mid-season breaks all we want. They said 16 episodes THIS YEAR. Not stretching into 2016.
I still feel the odds are against The Hunt being cancelled, it's still a hit show (I think, or a hit show by cable news ratings standards). I'm just saying I think I'm justified in being slightly nervous.
If The Hunt had 10 million viewers a week I'd still be nervous because of how AMW was cancelled despite doing well in the ratings for Fox (and even decent for a Friday night for Lifetime).
I'm going to be slightly paranoid and nervous unless The Hunt returns this year.
And if it returns in 2016, I'm still going to be pissed off we only got 8 episodes this year. (I'm already pissed we'll get less than 16 this year).
In summary, I feel good The Hunt will come back. But I feel justified in feeling nervous.
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Post by Scumhunter on Sept 5, 2015 9:59:46 GMT -5
The ratings are in: The Hunt with John Walsh Season 2 (7/12-8/30/15): Across cable news in its time period, ranked #1 among both 25-54 and 18-34, and #2 in total viewers. This holds up well for odds of renewal obviously. Here's what I'm thinking in a best case scenario (which may be the most realistic scenario)- JW agreed to do 16 episodes this year- not 16 episodes overall for season 2. However, the expectation was when it looked like Season 2 would start in April. Because The Hunt got pushed back, it pushed back the remaining 8 episodes. So JW was right, he was given 16 episodes this year, it's just the first 8 were expected to start earlier. At least I hope that's what happened. newsonnews.com/story/050915-942 |
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Post by Scumhunter on Sept 5, 2015 10:01:40 GMT -5
P.S. Still pissed there's such long breaks and so few episodes between seasons. Just saying...
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Post by Scumhunter on Sept 9, 2015 10:55:06 GMT -5
OK- we have confirmation there will be a season 3. cnnpressroom.blogs.cnn.com/2015/09/09/season-six-of-cnn-original-series-anthony-bourdain-parts-unknown-premieres-sunday-sept-27-with-a-trip-to-cuba/Included in link: "ZPZ is currently in production on Anthony Bourdain: Parts Unknown season 7 (CNN); The Hunt with John Walsh season 3 (CNN)" So I'm no longer worried LOL. But I'm still pissed about the promise of 16 episodes by John Walsh only to see only 8 this summer. Remember, AMW left Fox for Lifetime because John Walsh realized four quarterly specials (8 hours worth of fugitives) wouldn't catch enough bad guys and that the show needed to be on more consistently. Four quarterly would have equaled 8 hours of fugitives a year. Not only is there only 1-2 cases an episode, but there were only 8 hours of them in 2014. If the trend continues in 2015, it means instead of a weekly series, we essentially have the same situation as when Fox cancelled AMW for specials. Perhaps even worse since those Fox specials showed more than 1-2 fugitives. I will be a little less pissed if CNN doesn't make the gaps between seasons as long, but I still maintain that while I like the new format as opposed to AMW, my complaint about 1-2 fugitives isn't a format complaint but a too many people need help complaint, I don't like the limited amount of episodes and the timing of the breaks between seasons. Half the fugitives got captured before The Hunt could even air them because CNN waited so long last time. I'm sorry but while I'm glad they were caught, it was all wasted space that could have been dedicated to still-at-large fugitives. Sorry for being negative, but The Hunt like AMW needs to be a court of last resort, and 8 hours a year at 1-2 fugitives isn't going to get enough families who need them the chance at justice. |
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Post by Scumhunter on Sept 12, 2015 9:16:13 GMT -5
Tonight at 8 PM ET is a Hunt marathon on CNN. Nice to FINALLY see the reruns showing at least.
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Post by Scumhunter on Sept 28, 2015 7:43:40 GMT -5
I never even realized but a press release from when season 2 started did mention The Hunt would be 8 episodes. So should be obvious already, but once again, the confusion is now cleared up. CNN gave John Walsh 16 more episodes of The Hunt, but not in the same season. I understand it's an expensive show to produce, but I'm still not sure if enough bad guys are being aired with only 8 episodes in a season. If the in-between breaks are limited to no more than three or four months, then I'd be ok with that as well. But the not ridiculous 9-month wait we had last time. It's like the show was pregnant. www.tvruckus.com/2015/07/07/season-2-premieres-of-the-hunt-death-row-stories-coming-up-on-cnn-video/ |
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Post by Scumhunter on Sept 29, 2015 14:45:33 GMT -5
Ok two captures now from season 2. As I said, I think expanding the cases to a half hour or one hour make it more likely that the one particular fugitive would be caught, it's just a matter of if they could fit like a 15 seconds of shame type thing in there to just get a few more cases on the show. However, awesome news about Paul Jackson. |
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Post by danwind on Sept 30, 2015 0:24:32 GMT -5
Ok two captures now from season 2. As I said, I think expanding the cases to a half hour or one hour make it more likely that the one particular fugitive would be caught, it's just a matter of if they could fit like a 15 seconds of shame type thing in there to just get a few more cases on the show. However, awesome news about Paul Jackson. I agree, Hopefully, I hoped Hiers, Saraswati, Ponce, Mclean, Maldonado and Sawhill are next to be taken down |
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Post by Scumhunter on Nov 10, 2015 18:29:37 GMT -5
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Post by Scumhunter on Nov 20, 2015 14:58:13 GMT -5
The planned Hunt marathon has apparently been cancelled. They have some special on ISIS at 8 PM and then followed by Anthony Bourdain repeats. OK, I understand the terrorist attacks happened but why they aren't airing Hunt repeats after that is beyond me. Oh well. Can't be too upset considering what's happened, but it still feels like The Hunt hasn't been on CNN since forever and with limited episodes they really need to show those repeats as much as possible. I don't think there's been any repeats since September.
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Post by Scumhunter on Dec 7, 2015 15:07:21 GMT -5
OK, there is a NEW planned Hunt marathon for Saturday, December 19th, starting at 8 PM ET now. With all the crap going on in the world lately, there's no guarantee breaking news won't preempt it, but HOPEFULLY reruns will finally start showing on CNN again before the new season hopefully starts back up soon.
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