Upcoming on "The Hunt with John Walsh" Season 4- 2017

Should clarify I know the 4th of July isn't until a Tuesday but people generally like to take the weekend prior to it off (or after it if it is more towards the end of the week)

releasedatetv.com now has "fall 2017" as the season 4 debut. I don't know how accurate this site is or how reputable it is though.

The only reason this makes sense to me though is usually a month before the season we see casting calls for the season after that and also still no announcent yet for a summer debut when summer is almost here.

I'd actually prefer fall in a way and more people are home in the fall so I think it would be better for tips.

However this would also make the agonizing wait even more agonizing (I understand their excitement as I have it too but after the 5,000th person messages me to ask when is The Hunt coming back it does get a bit tiring lol) and my fear is the longer the delay the more likely some fugitives might be captured without needing The Hunt. (It's not that I don't want to see them captured just airing an already captured fugitive means one less opportunity to get someone who hasn't been caught).

I dunno, I wouldn't get too anxious based on one mysterious website just yet- but just a warning to not be surprised if The Hunt is pushed back to the fall

releasedatetv.com/hunt-john-walsh-season-4-start-premiere-date/

Disappointing that the wait for new episodes continues, but hopefully we see Season 4 by mid-September.

This is weird. According to the website zap2it.com there will be a NEW "Still Running" episode on July 23rd on HLN at 8 PM ET.

But no other new episode that night itself.

So perhaps they're just going to do the still running episode in the summer to tide us over but wait until the fall for new episodes or something.

I guess stay tuned for the next few weeks to see what happens.

I'll just be glad whenever it airs but I really hate that we have to go through this year after year lol.

While I can't confirm it, based on what I'm reading it is looking more and more likely now that The Hunt's fourth season will debut on July 30th but tbey are moving EXCLUSIVELY to CNN's sister channel, HLN. Still Running episode is Sunday the 23rd but the official season start is July 30th (Time TBA)

Here's the bad news in this scenario: HLN doesn't have the same worldwide reach as CNN. HLN also doesn't get as many viewers as CNN overall so the new episodes may take a dip in overall ratings.

Here's the good news: The Hunt can enjoy it's time on HLN without fear of interruption due to a breaking news event. HLN also has the ability to show more reruns and get more people to see the fugitives, while with the way programming has been going lately on CNN, a lot less Hunt reruns would be shown.

Also

-while I wouldn't get my hopes up, HLN would be able to do more than the 8 episodes a year than CNN would have since they have less original programming. So I am cautiously optimistic that perhaps seasons can be 16 episodes a season instead of 8.

-Much of HLN's programming is already crime oriented such as Forensic Files reruns and Ashley Banfield hosting the 8 pm weekly primetime crime show that Nancy Grace used to host.

- And last but not least, even though HLN is owned by CNN, it isn't as obvious, so we don't have to worry about all the people complaining about The Hunt being on "Fake News" CNN anymore.

So yeah I thought this sucks initially but the more I thought about it, the more the pros seem to outweigh the cons!

And Zap2it.com has HLN as airing the season 4 debut (titled "The Frozen Prison"- no idea what case that could be)- on Sunday, July 30th at 8 PM ET.

So yeah new channel AND new time slot as well. (Works out good for me as well).

tvlistings.zap2it.com/tv/the-hunt-with-john-walsh-the-frozen-prison/EP019420230037?aid=zap2it#zc-page-title