Treasure Hunters

Name: Treasure Hunters
Genre: Reality
Released: 2006-06-18
Rating: 8.0
Cast: Laird Macintosh, Melissa Witek, Kristen Johnson, Kaitlyn Christopher

Overview

Treasure Hunters is a reality television series on NBC and Global Television in which ten teams of three solve puzzles and complete challenges in hopes of solving the ultimate puzzle and winning the grand prize. Teams travel across the United States and Europe in search of seven "artifacts" which when assembled will "lead to the key. Find the key, and find the treasure." The challenges and puzzles are spliced with American history, and the ultimate goal is to find a hidden treasure, leading the show to be compared on various occasions to the film National Treasure. The value of the treasure in the series was revealed on the season finale to be $3,000,000.

The two-hour premiere episode aired on June 18, 2006 and beginning June 26 the series moved to its regular Monday night timeslot. The season finale was broadcast live on August 21, 2006.

The Hunt is similar in format to The Amazing Race. Key differences include:

⁕Teams consist of three members as opposed to The Amazing Race's usual two

⁕The start location of each leg is not necessarily the end point of the previous leg

⁕Teams start each leg at the same time; Amazing Race teams have staggered starts based on previous leg finish order

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Episodes

S01E01 Series Premiere

June 18, 2006 60 min

Laird Macintosh hosts this fast-paced adventure/mystery reality series where multi-player teams try to stay one step ahead of each other as they travel to historically significant locations around the globe and are mentally and physically...

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S01E02 Bend the Light

June 26, 2006 60 min

To find the second of seven artifacts that will lead them to the treasure, the remaining nine teams must crack the secret code of Lewis & Clark as they follow in their footsteps through the...

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S01E03 Don't Trust Thy Neighbor

July 3, 2006 60 min

The remaining eight teams become immersed in the history of the American Revolution as they attempt to find the third of seven artifacts in the treasure hunt. The Browns and the Hanlons bump heads and...

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S01E04 Follow the Drinking Gourd Part 1

July 10, 2006 60 min

The fourth of seven artifacts needs to be found and the remaining seven teams are asked to look for messages from the past that will enable them to navigate the Underground Railroad.

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S01E05 Follow the Drinking Gourd Part 2

July 17, 2006 60 min

The teams that are in last place and behind everyone else are asked to decide whether to leave a teammate behind and break the bond of the team unity to save themselves or risk going...

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S01E06 The Man Behind The Mask

July 24, 2006 60 min

The remaining six teams travel outside the USA to Europe, to find the fifth of seven artifacts, and to ultimately uncover the secret of the man behind the mask.

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