Treasure Hunters

2006 8.0 (2 votes) 1 Seasons

Official Website

Genres

Reality

Networks

NBC

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

Key Crew

Producer: Brian Grazer, Jane Lipsitz, Dan Cutforth

Top Cast

Laird Macintosh

Melissa Witek

Kristen Johnson

Kaitlyn Christopher

Seasons

Season 1 (2006)

No overview available.

11 episodes

Episodes

Episode 1: Series Premiere

2006-06-18

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 challenged in their quest of a promised hidden treasure.

Runtime: 60 min

Episode 2: Bend the Light

2006-06-26

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 American West. 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 are mentally and physically challenged in their quest of a promised hidden treasure.

Runtime: 60 min

Episode 3: Don't Trust Thy Neighbor

2006-07-03

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 things get headed. The teams had to pair up with another time in order to get clues from 2 different locations and put them together. There is a lot of tention amongst the hunters. The Wild Hanlons were eliminated.

Runtime: 60 min

Episode 4: Follow the Drinking Gourd Part 1

2006-07-10

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.

Runtime: 60 min

Episode 5: Follow the Drinking Gourd Part 2

2006-07-17

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 home?

Runtime: 60 min

Episode 6: The Man Behind The Mask

2006-07-24

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.

Runtime: 60 min