Patrick Sabongui and Melissa Roxburgh in 'The Hunting Party' Ralph Bavaro/NBC Logo text NBC will not be sending The Hunting Party out on any more excursions.
The network has canceled the show, a crime drama starring Melissa Roxburgh, after two seasons. The Hunting Party was the last network scripted show awaiting word on its future; sources tell The Hollywood Reporter that Universal Television, which produces the series, will look to find a new home. Lisa Katz, president scripted content for NBC and Peacock, told reporters ahead of NBC’s upfront in May that “we’re discussing all options” for The Hunting Party.
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The decision comes three weeks after NBC revealed its schedule for the 2026-27 season — which did not include The Hunting Party. At the time, network executives said they had yet to make a final decision on the show, whose linear ratings declined in season two but which received a streaming boost when its first season debuted on Netflix in February.
NBC also ordered four new scripted series for the coming season, which squeezed out The Hunting Party, fellow second-year drama Brilliant Minds and rookie comedy Stumble.
“We have a very tight schedule. We had to look for opportunities where we could grow, so there are shows that we love that just didn’t make the cut,” Jeff Bader, president program planning strategy at NBC, told reporters before the upfront. He said then that NBC was still looking at The Hunting Party’s streaming performance, but “it really did not perform well enough on linear” to earn a third season.
Season two of The Hunting Party averaged 3.7 million viewers after a week of DVR playback (and not including streaming), down 13 percent from its first season.
The Hunting Party stars Roxburgh as a former FBI profiler who leads a team to track down the world’s most dangerous killers, who have escaped from a top-secret prison that doesn’t officially exist. The cast also includes Nick Weschler, Patrick Sabongui, Josh McKenzie and Sara Garcia.
JJ Bailey created the series and served as co-showrunner with Jake Coburn. They executive produce with Thor Freudenthal and Michael Jones Morales.
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