I got it to work on Tubi alright, but with VPN. My country is not being served by them, haha (The Netherlands).

That is why I put the Roku also, it says parts of Europe. I had to look up your profile to see where you were at...For some reason I was thinking you were in the UK...lol

Nope, I love the UK but I'm a Dutchie.

Roku... I think I have tried that in the past but never worked for me. Not certain but I believe it required sign up and I'm not keen on that.
Tubi does work provided I use a US IP via VPN. I like watching the episodes there as they're good quality :)

Roku is the same as Tubi, no sign in or anything (I just went and clicked on it to make sure). But you might have to do it as you are in the states if it does not work for you there.

There use to be a great Canadian TV site, it had all the latest shows. But it said you had to be a Canadian to enter the site...all it had was a check box if you were a Canadian...lol But it got shut down...

A shame. It does become more and more difficult to find good stuff to watch.
I loved Expedition Bigfoot but there doesn't seem to be another season anymore. Probably too expensive.
I don't believe Ray Mears still makes his documentaries, Mantracker gone and so on.

I think Canadians make good telly? I've watched some of their shows, although cannot remember them all.
One that I liked particularly was Flashpoint.

Canada has some good shows, the one I thought about right off was Moonshine (not about the drink, but that is what I was looking up when I found it...lol). They only made 3 seasons but it was a fun show. I had to look at the wiki list of Canadian shows and there were a lot of them that I did not know were from Canada but were big hit shows.

Australia is another country that has made some good shows that seem to be overlooked.

I did not watch much tv growing up. Then traveling around in Europe and Asia, I missed out there also as far as tv goes. So I am able to watch some of the older shows for the first time now...lol Until the internet, I missed shows because they came on during the day or evenings while I was still working. Now I can watch shows any time I want. I can pause a show and come back to it even days later when I get the chance...lol

I have also searched for AUS shows. Can't recall any titles but I did find some interesting stuff.
I think one of the most popular AUS shows was Police Rescue in the 90s.

I also regularly look for Brit shows as these are always high quality.

I also missed out on shows in the mid to end 80s due to being abroad. I lived in Jakarta for over a year and at the time you didn't get many western shows on telly. If there were any they were ancient.
I also lived in AUS for half a year but didn't have any tv or radio reception as signal was blocked by Uluru.

I have to say that experience has brought me so much, taught me a lot about myself. I was on my own, no media to rely on, and in a foreign country. I got very creative and good at making life meaningful for myself without telly and radio.
No one to talk to in my own language so I had to turbo-update my school English, haha.
At work someone asked me if I could get a loaf out of the freezer.
I said, "Sure, if you tell me what a loaf is!" hihi.

But I tell you, it was the best time of my life. And since you travelled too you probably also experienced that some places really do something with you.
Uluru is that place for me. It's like a lost love, very fond memories of my time there, all the great people I met, but that place... it's a deep love and in a way not being there is a hurt that never goes away.

There have been a few AUS shows that I watched all of them because they were that good. But like you I can not remember the names of them right now. Harrow was one that was good, and then the sci-fi series Farscape was a US/AUS show so it kind of counts...lol

There has not been many British shows that were good to me, the dry humor I guess. Although Misfits were good, that is about the only one I can think of right now.

I was 19 when I first moved to Germany. I did not know much about it, but I wanted to learn while I was there. One of the guys I worked with wanted to learn English and I wanted to learn German, so I would speak to him in German and he would speak to me in English (with the help of others around...lol). I lived there about 2.5 years, traveled all around Europe (even a little bit in the Netherlands there). It was nice how open everything was. Unfortunately I do not remember much of the language any more since I do not use it.

Whenever I watch Brit series it's usually British crime series.
And the series Strike Back is absolutely awesome! Esp. seasons 2 through 5 with Scott & Stonebridge characters.
The seasons after that were cr@p, as far as I'm concerned.

Generally speaking Brit crime series are really well done. I've seen some great series, one was set in Wales, but cannot recall the title.
I regularly search for new British releases in that genre.

As for the humour, I love it! But I rarely watch comedy shows. But comedian Michael McIntyre is great!
As for BrE versus AmE... I can sometimes better understand BrE than AmE.
Not when AmE is normally pronounced, but sometimes when they're more from southern states and/or speech is like mumbling I can have difficulty with it, in spite of being quite fluent in English.
Then again, more rural BrE dialects -often from northern parts of the UK) are way beyond my wheelhouse too, haha.

As for German... not my lingo. I never liked it, never was able to properly master it.
I do find it a great language for certain things, like Rammstein songs. Some of their songs they did in English too, but then they lose their power for some reason.
German is truly a powerful language, just not one I like. I can speak it a wee bit but if a German starts replying I tend to be lost, haha.

Anywho... I'm still watching Mantracker via Tubi.
Since that's on autoplay for some reason it just continues so I've seen some episodes twice now, haha.
But I am knitting while I watch series or movies and sometimes I have to look at what I'm doing so I miss some stuff here and there.
Because I've seen some episodes twice I've also seen scenes I had missed the first time round.

I've also seen that one episode in which they search for a new mantracker. What a joke!
Why put all that effort and money into that, hoping to continue the show, and not give Terry Grant what he wanted? Might have been a helluva lot cheaper and they still would've had a great show for at least a few more years.
And the bloke they went for in the end, one look at him and I already knew he couldn't carry the show.
There was one who maybe could've pulled it off, Kiff or Tiff or something, but some people are irreplaceable. One of a kind. Terry Grant is one of those.
Like you cannot do a new Star Trek Next Generation and simply put another man in to play Picard. Just doesn't work.


Anyhow, it definitely was a great show! Excellent format and they happened to find the perfect man for it.

Sorry, some how I missed that you replied on this topic. I just thought I would come back to it and say that I was finally finished with all the episodes...lol

I don't know what or why Terry Grant did not come back, I guess there was an interview where he said it was not about the money (what ever that means). The last season he was on the show, he did not look like he was moving well so he may have been needing more rest time between episodes or something.

The way he left may not have been great, but I think that the new guy, Savage, I liked how he would actually chase them on foot...lol He was just starting out on his first season, I think his second season would have been better if it would have continued.

As for Picard, Patrick Stewart is a trained actor. That was the nice thing about ManTracker, there was not suppose to be any acting. It was just on the tracking abilities. Savage did have a few more tricks than Grant did in that department like using his hat and a mirror to shine the light to see the tracks better.

Apparently it twice came close to a lawsuit between Grant and the production comp. There was a dispute about what the new contract would be like and salary.
I didn't mean Cpt. Picard related to acting, but relating to a very strong lead character that's irreplaceable.
As for it not working with Savage... he generally wasn't liked by people.
He's not attractive, not in looks and not in behaviour. Just not likeable. Possibly different for men, but lot of the audience were women, hihi.
It's smart he used some other tricks to track. Apparently production comp made him do a tracking workshop for a couple of days so I guess he wasn't that good.

Another thing they effed up... using the "know your land, know your prey" phrase again. They should've come up with something else.
Again like Star Trek producers were smart enough to not let their different lead captains use the same warp catch phrase. They each had their own thing.

When you pay attention while watching you sometimes see a 3rd person running around through the woods in the background. I guess camera people?
There's one scene where Terry almost rode over a woman who'd hidden in de grass, she screams, Terry swears as he hadn't seen her, the horse jerks away. Somewhere in between they show a wounded camera man who had also hidden close to the woman. He'd gotten the hoof of the horse against his head, bleeding. Terry calling out for medical help for the guy.

It really must've been quite something to do. Two prey said in interview that the camera people were amazing. Running along with them all the time, yet never in the way, while carrying heavy cameras.

Also a miracle that no one ever got in a close encounter with a cougar or bear!
I mean, you got people running around in the woods, trying to be quiet. Not the best way to go about avoiding bear.

It is possible he had physical problems, don't know. When you pay attention, you notice he often doesn't do something or doesn't go places where his sidekick does go. So it is possibly he's fallen off and hurt himself one too many times.
Then again, the sidekicks are riding their own horse that they know very very well. Terry is riding one of their horses and prior to the show only had some 2 hours to get to know it a bit. I wouldn't do funky things on a horse I didn't know either. You just don't know what it'll do under certain circumstances. The horse doesn't know you well either, there's no bond, meaning you cannot rely on it 100%.
Age cannot have been it as he was only 52 in the last season.

In any case, it was a great show. Simply a crying shame there aren't a few more seasons!

I can not speak for the ladies, or the guys, nut it was not like the new guy was repulsive looking and to me it was more about his tracking abilities than looks. I did not know they had him do a tracking workshop, but that may not have been as muck about ability as how to explain it to the camera because Savage used all the same phrases as Grant used.

Keeping the "Know your land. Know your prey." to me is on the same level as keeping the name of the show. They could have changed it to like 'ManTracker - Savage Edition' or something to show it was different, then they could change out the tag line to a newer one. But I think they were trying to hold on to every part of the show that they started with (that the audience liked) even after they lost the original tracker.

Have you ever seen Doctor Who? There is a show that they keep swapping out the main character all the time and people don't seem to mind...lol I did not get into watching it, but my son did so I learned about it from him. James Bond is another series that swaps actors...lol

I remember the camera guy getting a hoof to the head, they also showed one of the camera guys following the prey that slid down the rock face with the large camera on his shoulder...lol I seen somewhere that they said they had one camera guy for the trackers and one for the prey, then there was others that were just running around in the woods gathering shots. But after the race they would spend another couple days recreating some of the stuff that they missed on camera. The camera people were also armed, I think it was when they seen the cougar following them that the girl said to "Get your gun ready" or something like that. But the camera people would leave when it got dark so they were on their own then.

Grant may have only been 52, but he had a lot of miles on him. Grant did seem to bod with the horses better than Savage did, maybe that is why he was off his horse so much...lol

It is a shame that the series did not keep going, I am surprised it is not getting remade yet. It seems like they are remaking all the old shows since they have no original ideas...lol

It is indeed a shame they never brought it back but I guess they feel it's too much of a risk of it failing yet again?

Dr Who is different as according to the storyline he has to regenerate at some point. So everyone knows that eventually there's going to be a new Doctor.
I think Matt Smith had the hardest & riskiest part as he was David Tennant's replacement. And Tennant was -and still is to date- immensely popular. Again especially with the ladies, haha.
And trust me, looks and/or sex-appeal in a male character are very important to female audience. I know as I'm a woman, haha.
If it ain't attractive I'm not interested. Nothing you can do about it, I think it's primal instinct.
Had Cpt. Kirk (William Shatner) not been so incredibly good-looking & attractive the series wouldn't have stood a chance, hihi.
It's the same with Mantracker. Grant is insanely attractive and good-looking. He triggers every "gimme an Alpha male"-desire you have as a woman. That includes that death stare he had, lol. And often he had this almost shy & sweet side that showed, making him even more adorable.

In love novels revolving around BDSM masters they play with the exact same dynamics. I know as I'm an author of such novels myself.
Women love that stuff, me too.
You know, BDSM masters get into what's called top-space when they do a real good scene with a submissive.
I'm almost certain that the trackers had a similar experience when they won, which they referred to as "what a great adrenaline rush!!"
Chasing is also related to primal instinct, and can have a highly sexual aspect to it. Same with being chased. Not for nothing that in the past men raped women after they attacked a village or something. Related to a similar arousal that comes from a chase/fight (I think). Stems from our animal brain.
Fight flight freeze has another potential part to it that is sexual. Which is why some women orgasm when they get raped. It's not that they're truly aroused, it's sheer survival. An attempt to appease the attacker kind of thing so you don't get killed. (then they say, "but you enjoyed it!" No she didn't. She just didn't want to die.)

When you see the glint in Grant's eyes when he's captured someone... Sheer dominance, and who knows, when it's women maybe a bit more than just that. We'll never know, but wouldn't surprise me. Sex/orgasm helps release adrenaline. The human brain & body are wired that way.

In the same way it wouldn't surprise me if some prey needed therapy afterwards. You really are playing serious tricks with the fight flight freeze reflex. Most people aren't aware of that at all but it can be risky.
Dunno if you remember this one woman Michelle and her cousin Robbie? She completely freaked out. She had a severe reaction, screaming and shouting in the river with the two horsemen around her.
Grant kept his distance, waiting for her to calm down. But the sidekick wanted to move in and you can see Grant gesturing to him to back the F off.
Wouldn't surprise me if she needed help afterwards.

For that reason alone I'm not sure I'd want to participate. In a way it'd be interesting to find out how you'd react under such circumstances. But the risk that you wake up screaming for the rest of your life... haha.
It's not as far-fetched as that sounds though.
It's not for nothing special forces need intensive training to overcome the fight flight freeze reflex. And not everyone will be able to.

That whole psychological part makes this show so interesting to me.

Aside from all that, he was good at what he did, there was the thrill of the chase and so on.

I didn't know that the cameramen were armed. Good thing! You just never know.
I missed the cameraman with camera sliding down which doesn't surprise me as there are so many things you can focus on or it's all very fast.

You never know why shows are truly cancelled. It may not have been the trackers or anything, the producer might have got the chance to do a different show that they liked more or something like that.

Guys watch shows for the women also, look at like Baywatch...no one was watching it for the acting or story lines...lol Even the old Star Trek with Captain Kirk, the boys watched that because of all the alien women Kirk was hooking up with all the time...lol

I am not into the BDSM stuff, the dress up is fine but not the actual stuff. But awesome on the novel, I have tried to write one a couple times now but I can never finish them and then they get lost after I gave up on them for too long. (I figure everyone has tried to write one at least once in their life...lol)

Being in the military, there were times that it was an adrenaline rush (but in reality there was a lot of waiting). Now I get the rush from fast vehicles or playing sports like basketball.

As I recall, the girl who was shouting in the river did not seem that stable at the beginning of the show. So she might already have been in therapy (hopefully). But most people that have never been in a dangerous situation don't know what they would do. But even the toughest of people can snap after too many bad situation. That is my biggest worry, I have not froze before but there is always the first time. I think it would have been fun to do the show, but not the me now...the younger one back in my early 20's. About like the Naked and Afraid shows, if those were around back when I was younger then I might have tried out for them. But when I was the age to do stuff like that the game shows were like Price is Right and Wheel of Fortune, nothing fun and physical.

The camera man sliding was after one of the shows, like how the showed the guy who got the hoof to the head.

Oh yes, the Star Trek women, haha.
Not just Kirk's love interests but also the female crew.
As I remembered it they wore very shirt mini dresses, but when I watched it again at some point realised they weren't mini dresses but tunics with knickers/hot pants in the same colour.

I found myself thinking, wow you wouldn't get away with that kind of thing anymore!
But then you mention Baywatch, haha. Even more risqué.

I personally am not into BDSM either, but to play with the strong dynamics in writing is great! In a way it requires even more trust and respect and deep bond than a regular relationship.

In any case, time to find something else to watch. I watched Mantracker twice as I somehow missed a lot the first time round.
Maybe going to give Hunted a go.

I had to google images of the original Star Trek female uniforms, I would call those short dresses with pantyhose but what ever...lol They just kept my attention as a young boy watching the show...lol
But why would you not get away with things like that today? They have shows where people are dating naked, in the 60's Star Trek was pushing the boundaries but it is tame by today's standards. (As much as we are talking about Star Trek, maybe we should start a new post for that show...lol)

Hunted? I googled it, I am going to guess you mean the British reality show (with American and Australian spin offs) and not the drama series?

A show with people dating nekkid?!?

I thought things would be different nowadays due to political correctness, sexual harassment and whatnot.
I figured people would start screaming bloody murder if women were portrayed as lust objects these days.
I guess not, haha.

Personally I'd not walk around in a minidress the length of the ones in the 60s. Just because you'd get hassled so much I really wouldn't feel safe.
I've often wondered about that one, if men in those days were maybe more respectful of women.

And yeah, almost a new topic, haha.
Although to get back to it... I have to say I'm having difficulty moving on from Mantracker.

But... I got Hunted ready to go on Tubi. Just not watching it, yet, haha.
Yes, the British reality show version.

If just one person was naked then it might now be good, but if everyone is naked then it is even ground. I am sure there is a screening process to cut down on the lustful ones...lol

The 60's was before my time, but it seem to be about women's movement and taking back the power. The Star Trek shows were made on the idea of the perfect world with no politics or religion. A world full of peace, we were just exploring the galaxy. Maybe that is why so many people liked it, to get away from their world that is not so nice.

I watched a couple of the Hunted, it is not bad but it looks to be a whole season of tracking the same people. Mantracker had new people each episode so if you missed one episode it was not a big deal, you could watch them out of order or what ever.

Don't know, I'm not in America, not an American, so I don't know the show with naked people, haha.

I was born in '66, so I can't remember women in mini dresses as I was a baby & toddler myself. Just some photo I've seen and series like ST original etc.

I watched an episode of Hunted tonight. It is entirely different indeed, takes getting used to.
Then again it can be equally interesting to learn how you can get away, what to do and what not etc.
Cause of that I may watch a few episodes.
But I would've preferred if it has been like Mantracker: 1 or 2 people per episode.
Then you can also skip an episode if you don't like the people without missing anything.
And of course I miss watching that super hot man on a horse, haha.

The 'Naked and Afraid' shows are American, but they are all censored and blurred out from showing anything. One lady made a duct tape bra and they still blurred it out...lol But the 'Naked Attraction' and 'Dating Naked UK' shows are in the UK so you should be able to find them over there. I have not seen the Dating Naked shows, but the Naked Attraction is an interesting show.

The Hunted show seems more like a scare tactic show than anything. It is showing you more of how you can not hide from the state no matter what you try to do.