Yeah, the Hunted thing is not what I'd hoped it'd be.
I was really disappointed when they caught this Ricky Allen after using the general public to catch him. I felt that was going too far. The man is a GP for crissake. Very damaging for his reputation.
And doing house-searches and stuff...
I'd never ever sign up for that. Way too invasive to be entertainment.
As you say, it's about showing how good the police are at getting fugitives.

At least having been Mantracker prey wouldn't have an adverse effect on your reputation. And even though someone was seriously out to get you as well, there was an element of fun involved.

I watched the first season of the UK Hunted, I agree it was just too much. Especially when they start breaking and entering other peoples homes. I really did not like the idea of the end (I will not say anything else in case you have not seen it).

So after that season I thought I would check out the American version, which turns out to be the same set up basically. The funny part is when I started to watch it, I remembered that I had already watched this show and was not impressed then either...lol

So I was hoping that the 1990's Wanted show would be better without all the camera tracking and social media...but I am not sure about it either. Here is the start of it if you want to check it out.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wQDy9d9Ku60

Thanks, I'll check that out later on.
It brought to mind that we actually had a Dutch version of this concept as well. I believe some 15 years ago.

I gave Survivorman a try, didn't like that much either, then decided to watch a few Ray Mears Survival episodes on YouTube. You can never go wrong with Ray Mears.
It's not chasing of course, but always very informative and relaxing.
I always say that if something is to happen, a major disaster, I wanna be with Ray Mears, haha.
He can keep you safe, fed, sheltered and warm regardless of the weather and location.
Like Terry Grant, he's also helped military learn certain survival skills.

In any case, considering several shows concerning chasing/tracking, the Mantracker series is by far the best concept of all.
The production people must really have had their heads up their @$$es to not give Terry what he wanted so they could've made many more seasons of the show.
They had the goose that laid golden eggs in their hands and then killed it.
And they have a copyright on the name mantracker -which is insane in itself- and likely the concept of the show too.
I gather that's why no one else did their own version of it like they did with the Hunted concept.
Otherwise Americans could easily have done it, and probably would have since it was so popular. They got cowboys, the vast stretches of wilderness and so on.
Same for Australia.
Yet no one ever did. I guess no one is interested in getting sued.

Survivorman and Ray Mears Survival seem to boyscoutish if you know what I mean. Yeah they know there stuff, but I like the out side the box ideas also.

If they remade ManTracker here in the state, they could keep it a cowboy type or spin it a little and go with a Native American. They were said to be some of the best trackers in the world and then they could slip in some Native American history through out the show. Some with Australia, the Aborigines are suppose to be the best trackers there. I am sure they could change things up just enough to make the lawyers happy, or work it out to use the name again.

Would be a really good idea for sure. Except I think there'd be a helluva lot of flak when a Native American would be chasing & capturing Caucasians. Certainly if it were women, and men probably wouldn't even sign up for it.
Same with Aborigines.

I think it's one of these shows that was absolutely brill, and that can't and won't ever be brought back to our screens again.

I hope you are wrong on that. Or maybe they are waiting for the copyright laws to run out. They seem to be bringing back some of the old 70's shows now...

Yeah, I'd thought of that as well.
I thought copyright was about 25 or 50 years, but it is a helluva lot longer!

Now I'd be quite happy to see it come back over some 95 years time. Means I get to be at least in my 150s, haha. I wouldn't mind, as long as I stay healthy, agile & mobile. And good-looking, lol.

A TV show's copyright generally lasts for 70 years after the death of the principal creators (writer, director, composer) in most countries, but it can be different for specific elements like broadcasts, which might be 50 years from publication, and corporate works (like studio-owned shows) can last 95 years from publication or 120 from creation in the U.S., making it quite a long time, often extending well beyond a single creator's life.

When I googled Canada EV show copyrights it looked like it was only 50 years. Either way it is longer than I would want to wait...

Same here, haha.
It's already been 14 years since the last Mantracker season. I feel 15 years would be long enough.
I could wait for it to be back in 2026 :)
I mean, that's another 19 days, haha.

Start a world wide campaign and petition the Bonterra Productions to bring it back...lol

Hmmm... I don't think the owner of Bonterra is particularly sensitive to that.
Now it doesn't concern a copyright but a registered trademark. Which makes it more difficult to nick the name or even anything close to it.
But a registered trademark is only valid for 10 years. You can however extend it with another 10 years, provided you cough up the fee.
And you can keep doing that indefinitely.
In and of itself it's only valid in your own country but you can have it registered in many/all countries as well.

I didn't know that, nor that legally a registered trademark is stronger than copyright.
Logical in a way, as anything you make or write has automatically got copyright, I do think provided you state that.
Doesn't cost you whereas a registered trademark does and has to be approved of etc. etc.
Kinda interesting.
I always thought it was the other way round.

In any case, as far as Mantracker is concerned, I think we'll have to be happy with what we got.
I still haven't found a new series to watch that I like.
Maybe something decent will come out in January though :)
Oftentimes everything comes to a screeching halt when the US has Thanksgivings, superbowl and whatnot.

There seems to be plenty of cop drama shows, but limited on the wilderness reality shows. I am watching Outback Crystal Hunters right now. The first season was interesting but season two has seemed to lost something, different people and all.

I watched a trailer of that. Seems interesting in one way, but you know... makes me feel so guilty for being a crystal lover and buying them when I see how our planet is ripped apart to obtain them :/

I think I'm going to check out "the last samurai" series. About getting the most tokens by fighting I assume. Fiction, good ratings.

The first season of them looking for crystals were low buck hunters mostly, the people who were walking along and finding them. A few were going in abandoned mines to look. I think just one guy was seriously digging. But that is what lost me with season 2, most of the people were doing serious digging.

I remember the 2003 movie of Last Samurai, but I did not see a series like what you are talking about. Is it one of those amine cartoons?