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The Wanted, NBC’s new counter-terrorism series begins next Monday night at 10:00pm. The series promises to offer a unique blend of reality, and entertainment in what producers are calling a “follow documentary”. ‘The Wanted’ breaks new ground in reality television by making viewers feel as if they are a part of the live action as cameras follow four intelligence experts around the world as they attempt to locate and apprehend accused terrorist suspects.
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Two recent articles offer additional information about the series…
The Wanted - Cast
NBC Hopes Viewers Appreciate Action News Series – AP
More than any news program in recent memory, NBC’s “The Wanted” comes with a reputation preceding it. And it isn’t good.
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Its producers are anxious for people to judge the work for itself.
“The people who’ve called it, `To Catch a War Criminal,’ they’ve never seen the show,” said journalist Adam Ciralsky, who co-produces the series with documentary filmmaker Charlie Ebersol and appears on screen, too.
Ciralsky works with Roger Carstens, a counterterrorism expert; former Navy SEAL Scott Tyler; and former U.S. intelligence official David Crane on the show. Each week’s hour focuses on someone who is living freely despite being accused of crimes by governments or tribunals elsewhere in the world.
NBC Hunts Terrorists – The New York Post
NBC’s getting in on the terrorist hunting busi ness.
“The Wanted,” premiering July 20, is a “follow-doc” which sends four intelligence gathering experts around the world, attempting to bring accused terrorists with globally significant Interpol Red Notices to justice.
The show “is about shining a light on the ‘impunity gap,’ where there are accusations against people who are wanted by all sorts of countries, yet for a variety of legal reasons, they just haven’t faced justice yet,” says series executive producer Adam Ciralsky, who pulls double-duty as the show’s expert journalist.
“We want to create an opportunity to look at why justice isn’t being done and potentially create a dialogue for justice to occur,” adds executive producer Charlie Ebersol.
Each episode lets viewers sit in on talks with government officials, interviews with the terrorists’ victims and the team’s tactical surveillance and intelligence gathering efforts.
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