NBC’s ‘The Hunting Party’ Is a Sound Serial Killer Procedural With Sharp Twists: TV Review

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Aramide Tinubu As a society, we are fascinated with criminality. This deep-seated preoccupation is why the crime genre continues to soar across various mediums, including film, podcasts and television.

In NBC’s new procedural crime drama, “The Hunting Party,” created by JJ Bailey, devious, sadistic and unrelenting serial killers are put front and center.

In what feels like a mix between NBC’s “The Blacklist” and CBS’ “Criminal Minds,” the series is disturbing, and a tad predictable — but is an overall engaging watch. “The Hunting Party” begins with a catastrophic explosion.

While disasters that cause major loss of life and destruction are always horrific, this blast has even more profound ramifications.