Metacritic TV

Treasure Hunters

SERIES: NBC, Monday 9:00p (60 minutes)

Starring Laird Macintosh (host)

Genre(s): Reality (Competitive)

FIRST AIR DATE: June 18, 2006

Overall Metascore

This is a weighted, normalized average of all individual scores given by critics, on a scale of 0 (worst) to 100 (best).

41 / 100

Critic Reviews

70 Miami Herald Glenn Garvin
Just think of all the stolen ideas as a public works program for Hollywood lawyers and stick to the action on-screen, which is quite entertaining.
63 People Weekly Tom Gliatto
[Viewers] may get a kick out of the mix of adrenaline and murk. [26 Jun 2006, p.41]
60 Los Angeles Times Robert Lloyd
An ideal summer entertainment for armchair travelers.
58 Entertainment Weekly Whitney Pastorek
It's just an Amazing Race knockoff. [16 Jun 2006, p.72]
50 New York Post Linda Stasi
The format is so complicated and the contestants so unappealing that the show misses the mark.
50 Salon Heather Havrilesky
If you've only watched a few episodes of ["The Amazing Race"] but never really appreciated its ability to amaze, tune in for an episode of "Treasure Hunters" and you'll begin to understand just how high "TAR" has set the bar.
38 Chicago Sun-Times Doug Elfman
The problem with "Treasure Hunters" is the same problem with "Amazing Race": It just feels like all the competing teams are spinning their wheels by solving clues.
30 Hollywood Reporter Barry Garron
It is obvious in just the first few minutes who the real winners are -- members of the NBC sales department. Collectively, they have taken product placement to new and annoying heights.
30 The New York Times Virginia Heffernan
"Treasure Hunters" is too flimsy a pillar to help structure NBC's reality-television future.
20 Boston Globe Matthew Gilbert
"Treasure Hunters" is slickly annoying right off the bat.
20 Newsday Verne Gay
Because so many viewers will have seen this kind of reality show before, their minds may start to wander by the second commercial break.
20 Pittsburgh Post-Gazette Rob Owen
Dull and plodding, "Hunters" is no reality TV treasure.
20 Variety Brian Lowry
The racing around adds up to a chaotic bore without a hint of originality, as well as the most confusing set of rules for a reality show since the first season of "The Mole."

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