The Runner (TV series)

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The Runner
Logo used for the first season.
Genre	Reality competition
Presented by	Matthew Patrick Kaj Larsen
Country of origin	United States
Original language	English
No. of seasons	1
No. of episodes	30
Production
Executive producers	Matt Damon Ben Affleck
Running time	26–118 minutes
Production company	go90
Original release
Network	go90
Release	July 1 (2016-07-01) – July 31, 2016 (2016-07-31)
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The Runner is a reality series on the streaming service go90. The show has five "Chaser Teams" of two people each chasing down the runner around the United States of America in 30 days. The viewers have the opportunity to also win money by answering questions and/or befriending chasers. Every second the prize money goes up starting at $15,000 on July 1, 2016 and ending with $500,000 on July 30, 2016. The Runner and Chase Teams start off in Richmond, Virginia.^[1]

The Runner could be watched live during the month of July 2016 at certain times in the United States. In the situation where the runner is caught, the team who caught them gets the current bounty and a new runner starts where the last one left off. The show is co-hosted by Matthew Patrick (MatPat) and Kaj Larsen. The show went through many years of development, picked up and dropped by ABC in 2002 and later, picked up and dropped by Verizon in 2016.

Matt Damon and Ben Affleck first sold The Runner to ABC in 2000. The series was slated for a midseason launch during the 2001-2002 season but was halted in the aftermath of 9/11 when security concerns compounded the already big challenges of the complex and expensive production.^[2]