"The Hunting Party" is officially not returning to NBC.
Cast options on the conspiracy thriller meets police procedural have lapsed, Deadline previously reported, meaning NBC is not keeping any of the stars exclusively tied to the show, a sign there is no life left in the project. The series starred Melissa Roxburgh as a former FBI profiler who leads a team assembled to hunt down escaped killers who fled a mysterious prison.
The outlet reported that cast options also expired for a pilot starring Emily Deschanel, the crime drama "Key Witness," which, according to IMDb, was set to follow a "trailblazing" psychologist and FBI consultant who focuses on victims rather than perpetrators.