Talpa Studios doubles down in Hungary with debut of Catch Us If You Can and second season of Most Wanted
After The Jump, The Floor and Most Wanted, Catch Us If You Can is the fourth Talpa Studios format picked up by RTL Hungary. In this high-stakes reality chase, celebrity targets go on the run across Europe while multiple teams track them down, with public tips, timed challenges and daily eliminations constantly threatening their cover. The format is co-developed by RTL Creative Unit and Signal.Stream, in collaboration with Talpa Studios’ StukTV. The series launched in the Netherlands last October with a powerful multi-screen premiere across RTL platforms, delivering 792,000 viewers and a 31.1% market share (25–54) on RTL 4 Saturday primetime, while also driving younger audiences from YouTube to Videoland.
The recommissioning of Most Wanted follows an outstanding first season of the immersive reality escape series on RTL Hungary. The premiere attracted 657,000 viewers, delivering a 28.8% market share among 18–59 and an impressive 51.1% among 18–29-year-olds, marking RTL Hungary’s biggest launch in years. Across its full run, the season achieved an average 24.5% market share, becoming the most-watched format in Hungary during the autumn of 2025 and the number one primetime show of RTL Hungary in 2025. Every episode won its timeslot.
Sebastian van Barneveld, Director Global Distribution at Talpa Studios: “Most Wanted is a true event format: it reaches platforms so quickly that it feels almost live, while still trending on social media and driving audiences straight into the show. Having already grown into a powerful streaming brand on Joyn and Videoland in Germany and the Netherlands, it’s exciting to see the format now perform at the same high level on linear television, with many territories poised to follow. Catch Us If You Can is built on the same fast, social-driven discovery principles and has delivered strong viewership from the outset. As our first international sale, it is a real credit to RTL Hungary – who are true partners recognizing proven successes early and localize and deliver them with exceptional care and quality.”
About Catch Us If You Can
In Catch Us If You Can, the chase kicks off live from a studio setting, where the Gamemaster sets the rules and sends the players into the chase. Three celebrities become living targets. They get a one-hour head start to secure a secret hideout somewhere in Europe – from iconic capitals to hidden villages. But in a world where every phone can betray you, can you really stay hidden? With the public watching, filming, and tipping off, every passerby becomes part of the chase. Within twelve hours, the targets must lock their final hideout. From that moment, the game is on: six celebrity duos track them down, one mission at a time. Each duo chooses which target to pursue, and they can switch targets daily. Meanwhile, the targets face public challenges assigned by the Gamemaster, risking exposure with every move. Every night, the team furthest behind faces elimination. Every step is visible to the audience – and every public tip can turn the game upside down.
About Most Wanted
In this arced competition, a group of celebrities will escape in a spectacular way from a high-security prison somewhere in the country. However, this has not gone unnoticed by the three guards, who immediately give chase. For five days, the guards chase the celebrity fugitives, who must stay out of sight without any modern conveniences. Stripped of phones, money, and resources, the fugitives must find places to sleep, eat, and travel unnoticed – all while wearing bright orange prison jumpsuits. Meanwhile, the guards have the upper hand, equipped with gadgets like GPS trackers, drones, and real-time travel information as they hunt from their mobile base, determined to capture the fugitives before time runs out. Can the famous fugitives manage to evade capture for five days, or will the three hunters outsmart them one by one?