Tracker’ Showcases B.C.’s Interior in Big-Budget Small-Screen Series

A second big-budget television series partly shot in B.C.’s Southern Interior has hit the small screen, providing another showcase for the Thompson-Nicola region.

Tracker, starring Justin Hartley, premiered on CBS on Feb. 11, airing immediately after Super Bowl LVIII. More than 123 million people watched this year’s Super Bowl, making it the most-watched program in U.S. television history, surpassing the 1969 moon landing, and Terri Hadwin of the Thompson-Nicola Film Commission suspects many of those viewers saw at least the first few minutes of Tracker, which was shot west of Kamloops between Cache Creek and Walhachin.

“Having a premiere right after the Super Bowl is often considered the pinnacle for launching a new series on television,” Hadwin said. “It’s the most lucrative prime time you can have on TV, so I expect Tracker to have some exposure, especially since we’re in the first five minutes.”
The filmmakers were in the area in 2022, with filming taking place in the same area and almost back-to-back with Monarch: Legacy of Monsters starring Kurt Russell, which debuts on Apple+ in November 2023. READ MORE: Godzilla roams B.C.’s Southern Interior in new Apple TV series “The Tracker crew was in our area for about two weeks, with prep, shooting and wrap, and we shot about five minutes of the show,” Hadwin said. That may not seem like much for a TV series, but the show’s commissioner was excited.