Televisión Española (TVE) announced
El cazador in November 2019. By that point, the programme's format
The Chase had run for 13 series on
ITV in the United Kingdom, and adaptations had been broadcast in ten countries. While TVE had the long-running
Saber y ganar on its channel
La 2,
La 1 had not had a daily game show for several years; commercial rival
Antena 3 specialised in afternoon game shows such as
¡Boom!, ''
, ¿Quién quiere ser millonario? and Pasapalabra. Four champions of other game shows were hired as cazadores
on the programme: Erundino Alfonso of ¡Boom!
, Ruth de Andrés of Saber y ganar
, and Paz Herrera and Lilit Manukyan of Pasapalabra''.
El cazador debuted on 10 February 2020, achieving 7.4% of the audience. Its ratings varied from 5.9% to 7.8% and averaged at 6.9% up to 5 March, when it was renewed. of which he was acquitted. Orestes Barbero, whose team had won €30,000 on
El cazador in June 2020, was added as a
cazador in October 2023. In March 2022, it was announced that Aramendi was leaving TVE for
Mediaset, owners of the channel
Telecinco. His successor was Rodrigo Vázquez, who had 14 years of experience from
Televisión de Galicia. Vázquez's first episode was broadcast on 3 May, and his first month in the role matched Aramendi's last with 9.1% average audience share. The
Royal Spanish Academy criticised the show in January 2023 for including a question with the word "chique", a gender-neutral way of saying a young person. In November 2023, TVE opted to broadcast
El cazador twice daily. Twelve months later, however, new recordings were cancelled; filmed episodes including five prime-time specials would still air into April 2025. That month, it was announced that it would continue to be produced for La 2. The final episode on La 1 aired on 26 April, and the first on La 2 on 12 May. New episodes on La 2 only lasted until 19 May, and repeats were shown until October, when it was replaced by
La pirámide.
El cazador returned to La 2 for 25 December 2025.
La noche de los cazadores (literally "The Night of the Chasers"), an adaptation of
Beat the Chasers, debuted on 17 January 2022. ==Format==