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American Gladiators

5.81988Ended7 seasons

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American Gladiators is an American competition television program that aired weekly in syndication from September 1989 to May 1996. The series matched a cast of amateur athletes against each other, as well as against the show's own gladiators, in contests of strength and agility. The concept was created by Dan Carr and John C. Ferraro, who held the original competition at Erie Tech High School in Erie, Pennsylvania. They sold the show to The Samuel Goldwyn Company where the concept was enhanced and became American Gladiators. An effort in 2004 to launch a live American Gladiators show on the Las Vegas Strip became mired in a securities fraud prosecution. However, the television series was restarted in 2008. Episodes from the original series were played on ESPN Classic from 2007 to 2009. Several episodes are available for download on Apple's iTunes Service.

About the series

American Gladiators is an American competition television program that aired weekly in syndication from September 1989 to May 1996. The series matched a cast of amateur athletes against each other, as well as against the show's own gladiators, in contests of strength and agility. The concept was created by Dan Carr and John C. Ferraro, who held the original competition at Erie Tech High School in Erie, Pennsylvania. They sold the show to The Samuel Goldwyn Company where the concept was enhanced and became American Gladiators. An effort in 2004 to launch a live American Gladiators show on the Las Vegas Strip became mired in a securities fraud prosecution. However, the television series was restarted in 2008. Episodes from the original series were played on ESPN Classic from 2007 to 2009. Several episodes are available for download on Apple's iTunes Service.

Created by: Dan Carr, Johnny C. Ferraro
Network: USA Network
Episodes: 167

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Episode 1

Round 1: Preliminaries

1988-12-31 60 min

Females: Frankie Perry vs Brenda Hund Males: Craig Williams vs John Shumski

2

Episode 2

Round One Preliminaries

1989-01-07 60 min

First Half Preliminary Round 2: Moore vs Wirth / Henry vs Jorge

3

Episode 3

Round One Preliminaries

1989-01-14 60 min

First Half Preliminary Round 3: McCarthy vs. Needham/Hutson vs. Simmons

4

Episode 4

Round One Preliminaries

1989-01-14 60 min

First Half Preliminary Round 4: Petitto vs. Ross/Carroll vs. Wyatt

5

Episode 5

Round One Preliminaries

1989-01-21 60 min

First Half Preliminary Round 5: Phillips vs. Cotton/Rogers vs. Todd

6

Episode 6

Round One Quarterfinals

1989-01-31 60 min

First Half Quarterfinal Round 1: Cotton vs. Hund/Williams vs. Shumski

7

Episode 7

Round One Quarterfinals

1989-01-31 60 min

First Half Quarterfinal Round 2: Petitto vs. Ross/Wirth vs. Simmons

8

Episode 8

Round One Quarterfinals

1989-01-31 60 min

First Half Quarterfinal Round 3: Henry vs. Needham/Moore vs. Hutson

9

Episode 9

Round One Quarterfinals

1989-02-01 60 min

First Half Quarterfinal Round 4: McCarthy vs. Phillips/Carroll vs. Todd

10

Episode 10

Round One Semi-finals

1989-03-01 60 min

First Half Semifinal Round 1: Needham vs. Petitto/Williams vs. Carroll/Shumski

11

Episode 11

Round One Semi-finals

1989-03-01 60 min

First Half Semifinal Round 2: Cotton vs. Phillips/Hutson vs. Wirth

12

Episode 12

Round One Finals

1989-03-01 60 min

First Half Final Round: Petitto vs. Phillips/Williams vs. Hutson

13

Episode 13

Highlights From Round One

1989-05-01 60 min

First Half Highlight Show

14

Episode 14

Round Two Preliminaries

1989-09-01 60 min

Preliminary Round 1: Seymour vs. Jordan/Schwartze vs. Farwell

15

Episode 15

Round Two Preliminaries

1989-09-01 60 min

Preliminary Round 2: Podesta vs. Harrison/Allen vs. Herbst

16

Episode 16

Round Two Preliminaries

1989-09-01 60 min

Second Half Preliminary Round 3: Anderson vs. Brady/Venturi vs. Rampe

17

Episode 17

Round Two Preliminaries

1989-09-01 60 min

Second Half Preliminary Round 4: Sutton vs. Cueva/Lakatos vs. Silich

18

Episode 18

Round Two Preliminaries

1989-09-01 60 min

Second Half Preliminary Round 5: Stinson vs. Kidd/Brown vs. Koeberle

19

Episode 19

Round Two Quarterfinals

1990-03-01 60 min

Second Half Quarterfinal Round 1: Seymour vs. Brady/Venturi vs. Harrison

20

Episode 20

Round Two Quarterfinals

1990-03-01 60 min

Second Half Quarterfinal Round 2: Kidd vs. Herbst/Podesta vs. Koeberle

21

Episode 21

Round Two Quarterfinals

1990-03-01 60 min

Second Half Quarterfinal Round 3: Sutton vs. Jordan/Lakatos vs. Silich

22

Episode 22

Round Two Quarterfinals

1990-03-01 60 min

Second Half Quarterfinal Round 4: Anderson vs. Allen/Brown vs. Farwell

23

Episode 23

Round Two Semi-finals

1990-03-01 60 min

Second Half Semifinal Round 1: Jordan vs. Anderson/Venturi vs. Silich

24

Episode 24

Round Two Semi-finals

1990-03-01 60 min

Second Half Semifinal Round 2: Podesta vs. Brown/Kidd vs. Seymour/Herbst

25

Episode 25

Round Two Finals

1990-03-01 60 min

Second Half Final Round: Kidd vs. Anderson/Venturi vs. Brown

26

Episode 26

Grand Championship

1990-04-01 60 min

Grand Championship Final: Anderson vs. Hutson/Venturi vs. Phillips