American Gladiators (1988)
Synopsis
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.
Network
USA Network
Episodes
Round 1: Preliminaries
Females: Frankie Perry vs Brenda Hund Males: Craig Williams vs John Shumski
Round One Preliminaries
First Half Preliminary Round 2: Moore vs Wirth / Henry vs Jorge
Round One Preliminaries
First Half Preliminary Round 3: McCarthy vs. Needham/Hutson vs. Simmons
Round One Preliminaries
First Half Preliminary Round 4: Petitto vs. Ross/Carroll vs. Wyatt
Round One Preliminaries
First Half Preliminary Round 5: Phillips vs. Cotton/Rogers vs. Todd
Round One Quarterfinals
First Half Quarterfinal Round 1: Cotton vs. Hund/Williams vs. Shumski
Round One Quarterfinals
First Half Quarterfinal Round 2: Petitto vs. Ross/Wirth vs. Simmons
Round One Quarterfinals
First Half Quarterfinal Round 3: Henry vs. Needham/Moore vs. Hutson
Round One Quarterfinals
First Half Quarterfinal Round 4: McCarthy vs. Phillips/Carroll vs. Todd
Round One Semi-finals
First Half Semifinal Round 1: Needham vs. Petitto/Williams vs. Carroll/Shumski
Round One Semi-finals
First Half Semifinal Round 2: Cotton vs. Phillips/Hutson vs. Wirth
Round One Finals
First Half Final Round: Petitto vs. Phillips/Williams vs. Hutson
Highlights From Round One
First Half Highlight Show
Round Two Preliminaries
Preliminary Round 1: Seymour vs. Jordan/Schwartze vs. Farwell
Round Two Preliminaries
Preliminary Round 2: Podesta vs. Harrison/Allen vs. Herbst
Round Two Preliminaries
Second Half Preliminary Round 3: Anderson vs. Brady/Venturi vs. Rampe
Round Two Preliminaries
Second Half Preliminary Round 4: Sutton vs. Cueva/Lakatos vs. Silich
Round Two Preliminaries
Second Half Preliminary Round 5: Stinson vs. Kidd/Brown vs. Koeberle
Round Two Quarterfinals
Second Half Quarterfinal Round 1: Seymour vs. Brady/Venturi vs. Harrison
Round Two Quarterfinals
Second Half Quarterfinal Round 2: Kidd vs. Herbst/Podesta vs. Koeberle
Round Two Quarterfinals
Second Half Quarterfinal Round 3: Sutton vs. Jordan/Lakatos vs. Silich
Round Two Quarterfinals
Second Half Quarterfinal Round 4: Anderson vs. Allen/Brown vs. Farwell
Round Two Semi-finals
Second Half Semifinal Round 1: Jordan vs. Anderson/Venturi vs. Silich
Round Two Semi-finals
Second Half Semifinal Round 2: Podesta vs. Brown/Kidd vs. Seymour/Herbst
Round Two Finals
Second Half Final Round: Kidd vs. Anderson/Venturi vs. Brown
Grand Championship
Grand Championship Final: Anderson vs. Hutson/Venturi vs. Phillips
Cast
Details
Original Title
American Gladiators
Status
Returning Series
Seasons
7
Episodes
167
Production
Four Point Entertainment, The Samuel Goldwyn Company, TWI
