American Gladiators

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.

First Air Date: 1988-12-31

Last Air Date: 1994-09-01

Number of Seasons: 7

Number of Episodes: 167

Created By: Dan Carr, Johnny C. Ferraro

Networks: USA Network

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Top Cast

Mike Adamle as Host
Marisa Pare as Lace
Danny Lee Clark as Nitro
Michael M. Horton as Gemini
William 'Billy' Smith as Thunder
Tonya Knight as Gold
Jim Starr as Laser
Lori Fetrick as Ice
Galen Tomlinson as Turbo
Sha-Ri Pendleton as Blaze

Seasons

Season 1 (1988) - (26 Episodes)

Season 2 (1990) - (26 Episodes)

Season 3 (1991) - (25 Episodes)

Season 4 (1992) - (26 Episodes)

Season 5 (1993) - (26 Episodes)

Season 6 (1994) - (24 Episodes)

Season 7 (Unknown Year) - (14 Episodes)

Season 1 (1988)

No overview available for this season.

Episodes:

Ep. 1: Round 1: Preliminaries (1988-12-31)

Females: Frankie Perry vs Brenda Hund Males: Craig Williams vs John Shumski
Ep. 2: Round One Preliminaries (1989-01-07)

First Half Preliminary Round 2: Moore vs Wirth / Henry vs Jorge
Ep. 3: Round One Preliminaries (1989-01-14)

First Half Preliminary Round 3: McCarthy vs. Needham/Hutson vs. Simmons
Ep. 4: Round One Preliminaries (1989-01-14)

First Half Preliminary Round 4: Petitto vs. Ross/Carroll vs. Wyatt
Ep. 5: Round One Preliminaries (1989-01-21)

First Half Preliminary Round 5: Phillips vs. Cotton/Rogers vs. Todd
Ep. 6: Round One Quarterfinals (1989-01-31)

First Half Quarterfinal Round 1: Cotton vs. Hund/Williams vs. Shumski
Ep. 7: Round One Quarterfinals (1989-01-31)

First Half Quarterfinal Round 2: Petitto vs. Ross/Wirth vs. Simmons
Ep. 8: Round One Quarterfinals (1989-01-31)

First Half Quarterfinal Round 3: Henry vs. Needham/Moore vs. Hutson
Ep. 9: Round One Quarterfinals (1989-02-01)

First Half Quarterfinal Round 4: McCarthy vs. Phillips/Carroll vs. Todd
Ep. 10: Round One Semi-finals (1989-03-01)

First Half Semifinal Round 1: Needham vs. Petitto/Williams vs. Carroll/Shumski
Ep. 11: Round One Semi-finals (1989-03-01)

First Half Semifinal Round 2: Cotton vs. Phillips/Hutson vs. Wirth
Ep. 12: Round One Finals (1989-03-01)

First Half Final Round: Petitto vs. Phillips/Williams vs. Hutson
Ep. 13: Highlights From Round One (1989-05-01)

First Half Highlight Show
Ep. 14: Round Two Preliminaries (1989-09-01)

Preliminary Round 1: Seymour vs. Jordan/Schwartze vs. Farwell
Ep. 15: Round Two Preliminaries (1989-09-01)

Preliminary Round 2: Podesta vs. Harrison/Allen vs. Herbst
Ep. 16: Round Two Preliminaries (1989-09-01)

Second Half Preliminary Round 3: Anderson vs. Brady/Venturi vs. Rampe
Ep. 17: Round Two Preliminaries (1989-09-01)

Second Half Preliminary Round 4: Sutton vs. Cueva/Lakatos vs. Silich
Ep. 18: Round Two Preliminaries (1989-09-01)

Second Half Preliminary Round 5: Stinson vs. Kidd/Brown vs. Koeberle
Ep. 19: Round Two Quarterfinals (1990-03-01)

Second Half Quarterfinal Round 1: Seymour vs. Brady/Venturi vs. Harrison
Ep. 20: Round Two Quarterfinals (1990-03-01)

Second Half Quarterfinal Round 2: Kidd vs. Herbst/Podesta vs. Koeberle
Ep. 21: Round Two Quarterfinals (1990-03-01)

Second Half Quarterfinal Round 3: Sutton vs. Jordan/Lakatos vs. Silich
Ep. 22: Round Two Quarterfinals (1990-03-01)

Second Half Quarterfinal Round 4: Anderson vs. Allen/Brown vs. Farwell
Ep. 23: Round Two Semi-finals (1990-03-01)

Second Half Semifinal Round 1: Jordan vs. Anderson/Venturi vs. Silich
Ep. 24: Round Two Semi-finals (1990-03-01)

Second Half Semifinal Round 2: Podesta vs. Brown/Kidd vs. Seymour/Herbst
Ep. 25: Round Two Finals (1990-03-01)

Second Half Final Round: Kidd vs. Anderson/Venturi vs. Brown
Ep. 26: Grand Championship (1990-04-01)

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

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American Gladiators (1988)