American Gladiators
TV Show| Title | American Gladiators |
| User score | 5.6 |
| Release date | Dec 31, 1988 |
| Release date of last episode | Sep 1, 1994 |
| Genre | Reality |
| Director | Johnny C. Ferraro , Dan Carr |
| Production country | United States of America |
| Production companies | Trans World International, Four Point Entertainment, The Samuel Goldwyn Company |
| Series status | Returning series |
| Seasons count | 7 (List of episodes) |
| Episodes count | 167 |
| Run time | 60 min. |
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.
Latest episodes
List of episodesS6.E1 ∙ Qualifying Round 1
Sep 1, 1994
S5.E26 ∙ International Challenge of Champions II
Feb 23, 1994
S5.E25 ∙ Gold Medal Challenge of Champions II
Feb 16, 1994
S5.E24 ∙ Gold Medal Challenge of Champions II
Feb 9, 1994
S5.E23 ∙ Grand Championship
Feb 2, 1994
S5.E22 ∙ Round Two Finals
Jan 26, 1994
S5.E21 ∙ Round Two Semi-finals
Jan 19, 1994
S5.E20 ∙ Round Two Semi-finals
Jan 12, 1994
S5.E19 ∙ Round Two Quarterfinals
Jan 5, 1994
S5.E18 ∙ Round Two Quarterfinals
Dec 29, 1993
S5.E17 ∙ Round Two Quarterfinals
Dec 22, 1993
S5.E16 ∙ Round Two Quarterfinals
Dec 15, 1993
S5.E15 ∙ Round Two Preliminaries
Dec 8, 1993
S5.E14 ∙ Round Two Preliminaries
Dec 1, 1993
S5.E13 ∙ Round Two Preliminaries
Nov 24, 1993
S5.E12 ∙ Round One Finals
Nov 17, 1993
S5.E11 ∙ Round One Semi-finals
Nov 10, 1993
S5.E10 ∙ Round One Semi-finals
Nov 3, 1993
S5.E9 ∙ Round One Semi-finals
Oct 27, 1993
S5.E8 ∙ Round One Quarterfinals
Oct 20, 1993
