Johnny C. Ferraro
Director
American Gladiators (1989)
Season 1
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.
Released Dec. 31, 1988
Episode 60 min
10+
Genres: Action, Game Show, Reality, Sport
Keywords: tmdb.competition, tmdb.strength, tmdb.sports-show, imdb.gladiator, imdb.non-fiction, imdb.1980s, imdb.1990s + 4 more, imdb.physical-game-show, imdb.elimination-game-show, imdb.contest, tmdb.game-show
Watch Providers: Amazon Prime Video, The Roku Channel, Amazon Prime Video with Ads
Production Companies: Four Point Entertainment, TWI, Samuel Goldwyn Company
Network: USA Network
Country: United States
Languages:
English,
Spanish
S1E1 - Round 1: Preliminaries
Females: Frankie Perry vs Brenda Hund
Males: Craig Williams vs John Shumski
Dec. 31, 1988, midnight
S1E2 - Round One Preliminaries
First Half Preliminary Round 2: Moore vs Wirth / Henry vs Jorge
Jan. 7, 1989, midnight
S1E3 - Round One Preliminaries
First Half Preliminary Round 3: McCarthy vs. Needham/Hutson vs. Simmons
Jan. 14, 1989, midnight
S1E4 - Round One Preliminaries
First Half Preliminary Round 4: Petitto vs. Ross/Carroll vs. Wyatt
Jan. 14, 1989, midnight
S1E5 - Round One Preliminaries
First Half Preliminary Round 5: Phillips vs. Cotton/Rogers vs. Todd
Jan. 21, 1989, midnight
S1E6 - Round One Quarterfinals
First Half Quarterfinal Round 1: Cotton vs. Hund/Williams vs. Shumski
Jan. 31, 1989, midnight
S1E7 - Round One Quarterfinals
First Half Quarterfinal Round 2: Petitto vs. Ross/Wirth vs. Simmons
Jan. 31, 1989, midnight
S1E8 - Round One Quarterfinals
First Half Quarterfinal Round 3: Henry vs. Needham/Moore vs. Hutson
Jan. 31, 1989, midnight
S1E9 - Round One Quarterfinals
First Half Quarterfinal Round 4: McCarthy vs. Phillips/Carroll vs. Todd
Feb. 1, 1989, midnight
S1E10 - Round One Semi-finals
First Half Semifinal Round 1: Needham vs. Petitto/Williams vs. Carroll/Shumski
March 1, 1989, midnight
S1E11 - Round One Semi-finals
First Half Semifinal Round 2: Cotton vs. Phillips/Hutson vs. Wirth
March 1, 1989, midnight
S1E12 - Round One Finals
First Half Final Round: Petitto vs. Phillips/Williams vs. Hutson
March 1, 1989, midnight
S1E13 - Highlights From Round One
First Half Highlight Show
May 1, 1989, midnight
S1E14 - Round Two Preliminaries
Preliminary Round 1: Seymour vs. Jordan/Schwartze vs. Farwell
Sept. 1, 1989, midnight
S1E15 - Round Two Preliminaries
Preliminary Round 2: Podesta vs. Harrison/Allen vs. Herbst
Sept. 1, 1989, midnight
S1E16 - Round Two Preliminaries
Second Half Preliminary Round 3: Anderson vs. Brady/Venturi vs. Rampe
Sept. 1, 1989, midnight
S1E17 - Round Two Preliminaries
Second Half Preliminary Round 4: Sutton vs. Cueva/Lakatos vs. Silich
Sept. 1, 1989, midnight
S1E18 - Round Two Preliminaries
Second Half Preliminary Round 5: Stinson vs. Kidd/Brown vs. Koeberle
Sept. 1, 1989, midnight
S1E19 - Round Two Quarterfinals
Second Half Quarterfinal Round 1: Seymour vs. Brady/Venturi vs. Harrison
March 1, 1990, midnight
S1E20 - Round Two Quarterfinals
Second Half Quarterfinal Round 2: Kidd vs. Herbst/Podesta vs. Koeberle
March 1, 1990, midnight
S1E21 - Round Two Quarterfinals
Second Half Quarterfinal Round 3: Sutton vs. Jordan/Lakatos vs. Silich
March 1, 1990, midnight
S1E22 - Round Two Quarterfinals
Second Half Quarterfinal Round 4: Anderson vs. Allen/Brown vs. Farwell
March 1, 1990, midnight
S1E23 - Round Two Semi-finals
Second Half Semifinal Round 1: Jordan vs. Anderson/Venturi vs. Silich
March 1, 1990, midnight
S1E24 - Round Two Semi-finals
Second Half Semifinal Round 2: Podesta vs. Brown/Kidd vs. Seymour/Herbst
March 1, 1990, midnight
S1E25 - Round Two Finals
Second Half Final Round: Kidd vs. Anderson/Venturi vs. Brown
March 1, 1990, midnight
S1E26 - Grand Championship
Grand Championship Final: Anderson vs. Hutson/Venturi vs. Phillips
April 1, 1990, midnight
Network: USA Network
Episode Runtime: 60 min.
Season Runtime: 10020 min.
Released: Dec. 31, 1988
Last Air Date: Sept. 1, 1994, midnight
Status: Returning Series
Certification: NR / 10+
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