American Gladiators (1989)

Season 3

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

IMDb 4722

6.6

/3427/

Trakt

/36/

TMDb

/24/

Tomatoes

Johnny C. Ferraro
Director

Mike Adamle
Host

Marisa Pare
Lace

Cheryl Baldinger
Sunny

Danny Lee Clark
Nitro

Michael M. Horton
Gemini

William 'Billy' Smith
Thunder

Tonya Knight
Gold

Jim Starr
Laser

S3E1 - Round One Preliminaries 1

First half preliminary 1: Gary Wilson v. Coz Worthington, Toril Torjensen v. Kristi Kopp

Sept. 1, 1991, midnight

S3E2 - Round One Preliminaries 2

First half preliminary 2: Alex Engmann/Johnny Vineyard v. James Long, Elise Johnson v. Erica Alstead

Sept. 8, 1991, midnight

S3E3 - Round One Preliminaries 3

First half preliminary 3: Randy Jones v. Keith Collins, Johnnie Jonckowski v. Patti Stevenson

Sept. 15, 1991, midnight

S3E4 - Round One Preliminaries 4

First half preliminary 4: Eric Monostori/Tim Goldrick v. Greg Petrie, Denise Chase v. Rose Ann Torres

Sept. 22, 1991, midnight

S3E5 - Round One Preliminaries 5

First half preliminary 5: Mark Anthony v. Craig Charles, Kimberley Lentz v. Jill Shenk

Sept. 29, 1991, midnight

S3E6 - Round One Quarterfinals 1

First half quarterfinal 1: Johnny Vineyard v. Coz Worthington, Kristi Kropp v. Kimberley Lentz

Oct. 6, 1991, midnight

S3E7 - Round One Quarterfinals 2

First half quarterfinal 2: Mark Ortega v. Craig Charles, Johnnie Jonckowski v. Sherry Giardina

Oct. 13, 1991, midnight

S3E8 - Round One Quarterfinals 3

First half quarterfinal 3: Tom Goldrick v. Randy Jones, Denise Chase v. Erica Alstead

Oct. 20, 1991, midnight

S3E9 - Pro Football Challenge of Champions

Pro football alumni compete in a special episode: Jack Hamm, Cliff Branch, Charles White, Phil Villapiano, Greg Pruitt, Jim Kiick

Oct. 27, 1991, midnight

S3E10 - Round One Semifinals 1

First half semifinal 1: Mark Ortega v. Johnny Vineyard, Johnny Jonckowski v. Kimberley Lentz

Nov. 3, 1991, midnight

S3E11 - Round One Semifinals 2

First half semifinal 2: Tim Goldrick v. Coz Worthington, Kristi Kropp v. Denise Chase

Nov. 10, 1991, midnight

S3E12 - Round One Finals

First half final: Tim Goldrick v. Mark Ortega, Kristi Kropp v. Kimberley Lentz

Nov. 17, 1991, midnight

S3E13 - Round Two Preliminaries 1

Second half preliminary 1: Robert Bender v. Kevin Cleary, A.J. Perling v. Angela Sheppard

Nov. 24, 1991, midnight

S3E14 - Round Two Preliminaries 2

Second half preliminary 2: Chris Parisi v. George Blasius, Trace Wolf v. Kathy Mollica

Dec. 1, 1991, midnight

S3E15 - Round Two Preliminaries 3

Second half preliminary 3: Joseph Mauro v. Dennis Watts, Patricia Murray v. Teri Plunkett

Dec. 8, 1991, midnight

S3E16 - Round Two Preliminaries 4

Second half preliminary 4: Ted Papenhagen v. Tommy Knox, Angela Stearns v. Talpha Lehnen

Dec. 15, 1991, midnight

S3E17 - Round Two Preliminaries 5

Second half preliminary 5: Darrell Gholar v. Jay Macormack/Anthony Jackson, Vivian Riley v. Lisa Sierra

Dec. 22, 1991, midnight

S3E18 - Round Two Preliminaries 6

Second half preliminary 6: Marek Wilczynski v. Tony Curella, Stephanie Violante v. Tracy Passo

Dec. 29, 1991, midnight

S3E19 - Round Two Quarterfinals 1

Second half quarterfinal 1: Kevin Cleary v. Tommy Knox, Vivian Riley/Angela Stearns v. Susan Stencil

Jan. 5, 1992, midnight

S3E20 - Round Two Quarterfinals 2

Second half quarterfinal 2: Darrell Gholar v. Tony Curella, Talpha Lehnen v. Tracy Passo

Jan. 12, 1992, midnight

S3E21 - Round Two Quarterfinals 3

Second half quarterfinal 3: Joseph Mauro v. Gearge Blasius, A.J. Perling v. Kathy Mollica

Jan. 19, 1992, midnight

S3E22 - Round Two Semifinals 1

Second half semifinal 1: Tommy Knox v. Darrell Gholar, Tracy Passo v. Susan Stencil

Jan. 26, 1992, midnight

S3E23 - Round Two Semifinals 2

Second half semifinal 2: Joseph Mauro v. Tony Curella; Kathy Mollica v. A.J. Perling

Feb. 2, 1992, midnight

S3E24 - Round Two Finals

Second half final: Joseph Mauro v. Darrell Gholar, Kathy Mollica v. Susan Stencil

Feb. 9, 1992, midnight

S3E25 - Grand Championship

Grand Championship: Mark Ortega v. Joseph Mauro, Kimberly Lentz v. Kathy Mollica

Feb. 16, 1992, midnight

USA Network

60 min/ep

10020 min

Dec. 31, 1988

Sept. 1, 1994, midnight

Returning Series

TV-PG / 10+