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American Gladiators.

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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.

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Created by Dan Carr, Johnny C. Ferraro

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Season 1.

Round One Preliminaries

1988-12-31 · 1h 0m

Females: Frankie Perry vs Brenda Hund Males: Craig Williams vs John Shumski

Round One Preliminaries

1989-01-07 · 1h 0m

First Half Preliminary Round 2: Moore vs Wirth / Henry vs Jorge

Round One Preliminaries

1989-01-14 · 1h 0m

First Half Preliminary Round 3: McCarthy vs. Needham/Hutson vs. Simmons

Round One Preliminaries

1989-01-14 · 1h 0m

First Half Preliminary Round 4: Petitto vs. Ross/Carroll vs. Wyatt

Round One Preliminaries

1989-01-21 · 1h 0m

First Half Preliminary Round 5: Phillips vs. Cotton/Rogers vs. Todd

Round One Quarterfinals

1989-01-31 · 1h 0m

First Half Quarterfinal Round 1: Cotton vs. Hund/Williams vs. Shumski

Round One Quarterfinals

1989-01-31 · 1h 0m

First Half Quarterfinal Round 2: Petitto vs. Ross/Wirth vs. Simmons

Round One Quarterfinals

1989-01-31 · 1h 0m

First Half Quarterfinal Round 3: Henry vs. Needham/Moore vs. Hutson

Round One Quarterfinals

1989-02-01 · 1h 0m

First Half Quarterfinal Round 4: McCarthy vs. Phillips/Carroll vs. Todd

Round One Semi-finals

1989-03-01 · 1h 0m

First Half Semifinal Round 1: Needham vs. Petitto/Williams vs. Carroll/Shumski

Round One Semi-finals

1989-03-01 · 1h 0m

First Half Semifinal Round 2: Cotton vs. Phillips/Hutson vs. Wirth

Round One Finals

1989-03-01 · 1h 0m

First Half Final Round: Petitto vs. Phillips/Williams vs. Hutson

Highlights From Round One

1989-05-01 · 1h 0m

First Half Highlight Show

Round Two Preliminaries

1989-09-01 · 1h 0m

Preliminary Round 1: Seymour vs. Jordan/Schwartze vs. Farwell

Round Two Preliminaries

1989-09-01 · 1h 0m

Preliminary Round 2: Podesta vs. Harrison/Allen vs. Herbst

Round Two Preliminaries

1989-09-01 · 1h 0m

Second Half Preliminary Round 3: Anderson vs. Brady/Venturi vs. Rampe

Round Two Preliminaries

1989-09-01 · 1h 0m

Second Half Preliminary Round 4: Sutton vs. Cueva/Lakatos vs. Silich

Round Two Preliminaries

1989-09-01 · 1h 0m

Second Half Preliminary Round 5: Stinson vs. Kidd/Brown vs. Koeberle

Round Two Quarterfinals

1990-03-01 · 1h 0m

Second Half Quarterfinal Round 1: Seymour vs. Brady/Venturi vs. Harrison

Round Two Quarterfinals

1990-03-01 · 1h 0m

Second Half Quarterfinal Round 2: Kidd vs. Herbst/Podesta vs. Koeberle

Round Two Quarterfinals

1990-03-01 · 1h 0m

Second Half Quarterfinal Round 3: Sutton vs. Jordan/Lakatos vs. Silich

Round Two Quarterfinals

1990-03-01 · 1h 0m

Second Half Quarterfinal Round 4: Anderson vs. Allen/Brown vs. Farwell

Round Two Semi-finals

1990-03-01 · 1h 0m

Second Half Semifinal Round 1: Jordan vs. Anderson/Venturi vs. Silich

Round Two Semi-finals

1990-03-01 · 1h 0m

Second Half Semifinal Round 2: Podesta vs. Brown/Kidd vs. Seymour/Herbst

Round Two Finals

1990-03-01 · 1h 0m

Second Half Final Round: Kidd vs. Anderson/Venturi vs. Brown

Grand Championship

1990-04-01 · 1h 0m

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

Cast.

Mike Adamle

Host