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TV series

American Gladiators

1988 · TV-PG · 7 seasons · 167 episodes

Created by Dan Carr and Johnny C. Ferraro

5.8

TMDB audience score
29 votes, out of 10

Where to watch

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.

About 167h to watch every episode. An estimate: 167 episodes at the typical episode runtime of 60 minutes.

Where to watch

Official options in the United States:

Subscription

  • Amazon Prime Video
  • Amazon Prime Video with Ads

Free with ads

  • The Roku Channel
  • Amazon Prime Video Free with Ads

All options on TMDB

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Main cast

  • Mike Adamle
    Host
    167 episodes

  • Marisa Pare
    Lace
    77 episodes

  • Danny Lee Clark
    Nitro
    77 episodes

  • Michael M. Horton
    Gemini
    77 episodes

  • William 'Billy' Smith
    Thunder
    51 episodes

  • Tonya Knight
    Gold
    51 episodes

  • Lori Fetrick
    Ice
    51 episodes

  • Galen Tomlinson
    Turbo
    51 episodes

  • Sha-Ri Pendleton
    Blaze
    51 episodes

  • Raye Hollitt
    Zap
    51 episodes

  • Larry Csonka
    Co-Host
    26 episodes

  • Cheryl Baldinger
    Sunny
    26 episodes

  • Erika Andersch
    Diamond
    26 episodes

  • Deron McBee
    Malibu
    26 episodes

Seasons