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American Gladiators

5.8(26)
First Aired:December 31, 1988
Seasons:7 seasons
Episodes:167
Status:Ended

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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Cast

Mike Adamle

Host

Seasons

Round 1: Preliminaries

E1Round 1: Preliminaries

60m

Dec 31, 1988

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

E2Round One Preliminaries

60m

Jan 7, 1989

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

E3Round One Preliminaries

60m

Jan 14, 1989

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

E4Round One Preliminaries

60m

Jan 14, 1989

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

E5Round One Preliminaries

60m

Jan 21, 1989

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

E6Round One Quarterfinals

60m

Jan 31, 1989

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

E7Round One Quarterfinals

60m

Jan 31, 1989

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

E8Round One Quarterfinals

60m

Jan 31, 1989

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

E9Round One Quarterfinals

60m

Feb 1, 1989

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

E10Round One Semi-finals

60m

Mar 1, 1989

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

E11Round One Semi-finals

60m

Mar 1, 1989

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

E12Round One Finals

60m

Mar 1, 1989

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

E13Highlights From Round One

60m

May 1, 1989

First Half Highlight Show

E14Round Two Preliminaries

60m

Sep 1, 1989

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

E15Round Two Preliminaries

60m

Sep 1, 1989

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

E16Round Two Preliminaries

60m

Sep 1, 1989

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

E17Round Two Preliminaries

60m

Sep 1, 1989

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

E18Round Two Preliminaries

60m

Sep 1, 1989

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

E19Round Two Quarterfinals

60m

Mar 1, 1990

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

E20Round Two Quarterfinals

60m

Mar 1, 1990

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

E21Round Two Quarterfinals

60m

Mar 1, 1990

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

E22Round Two Quarterfinals

60m

Mar 1, 1990

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

E23Round Two Semi-finals

60m

Mar 1, 1990

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

E24Round Two Semi-finals

60m

Mar 1, 1990

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

E25Round Two Finals

60m

Mar 1, 1990

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

E26Grand Championship

60m

Apr 1, 1990

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

Round 1: Preliminaries

E1Round 1: Preliminaries

60m

Sep 1, 1990

Females: Sheila Mercer vs Trish Tillotson Males: Rico Costantino vs John Adams

Round 1: Preliminaries

E2Round 1: Preliminaries

60m

Sep 8, 1990

Females: Margaret McCargo vs Susan Hirst Males: Chris Vopatek vs Purple Roundy

Round 1: Preliminaries

E3Round 1: Preliminaries

60m

Sep 15, 1990

Females: Marla Smith vs Kelley Peacock Males: Dale Thompson vs Rob Bottiggi

Round 1: Preliminaries

E4Round 1: Preliminaries

60m

Sep 22, 1990

Females: Maria Nichting vs Esther Ratner Males: Dwayne Thomas vs Lincoln Simonds ※Note: During Assault, Dwayne Thomas sustained an eye injury and was replaced with Nate Foster.

Round 1: Preliminaries

E5Round 1: Preliminaries

60m

Sep 29, 1990

Females: Samantha Bryant vs Cinda Mentzer Males: Wesley Keck vs Scott Reiff

E6Round One Quarterfinals

60m

Oct 6, 1990

Round one quarterfinals with contenders: Constantino vs. Foster and Mercer vs. Tillotson.

E7Round One Quarterfinals

60m

Oct 13, 1990

Round one quarterfinals with contenders: Vopatek vs. Keck and Nichting vs. Hirst.

E8Round One Quarterfinals

60m

Oct 20, 1990

Round one quarterfinals with contenders: Thompson vs. Simonds and Ratner vs. Mentzer.

E9Round One Quarterfinals

60m

Oct 27, 1990

Round one quarterfinals with contenders: Roundy vs. Adams and McCargo vs. Peacock.

E10Round One Semi-finals

60m

Nov 3, 1990

Round one semi-finals with contenders: Costantino vs. Simonds and McCargo vs. Tillotson.

E11Round One Semi-finals

60m

Nov 10, 1990

Round one semi-finals with contenders: Vopatek vs. Adams and Nichting vs. Mentzer.

E12Round One Finals

60m

Nov 17, 1990

Round one finals with contenders: Costantino vs. Adams and Nichting vs. Tillotson.

E13Round Two Preliminaries

60m

Nov 24, 1990

Round two preliminaries with contenders: Branham vs. McKleskey (alt. Kieser) and Look-Jaeger vs. Wilcox (alt. Dorsa)

E14Round Two Preliminaries

60m

Dec 1, 1990

Round two preliminaries with contenders: Kiernan vs. Johnson and Henger vs. Akai.

E15Round Two Preliminaries

60m

Dec 8, 1990

Round two preliminaries with contenders: Duke vs. Suzuki and Duke vs. Hill-Hudgins.

E16Round Two Preliminaries

60m

Dec 15, 1990

Round two preliminaries with contenders: Nasca vs. Dieter and Cumberbatch vs. Jarchow

E17Round Two Preliminaries

60m

Dec 22, 1990

Round two preliminaries with contenders: Montgomery vs. Altshuler and Telley vs. Stickelman.

E18Round Two Quarterfinals

60m

Dec 29, 1990

Round two quarterfinals with contenders: Montgomery vs. Duke and Duke vs. Akai.

E19Round Two Quarterfinals

60m

Jan 5, 1991

Round two quarterfinals with contenders: Johnson vs. Dieter and Look-Jaeger vs. Dorsa.

E20Round Two Quarterfinals

60m

Jan 12, 1991

Round two quarterfinals with contenders: Nasca vs. Kiernan and Cumberbatch vs. Jarchow.

E21Round Two Quarterfinals

60m

Jan 19, 1991

Round two quarterfinals with contenders: Altshuler vs. Branham and Telley vs. Stickelman.

E22Round Two Semi-finals

60m

Jan 26, 1991

Round two semi-finals with contenders: Branham vs. Montgomery and Telley vs. Akai.

E23Round Two Semi-finals

60m

Feb 2, 1991

Round two semi-finals with contenders: Kiernan vs. Dieter and Cumberbatch vs. Dorsa.

E24Round Two Finals

60m

Feb 9, 1991

Round two finals with contenders: Branham vs. Dieter and Cumberbatch vs. Telley.

E25Grand Championship

60m

Feb 16, 1991

Grand championship with contenders: Costantino vs. Branham and Nichting vs. Cumberbatch.

E26Alumni Show

60m

Feb 23, 1991

Alumni show with contenders: Cheryl Ann Silich, Aimee Ross, Lucian Anderson and Terry Moore.

E1Round One Preliminaries 1

60m

Sep 1, 1991

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

E2Round One Preliminaries 2

60m

Sep 8, 1991

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

E3Round One Preliminaries 3

60m

Sep 15, 1991

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

E4Round One Preliminaries 4

60m

Sep 22, 1991

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

E5Round One Preliminaries 5

60m

Sep 29, 1991

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

E6Round One Quarterfinals 1

60m

Oct 6, 1991

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

E7Round One Quarterfinals 2

60m

Oct 13, 1991

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

E8Round One Quarterfinals 3

60m

Oct 20, 1991

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

E9Pro Football Challenge of Champions

60m

Oct 27, 1991

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

E10Round One Semifinals 1

60m

Nov 3, 1991

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

E11Round One Semifinals 2

60m

Nov 10, 1991

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

E12Round One Finals

60m

Nov 17, 1991

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

E13Round Two Preliminaries 1

60m

Nov 24, 1991

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

E14Round Two Preliminaries 2

60m

Dec 1, 1991

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

E15Round Two Preliminaries 3

60m

Dec 8, 1991

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

E16Round Two Preliminaries 4

60m

Dec 15, 1991

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

E17Round Two Preliminaries 5

60m

Dec 22, 1991

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

E18Round Two Preliminaries 6

60m

Dec 29, 1991

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

E19Round Two Quarterfinals 1

60m

Jan 5, 1992

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

E20Round Two Quarterfinals 2

60m

Jan 12, 1992

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

E21Round Two Quarterfinals 3

60m

Jan 19, 1992

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

E22Round Two Semifinals 1

60m

Jan 26, 1992

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

E23Round Two Semifinals 2

60m

Feb 2, 1992

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

E24Round Two Finals

60m

Feb 9, 1992

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

E25Grand Championship

60m

Feb 16, 1992

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

E1Round One Preliminaries

60m

Sep 1, 1992

Contenders: Betsy Erickson vs. Jeannine Micheletti and Lance Sellers (alt. Darryl Moore) vs. Cliff Miller.

E2Round One Preliminaries

60m

Sep 8, 1992

Contenders: Lisa Langston vs. Tracy Ann Jernegan and Tony Bettendorf vs. Elbert Gray.

E3Round One Preliminaries

60m

Sep 15, 1992

Contenders: Jennifer Walz vs. Claudia Valdiviez and Ernest Peace (alt. Sean Hargrow) vs. Buz Rosenberg.

E4Round One Preliminaries

60m

Sep 22, 1992

Contenders: Elizabeth Pepe vs. Yvonne Montalvo and Willie Cooley vs. Spencer Street.

E5Round One Preliminaries

60m

Sep 29, 1992

Contenders: Cathy Marshall vs. Shannon Williams and Roger Hughes vs. Ted LePage.

E6Round One Quarterfinals

60m

Oct 6, 1992

Contenders: Lisa Langston vs. Shannon Williams and Tony Bettendorf vs. Willie Cooley.

E7Round One Quarterfinals

60m

Oct 13, 1992

Contenders: Cathy Marshall vs. Annette McBride and Joseph Kettle vs. Ted LePage.

E8Round One Quarterfinals

60m

Oct 20, 1992

Contenders: Jennifer Walz vs. Betsy Erickson and Cliff Miller vs. Spencer Street

E9Round One Semi-finals

60m

Oct 27, 1992

Contenders: Betsy Erickson vs. Lisa Langston and Ted LePage vs. Spencer Street

E10Round One Semi-finals

60m

Nov 3, 1992

Contenders: Annette McBride vs. Jennifer Walz and Cliff Miller vs. Tony Bettendorf

E11Round One Finals

60m

Nov 10, 1992

Contenders: Annette McBride vs. Betsy Erickson and Cliff Miller vs. Ted LePage

E12Round Two Preliminaries

60m

Nov 17, 1992

Contenders: Melissa Liberman vs. Cheryl Wilson and Mary DePaoli vs. Jerry Burrell

E13Round Two Preliminaries

60m

Nov 24, 1992

Contenders: Paula Perry vs. Christine Underhill-Richard/alt. Michele Ramelot and Kevin Weber vs. Michael D. Coulson

E14Round Two Preliminaries

60m

Dec 1, 1992

Contenders: Brenda Moss vs. Julie Padelford and Don Marcus Bailey vs. Bernie Miller

E15Round Two Preliminaries

60m

Dec 8, 1992

Contenders: Lyn Bell vs. Carolyn Dean and Carlton Fluker vs. Michael Small

E16Round Two Preliminaries

60m

Dec 15, 1992

Contenders: Cherrise Traylor vs. Katy Ramsey and Vince Granger vs. Jayson Yao

E17Round Two Preliminaries

60m

Dec 22, 1992

Contenders: Lisa Wojciehowski vs. Signa York/alt. Lynn Murphy and Charles Neal vs. Jim Echolls

E18Round Two Quarterfinals

60m

Dec 29, 1992

Contenders: Melissa Liberman vs. Katy Ramsey and Kevin Weber vs. Jayson Yao

E19Round Two Quarterfinals

60m

Jan 5, 1993

Contenders: Brenda Moss/alt. Julie Padelford vs. Cheryl Wilson and Vince Granger vs. Bernie Miller

E20Round Two Quarterfinals

60m

Jan 12, 1993

Contenders: Lisa Wojciehowski vs. Paula Perry and Marty DePaoli vs. Carlton Fluker

E21Round Two Semi-finals

60m

Jan 19, 1993

Contenders: Melissa Liberman vs. Cheryl Wilson and Bernie Miller/alt. Vince Granger vs. Marty DePaoli

E22Round Two Semi-finals

60m

Jan 26, 1993

Contenders: Lisa Wojciehowski vs. Katy Ramsey and Carlton Fluker vs. Kevin Weber

E23Round Two Finals

60m

Feb 2, 1993

Contenders: Katy Ramsey vs. Cheryl Wilson and Kevin Weber vs. Marty DePaoli

E24Grand Championship

60m

Feb 9, 1993

Contenders: Betsy Erickson vs. Cheryl Wilson and Cliff Miller vs. Marty DePaoli

E25NFL Show

60m

Feb 16, 1993

Contenders: Mark Clayton, Tony Dorsett, Seth Joyner, Charles White, Drew Hill and Wesley Walker

E26Pro Football Challenge

60m

Feb 23, 1993

E1Round One Preliminaries

60m

Sep 1, 1993

E2Round One Preliminaries

60m

Sep 8, 1993

E3Round One Preliminaries

60m

Sep 15, 1993

E4Round One Preliminaries

60m

Sep 22, 1993

E5Round One Quarterfinals

60m

Sep 29, 1993

E6Round One Quarterfinals

60m

Oct 6, 1993

E7Round One Quarterfinals

60m

Oct 13, 1993

E8Round One Quarterfinals

60m

Oct 20, 1993

E9Round One Semi-finals

60m

Oct 27, 1993

E10Round One Semi-finals

60m

Nov 3, 1993

E11Round One Semi-finals

60m

Nov 10, 1993

E12Round One Finals

60m

Nov 17, 1993

E13Round Two Preliminaries

60m

Nov 24, 1993

E14Round Two Preliminaries

60m

Dec 1, 1993

E15Round Two Preliminaries

60m

Dec 8, 1993

E16Round Two Quarterfinals

60m

Dec 15, 1993

E17Round Two Quarterfinals

60m

Dec 22, 1993

E18Round Two Quarterfinals

60m

Dec 29, 1993

E19Round Two Quarterfinals

60m

Jan 5, 1994

E20Round Two Semi-finals

60m

Jan 12, 1994

E21Round Two Semi-finals

60m

Jan 19, 1994

E22Round Two Finals

60m

Jan 26, 1994

E23Grand Championship

60m

Feb 2, 1994

E24Gold Medal Challenge of Champions II

60m

Feb 9, 1994

E25Gold Medal Challenge of Champions II

60m

Feb 16, 1994

E26International Challenge of Champions II

60m

Feb 23, 1994

E1Qualifying Round 1

60m

Sep 1, 1994

E2Qualifying Round 2

60m

E3Qualifying Round 3

60m

E4Qualifying Round 4

60m

E5Qualifying Round 5

60m

E6Qualifying Round 6

E7Qualifying Round 7

E8Qualifying Round 8

E9Qualifying Round 9

E10Qualifying Round 10

E11Qualifying Round 11

E12Qualifying Round 12

E13Qualifying Round 13

E14Qualifying Round 14

E15Qualifying Round 15

E16Semifinal Round 1

E17Semifinal Round 2

E18Grand Championship

E19LAPD Vs. NYPD

E20Celebrity Special

E21Gold Medal Challenge of Champions III

E22USC Vs. Notre Dame

E23Battle Of The Best

E24Armed Forces Challenge of Champions II

E1U.S. Preliminaries

E2U.S. Preliminaries

E3U.S. Preliminaries

E4U.S. Preliminaries

E5U.S. Preliminaries

E6U.S. Preliminaries

E7U.S. Semi-final One

E8U.S. Semi-final Two

E9U.S. Grand Championship

E10Baywatch Vs. Lifeguards Special

E11Playboy Challenge

E12Celebrity Vs. Pro Football Challenge

E13Twins Vs. Alumni Challenge

E14Battle Of The Best II

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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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