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American Gladiators (1988)Season 4
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.
- Creator
- Dan Carr, Johnny C. Ferraro
- Network
- USA Network
- Country
- United States
- Language
- English
- First aired
- December 31, 1988
- Status
- Ended
Cast
- Mike AdamleHost
- Marisa PareLace
Danny Lee ClarkNitro
Michael M. HortonGemini
William 'Billy' SmithThunder
Tonya KnightGold
Jim StarrLaser
Lori FetrickIce- Galen TomlinsonTurbo
Sha-Ri PendletonBlaze
Raye HollittZap
Larry CsonkaCo-Host- Cheryl BaldingerSunny
- Erika AnderschDiamond
- Deron McBeeMalibu
Episodes
0/26 watched- Episode 1: Round One Preliminaries1 h · Sep 1, 1992
- Episode 2: Round One Preliminaries1 h · Sep 8, 1992
- Episode 3: Round One Preliminaries1 h · Sep 15, 1992
- Episode 4: Round One Preliminaries1 h · Sep 22, 1992
- Episode 5: Round One Preliminaries1 h · Sep 29, 1992
- Episode 6: Round One Quarterfinals1 h · Oct 6, 1992
- Episode 7: Round One Quarterfinals1 h · Oct 13, 1992
- Episode 8: Round One Quarterfinals1 h · Oct 20, 1992
- Episode 9: Round One Semi-finals1 h · Oct 27, 1992
- Episode 10: Round One Semi-finals1 h · Nov 3, 1992
- Episode 11: Round One Finals1 h · Nov 10, 1992
- Episode 12: Round Two Preliminaries1 h · Nov 17, 1992
- Episode 13: Round Two Preliminaries1 h · Nov 24, 1992
- Episode 14: Round Two Preliminaries1 h · Dec 1, 1992
- Episode 15: Round Two Preliminaries1 h · Dec 8, 1992
- Episode 16: Round Two Preliminaries1 h · Dec 15, 1992
- Episode 17: Round Two Preliminaries1 h · Dec 22, 1992
- Episode 18: Round Two Quarterfinals1 h · Dec 29, 1992
- Episode 19: Round Two Quarterfinals1 h · Jan 5, 1993
- Episode 20: Round Two Quarterfinals1 h · Jan 12, 1993
- Episode 21: Round Two Semi-finals1 h · Jan 19, 1993
- Episode 22: Round Two Semi-finals1 h · Jan 26, 1993
- Episode 23: Round Two Finals1 h · Feb 2, 1993
- Episode 24: Grand Championship1 h · Feb 9, 1993
- Episode 25: Pro Football Challenge of Champions II1 h · Feb 16, 1993
- Episode 26: Pro Football Challenge1 h · Feb 23, 1993
