American Gladiators — Season 1

198826 episodes5.8/10 (25 votes)

About this season

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.

Episodes (26)

1. Round 1: Preliminaries

Aired 31 December 1988 • 60 min

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

2. Round One Preliminaries

Aired 7 January 1989 • 60 min

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

3. Round One Preliminaries

Aired 14 January 1989 • 60 min

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

4. Round One Preliminaries

Aired 14 January 1989 • 60 min

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

5. Round One Preliminaries

Aired 21 January 1989 • 60 min

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

6. Round One Quarterfinals

Aired 31 January 1989 • 60 min

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

7. Round One Quarterfinals

Aired 31 January 1989 • 60 min

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

8. Round One Quarterfinals

Aired 31 January 1989 • 60 min

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

9. Round One Quarterfinals

Aired 1 February 1989 • 60 min

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

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10. Round One Semi-finals

Aired 1 March 1989 • 60 min

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

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11. Round One Semi-finals

Aired 1 March 1989 • 60 min

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

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12. Round One Finals

Aired 1 March 1989 • 60 min

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

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13. Highlights From Round One

Aired 1 May 1989 • 60 min

First Half Highlight Show

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