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American Gladiators

1988 – 1994Show7 seasons167 episodesTV-PG

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DecentGoodWatch score
IMDb6.6
62
DecentGoodWatch score
IMDb6.6

Summary

American Gladiators is an American competition television program that aired weekly in syndication from September 1989 to May 1996.

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  • Family movie night
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  • Party vibe

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American Gladiators episodes

7 seasons · 167 episodes

  1. S1 E1 First Half Preliminary Round 1: Hund vs. Perry/Shumski vs. Williams, 7.3
  2. S1 E2 First Half Preliminary Round 2: Henry vs. Jorge/Moore vs. Wirth, 7.2
  3. S1 E3 First Half Preliminary Round 3: McCarthy vs. Needham/Hutson vs. Simmons, 7.1
  4. S1 E4 First Half Preliminary Round 4: Petitto vs. Ross/Carroll vs. Wyatt, 7.6
  5. S1 E5 First Half Preliminary Round 5: Phillips vs. Cotton/Rogers vs. Todd, 7.7
  6. S1 E6 First Half Quarterfinal Round 1: Cotton vs. Hund/Williams vs. Shumski, 7.6
  7. S1 E7 First Half Quarterfinal Round 2: Petitto vs. Ross/Wirth vs. Simmons, 8.1
  8. S1 E8 First Half Quarterfinal Round 3: Henry vs. Needham/Moore vs. Hutson, 7.7
  9. S1 E9 First Half Quarterfinal Round 4: McCarthy vs. Phillips/Carroll vs. Todd, 7.9
  10. S1 E10 First Half Semifinal Round 1: Needham vs. Petitto/Williams vs. Carroll/Shumski, 7.9
  11. S1 E11 First Half Semifinal Round 2: Cotton vs. Phillips/Hutson vs. Wirth, 7.4
  12. S1 E12 First Half Final Round: Petitto vs. Phillips/Williams vs. Hutson, 6.4
  13. S1 E13 First Half Highlight Show, 5.9
  14. S1 E14 Preliminary Round 1: Seymour vs. Jordan/Schwartze vs. Farwell, 7.2
  15. S1 E15 Preliminary Round 2: Podesta vs. Harrison/Allen vs. Herbst, 5.9
  16. S1 E16 Second Half Preliminary Round 3: Anderson vs. Brady/Venturi vs. Rampe, 7.6
  17. S1 E17 Second Half Preliminary Round 4: Sutton vs. Cueva/Lakatos vs. Silich, 7.7
  18. S1 E18 Second Half Preliminary Round 5: Stinson vs. Kidd/Brown vs. Koeberle, 6.5
  19. S1 E19 Second Half Quarterfinal Round 1: Seymour vs. Brady/Venturi vs. Harrison, 6.5
  20. S1 E20 Second Half Quarterfinal Round 2: Kidd vs. Herbst/Podesta vs. Koeberle, 6.7
  21. S1 E21 Second Half Quarterfinal Round 3: Sutton vs. Jordan/Lakatos vs. Silich, 7.2
  22. S1 E22 Second Half Quarterfinal Round 4: Anderson vs. Allen/Brown vs. Farwell, 5.3
  23. S1 E23 Second Half Semifinal Round 1: Jordan vs. Anderson/Venturi vs. Silich, 7.4
  24. S1 E24 Second Half Semifinal Round 2: Podesta vs. Brown/Kidd vs. Seymour/Herbst, 6.9
  25. S1 E25 Second Half Final Round: Kidd vs. Anderson/Venturi vs. Brown, 6.5
  26. S1 E26 Grand Championship Final: Anderson vs. Hutson/Venturi vs. Phillips, 7.7
  1. S2 E1 First Half Preliminary Round 1: Costantino vs. Adams/Mercer vs. Tillotson, 7.4
  2. S2 E2 First Half Preliminary Round 2: Roundy vs. Vopatek/McCargo vs. Hirst, 7.3
  3. S2 E3 First Half Preliminary Round 3: Thompson vs. Bottiggi/Smith vs. Peacock, 7.1
  4. S2 E4 First Half Preliminary Round 4: Thomas/Foster vs. Simonds/Ratner vs. Nichting, 6.5
  5. S2 E5 First Half Preliminary Round 5: Reiff vs. Keck/Mentzer vs. Bryant, 5.7
  6. S2 E6 First Half Quarterfinal Round 1: Foster vs. Costantino/Mercer vs. Tillotson, 8.0
  7. S2 E7 First Half Quarterfinal Round 2: Vopatek vs. Keck/Hirst vs. Nichting, 6.8
  8. S2 E8 First Half Quarterfinal Round 3: Thompson/Bottiggi vs. Simonds/Mentzer vs. Ratner, 6.6
  9. S2 E9 First Half Quarterfinal Round 4: Peacock/Johnson vs. McCargo/Adams vs. Roundy, 8.0
  10. S2 E10 First Half Semifinal Round 1: McCargo vs. Tillotson/Costantino vs. Simonds, 7.8
  11. S2 E11 First Half Semifinal Round 2: Nichting vs. Mentzer/Vopatek vs. Adams, 7.0
  12. S2 E12 First Half Final Round: Tillotson vs. Nichting/Costantino vs. Adams, 7.0
  13. S2 E13 Second Half Preliminary Round 1: McClesky/Kieser vs. Branham/Look-Jaeger vs. Wilcox/Dorsa, 7.6
  14. S2 E14 Second Half Preliminary Round 2: Johnson vs. Kiernan/Akai vs. Henger, 6.7
  15. S2 E15 Second Half Preliminary Round 3: Duke vs. Hill-Hudgins/Duke vs. Suzuki, 6.5
  16. S2 E16 Second Half Preliminary Round 4: Nasca vs. Dieter/Cumberbatch vs. Jarchow, 6.8
  17. S2 E17 Second Half Preliminary Round 5: Montgomery vs. Altschuler/Telley vs. Stickleman, 6.8
  1. S3 E19 Second Half Quarterfinal Round 1: Montgomery vs. Duke/Akai vs. Duke, 8.0
  2. S3 E20 Second Half Quarterfinal Round 2: Johnson vs. Dieter/Look-Jaeger vs. Dorsa, 6.7
  3. S3 E21 Second Half Quarterfinal Round 3: Kiernan vs. Nasca/Cumberbatch vs. Jarchow, 8.0
  4. S3 E22 Second Half Quarterfinal Round 4: Branham vs. Altschuler/Telley vs. Stickleman, 6.6
  5. S3 E23 Second Half Semifinal Round 1: Branham vs. Montgomery/Telley vs. Akai, 7.8
  6. S3 E24 Second Half Semifinal Round 2: Kiernan vs. Dieter/Cumberbatch vs. Dorsa, 8.2
  7. S3 E25 Second Half Final Round: Branham vs. Dieter/Telley vs. Cumberbatch, 7.2
  8. S3 E26 Grand Championship Final: Costantino vs. Branham/Nichting vs. Cumberbatch, 8.4
  1. S4 E13 First Half Final Round: Goldrick vs. Ortega/Kropp vs. Lentz, 8.2
  2. S4 E24 Second Half Semifinal Round 2: Mauro vs. Curella/Mollica vs. Perling, 6.6
  3. S4 E26 Grand Championship Final: Ortega vs. Mauro/Lentz vs. Mollica, 9.0
  1. S5 E2 First Half Preliminary Round 2: Grey vs. Bettendorf/Langston vs. Jernegan, 6.6
  2. S5 E3 First Half Preliminary Round 3: Rosenberg vs. Peace and Hargrow/Valdiviez vs. Walz, 6.5
  3. S5 E4 First Half Preliminary Round 4: Street vs. Cooley/Montalvo vs. Pepe, 6.2
  4. S5 E5 First Half Preliminary Round 5: LePage vs. Hughes/Williams vs. Marshall, 7.7
  5. S5 E7 First Half Quarterfinal Round 1: Bettendorf vs. Cooley/Langston vs. Williams, 6.6
  6. S5 E8 First Half Quarterfinal Round 2: LePage vs. Kettle/Marshall vs. McBride, 6.6
  1. S6 E1 First Half Preliminary Round 1: Schwepker vs. Berry/Wheat vs. Marino, 7.3
  2. S6 E2 First Half Preliminary Round 2: Ross vs. Fanshier/Lockey vs. Tyler, 7.0
  3. S6 E3 First Half Preliminary Round 3: Muse vs. Hill/Morris vs. Albright, 6.4
  4. S6 E4 First Half Preliminary Round 4: Goodwin vs. Kamp/Tatum vs. Scarvers, 6.4
  5. S6 E5 First Half Quarterfinal Round 1: Tyler vs. Lockey/Berry vs. Hill, 6.8
  6. S6 E6 First Half Quarterfinal Round 2: Ross vs. Goodwin/Albright vs. Marino, 6.8
  7. S6 E7 First Half Quarterfinal Round 3: Franshier vs. Kamp/Morris vs. Scarvers, 6.0
  8. S6 E8 First Half Quarterfinal Round 4: Schwepker vs. Muse/Wheat vs. Tantum, 6.6
  9. S6 E9 First Half Semifinal Round 1: Muse vs. Berry/Wheat vs. Tyler, 7.2
  10. S6 E10 First Half Semifinal Round 2: Franshier vs. Goodwin/Marino vs. Scarvers, 7.0
  11. S6 E11 First Half Final Round: Berry vs. Goodwin/Tyler vs. Marino, 8.0
  12. S6 E12 Second Half Preliminary Round 1: Clark vs. Jackson/Odita vs. Ferguson, 6.8
  13. S6 E15 Second Half Preliminary Round 4: Edwards vs. Diederick/Clay vs. Grizoffi, 6.8
  14. S6 E16 Second Half Quarterfinal Round 1: Diederick vs. Cruz/Bond vs. Odita, 6.5
  15. S6 E17 Second Half Quarterfinal Round 2: Clark vs. Kibort/Toyebo vs. Clay, 6.7
  16. S6 E18 Second Half Quarterfinal Round 3: Jackson vs. Shriner/Ferguson vs. Shares, 6.2
  17. S6 E19 Second Half Quarterfinal Round 4: Edwards vs. Collins/Wooster vs. Grizoffi, 7.0
  18. S6 E20 Second Half Semifinal Round 1: Diederich vs. Edwards/Odita vs. Wooster, 7.0
  19. S6 E21 Second Half Semifinal Round 2: Jackson vs. Kibort/Shares vs. Toyebo, 7.0
  20. S6 E22 Second Half Final Round: Edwards vs. Jackson/Odita vs. Toyebo, 7.2
  21. S6 E23 Grand Champion Final: Jackson vs. Berry/Odita vs. Tyler, 6.8
  1. S7 E9 Qualifying Round 9: Storm vs. Jackson & Croom vs. Howard, 7.4
  2. S7 E13 Celebrity Challenge, 6.3
  1. S8 E10 Playboy Models vs Underwear Models Challenge: Hintnaus & James vs Tenison & Ferratti, 6.0
  2. S8 E13 Battle of the Best II: Storm vs. Berry & Odita vs. Sullivan, 7.5

Cast

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Crew

Directors
Bob Levy

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Facts

December 31, 1988 · September 1, 1994 · Ended

First aired
December 31, 1988
Last aired
September 1, 1994
Status
Ended
Length
7 seasons · 167 episodes
Age rating
TV-PG
Genres
Reality
Original language
English
Also spoken
Spanish
Made in
United States
Available in
56 countries

Tropes

Fanservice, Spin-Off, Bookends +9

Q&A

7 questions, like "Where can I stream American Gladiators?"

Questions about American Gladiators

Quick answers from GoodWatch data.

Where can I stream American Gladiators?

PrimeThe RokuAmazon Prime Video Free with Ads

In the United States, American Gladiators streams on Prime, and it is free with ads on The Roku and Amazon Prime Video Free with Ads. It also streams in 9 other countries.

Is American Gladiators worth watching?

62
DecentGoodWatch score

Opinions are mixed, with a GoodWatch score of 62 (IMDb 6.6).

Which season of American Gladiators is best?

Season 4, with an IMDb average of 8.0. Season 5 is the weakest at 6.7. The highest-rated episode is Grand Championship Final: Ortega vs. Mauro/Lentz vs. Mollica (season 4, episode 26) at 9.0, and the lowest is Second Half Quarterfinal Round 4: Anderson vs. Allen/Brown vs. Farwell (season 1, episode 22) at 5.3.

Is American Gladiators okay for kids?

TV-PG

Yes: it's rated TV-PG in the United States, and the viewing guide lists it for kids.

How long does it take to watch American Gladiators?

167 h

About 167 hours: 167 episodes in 7 seasons of about 60 minutes each, aired from 1988 to 1994.

Can I half-watch American Gladiators?

Easy watchDemanding

Yes: it's easy to follow, with complexity at only 2 of 10, and the viewing guide calls it good for background watching.

Will I feel good after watching American Gladiators?

BleakHopeful

Yes, it's an uplifting series: the title analysis rates it 7 of 10 for wholesome and 6 for hopefulness.