American Gladiators (Season 1)

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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    Round 1: Preliminaries (Episode 1)

    Air date: 1988-12-31

    Runtime: 60 min

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

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    Round One Preliminaries (Episode 2)

    Air date: 1989-01-07

    Runtime: 60 min

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

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    Round One Preliminaries (Episode 3)

    Air date: 1989-01-14

    Runtime: 60 min

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

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    Round One Preliminaries (Episode 4)

    Air date: 1989-01-14

    Runtime: 60 min

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

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    Round One Preliminaries (Episode 5)

    Air date: 1989-01-21

    Runtime: 60 min

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

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    Round One Quarterfinals (Episode 6)

    Air date: 1989-01-31

    Runtime: 60 min

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

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    Round One Quarterfinals (Episode 7)

    Air date: 1989-01-31

    Runtime: 60 min

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

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    Round One Quarterfinals (Episode 8)

    Air date: 1989-01-31

    Runtime: 60 min

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

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    Round One Quarterfinals (Episode 9)

    Air date: 1989-02-01

    Runtime: 60 min

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

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    Round One Semi-finals (Episode 10)

    Air date: 1989-03-01

    Runtime: 60 min

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

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    Round One Semi-finals (Episode 11)

    Air date: 1989-03-01

    Runtime: 60 min

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

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    Round One Finals (Episode 12)

    Air date: 1989-03-01

    Runtime: 60 min

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

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    Highlights From Round One (Episode 13)

    Air date: 1989-05-01

    Runtime: 60 min

    Overview: First Half Highlight Show

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    Round Two Preliminaries (Episode 14)

    Air date: 1989-09-01

    Runtime: 60 min

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

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    Round Two Preliminaries (Episode 15)

    Air date: 1989-09-01

    Runtime: 60 min

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

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    Round Two Preliminaries (Episode 16)

    Air date: 1989-09-01

    Runtime: 60 min

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

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    Round Two Preliminaries (Episode 17)

    Air date: 1989-09-01

    Runtime: 60 min

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

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    Round Two Preliminaries (Episode 18)

    Air date: 1989-09-01

    Runtime: 60 min

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

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    Round Two Quarterfinals (Episode 19)

    Air date: 1990-03-01

    Runtime: 60 min

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

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    Round Two Quarterfinals (Episode 20)

    Air date: 1990-03-01

    Runtime: 60 min

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

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    Round Two Quarterfinals (Episode 21)

    Air date: 1990-03-01

    Runtime: 60 min

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

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    Round Two Quarterfinals (Episode 22)

    Air date: 1990-03-01

    Runtime: 60 min

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

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    Round Two Semi-finals (Episode 23)

    Air date: 1990-03-01

    Runtime: 60 min

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

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    Round Two Semi-finals (Episode 24)

    Air date: 1990-03-01

    Runtime: 60 min

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

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    Round Two Finals (Episode 25)

    Air date: 1990-03-01

    Runtime: 60 min

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

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    Grand Championship (Episode 26)

    Air date: 1990-04-01

    Runtime: 60 min

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

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