Nickelodeon USA will start to premiere NBC’s three-time Emmy Award-nominated reality series American Ninja Warrior on Monday, August 12, 2019 at 8:00 p.m. (ET/PT)! The series will launch on Nick with it's eighth season (11th season overall), which started airing earlier this summer on NBC.
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Hosted by Matt Iseman and Akbar Gbajabiamila, the action-packed series follows competitors as they tackle challenging obstacle courses in city qualifying and finals rounds throughout the U.S. Top competitors in each of the city finals rounds move onto the national finals, where they compete on a four-stage course that includes multiple obstacles on each stage. The winner, who must complete all four stages, including the final 75-foot rope climb, will take home a grand prize of $1 million.
In addition, the ninja to go the farthest on the national finals course wins $100,000. Last season’s inaugural “last ninja standing” was American Ninja Warrior veteran Drew Drechsel. Drechsel has competed on eight seasons of the show to date and recently served as the captain for Team USA on the show’s annual “USA Vs. the World” telecast.
For season 8, the highly popular obstacle course competition series filmed in six cities during Spring, including Los Angeles (Universal Studios backlot), Atlanta (The Home Depot Backyard at Mercedes Benz Stadium), Oklahoma City (State Capitol Building), Baltimore (Rash Field) and Cincinnati (downtown), along with its inaugural trip to the Pacific Northwest and its first time shooting indoors at Washington’s iconic Tacoma Dome. The show’s national finals will once again take place in Las Vegas.
The season eight premiere of American Ninja Warrior, "Los Angeles Qualifier Part 1" features the qualifying round from Los Angeles, CA - Matt Iseman and Akbar Gbaja-Biamila host while Kristine Leahy co-hosts.
In season seven, American Ninja Warrior introduced several new twists, including lowering the competitors’ age limit to 19, which ushered in a new generation of strong, swift ninjas, and the fan-favorite 18-foot mega-warped wall, which offered competitors a chance to instantly win $10,000.
This season also brings some new, significant changes to the course and the game play, including new rules for the mega-warped wall and never-before-seen obstacles.
NBC’s summertime staple is always a strong ratings performer. In 2018, American Ninja Warrior delivered a 1.3 rating in adults 18-49 and 5.9 million viewers overall in “live plus seven day” Nielsens, scoring as the most-watched broadcast of the night with each of its final five telecasts of the summer. The show consistently generated top-10 rankings among primetime shows on the Big 4 networks in numerous key demographics, including a #3 ranking among kids 2-11 behind only the two editions of America’s Got Talent.
Based on the global hit Sasuke, from Tokyo Broadcasting System Television, the original series is now in its 36th season in Japan.
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Hosted by Matt Iseman and Akbar Gbajabiamila, the action-packed series follows competitors as they tackle challenging obstacle courses in city qualifying and finals rounds throughout the U.S. Top competitors in each of the city finals rounds move onto the national finals, where they compete on a four-stage course that includes multiple obstacles on each stage. The winner, who must complete all four stages, including the final 75-foot rope climb, will take home a grand prize of $1 million.
In addition, the ninja to go the farthest on the national finals course wins $100,000. Last season’s inaugural “last ninja standing” was American Ninja Warrior veteran Drew Drechsel. Drechsel has competed on eight seasons of the show to date and recently served as the captain for Team USA on the show’s annual “USA Vs. the World” telecast.
For season 8, the highly popular obstacle course competition series filmed in six cities during Spring, including Los Angeles (Universal Studios backlot), Atlanta (The Home Depot Backyard at Mercedes Benz Stadium), Oklahoma City (State Capitol Building), Baltimore (Rash Field) and Cincinnati (downtown), along with its inaugural trip to the Pacific Northwest and its first time shooting indoors at Washington’s iconic Tacoma Dome. The show’s national finals will once again take place in Las Vegas.
The season eight premiere of American Ninja Warrior, "Los Angeles Qualifier Part 1" features the qualifying round from Los Angeles, CA - Matt Iseman and Akbar Gbaja-Biamila host while Kristine Leahy co-hosts.
In season seven, American Ninja Warrior introduced several new twists, including lowering the competitors’ age limit to 19, which ushered in a new generation of strong, swift ninjas, and the fan-favorite 18-foot mega-warped wall, which offered competitors a chance to instantly win $10,000.
This season also brings some new, significant changes to the course and the game play, including new rules for the mega-warped wall and never-before-seen obstacles.
NBC’s summertime staple is always a strong ratings performer. In 2018, American Ninja Warrior delivered a 1.3 rating in adults 18-49 and 5.9 million viewers overall in “live plus seven day” Nielsens, scoring as the most-watched broadcast of the night with each of its final five telecasts of the summer. The show consistently generated top-10 rankings among primetime shows on the Big 4 networks in numerous key demographics, including a #3 ranking among kids 2-11 behind only the two editions of America’s Got Talent.
Based on the global hit Sasuke, from Tokyo Broadcasting System Television, the original series is now in its 36th season in Japan.
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H/T: Special thanks to @TVShowsFan for the news!; Additional sources: Google, Wikipedia.
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