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American Ninja Warrior

Follow competitors as they tackle a series of challenging obstacle courses in both city qualifying and city finals rounds across the country. Those that successfully complete the finals course in their designated region move on to the national finals round in Las Vegas, where they face a stunning four-stage course modeled after the famed Mt. Midoriyama course in Japan. The winner will take home a grand prize of $1 million.

TV-PG Esquire Network

6.8

2009 Reality 40 min Play

TV 7.8

The American Gladiators Documentary

This docuseries takes an unconventional approach to the epic tale of the famed reality-competition show. What begins as a traditional sports documentary soon gives way to bigger themes of greed, divergent narratives, and ultimately questions how history itself is written.

NR ESPN

7.8

2023 Documentary N/A Play

TV 7.2

Muscles & Mayhem: An Unauthorized Story of American Gladiators

In the '90s, TV's stunt-filled "American Gladiators" thrilled fans. This docuseries explores the show's success — and how it almost ended before it began.

TV-MA Netflix

7.2

2023 Documentary N/A Play

TV 5.7

American Gladiators

American Gladiators is an American competition TV show that aired on NBC and Citytv in Canada. Hosted by Hulk Hogan and Laila Ali, the show matches amateur athletes against each other and the show's own "gladiators" in contests of strength, agility, and endurance. It is a remake of the original series of the same name which ran from 1989–1996, with elements of the UK version of the 1990s. The show is refereed by Al Kaplon, a former American League umpire, who can also be seen as the referee ...

NR NBC

5.7

2008 Reality N/A Play

TV 6.6

American Gladiators

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 ...

TV-PG USA Network

6.6

1988 Reality 60 min Play

TV 7.1

The Continental: From the World of John Wick

Winston Scott is roped into a world of assassins and must make things right after his brother's attack on the Continental hotel.

TV-MA Peacock

7.1

2023 Adventure N/A Play

TV 5.0

The Bachelor Winter Games

14 international bachelors and bachelorettes from such countries as Switzerland, Japan and Australia compete and, hopefully, find love with 12 of America's Bachelor Nation favorites. These singles will go head-to-head in winter-themed challenges, including the toughest sport of all – love.

TV-14 ABC

5.0

2018 Drama 2 min Play

TV 5.4

Bachelor in Paradise

Some of The Bachelor's biggest stars and villains are back. They all left The Bachelor or The Bachelorette with broken hearts, but now they know what it really takes to find love, and on Bachelor in Paradise they'll get a second chance to find their soul mates. Contestants live together in an isolated romantic paradise in Mexico and we follow these former bachelors and bachelorettes as they explore new romantic relationships.

TV-14 ABC

5.4

2014 Drama 42 min Play

TV 4.7

Bachelor Pad

Fan-favorites, arch-rivals, villains and the sexiest participants from the hugely successful "Bachelor" franchise reunite under one roof for a second chance at love.

The Bachelorette

A single bachelorette dates multiple men over several weeks, narrowing them down to hopefully find her true love.

TV-14 ABC

3.5

2003 Drama 60 min Play

TV 3.2

The Bachelor

A single bachelor dates multiple women over several weeks, narrowing them down to hopefully find his true love.

TV-14 ABC

3.2

2002 Drama 1 min Play

TV 8.4

Whose Line Is It Anyway?

Comedian Aisha Tyler hosts this improv comedy show where the actors on the show - Wayne Brady, Colin Mochrie, Ryan Stiles along with a special guest each episode -must put their comedic skills to the test through a series of spontaneous improv games, prompted only by random ideas supplied by the studio audience.

TV-PG The CW

8.4

2013 Comedy 31S min Play

TV 8.5

Whose Line Is It Anyway?

The show where everything's made up and the points don't matter. Not a talk show, not a sitcom, not a game show, Whose Line Is It Anyway? is a completely unique concept to network television. Four talented actors perform completely unrehearsed skits and games in front of a studio audience. Host Drew Carey sets the scene, with contributions from the audience, but the actors rely completely on their quick wit and improvisational skills. It's genuinely improvised, so anything can happen - and ...

The Quiz with Balls

Hosted by comedian Jay Pharoah, families must work together as each contestant faces a quiz where each wrong answer results in a massive ball rapidly descending and knocking them into a pool below; the final dry family member plays the final round for a $100,000 grand prize.

NR FOX

6.3

2024 Game Show N/A Play

TV 5.1

Raid the Cage

Two teams of two face off to grab-and-go prizes from the Cage before their time runs out and the doors close. After three rounds, the team that banks the highest total dollar value in prizes wins the game, keeps what they grabbed and plays the final round for an even bigger cash prize.

NR CBS

5.1

2023 Game Show N/A Play

TV 6.6

Capital One College Bowl

Students from rival colleges compete in the ultimate academic challenge, where teams are tested on a variety of subjects in a tournament with $1 million in scholarships on the line.

NR NBC

6.6

2021 Game Show N/A Play

TV 5.4

Floor Is Lava

Teams compete to navigate rooms flooded with lava by leaping from chairs, hanging from curtains and swinging from chandeliers.

Funny You Should Ask

Hosted by Jon Kelley (Extra, The Mole), Funny You Should Ask is a comedy game show featuring a panel of comedians who interact with contestants. In each episode, the laughs and the cash stakes increase as the comedians answer questions, while the two players decide if they're right or wrong.

Password

Jimmy Fallon and other celebrities pair with contestants to face off in the ultimate game of words.

TV-PG NBC

6.2

2022 Game Show 1 min Play

TV 5.3

Lingo

A high-stakes solve-the-puzzle competition, Lingo pits teams of two in multiple fast-paced rounds of guessing letters that in turn reveal seemingly simple words. The winning teams of these early rounds then go head-to-head in a nerve-wracking and unpredictable showdown. It all spells out TV's newest word-based competition sensation, in which anyone's H-U-N-C-H can mean someone's cash P-R-I-Z-E.

NR CBS

5.3

2023 Game Show N/A Play

TV 6.1

1 vs. 100

One player must outlast a mob of 100 people in a tense battle of brains and greed for a chance to win a huge cash prize. To stay in the game, the player must answer trivia questions and get every one right -- wrong answers from the mob eliminates them from the game, driving up the cash prize for the player. If the player can eliminate all 100 members of the mob, they'll go home with the top prize.

NR NBC

6.1

2006 Game Show N/A Play

TV 6.7

25 Words or Less

Hosted by Meredith Vieira, two teams of celebrities and civilians face off in a fast paced word game with a top prize of $10,000.

TV-PG Syndication

6.7

2018 Game Show 30 min Play

TV 6.9

Weakest Link

After Anne Robinson hosted the original 3 seasons, Jane Lynch now hosts as eight contestants work as a team to bank the maximum amount of prize money across multiple rounds by answering rapid-fire trivia questions, with each successive correct answer increasing the amount of potential winnings, and each incorrect answer breaking the chain and forcing the contestants to start over with the lowest amount of money. At the end of each round, players vote for the person whom they consider to be ...

TV-PG NBC

6.9

2020 Game Show 43 min Play

TV 6.3

Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?

American version of the tense gameshow where contestants tackle a series of multiple-choice questions to win large cash prizes.

TV-G ABC

6.3

1999 Game Show 60 min Play

TV 5.3

Pictionary

Based on the Mattel's party game, two teams of three players will compete against each other, trying to guess the correct word or phrase represented by the drawings of their fellow teammates.

TV-PG Syndication

5.3

2022 Game Show N/A Play

TV 6.2

Match Game

A modern reboot of the classic 70s game show that features two contestants attempting to match the answers of six celebrities in a game of fill-in-the-blank.

TV-14 ABC

6.2

2016 Comedy 60 min Play

TV 6.5

To Tell the Truth

A modern reimagination of the classic game show. In each round, a celebrity panel will be presented with three people who all claim to be the same person with the same incredible talent, job or achievement. One is sworn to tell the truth while the others are not.

TV-PG ABC

6.5

2016 Comedy 42 min Play

TV 6.3

The $100,000 Pyramid

In $100,000 Pyramid, contestants are in teams of two. The goal of the game is to help your partner guess an answer, by listing items that would be included in said answer, or synonymous. For instance, if the answer is “Things That Bounce”, clues would be “Po-Go Sticks”, “Kangaroos”, “Basketballs”, etc. To add to the challenge, the contestant who is giving the clues has their hands strapped to their chair, so they’re unable to gesture in order to help the guessing process.

TV-14 ABC

6.3

2016 Game Show 19S min Play

TV 6.5

Press Your Luck

A game of wits, strategy and high stakes as contestants try to avoid the iconic WHAMMY for a chance at life-changing cash and prizes.

TV-PG ABC

6.5

2019 Game Show 1 min Play

TV N/A

Trivial Pursuit

The beloved trivia game Trivial Pursuit is reimagined in a question-packed entertainment format. Gameplay takes place on a giant version of the iconic Trivial Pursuit game board, as contestants battle it out over a range of play-along question categories to win wedges and beat each other to the center. The victor then takes on a dramatic finale against the clock to claim the big money jackpot.

NR The CW

N/A

2024 Game Show N/A Play

TV 4.2

Scrabble

Wordsmiths compete in challenging word games to score points and control a giant Scrabble board, displaying strategic skill and mastery of language.

NR The CW

4.2

2024 Game Show N/A Play

TV 6.2

Let’s Make a Deal

Audience members dress up in outlandish costumes to get host Wayne Brady's attention in an attempt to make deals for trips, prizes, cars or cash, while trying to avoid the dreaded Zonks.

TV-PG CBS

6.2

2009 Game Show 37 min Play

TV 7.0

The Price is Right $1,000,000 Spectacular

The Price is Right $1,000,000 Spectacular is a special primetime version of The Price is Right where in addition to the usual (contestants try to know their prices to win big prizes), they also try to win $1,000,000. Like the other primetime shows from 1986 and 2002, the prizes were higher in value than that of the daytime show. The winning graphics from this primetime special were very different than the ones used on the daytime show. Under Bob Barker's tenure, no contestant was able to ...

NR CBS

7.0

2003 Game Show 60 min Play

TV 7.5

The Price Is Right

"Come on down!" The Price Is Right features a wide variety of games and contests with the same basic challenge: Guess the prices of everyday (or not-quite-everyday) retail items.

TV-G CBS

7.5

1972 Game Show 1 min Play

TV N/A

Celebrity Family Feud

Celebrity Family Feud pits celebrities and their families against each other in a contest to name the most popular responses to survey-type questions posed to 100 people.

Family Feud

Two families compete against each other in a contest to name the most popular responses to a survey question posed to 100 people.

TV-PG Syndication

6.7

1999 Comedy 30 min Play

TV 7.2

Celebrity Wheel of Fortune

Hosted by Pat Sajak and Vanna White, celebrity contestants spin the wheel and solve word puzzles for a chance to win up to one million dollars for charity.

TV-PG ABC

7.2

2021 Reality 60 min Play

TV 6.7

Wheel of Fortune

This game show sees contestants solve word puzzles, similar to those used in Hangman, to win cash and prizes determined by spinning a giant carnival wheel.

TV-G Syndication

6.7

1983 Family 30S min Play

TV 7.1

Celebrity Jeopardy!

Celebrity contestants compete for a chance to win money for a charity of their choice.

TV-PG ABC

7.1

2022 Reality N/A Play

TV 8.3

Jeopardy!

America's favorite quiz show where contestants are presented with general knowledge clues in the form of answers, and must phrase their responses in question form.

TV-G Syndication

8.3

1984 Family 30 min Play