"American Gladiators" Poised For Primetime Return

Variety   |  Michael Schneider   |   August 23, 2007 09:06 AM


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NBC is getting into the ring with "American Gladiators," which has been revived by the Peacock for midseason.

The competition skein -- which featured players with names like Nitro, Turbo and Laser in its campy, early '90s syndie incarnation -- will be updated for the 21st century with new technology and twists. MGM TV, which was behind the original hit, is producing along with Reveille.

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Is that a man, baby?!?!?!?

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 09:27 AM on 08/24/2007
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... "American Gladiators" Poised For Primetime Return...

Well OF COURSE it is!

There are no fresh ideas anymore kids. The well is dry. A genius today is measured by how well he/she can pitch a show that ended 20 years ago (as it should have).

Much bread to be made no doubt. Technically, I've no problem with that. People gotta eat, and I'm sure all those gaffers and tech people could use the work, but seriously are TV execs this far gone?

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 08:52 PM on 08/23/2007

That picture. Good grief! We have the gall to poke fun at dinosaurs as being pea-brained.

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 06:55 PM on 08/23/2007


Get a load of the penis on that guy! Boys, eat your hearts out.
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    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 05:58 PM on 08/23/2007

NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!
PLEEEEEEEEEEEEEEAASE! Somebody save American TV!
I will be reduced to watching test patterns! Is there no American culture left???
I guess if ya dumb down the education system you have to dumb down TV as well. Bush politics and Bush TV. Bush league everything! Ugh!

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 05:26 PM on 08/23/2007

That picture is so classic. You almost think it is a photoshop. I remember reading in 1992 that American Gladiators was one of Bill CLinton's favorite shows. Does anyone remember that?

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 05:19 PM on 08/23/2007

This could be serious competion for Dawg or Hulk Hogan. What happened to the Gotti show? Quality TV.
'Give them circuses and cake."

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 05:09 PM on 08/23/2007

Gosh, it was fun to live in Los Angeles, where this sort of thing and that kind of dude-in-the-photo started to seem normal.

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 05:07 PM on 08/23/2007

Aren't our troops on the Battlefields of Iraq and Afghanistan the true 'American Gladiators'??? This show sucked last time around-what's next....Teletubbie re-runs??? Get this crapola off Huffpo!!!

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 04:03 PM on 08/23/2007
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Not really. There's a big difference between a gladiator and a soldier.

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 05:10 PM on 08/23/2007
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This stuff is just sleazy.

Lookit that photo.

That guy doesn't even look HUMAN.

His head looks like it was pasted on his body by a 2 year old!

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 03:55 PM on 08/23/2007


LenP

I got some bad news for you. The guy in the photo is a normal man. If your penis isn't as big as the one he's holding in his hand, you're nothing but a p*ssy.
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    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 06:13 PM on 08/23/2007

I swear I was having flash backs of RUDY GIULIANI....what a resemblance.

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 03:41 PM on 08/23/2007

That photo is disturbing on so many levels it's not even funny. The poor fella looks like he was held upside down by his ankles and dipped in a vat of Sherman Williams mahogany paint. Either that or Whitesnake has a new bass player.

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 03:09 PM on 08/23/2007
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.........GOD..........

......can television get any WORSE.......

....wait....I forgot....yes it can....

...they will probably bring back Dancing with the Stars....or put Maury or Jerry or Montel more stations.....

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 02:28 PM on 08/23/2007
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I think they should show the original cast so we can all see what the 'roids did to them and how unkind the aging process is when you abuse your body.

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 02:18 PM on 08/23/2007
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Great idea! If they're not all in the cemetery.

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 02:49 PM on 08/23/2007

Oh goody, more steroid-laced he-men on TV!!! You know what they say... bigger muscles, smaller pe**s from the steroids.... (grin)

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 01:47 PM on 08/23/2007


SouthJerseySteve

You mean you think that's a small penis? God almighty! What are you used to?
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    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 06:22 PM on 08/23/2007
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