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Johnny C. Ferraro
American Gladiators
Overview
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.
Top Cast
Mike Adamle
Host
Seasons
Season 1 (1988)
No overview available.
26 episodes
Episodes
Episode 1: Round 1: Preliminaries
1988-12-31Females: Frankie Perry vs Brenda Hund Males: Craig Williams vs John Shumski
Runtime: 60 minEpisode 2: Round One Preliminaries
1989-01-07First Half Preliminary Round 2: Moore vs Wirth / Henry vs Jorge
Runtime: 60 minEpisode 3: Round One Preliminaries
1989-01-14First Half Preliminary Round 3: McCarthy vs. Needham/Hutson vs. Simmons
Runtime: 60 minEpisode 4: Round One Preliminaries
1989-01-14First Half Preliminary Round 4: Petitto vs. Ross/Carroll vs. Wyatt
Runtime: 60 minEpisode 5: Round One Preliminaries
1989-01-21First Half Preliminary Round 5: Phillips vs. Cotton/Rogers vs. Todd
Runtime: 60 minEpisode 6: Round One Quarterfinals
1989-01-31First Half Quarterfinal Round 1: Cotton vs. Hund/Williams vs. Shumski
Runtime: 60 minEpisode 7: Round One Quarterfinals
1989-01-31First Half Quarterfinal Round 2: Petitto vs. Ross/Wirth vs. Simmons
Runtime: 60 minEpisode 8: Round One Quarterfinals
1989-01-31First Half Quarterfinal Round 3: Henry vs. Needham/Moore vs. Hutson
Runtime: 60 minEpisode 9: Round One Quarterfinals
1989-02-01First Half Quarterfinal Round 4: McCarthy vs. Phillips/Carroll vs. Todd
Runtime: 60 minEpisode 10: Round One Semi-finals
1989-03-01First Half Semifinal Round 1: Needham vs. Petitto/Williams vs. Carroll/Shumski
Runtime: 60 minEpisode 11: Round One Semi-finals
1989-03-01First Half Semifinal Round 2: Cotton vs. Phillips/Hutson vs. Wirth
Runtime: 60 minEpisode 12: Round One Finals
1989-03-01First Half Final Round: Petitto vs. Phillips/Williams vs. Hutson
Runtime: 60 minEpisode 13: Highlights From Round One
1989-05-01First Half Highlight Show
Runtime: 60 minEpisode 14: Round Two Preliminaries
1989-09-01Preliminary Round 1: Seymour vs. Jordan/Schwartze vs. Farwell
Runtime: 60 minEpisode 15: Round Two Preliminaries
1989-09-01Preliminary Round 2: Podesta vs. Harrison/Allen vs. Herbst
Runtime: 60 minEpisode 16: Round Two Preliminaries
1989-09-01Second Half Preliminary Round 3: Anderson vs. Brady/Venturi vs. Rampe
Runtime: 60 minEpisode 17: Round Two Preliminaries
1989-09-01Second Half Preliminary Round 4: Sutton vs. Cueva/Lakatos vs. Silich
Runtime: 60 minEpisode 18: Round Two Preliminaries
1989-09-01Second Half Preliminary Round 5: Stinson vs. Kidd/Brown vs. Koeberle
Runtime: 60 minEpisode 19: Round Two Quarterfinals
1990-03-01Second Half Quarterfinal Round 1: Seymour vs. Brady/Venturi vs. Harrison
Runtime: 60 minEpisode 20: Round Two Quarterfinals
1990-03-01Second Half Quarterfinal Round 2: Kidd vs. Herbst/Podesta vs. Koeberle
Runtime: 60 minEpisode 21: Round Two Quarterfinals
1990-03-01Second Half Quarterfinal Round 3: Sutton vs. Jordan/Lakatos vs. Silich
Runtime: 60 minEpisode 22: Round Two Quarterfinals
1990-03-01Second Half Quarterfinal Round 4: Anderson vs. Allen/Brown vs. Farwell
Runtime: 60 minEpisode 23: Round Two Semi-finals
1990-03-01Second Half Semifinal Round 1: Jordan vs. Anderson/Venturi vs. Silich
Runtime: 60 minEpisode 24: Round Two Semi-finals
1990-03-01Second Half Semifinal Round 2: Podesta vs. Brown/Kidd vs. Seymour/Herbst
Runtime: 60 minEpisode 25: Round Two Finals
1990-03-01Second Half Final Round: Kidd vs. Anderson/Venturi vs. Brown
Runtime: 60 minEpisode 26: Grand Championship
1990-04-01Grand Championship Final: Anderson vs. Hutson/Venturi vs. Phillips
Runtime: 60 min
Season 2 (1990)
No overview available.
26 episodes
Episodes
Episode 1: Round 1: Preliminaries
1990-09-01Females: Sheila Mercer vs Trish Tillotson Males: Rico Costantino vs John Adams
Runtime: 60 minEpisode 2: Round 1: Preliminaries
1990-09-08Females: Margaret McCargo vs Susan Hirst Males: Chris Vopatek vs Purple Roundy
Runtime: 60 minEpisode 3: Round 1: Preliminaries
1990-09-15Females: Marla Smith vs Kelley Peacock Males: Dale Thompson vs Rob Bottiggi
Runtime: 60 minEpisode 4: Round 1: Preliminaries
1990-09-22Females: Maria Nichting vs Esther Ratner Males: Dwayne Thomas vs Lincoln Simonds ※Note: During Assault, Dwayne Thomas sustained an eye injury and was replaced with Nate Foster.
Runtime: 60 minEpisode 5: Round 1: Preliminaries
1990-09-29Females: Samantha Bryant vs Cinda Mentzer Males: Wesley Keck vs Scott Reiff
Runtime: 60 minEpisode 6: Round One Quarterfinals
1990-10-06Round one quarterfinals with contenders: Constantino vs. Foster and Mercer vs. Tillotson.
Runtime: 60 minEpisode 7: Round One Quarterfinals
1990-10-13Round one quarterfinals with contenders: Vopatek vs. Keck and Nichting vs. Hirst.
Runtime: 60 minEpisode 8: Round One Quarterfinals
1990-10-20Round one quarterfinals with contenders: Thompson vs. Simonds and Ratner vs. Mentzer.
Runtime: 60 minEpisode 9: Round One Quarterfinals
1990-10-27Round one quarterfinals with contenders: Roundy vs. Adams and McCargo vs. Peacock.
Runtime: 60 minEpisode 10: Round One Semi-finals
1990-11-03Round one semi-finals with contenders: Costantino vs. Simonds and McCargo vs. Tillotson.
Runtime: 60 minEpisode 11: Round One Semi-finals
1990-11-10Round one semi-finals with contenders: Vopatek vs. Adams and Nichting vs. Mentzer.
Runtime: 60 minEpisode 12: Round One Finals
1990-11-17Round one finals with contenders: Costantino vs. Adams and Nichting vs. Tillotson.
Runtime: 60 minEpisode 13: Round Two Preliminaries
1990-11-24Round two preliminaries with contenders: Branham vs. McKleskey (alt. Kieser) and Look-Jaeger vs. Wilcox (alt. Dorsa)
Runtime: 60 minEpisode 14: Round Two Preliminaries
1990-12-01Round two preliminaries with contenders: Kiernan vs. Johnson and Henger vs. Akai.
Runtime: 60 minEpisode 15: Round Two Preliminaries
1990-12-08Round two preliminaries with contenders: Duke vs. Suzuki and Duke vs. Hill-Hudgins.
Runtime: 60 minEpisode 16: Round Two Preliminaries
1990-12-15Round two preliminaries with contenders: Nasca vs. Dieter and Cumberbatch vs. Jarchow
Runtime: 60 minEpisode 17: Round Two Preliminaries
1990-12-22Round two preliminaries with contenders: Montgomery vs. Altshuler and Telley vs. Stickelman.
Runtime: 60 minEpisode 18: Round Two Quarterfinals
1990-12-29Round two quarterfinals with contenders: Montgomery vs. Duke and Duke vs. Akai.
Runtime: 60 minEpisode 19: Round Two Quarterfinals
1991-01-05Round two quarterfinals with contenders: Johnson vs. Dieter and Look-Jaeger vs. Dorsa.
Runtime: 60 minEpisode 20: Round Two Quarterfinals
1991-01-12Round two quarterfinals with contenders: Nasca vs. Kiernan and Cumberbatch vs. Jarchow.
Runtime: 60 minEpisode 21: Round Two Quarterfinals
1991-01-19Round two quarterfinals with contenders: Altshuler vs. Branham and Telley vs. Stickelman.
Runtime: 60 minEpisode 22: Round Two Semi-finals
1991-01-26Round two semi-finals with contenders: Branham vs. Montgomery and Telley vs. Akai.
Runtime: 60 minEpisode 23: Round Two Semi-finals
1991-02-02Round two semi-finals with contenders: Kiernan vs. Dieter and Cumberbatch vs. Dorsa.
Runtime: 60 minEpisode 24: Round Two Finals
1991-02-09Round two finals with contenders: Branham vs. Dieter and Cumberbatch vs. Telley.
Runtime: 60 minEpisode 25: Grand Championship
1991-02-16Grand championship with contenders: Costantino vs. Branham and Nichting vs. Cumberbatch.
Runtime: 60 minEpisode 26: Alumni Show
1991-02-23Alumni show with contenders: Cheryl Ann Silich, Aimee Ross, Lucian Anderson and Terry Moore.
Runtime: 60 min
Season 3 (1991)
No overview available.
25 episodes
Episodes
Episode 1: Round One Preliminaries 1
1991-09-01First half preliminary 1: Gary Wilson v. Coz Worthington, Toril Torjensen v. Kristi Kopp
Runtime: 60 minEpisode 2: Round One Preliminaries 2
1991-09-08First half preliminary 2: Alex Engmann/Johnny Vineyard v. James Long, Elise Johnson v. Erica Alstead
Runtime: 60 minEpisode 3: Round One Preliminaries 3
1991-09-15First half preliminary 3: Randy Jones v. Keith Collins, Johnnie Jonckowski v. Patti Stevenson
Runtime: 60 minEpisode 4: Round One Preliminaries 4
1991-09-22First half preliminary 4: Eric Monostori/Tim Goldrick v. Greg Petrie, Denise Chase v. Rose Ann Torres
Runtime: 60 minEpisode 5: Round One Preliminaries 5
1991-09-29First half preliminary 5: Mark Anthony v. Craig Charles, Kimberley Lentz v. Jill Shenk
Runtime: 60 minEpisode 6: Round One Quarterfinals 1
1991-10-06First half quarterfinal 1: Johnny Vineyard v. Coz Worthington, Kristi Kropp v. Kimberley Lentz
Runtime: 60 minEpisode 7: Round One Quarterfinals 2
1991-10-13First half quarterfinal 2: Mark Ortega v. Craig Charles, Johnnie Jonckowski v. Sherry Giardina
Runtime: 60 minEpisode 8: Round One Quarterfinals 3
1991-10-20First half quarterfinal 3: Tom Goldrick v. Randy Jones, Denise Chase v. Erica Alstead
Runtime: 60 minEpisode 9: Pro Football Challenge of Champions
1991-10-27Pro football alumni compete in a special episode: Jack Hamm, Cliff Branch, Charles White, Phil Villapiano, Greg Pruitt, Jim Kiick
Runtime: 60 minEpisode 10: Round One Semifinals 1
1991-11-03First half semifinal 1: Mark Ortega v. Johnny Vineyard, Johnny Jonckowski v. Kimberley Lentz
Runtime: 60 minEpisode 11: Round One Semifinals 2
1991-11-10First half semifinal 2: Tim Goldrick v. Coz Worthington, Kristi Kropp v. Denise Chase
Runtime: 60 minEpisode 12: Round One Finals
1991-11-17First half final: Tim Goldrick v. Mark Ortega, Kristi Kropp v. Kimberley Lentz
Runtime: 60 minEpisode 13: Round Two Preliminaries 1
1991-11-24Second half preliminary 1: Robert Bender v. Kevin Cleary, A.J. Perling v. Angela Sheppard
Runtime: 60 minEpisode 14: Round Two Preliminaries 2
1991-12-01Second half preliminary 2: Chris Parisi v. George Blasius, Trace Wolf v. Kathy Mollica
Runtime: 60 minEpisode 15: Round Two Preliminaries 3
1991-12-08Second half preliminary 3: Joseph Mauro v. Dennis Watts, Patricia Murray v. Teri Plunkett
Runtime: 60 minEpisode 16: Round Two Preliminaries 4
1991-12-15Second half preliminary 4: Ted Papenhagen v. Tommy Knox, Angela Stearns v. Talpha Lehnen
Runtime: 60 minEpisode 17: Round Two Preliminaries 5
1991-12-22Second half preliminary 5: Darrell Gholar v. Jay Macormack/Anthony Jackson, Vivian Riley v. Lisa Sierra
Runtime: 60 minEpisode 18: Round Two Preliminaries 6
1991-12-29Second half preliminary 6: Marek Wilczynski v. Tony Curella, Stephanie Violante v. Tracy Passo
Runtime: 60 minEpisode 19: Round Two Quarterfinals 1
1992-01-05Second half quarterfinal 1: Kevin Cleary v. Tommy Knox, Vivian Riley/Angela Stearns v. Susan Stencil
Runtime: 60 minEpisode 20: Round Two Quarterfinals 2
1992-01-12Second half quarterfinal 2: Darrell Gholar v. Tony Curella, Talpha Lehnen v. Tracy Passo
Runtime: 60 minEpisode 21: Round Two Quarterfinals 3
1992-01-19Second half quarterfinal 3: Joseph Mauro v. Gearge Blasius, A.J. Perling v. Kathy Mollica
Runtime: 60 minEpisode 22: Round Two Semifinals 1
1992-01-26Second half semifinal 1: Tommy Knox v. Darrell Gholar, Tracy Passo v. Susan Stencil
Runtime: 60 minEpisode 23: Round Two Semifinals 2
1992-02-02Second half semifinal 2: Joseph Mauro v. Tony Curella; Kathy Mollica v. A.J. Perling
Runtime: 60 minEpisode 24: Round Two Finals
1992-02-09Second half final: Joseph Mauro v. Darrell Gholar, Kathy Mollica v. Susan Stencil
Runtime: 60 minEpisode 25: Grand Championship
1992-02-16Grand Championship: Mark Ortega v. Joseph Mauro, Kimberly Lentz v. Kathy Mollica
Runtime: 60 min
Season 4 (1992)
No overview available.
26 episodes
Episodes
Episode 1: Round One Preliminaries
1992-09-01Contenders: Betsy Erickson vs. Jeannine Micheletti and Lance Sellers (alt. Darryl Moore) vs. Cliff Miller.
Runtime: 60 minEpisode 2: Round One Preliminaries
1992-09-08Contenders: Lisa Langston vs. Tracy Ann Jernegan and Tony Bettendorf vs. Elbert Gray.
Runtime: 60 minEpisode 3: Round One Preliminaries
1992-09-15Contenders: Jennifer Walz vs. Claudia Valdiviez and Ernest Peace (alt. Sean Hargrow) vs. Buz Rosenberg.
Runtime: 60 minEpisode 4: Round One Preliminaries
1992-09-22Contenders: Elizabeth Pepe vs. Yvonne Montalvo and Willie Cooley vs. Spencer Street.
Runtime: 60 minEpisode 5: Round One Preliminaries
1992-09-29Contenders: Cathy Marshall vs. Shannon Williams and Roger Hughes vs. Ted LePage.
Runtime: 60 minEpisode 6: Round One Quarterfinals
1992-10-06Contenders: Lisa Langston vs. Shannon Williams and Tony Bettendorf vs. Willie Cooley.
Runtime: 60 minEpisode 7: Round One Quarterfinals
1992-10-13Contenders: Cathy Marshall vs. Annette McBride and Joseph Kettle vs. Ted LePage.
Runtime: 60 minEpisode 8: Round One Quarterfinals
1992-10-20Contenders: Jennifer Walz vs. Betsy Erickson and Cliff Miller vs. Spencer Street
Runtime: 60 minEpisode 9: Round One Semi-finals
1992-10-27Contenders: Betsy Erickson vs. Lisa Langston and Ted LePage vs. Spencer Street
Runtime: 60 minEpisode 10: Round One Semi-finals
1992-11-03Contenders: Annette McBride vs. Jennifer Walz and Cliff Miller vs. Tony Bettendorf
Runtime: 60 minEpisode 11: Round One Finals
1992-11-10Contenders: Annette McBride vs. Betsy Erickson and Cliff Miller vs. Ted LePage
Runtime: 60 minEpisode 12: Round Two Preliminaries
1992-11-17Contenders: Melissa Liberman vs. Cheryl Wilson and Mary DePaoli vs. Jerry Burrell
Runtime: 60 minEpisode 13: Round Two Preliminaries
1992-11-24Contenders: Paula Perry vs. Christine Underhill-Richard/alt. Michele Ramelot and Kevin Weber vs. Michael D. Coulson
Runtime: 60 minEpisode 14: Round Two Preliminaries
1992-12-01Contenders: Brenda Moss vs. Julie Padelford and Don Marcus Bailey vs. Bernie Miller
Runtime: 60 minEpisode 15: Round Two Preliminaries
1992-12-08Contenders: Lyn Bell vs. Carolyn Dean and Carlton Fluker vs. Michael Small
Runtime: 60 minEpisode 16: Round Two Preliminaries
1992-12-15Contenders: Cherrise Traylor vs. Katy Ramsey and Vince Granger vs. Jayson Yao
Runtime: 60 minEpisode 17: Round Two Preliminaries
1992-12-22Contenders: Lisa Wojciehowski vs. Signa York/alt. Lynn Murphy and Charles Neal vs. Jim Echolls
Runtime: 60 minEpisode 18: Round Two Quarterfinals
1992-12-29Contenders: Melissa Liberman vs. Katy Ramsey and Kevin Weber vs. Jayson Yao
Runtime: 60 minEpisode 19: Round Two Quarterfinals
1993-01-05Contenders: Brenda Moss/alt. Julie Padelford vs. Cheryl Wilson and Vince Granger vs. Bernie Miller
Runtime: 60 minEpisode 20: Round Two Quarterfinals
1993-01-12Contenders: Lisa Wojciehowski vs. Paula Perry and Marty DePaoli vs. Carlton Fluker
Runtime: 60 minEpisode 21: Round Two Semi-finals
1993-01-19Contenders: Melissa Liberman vs. Cheryl Wilson and Bernie Miller/alt. Vince Granger vs. Marty DePaoli
Runtime: 60 minEpisode 22: Round Two Semi-finals
1993-01-26Contenders: Lisa Wojciehowski vs. Katy Ramsey and Carlton Fluker vs. Kevin Weber
Runtime: 60 minEpisode 23: Round Two Finals
1993-02-02Contenders: Katy Ramsey vs. Cheryl Wilson and Kevin Weber vs. Marty DePaoli
Runtime: 60 minEpisode 24: Grand Championship
1993-02-09Contenders: Betsy Erickson vs. Cheryl Wilson and Cliff Miller vs. Marty DePaoli
Runtime: 60 minEpisode 25: NFL Show
1993-02-16Contenders: Mark Clayton, Tony Dorsett, Seth Joyner, Charles White, Drew Hill and Wesley Walker
Runtime: 60 minEpisode 26: Pro Football Challenge
1993-02-23
Season 5 (1993)
No overview available.
26 episodes
Episodes
Episode 1: Round One Preliminaries
1993-09-01Episode 2: Round One Preliminaries
1993-09-08Episode 3: Round One Preliminaries
1993-09-15Episode 4: Round One Preliminaries
1993-09-22Episode 5: Round One Quarterfinals
1993-09-29Episode 6: Round One Quarterfinals
1993-10-06Episode 7: Round One Quarterfinals
1993-10-13Episode 8: Round One Quarterfinals
1993-10-20Episode 9: Round One Semi-finals
1993-10-27Episode 10: Round One Semi-finals
1993-11-03Episode 11: Round One Semi-finals
1993-11-10Episode 12: Round One Finals
1993-11-17Episode 13: Round Two Preliminaries
1993-11-24Episode 14: Round Two Preliminaries
1993-12-01Episode 15: Round Two Preliminaries
1993-12-08Episode 16: Round Two Quarterfinals
1993-12-15Episode 17: Round Two Quarterfinals
1993-12-22Episode 18: Round Two Quarterfinals
1993-12-29Episode 19: Round Two Quarterfinals
1994-01-05Episode 20: Round Two Semi-finals
1994-01-12Episode 21: Round Two Semi-finals
1994-01-19Episode 22: Round Two Finals
1994-01-26Episode 23: Grand Championship
1994-02-02Episode 24: Gold Medal Challenge of Champions II
1994-02-09Episode 25: Gold Medal Challenge of Champions II
1994-02-16Episode 26: International Challenge of Champions II
1994-02-23
Season 6 (1994)
No overview available.
24 episodes
Episodes
Episode 1: Qualifying Round 1
1994-09-01Episode 2: Qualifying Round 2
Episode 3: Qualifying Round 3
Episode 4: Qualifying Round 4
Episode 5: Qualifying Round 5
Episode 6: Qualifying Round 6
Episode 7: Qualifying Round 7
Episode 8: Qualifying Round 8
Episode 9: Qualifying Round 9
Episode 10: Qualifying Round 10
Episode 11: Qualifying Round 11
Episode 12: Qualifying Round 12
Episode 13: Qualifying Round 13
Episode 14: Qualifying Round 14
Episode 15: Qualifying Round 15
Episode 16: Semifinal Round 1
Episode 17: Semifinal Round 2
Episode 18: Grand Championship
Episode 19: LAPD Vs. NYPD
Episode 20: Celebrity Special
Episode 21: Gold Medal Challenge of Champions III
Episode 22: USC Vs. Notre Dame
Episode 23: Battle Of The Best
Episode 24: Armed Forces Challenge of Champions II
Season 7 ()
No overview available.
14 episodes
