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“Doing a cross-country casting search is exciting for us, and for the fans. Our goal is to find a real cross-section of America’s fittest and fiercest competitors,” Barry Poznick, general manager of MGM Alternative at Evolution Media and Big Fish Entertainment.
Man.. IDK.
I don't think it's possible for anyone to make this work in 2024. I loved American Gladiators, and it was very much an early conduit for my muscle attraction with both males and females.
But the show was a product of its time. It was on a network, options were limited, many of us watched the same thing, action movies were popular... lots of specific things.
These days.. as a streaming show.. I just don't see it commanding enough of an audience.
Man.. IDK.
I don't think it's possible for anyone to make this work in 2024. I loved American Gladiators, and it was very much an early conduit for my muscle attraction with both males and females.
But the show was a product of its time. It was on a network, options were limited, many of us watched the same thing, action movies were popular... lots of specific things.
These days.. as a streaming show.. I just don't see it commanding enough of an audience.
I mean it has worked for Netflix's Physical 100. Seeing athletic people compete in game shows still has a place in the market. Really depends on how the approach the material in the modern landscape is all.
^^^ Respectfully guys...
1) I can't comment on how successful or not the BBC series is, but that airs on BBC One, which is WAY different than an on-demand streaming platform. Not only is it a regular channel, but it's funded by television licensing fees.
I'm a huge fan of BBC content, and it's consistently among the best in the world. They don't solely exist for profit, so they're able to take chances. Many (possibly most) programming that the BBC makes would fail on Netflix and such.
I do hope that it's doing well though, I love the Gladiators as a concept, and the UK one looks great.
2) Good point on Physical 100. It has been successful for Netflix. It's not clear whether they funded it or licensed it, but what they pay for Korean content is known to be far cheaper than US/EUR costs, and they had to lean on it heavy during the writer's strike. A Gladiators reboot would be more expensive from the start.
And as far as a streaming platform goes.. I think that a Western Physical 100 is more in step with current tastes. It's sexier and gritter than AmGlad. You don't have the contestant stories.. it's just a bunch of very buff people in relatively little clothing fighting it out in weird events that no one has seen before. Like Squid Game meets UFC meets an odd dating show.
Man.. IDK.
I don't think it's possible for anyone to make this work in 2024. I loved American Gladiators, and it was very much an early conduit for my muscle attraction with both males and females.
But the show was a product of its time. It was on a network, options were limited, many of us watched the same thing, action movies were popular... lots of specific things.
These days.. as a streaming show.. I just don't see it commanding enough of an audience.
The OG American Gladiators was definitely a product of its time, but what also made it work was that while it was gaudy and cheesy, the majority of the show still focused on the action itself. The NBC revival was terrible because it was an overproduced mess. It was MOSTLY backstory drama to the point that it felt like the actual sporting events took a backseat to all of that and to Hogan being...Hogan. It's also why I don't watch American Ninja Warrior.
Maybe Amazon will do a better job of producing it, but if it's anything like the NBC revival I don't think it's gonna last.
NBC has convinced itself that people want stories. Apparently, that's why most of y'all watch the Olympics. I have no real interest in a story-driven affair when what I want most is action. I could only handle a few episodes of Ninja Warrior, did not even make it through a single episode of Titan Games.
Gatsby's 100% correct about the magic of the original Gladiators being about the action and the hot bodies, which only worked then...could NEVER happen in the present landscape. The danger and lack of regulation made it work. Of course, I was a dumb college kid then who loved big hits and felt indestructible myself. I had no liabilities, no family to feed. It's only as an adult with responsibilities that you come to realize, "Wow, that whole show was about as FUCKED UP as a thing could be". Sure, I loved seeing hot musclegirls on TV - that shit was awesome - and I truly loved seeing them hit, because that's what I was into, but it never should have happened, at least not like that. Safety being such afterthought or non-starter, really, makes it even more cringe than the other shenanigans.
Needless to say, I'm skeptical.
The OG American Gladiators was definitely a product of its time, but what also made it work was that while it was gaudy and cheesy, the majority of the show still focused on the action itself. The NBC revival was terrible because it was an overproduced mess. It was MOSTLY backstory drama to the point that it felt like the actual sporting events took a backseat to all of that and to Hogan being...Hogan. It's also why I don't watch American Ninja Warrior.
Maybe Amazon will do a better job of producing it, but if it's anything like the NBC revival I don't think it's gonna last.
A lot of agreement about the NBC revival, even though a number of the female gladiators were very agreeable in my eyes. The original AG wasn't about hosts and contenders posturing in front of the camera, or overproduced intros to the Gladiators. They gave a modest amount of "slice of life" to the contenders, the Glads stepped out like gladiators, and then it was time to do or die.
So -- apparently, Amazon Prime is reviving the old American Gladiators series...
Has anyone heard what FBB's the show might have cast as their latest female Gladiators?