‘American Gladiators:’ A Breakout Hit?
By Brian Stelter
Is “American Gladiators” the unexpected hit of the 2007-08 television season?
It’s far too early to say anything definitive, but Sunday’s two-hour premiere of the NBC reality competition “delivered the highest ratings among adults 18 to 49 of any new show this season on any network,” Benjamin Toff noted earlier this week.
The program drew an average of 12 million viewers on Sunday, gaining viewers during each half hour, and another 11 million when a second episode was shown in what will become its normal time slot on Monday night. This week a repeat will be shown on Sunday at 10 p.m., in a time slot originally filled by the Golden Globes.
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MTV had something like this
MTV had something like this about six years ago. It was a reality show featuring contestants who wanted to become professional wrestlers.