Series

American Gladiators

★ 5.8(25)19881h 0m7 seasons

American Gladiators is streaming on Amazon Prime Video and Amazon Prime Video with Ads in Canada. Availability checked 10 June 2026.

Where to watch American Gladiators

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Creator: Dan Carr, Johnny C. Ferraro
Release date: 1988-12-31
Runtime: 1h 0m
Language: English
Seasons: 7
Episodes: 167
Network: USA Network
Status: Ended
Country: United States of America
Studio: Four Point Entertainment

About American Gladiators

American Gladiators is a 1988 web series in the Reality genre, created by Dan Carr and Johnny C. Ferraro, starring Mike Adamle. It spans 7 seasons and 167 episodes, and originally aired on USA Network. It holds an average rating of 5.8/10 from 25 viewers. Below you can see where to watch American Gladiators in Canada — across streaming, rental and purchase options — along with the full cast, trailer and viewer reviews.

Synopsis

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.