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American Ninja Warrior

Network
G4
Genre
Reality
Premiered
12 December, 2009
American Ninja Warrior

American Ninja Warrior is an American sports entertainment competition based on the Japanese television series Sasuke. It features hundreds of competitors attempting to complete series of obstacle courses of increasing difficulty in various cities across the United States, in hopes of advancing to the national finals on the Las Vegas Strip and becoming the season's "American Ninja Warrior." To date, only Isaac Caldiero, Geoff Britten, and Drew Drechsel have finished the course and achieved "total victory". Caldiero and Drechsel are the only competitors to win the cash prize. The series premiered on December 12, 2009, on the now-defunct cable channel G4, and airs now on NBC with encore episodes showing on NBCSN. Since 2020, the show also airs on Spanish-language network Telemundo.

Genre Sports entertainment, Sports competition
Based on Sasuke by Ushio Higuchi
Directed by Jay Hunter (2010–13), Patrick McManus (2014–20)
Presented by Blair Herter, Alison Haislip, Matt Iseman, Jimmy Smith, Jonny Moseley, Angela Sun, Akbar Gbaja-Biamila, Jenn Brown, Kristine Leahy, Zuri Hall
Country of origin United States
Original language(s) English
No. of seasons 13
No. of episodes 174
Executive producer(s) Craig Piligian (2009), Andrea Richter (2009), Arthur Smith (2010–), Kent Weed (2010–), Holly Wofford (2012–13), Viki Cacciatore (2012–13), Brian Richardson (2014–), Anthony Storm (2014–), Kristen Stabile (2019–)
Camera setup Multiple-camera
Running time 36–128 minutes
Production company(s) Pilgrim Films & Television (2009), A. Smith & Co. Productions (2010–)
Distributor NBCUniversal Television Distribution
Original network G4 (2009–13), NBC (2012–), Telemundo (2020–)
Picture format HDTV (1080i)
Audio format 5.1 Surround
Preceded by American Ninja Challenge (2006–08)
Related shows Sasuke, Ultimate Beastmaster

About American Ninja Warrior

Contestants compete against one another as they attempt to complete a series of physical obstacles. The show is a spin-off of the Japanese series Sasuke.

Achievement of American Ninja Warrior

The show first aired on the G4 network and was later moved to NBC. Isaac CaldieroGeoff Britten and Drew Drechsel were the first three members to achieve "total victory."

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Latest information about American Ninja Warrior updated on July 28 2021.