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BattleBots

BattleBots
BattleBots abc logo.png
Genre Sports television
Created by
  • Greg Munson
  • Edward P. Roski (Trey)
Directed by
  • Dan McDowell (2000–02)
  • Ryan Polito (2015–)
Presented by
Starring
  • Mark Beiro (2000–02)
  • Alison Haislip (2015–)
  • Faruq Tauheed (2015–)
Narrated by
Composer(s) Vanacore Music
Country of origin United States
No. of seasons 7
No. of episodes 108 + 1 special (list of episodes)
Production
Executive producer(s)
  • Mack Anderson (2000–02)
  • Bradley Anderson (2000–02)
  • Debbie Liebling (2000–02)
  • Lloyd Braun (2015–)
  • Chris Cowan (2015–)
  • Edward P. Roski (Trey) (2000–02; 2015–)
  • Greg Munson (2000–02; 2015–)
  • Aaron Catling (2015–)
Editor(s) Jonathan Siegel (2015–)
Running time 30–60 minutes
Production company(s) Whalerock Industries
BattleBots Productions
Release
Original network
Original release Original series: August 30, 2000 (2000-08-30) – December 21, 2002 (2002-12-21)
Revived series:
June 21, 2015 (2015-06-21) – present
External links
Website

BattleBots is an American competition television series. Competitors design and operate remote-controlled armed and armored machines designed to fight in an arena combat elimination tournament. For five seasons, BattleBots aired on the American Comedy Central and was hosted by Bil Dwyer, Sean Salisbury, and Tim Green. Comedy Central's first season premiered on August 30, 2000, and its fifth and last season ended on December 21, 2002.

A six-episode revival series premiered on ABC on June 21, 2015, to generally favorable reviews and ratings. Additionally, ABC renewed BattleBots for a seventh season, which premiered on June 23, 2016.

BattleBots is an offshoot of the original American version of Robot Wars, the brainchild of Marc Thorpe. Robot Wars had financial backing from Sm:)e communications, a New York record company. The Thorpe/Sm:)e partnership broke up in 1997, starting many years of legal wrangling between Thorpe and Profile Records (the former Sm:)e communications). Profile licensed Robot Wars to a UK production company and Robot Wars ran for seven years as a popular television program in the UK.

The robot builders left behind in San Francisco formed BattleBots, Inc. and began a series of competitions. The first was held in Long Beach, California in August 1999 and streamed online, attracting 40,000 streams. Lenny Stucker, a television producer known for his work on telecasts of professional boxing, was in attendance, and showed interest in being involved with BattleBots—believing the concept of robot combat was "hip" and having shown an interest in technology. Stucker made changes to the competition's format and presentation to make it more suitable for television, including elements reminiscent of boxing (such as a red and blue corner) and shifting to a single-elimination format. The creators tried selling the competition as a television series to networks such as CBS, NBC, HBO, and Showtime—but they failed to understand the concept of the program or take it seriously. A second event was held as a pay-per-view in Las Vegas in 1999; the PPV was in turn, used as a pilot to pitch the show again, with a higher rate of success.


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