Nickelodeon GUTS | |
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Also known as |
GUTS Global GUTS (season 4) |
Genre | Game show |
Created by | Albie Hecht Scott Fishman Byron Taylor |
Presented by | Mike O'Malley |
Narrated by | Moira Quirk |
Country of origin | United States |
Original language(s) | English |
No. of seasons | 4 |
No. of episodes | 160 |
Production | |
Location(s) |
Nickelodeon Studios, Universal Studios Orlando, Florida |
Running time | 30 minutes |
Production company(s) | Chauncey Street Productions, Inc. in association with Nickelodeon |
Release | |
Original network | Nickelodeon |
Original release | September 19, 1992 | – January 14, 1996
Chronology | |
Followed by | My Family's Got Guts |
Related shows |
American Gladiators Gladiators 2000 |
Nickelodeon Guts (stylized as Nickelodeon GUTS) is an American television "action sports" competition series hosted by actor/comedian Mike O'Malley and officiated by British actress Moira "Mo" Quirk. The series originally ran from 1992 to 1996 on Nickelodeon.
Each episode features three young athletes competing against each other in four "extreme" versions of athletic events culminating in a fifth and final round which set the three competitors on a race up an artificial "mountain" called the Aggro Crag, Mega Crag, or Super Aggro Crag. Nickelodeon GUTS reruns were shown on Nickelodeon from January 15, 1996 until January 31, 1999 before moving to Nickelodeon GAS from March 1, 1999 until the station ceased broadcasting on December 31, 2007 (April 23, 2009 on Dish Network). It has occasionally been seen in reruns on TeenNick since January 1, 2008; it currently airs on the TeenNick block The Splat on an occasional basis.
Season 1 began taping on August 12, 1992.
In 2008, Nickelodeon produced two seasons of a revival of the program, My Family's Got GUTS.
The series was filmed at Sound Stage 21 at Universal Studios Florida on a set dubbed the "Extreme Arena".
On each half-hour episode, three children or teenagers (blue, red and purple) compete against each other in four events that are based on "extreme" versions of skills in popular sports, such as basketball, baseball, football, and soccer. While most of these events include the use of an elastic harness, others make use of a wave pool, and sometimes a racing track is used. During the show's run, more creative and ambitious events were developed, even including a fabricated ski slope.
The competitors are awarded points based on their comparative performance in each event. First place in each event is worth 300 points. Second place receives 200 points, and third place earns 100 points.