Some retired TV shows need to stay retired
January 6th, 2008 • chatter
I was flipping through tonight and saw that the new American Gladiators was on NBCHD so I decided to watch. Either the show I watched as a kid was really boring or this new incarnation is just terrible. It looks great in HD however, it felt too…fake. There wasn’t a “real” feeling to the show, it felt somewhat scripted like pro wrestling is. I just get the feeling it’s a ratings job that NBC cobbled together. They brought back almost all of the old events, with some new ones, and brought back a single original Gladiator. I don’t know, this revival just seems kind of bland compared to the original.
Hopefully it’ll run for a season instead of 8 years like the original show.