Exclusive: Robot-fighting series BattleBots has gotten a green light for a second season on Discovery and Science channels. Production begins in April in Long Beach, California, with premiere slated for this summer. Chris Rose and Kenny Florian will return for play-by-play and Faruq Tauheed is back as the ring announcer.
BattleBots features the world’s biggest, baddest, strongest, and fastest next-generation robots from all over the world as they duke it out for robot fighting supremacy. 2018 Champion Bite Force will return to defend its title against top competition including perennial contenders Tombstone, Minotaur, Witch Doctor, Bronco, Bombshell, and Yeti.
Each match consists of two robots competing in a single, three-minute bout, with the goal to destroy or disable their opponent. If there is no knockout during the battle, a panel of judges will declare a victor.
BattleBots also highlights the design and build of each robot, bot builder backstories, and...
BattleBots features the world’s biggest, baddest, strongest, and fastest next-generation robots from all over the world as they duke it out for robot fighting supremacy. 2018 Champion Bite Force will return to defend its title against top competition including perennial contenders Tombstone, Minotaur, Witch Doctor, Bronco, Bombshell, and Yeti.
Each match consists of two robots competing in a single, three-minute bout, with the goal to destroy or disable their opponent. If there is no knockout during the battle, a panel of judges will declare a victor.
BattleBots also highlights the design and build of each robot, bot builder backstories, and...
- 3/11/2019
- by Denise Petski
- Deadline Film + TV
Discovery and Science Channel are set for some heavy metal thunder next month. The revived BattleBots series is set to premiere at 8 Pm May 11 on Discovery and 9 Pm May 16 on its cable sib. Watch a sneak peek at the new season above.
Chris Rose and Kenny Florian return to call all the destructive action, while Jessica Chobot serves as the sideline reporter. Faruq Tauheed is back as the ring announcer.
Here’s the logline: The metal-munching mayhem is back, from the bots to the builders, the flames, the spark and all the robot guts and glory. Each match consists of two robots competing in a single, three-minute bout in which the goal is to destroy or disable their opponent. If there is no knockout during the battle, a panel of judges will declare a victor. Some of the returning favorites this season include Tombstone, Minotaur, Chomp, Witch Doctor, Bronco, Bombshell,...
Chris Rose and Kenny Florian return to call all the destructive action, while Jessica Chobot serves as the sideline reporter. Faruq Tauheed is back as the ring announcer.
Here’s the logline: The metal-munching mayhem is back, from the bots to the builders, the flames, the spark and all the robot guts and glory. Each match consists of two robots competing in a single, three-minute bout in which the goal is to destroy or disable their opponent. If there is no knockout during the battle, a panel of judges will declare a victor. Some of the returning favorites this season include Tombstone, Minotaur, Chomp, Witch Doctor, Bronco, Bombshell,...
- 4/17/2018
- by Erik Pedersen
- Deadline Film + TV
A couple of years ago, I wrote a story for Sports Illustrated about something called chess boxing. It’s pretty much like it sounds - people box for a couple minutes and then switch to playing chess for a few more minutes. This goes back and forth until someone gets knocked out or checkmated. I affectionately referred to it as “Fight Club for Nerds.” I stand corrected. That title really should belong to the ABC series BattleBots. The show, which is a reboot of the old Comedy Central program of the same title, is a competition between robots (and their drivers) that look to pulverize each other into fine bits of shrapnel while throngs of fans scream in excitement. And when you consider each robot costs around $14,000, that’s some expensive shrapnel. It’s as wacky as it sounds. Nerds like me inexplicably watch it because…that’s what we do.
- 6/23/2016
- by David Eckstein
- Hitfix
The battling robots are coming back. ABC has picked up a second season of BattleBots, the epic robot fighting tournament that was revived by the network in 2015. The summer reality series, from Whalerock Industries and Ed Roski and Greg Munson, creators of the original BattleBots franchise, ranked No. 1 in its time period in total viewers (5.4 million) and adults 18-49 (1.7/5), as well as across all key male demos in its first season. BattleBots improved its hour…...
- 11/5/2015
- Deadline TV
ABC has renewed “BattleBots” for a second season, the network announced Thursday. Following the summer ratings hit “Celebrity Family Feud,” the six-episode first season of “BattleBots” earned an average of 5.4 million total viewers and a 1.7 rating among adults 18-49. Season 2 will keep the single-elimination tournament format of the first, but will double the size of the field to include expert roboticists, garage builders, families on a mission and past winners returning to defend their turf. Also Read: Ratings: 'Celebrity Family Feud' Finale Featuring Mario Lopez, Joey Lawrence Scores Demo Win The summer competition series is produced by Whalerock Industries.
- 11/5/2015
- by Reid Nakamura
- The Wrap
ABC has decided to revive BattleBots. The original series, which ended in 2002, ran for five seasons and 94 episodes on Comedy Central. It covered five BattleBot tournaments of homemade robots fighting each other.
The six new episodes are expected to air this summer.
Here's the ABC press release:
ABC Picks Up Reimagined "Battlebots" Series From Whalerock Industries And Ed Roski And Greg Munson
ABC has picked up "BattleBots," a reimagined take of the killer robot combat sport from Whalerock Industries and the creators of the original "BattleBots" franchise, Ed Roski and Greg Munson. The homeade robots will battle against each other, in a single elimination tournament style format, until there is one champion. The six episode series is anticipated to air this summer. MGM Television, which has a development deal with Whalerock Industries, will be distributing the program...
The six new episodes are expected to air this summer.
Here's the ABC press release:
ABC Picks Up Reimagined "Battlebots" Series From Whalerock Industries And Ed Roski And Greg Munson
ABC has picked up "BattleBots," a reimagined take of the killer robot combat sport from Whalerock Industries and the creators of the original "BattleBots" franchise, Ed Roski and Greg Munson. The homeade robots will battle against each other, in a single elimination tournament style format, until there is one champion. The six episode series is anticipated to air this summer. MGM Television, which has a development deal with Whalerock Industries, will be distributing the program...
- 2/7/2015
- by TVSeriesFinale.com
- TVSeriesFinale.com
ABC has ordered six episodes for a revamp of the popular competition “BattleBots.” The series will feature next-generation robots competing for cash prizes, while giving viewers a look at the robots’ design and builder back stories, the network announced Friday. Also read: Apps, Robots and Zombie Selfies: Disney Accelerator Celebrates 10 Tech Startups at Demo Day Executive produced by Lloyd Braun, Chris Cowan, Ed Roski and Greg Munson, the series is slated for a summer premiere. MGM Television will distribute it internationally through a deal with Whalerock Industries. Formerly on Comedy Central, the original series featured hosts Bil Dwyer, Sean Salisbury...
- 2/6/2015
- by Alicia Banks
- The Wrap
BattleBots, the robot combat series that previously had a TV incarnation on Comedy Central from 2000-2002, will be back in a “reimagined take” on ABC, the network announced today. Ed Roski and Greg Munson, creators of the original franchise, are on hand for this new, six-episode incarnation featuring a single-elimination, tournament-style format. More from ABC: “The new series promises to wow viewers with next generation robots – bigger, faster and stronger than ever before. The show will have a greater emphasis on the design and build elements of each robot, the bot builder backstories, their intense pursuit of the championship and … Continue reading →
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- 2/6/2015
- by Jeff Pfeiffer
- ChannelGuideMag
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