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The competition series will return this summer.
January 21, 2020
NBC announced today that American Ninja Warrior is coming back for a ninth season on the network - the show's 12th overall. The veteran athletic competition has become a summer staple for the peacock network, garnering consistently-solid ratings that fare well against its time slot competition.
Based on the Japanese series Sasuke, which is now in its 37th season, American Ninja Warrior began its stateside run in 2009 on the now-defunct cable channel G4 before moving to NBC in 2012.
The show closely mirrors the original Japanese format, and features athletes from all walks of life taking on a series of extreme obstacle courses in city finals around the country. Those advancing move on to the national finals round in Las Vegas, which features a four-stage course that closely resembles Japan's well-known Mount Midoriyama course.
Production on Season 9 of American Ninja Warrior is expected to begin in the coming months, with a premiere slated for this summer.
Comments (8)
01/28/20 at 12:04pm
.. if you thought I was referring to you in my previous comment.. then... that's YOUR own self-image... and my comment was probably fitting.
01/23/20 at 03:05pm
I love this show and hope it will be on for years to come. For Xander to lump us all together shows ignorance beyond words. I for one do not decide who is ‘fat’ or lazy.
01/22/20 at 06:07pm
Sumo wrestlers are fat. Really fat. Fat fat fat fat fat.
01/22/20 at 03:05pm
Xandor is one of the Fatties. The ones that go straight to the "fat" comments are the fatties. Ironic, isn't it.
01/22/20 at 08:21am
Xandor, just in case you were considering a career change to be a motivational speaker, don't... just don't...
01/22/20 at 08:02am
Even when I sit here staring, and there's nothing else to do
I’m not turning Japanese
I really know so
I’m not turning Japanese
I really know so
Sure they will come
Chop chop
But I will not join the masquerade
No so
I’m not turning Japanese
I really know so
I’m not turning Japanese
I really know so
Sure they will come
Chop chop
But I will not join the masquerade
No so
01/22/20 at 07:53am
The Japanese version has people who work 40 hours a week and don't train year round which makes it enjoyable. This version is filled with people who do this year round just to fail at the 2nd or 3rd round. Maybe they should call it american unemployed ninja.
01/22/20 at 02:32am
Hey fatties.. rather than watching people exercise.. get off the couch and go do it!
