# Gladiators **URL:** \ **Category:** Ten Network\ **Tags:** tennetwork\ **Created:** [September 11, 2023, 11:04pm UTC](https://forums.mediaspy.org/t/gladiators/23054 "2023-09-11T23:04:22Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 11
**Author:** ![TheFinalMinutes](https://forums.mediaspy.org/user_avatar/forums.mediaspy.org/thefinalminutes/32/356778_2.png) [@TheFinalMinutes](https://forums.mediaspy.org/u/TheFinalMinutes)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2024, 2:17am UTC](https://forums.mediaspy.org/t/gladiators/23054/205 "2024-01-16T02:17:54Z")
So is that “meh” or “good”? 🙂 What’s the context for those ratings - what numbers would AO get for example? ta! ---
**Author:** ![JohnsonTV](https://forums.mediaspy.org/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/j/9dc877/32.png) [@JohnsonTV](https://forums.mediaspy.org/u/JohnsonTV)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2024, 2:30am UTC](https://forums.mediaspy.org/t/gladiators/23054/206 "2024-01-16T02:30:06Z")
Last night’s first episode was shown across three channels, so the number looks OK. > [@Monday 15 January 2024](https://forums.mediaspy.org/t/monday-15-january-2024/24039/2): > > 10’s network share was down thanks to the Gladiators simulcast on 10 Bold and 10 Peach not counting towards their channel shares. The main channel was the best for seven weeks. The primetime session of Australian Open usually gets 500,000 to 600,000 metro viewers depending on match-up. ---
**Author:** ![\_alhamdulillahalways](https://forums.mediaspy.org/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/_/3ec8ea/32.png) [@\_alhamdulillahalways](https://forums.mediaspy.org/u/_alhamdulillahalways)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2024, 3:01am UTC](https://forums.mediaspy.org/t/gladiators/23054/207 "2024-01-16T03:01:51Z")
I think it has to contractually, though. Considering there is no prize money, just the ability to become a Gladiator lmao. My issue is the choice of events. I understand that Atlasphere’s takes a lot of room, and might come back in season 2. But come on, where is Guantlet? It’s not on the list on Wikipedia. ---
**Author:** ![bacco007](https://forums.mediaspy.org/user_avatar/forums.mediaspy.org/bacco007/32/99038_2.png) [@bacco007](https://forums.mediaspy.org/u/bacco007)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2024, 3:13am UTC](https://forums.mediaspy.org/t/gladiators/23054/208 "2024-01-16T03:13:38Z")
But do they back up and watch tonight? 🤔 ---
**Author:** ![TV.Cynic](https://forums.mediaspy.org/user_avatar/forums.mediaspy.org/tv.cynic/32/316932_2.png) [@TV.Cynic](https://forums.mediaspy.org/u/TV.Cynic)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2024, 3:17am UTC](https://forums.mediaspy.org/t/gladiators/23054/209 "2024-01-16T03:17:37Z")
> [@TheFinalMinutes](#): > > So is that “meh” or “good”? 🙂 What’s the context for those ratings - what numbers would AO get for example? ta! The show was number one yesterday in 10’s target demographic for its main channel of under 50s. > [@bacco007](#): > > But do they back up and watch tonight? 🤔 There is usually a drop off to the second episode even for a well received show. Could depend on the competition a bit as well. Some recent launch episode numbers: Bachelors 224000 Dessert Masters 477,000 Big Brother 274,000 My Mum Your Dad 290,000 Love Island 167,000 SAS 464,000 Traitors 216,000 Million Dollar Island 409,000 Rush 301,000 Blow Up 288,000 Summit 401,000 Idol 413,000 ---
**Author:** ![Timothy\_Jong](https://forums.mediaspy.org/user_avatar/forums.mediaspy.org/timothy_jong/32/216225_2.png) [@Timothy\_Jong](https://forums.mediaspy.org/u/Timothy_Jong)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2024, 9:39am UTC](https://forums.mediaspy.org/t/gladiators/23054/210 "2024-01-16T09:39:37Z")
Is Gladiators on three channels again tonight? ---
**Author:** ![JBar](https://forums.mediaspy.org/user_avatar/forums.mediaspy.org/jbar/32/151177_2.png) [@JBar](https://forums.mediaspy.org/u/JBar)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2024, 9:49am UTC](https://forums.mediaspy.org/t/gladiators/23054/211 "2024-01-16T09:49:12Z")
No. ![Screenshot_20240116_204811_Freeview](https://mediaspy-org-s3.s3.dualstack.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/original/4X/0/5/3/053fb858b42f122a50b4232e01e0f08945a2d5ac.jpeg) ---
**Author:** ![yellow\_sock](https://forums.mediaspy.org/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/y/34f0e0/32.png) [@yellow\_sock](https://forums.mediaspy.org/u/yellow_sock)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2024, 9:53am UTC](https://forums.mediaspy.org/t/gladiators/23054/212 "2024-01-16T09:53:12Z")
But it was repeated this arvo on 10 at 2pm, and also on 10Peach at 5pm to the lead up to the Neighbours repeat. ---
**Author:** ![Bort](https://forums.mediaspy.org/user_avatar/forums.mediaspy.org/bort/32/340984_2.png) [@Bort](https://forums.mediaspy.org/u/Bort)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2024, 9:54am UTC](https://forums.mediaspy.org/t/gladiators/23054/213 "2024-01-16T09:54:07Z")
The same four games, three episodes in a row. Seriously? If we hadn’t glimpsed a few others in the promos you’d think they’d only bothered getting those four. As far as I can tell, there’s eight of them - and a shame that a lot of the classics didn’t come back. ---
**Author:** ![cmo](https://forums.mediaspy.org/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/c/d78d45/32.png) [@cmo](https://forums.mediaspy.org/u/cmo)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2024, 10:02am UTC](https://forums.mediaspy.org/t/gladiators/23054/214 "2024-01-16T10:02:32Z")
Is there no gauntlet or hanging tough on this series? If not, then it will just get old and boring very quickly. ---
**Author:** ![BJT2](https://forums.mediaspy.org/user_avatar/forums.mediaspy.org/bjt2/32/381_2.png) [@BJT2](https://forums.mediaspy.org/u/BJT2)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2024, 10:32am UTC](https://forums.mediaspy.org/t/gladiators/23054/215 "2024-01-16T10:32:31Z")
I think this show would have been better scheduled for December. ---
**Author:** ![Bort](https://forums.mediaspy.org/user_avatar/forums.mediaspy.org/bort/32/340984_2.png) [@Bort](https://forums.mediaspy.org/u/Bort)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2024, 10:35am UTC](https://forums.mediaspy.org/t/gladiators/23054/216 "2024-01-16T10:35:43Z")
> [@cmo](#): > > Is there no gauntlet or hanging tough on this series From the promos it appears Hang Tough yes, Gauntlet no. The Edge (new game introduced in the UK revival) features in the promos here, as does Tilt. ---
**Author:** ![Radiohead](https://forums.mediaspy.org/user_avatar/forums.mediaspy.org/radiohead/32/21429_2.png) [@Radiohead](https://forums.mediaspy.org/u/Radiohead)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2024, 10:48am UTC](https://forums.mediaspy.org/t/gladiators/23054/217 "2024-01-16T10:48:56Z")
It was the same 4 games again tonight, just in a different order - Powerball \> Duel \> Pyramid \> Wall before the challengers go head to head. Another sign that 10 is doing this on the cheap. ---
**Author:** ![urbansombrero](https://forums.mediaspy.org/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/u/50afbb/32.png) [@urbansombrero](https://forums.mediaspy.org/u/urbansombrero)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2024, 11:42pm UTC](https://forums.mediaspy.org/t/gladiators/23054/218 "2024-01-16T23:42:47Z")
Thoughts after two episodes - Positives: - Liz and Beau are great; enjoying the humour they’re bringing to it all - The Gladiators are all great too, very personable and none of them look out of place - Having the Gladiators play different events instead of restricting them to only the strength events or agility events like previous series did - Episode 2 was far better with stronger contenders and Powerball as the first event - The Pyramid is the largest ever - most other series internationally have 9-11 steps whereas this one has 12. - I don’t mind the locker room scenes in moderation - I like Hammer being the referee, however… Negatives: - Hammer takes far too long to do the ‘3, 2, 1’ every time. It needs to be a lot snappier. - The ‘crowd’ of a dozen contender and Gladiator families look like they’re a tour group who have accidentally wandered onto the wrong set. Either don’t have them, hide them, or give them a proper viewing area - Way, way too much filler - contenders and Gladiators being introduced and re-introduced before the first event and throughout the show, too many locker room scenes, score recaps, drawn out referee spiels. They need one or two extra events to fill the 80 minutes, which would help to solve the other issues above. - Some of the Gladiators in the locker room scenes haven’t even competed yet after two episodes. - My understanding is that all 6 heats will have the same four events plus Eliminator, with Hang Tough and Tilt introduced in the quarter finals. I hope that’s not right and that they introduce The Edge and/or Whiplash next week. I notice that one of the two EPs for this series is the co-creator of Gladiators, who also produced the 2008 American Gladiators. I can only assume then that he was heavily involved in this series and not credited in name only (i.e. the final product is not just Channel 10 going rogue with the format) as there are many similarities to the 2008 American series, notably: - Baskets in Powerball worth 1 and 2 points instead of 2 and 3 points - The same Gladiator playing against both contenders in Duel - ‘Contenders’ instead of ‘Challengers’ - The overly blue set - The eliminator course and focus on the Pyramid - Going to ad breaks after the referee’s spiel and before the event starts - Similar competition structure - Similar Gladiator costumes - Stuntcasting the contenders based on a similar attribute (e.g. firefighters, and next week there are sons of past Gladiators and ‘over 30s’ as contender pairings) - The filming structure - with the same four events in the heats, I assume they taped the Duels for all the heats together, then all the Powerballs, Walls, Pyramids then Eliminators which is how AG 2008 was taped rather than episode-by-episode. The other EP is the “head of Unscripted Television at MGM Studios” from America. Gladiators has always been very expensive to make, so I wonder if this their attempt to make a version that is cheaper and more sustainable to sell to smaller markets around the world. Regardless, they really could’ve done with an Australian voice in there heading it up with them to ensure the nostaglia aspects matched the old Australian series. Things like the changes to Powerball points, challengers, set colours, and different Gladiators in Duel are small things that would have made it feel more like Australian Gladiators and wouldn’t have cost much to change. I still enjoyed the two episodes and a lot of the issues are not going to be able to be fixed in this series, but I hope they get a second series to fix those things up as there is a lot of potential for a great version of the show based on the quality of the Gladiators themselves. ---
**Author:** ![JohnsonTV](https://forums.mediaspy.org/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/j/9dc877/32.png) [@JohnsonTV](https://forums.mediaspy.org/u/JohnsonTV)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2024, 2:15am UTC](https://forums.mediaspy.org/t/gladiators/23054/219 "2024-01-17T02:15:01Z")
According to socials, 10 has decided to move forward the new season premiere of Australian Survivor to Monday, January 29. How many episodes are there in this season of Gladiators? It has been mentioned on air that there are six heats, then quarter final(s), semi final(s) and final. Tonight 10 will show heat 3. I wonder if 10 will air double episodes sometime during next week? ---
**Author:** ![Seriously](https://forums.mediaspy.org/user_avatar/forums.mediaspy.org/seriously/32/489656_2.png) [@Seriously](https://forums.mediaspy.org/u/Seriously)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2024, 2:27am UTC](https://forums.mediaspy.org/t/gladiators/23054/220 "2024-01-17T02:27:03Z")
They could try moving it to Friday or Saturday once a week. 🤷‍♂️ This now means they will need to make up a week between Survivor and Celebrity somehow. I assume they will just reduce the episodes of Survivor for a few weeks to stretch it out. ---
**Author:** ![TheFinalMinutes](https://forums.mediaspy.org/user_avatar/forums.mediaspy.org/thefinalminutes/32/356778_2.png) [@TheFinalMinutes](https://forums.mediaspy.org/u/TheFinalMinutes)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2024, 2:27am UTC](https://forums.mediaspy.org/t/gladiators/23054/221 "2024-01-17T02:27:57Z")
From what I understand, yes the games were filmed like the US series. The Edge and other games won’t appear until the quarter finals. This really does feel like schedule filler made to rake in some advertising cash to make the local sales numbers look good on Paramount’s international balance sheet. I hope for series 2 they follow the BBC template but I doubt it. ---
**Author:** ![Harriet](https://forums.mediaspy.org/user_avatar/forums.mediaspy.org/harriet/32/600_2.png) [@Harriet](https://forums.mediaspy.org/u/Harriet)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2024, 2:43am UTC](https://forums.mediaspy.org/t/gladiators/23054/222 "2024-01-17T02:43:28Z")
I looked at my guide and it says penultimate round on Friday, so heat 5. It’s burnoff season it seems. ---
**Author:** ![JohnsonTV](https://forums.mediaspy.org/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/j/9dc877/32.png) [@JohnsonTV](https://forums.mediaspy.org/u/JohnsonTV)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2024, 3:03am UTC](https://forums.mediaspy.org/t/gladiators/23054/223 "2024-01-17T03:03:39Z")
Heat 4 will be on Thursday. ---
**Author:** ![killy06](https://forums.mediaspy.org/user_avatar/forums.mediaspy.org/killy06/32/366375_2.png) [@killy06](https://forums.mediaspy.org/u/killy06)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2024, 3:19am UTC](https://forums.mediaspy.org/t/gladiators/23054/224 "2024-01-17T03:19:55Z")
Interesting, I just had a look at Guides and seems to indicate repeats of Mon/Tues night. [Previous page](https://forums.mediaspy.org/t/gladiators/23054.md?page=10) [Next page](https://forums.mediaspy.org/t/gladiators/23054.md?page=12)