American Ninja Warrior

Televised obstacle course

American Ninja Warrior is an athletic competition television show where contestants attempt obstacle courses of increasing difficulty—climbing walls, swinging across gaps, balancing on narrow platforms.

The courses test strength, agility, and endurance, with competitors eliminated when they fall into the water below.

The show adapted the Japanese format Sasuke for American audiences.

She trains at a ninja gym hoping to compete on American Ninja Warrior.

Related

peg board · balance · salmon ladder · ring toss · upper body · strength · body tension · agility · buzzer · time clock · finals · stage four · parkour · training · gym · competition · hang · swing

Categories
Opposites
physical demand and athleticism

American Ninja WarriorJeopardy!

Quiz show, reversed format

quiz shows · Wheel of Fortune · The Chase · poker tournaments · Antiques Roadshow

competition format

American Ninja WarriorSurvivor

Castaways compete for millions

Jeopardy! · The Voice · The Amazing Race · American Idol · Big Brother

viewer engagement style

American Ninja WarriorC-SPAN

Network televising Congress

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Family

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Familiarity
Top 500,000
Profile
Known to kids · Mostly American · Concrete · Positive · Everyday, not technical · Rated G