American Gladiators is an American competition television program airing on NBC and by Citytv in Canada, which is hosted by Hulk Hogan and Laila Ali[1] that matches amateur athletes against each other, as well as against the show's own "gladiators", in contests of strength and agility. It is a revival of the original American Gladiators which ran from 1989-1996.

The show is refereed by Al Kaplon, a former American League umpire, who can also be seen as the referee in Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story.

The show is being taped at Sony Pictures Studios in Culver City, California.[2] and is being produced by Reveille Productions and MGM Television.

American Gladiators premiered on Sunday January 6, 2008, moving afterwards to Mondays at 8:00 ET/PT on NBC.[3] An average of 12 million people watched the two hour premier, making it the highest rated series debut of the 2007-2008 television season.[4]