American Grit: Story, Cast and Series Facts

Story and premise

Sixteen of the country's toughest men and women will be split into four teams as they work together to face a variety of military-grade and survival-themed challenges. Cena and an elite group of mentors from the nation's most exclusive military units will push these civilians beyond their limits. The mentors, known as "The Cadre", include Rorke Denver, Noah Galloway, Tawanda "Tee" Hanible and Nick "The Reaper" Irving. These real-life heroes, who represent diverse backgrounds and top branches of the U.S. Armed Forces, will impart their first-hand knowledge and experience to help the competitors work together as teams to surmount near impossible mental and physical challenges. American Grit embodies the military ethos "no man left behind," because only the first team to complete the challenges together is safe from elimination. Each episode will culminate in "The Circus," a punishing, endurance-based obstacle course designed to break the weakest competitors. With up to a million dollars of prize money at stake, this is the ultimate test of strength, grit, the human spirit and most importantly, teamwork.

Series details

• Title: American Grit
• Format: Reality
• Language: English
• Genres: Drama, Action
• Premiere date: 2016-04-14
• Final broadcast date listed: 2017-08-06
• Status in TVmaze: Ended
• Network listed by TVmaze: FOX
• Network country: United States
• Typical episode runtime: 60 minutes
• TVMaze ID: 11196
• IMDb ID: tt5546352
• TVDB ID: 307453

Cast and credited roles

• John Cena — Host
• Rorke Denver — Mentor
• Noah Galloway — Mentor
• Tee Hanible — Mentor
• Nick Irving — Mentor
• John Burk — Mentor
• Riki Long — Mentor
• Chloe Mondesir — Mentor
• Grady Powell — Mentor

Seasons in the TVmaze catalogue

• Season 1: premiered 2016-04-14; final listed air date 2016-06-09; episode order: 10.
• Season 2: premiered 2017-06-11; final listed air date 2017-08-06; episode order: 10.

Source and licence

Adapted from American Grit on TVmaze. The synopsis is reproduced as plain text; catalogue facts, cast and season records are selected and reformatted. This adapted text is available under CC BY-SA 4.0, following the TVmaze API licence. Network and web-channel credits identify the service listed in this source; they do not establish current streaming availability.