Forged in Fire: Story, Cast and Series Facts

Story and premise

Forged in Fire features world-class bladesmiths competing against each other to create some of the most iconic edged weapons from history. In each episode, four of the best bladesmiths in the country will come together to put both their skills and reputations on the line. Whether they are making a Japanese katana, a medieval broadsword, or an ancient throwing blade like the chakram, the weapons they forge will be fully functional and lethal works of art and war. The unique histories contained within each weapon will be creatively told during the forging process and the final weapons themselves will be assessed and ruthlessly tested by our panel of expert judges. These dynamic and explosive tests will be individually designed to push the weapons to their absolute limit. One by one, the bladesmiths will be eliminated until only one remains to be crowned the champion.

Series details

• Title: Forged in Fire
• Format: Reality
• Language: English
• Premiere date: 2015-06-22
• Status in TVmaze: Running
• Network listed by TVmaze: History
• Network country: United States
• Typical episode runtime: 63 minutes
• TVmaze community rating: 7.7/10
• TVMaze ID: 2225

Cast and credited roles

• Doug Marcaida — Judge
• Wil Willis — Host
• David Baker — Judge
• J. Neilson — Judge
• Ben Abbott — Judge
• Jason Knight — Judge
• Grady Powell — Host

Seasons in the TVmaze catalogue

• Season 1: premiered 2015-06-22; final listed air date 2015-08-10; episode order: 8.
• Season 2: premiered 2016-02-16; final listed air date 2016-04-19; episode order: 10.
• Season 3: premiered 2016-08-23; final listed air date 2017-02-14; episode order: 16.
• Season 4: premiered 2017-04-11; final listed air date 2017-10-31; episode order: 23.
• Season 5: premiered 2018-03-13; final listed air date 2018-12-19; episode order: 39.
• Season 6: premiered 2019-02-06; final listed air date 2019-09-25; episode order: 30.
• Season 7: premiered 2019-10-09; final listed air date 2020-08-19; episode order: 37.
• Season 8: premiered 2020-11-18; final listed air date 2022-02-02; episode order: 45.
• Season 9: premiered 2022-03-30; final listed air date 2022-11-02; episode order: 26.
• Season 10: premiered 2023-10-04; final listed air date 2025-09-24; episode order: 28.
• Season 11: premiered 2026-07-01; final listed air date 2026-09-16.

Source and licence

Adapted from Forged in Fire 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.