The Contender: Story, Cast and Series Facts
The Contender (2005): Sports. Series details, synopsis, cast and season dates from TVmaze.
Story and premise
Sixteen fighters, divided into two teams overseen by esteemed boxing coaches, will have their skills, strength and endurance pushed to the limit, while they live and train together, and fight each other in the ring.
Initially aired from March 2005 to January 2009 on NBC, ESPN, and Versus. In January 2018, it was announced that the series was being revived by premium cable network Epix for a fifth season which premiered on August 24, 2018.
Series details
- Title: The Contender
- Format: Reality
- Language: English
- Genres: Sports
- Premiere date: 2005-03-07
- Final broadcast date listed: 2018-11-09
- Status in TVmaze: Ended
- Network listed by TVmaze: MGM+
- Network country: United States
- Typical episode runtime: 60 minutes
- TVMaze ID: 16778
- IMDb ID: tt0416359
- TVDB ID: 74081
Cast and credited roles
- Sugar Ray Leonard — Host
- Sylvester Stallone — Host
- Tony Danza — Host
- Andre Ward — Host
- Naazim Richardson — Coach
- Freddie Roach — Coach
Seasons in the TVmaze catalogue
- Season 1: premiered 2005-03-07; final listed air date 2005-05-24; episode order: 16.
- Season 2: premiered 2006-07-18; final listed air date 2006-09-26; episode order: 12.
- Season 3: premiered 2007-09-04; final listed air date 2007-11-06; episode order: 10.
- Season 4: premiered 2008-12-03; final listed air date 2009-02-25; episode order: 13.
- Season 5: premiered 2018-08-24; final listed air date 2018-11-09.
Source and licence
Adapted from The Contender 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.
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