Wizard Wars: Story, Cast and Series Facts

Story and premise

Penn & Teller headline this competition series, which takes viewers behind the scenes of magic by challenging a new team of magicians each week to create the most jaw-dropping illusions using an array of random objects and transforming them into eye-popping miracles. The winning team of challengers in the first round then take on the expert "home team" of world-renowned wizards: Two-time World Championship of Magic winner Gregory Wilson; Wynn Resort resident magician Shimshi; YouTube sensation Justin Flom, and internationally renowned mentalist Angela Funovits.

Wizard Wars judges on the show include the aforementioned Penn & Teller, Jason Latimer and Christen Gerhart.

Series details

• Title: Wizard Wars
• Format: Reality
• Language: English
• Premiere date: 2014-08-19
• Final broadcast date listed: 2015-03-12
• Status in TVmaze: Ended
• Network listed by TVmaze: Syfy
• Network country: United States
• Typical episode runtime: 60 minutes
• TVmaze community rating: 5/10
• TVMaze ID: 2377

Cast and credited roles

• Penn — Penn Jillette
• Ellen Fox — Host
• Teller — Teller
• Christen Gerhart — Christen Gerhart
• Jason Latimer — Jason Latimer
• David Shimshi — David Shimshi
• Gregory Wilson — Gregory Wilson
• Justin Flom — Justin Flom
• Angela Funovits — Angela Funovits
• Billy Kidd — Billy Kidd

Seasons in the TVmaze catalogue

• Season 1: premiered 2014-08-19; final listed air date 2014-09-23; episode order: 6.
• Season 2: premiered 2015-01-29; final listed air date 2015-03-12; episode order: 6.

Source and licence

Adapted from Wizard Wars 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.