Riot: Story, Cast and Series Facts

Story and premise

Riot features a group of regular players - including John Ross Bowie, Jamie Denbo, Brian Palermo, Jordan Black, Jessica McKenna, Meryl Hathaway and Rob Gleeson - improvising a series of showdowns designed to test mind and body. Throughout the show, the players must think on their feet as they face unpredictable song, dance and sketch challenges, often while navigating the show's trademark one-of-a-kind set, tilted at a 22 degree angle. Each week, special celebrity guest stars also will be featured. Confirmed guest stars include Carell, Jason Alexander ("Seinfeld"), D.L. Hughley ("The Original Kings of Comedy"), Cheryl Hines ("Suburgatory"), Tom Green ("Tom Green Live"), Chris Kattan ("Saturday Night Live"), Mayim Bialik ("The Big Bang Theory"), David Arquette ("Pushing Daisies,"...

Series details

• Title: Riot
• Format: Game Show
• Language: English
• Premiere date: 2014-05-13
• Final broadcast date listed: 2014-06-10
• Status in TVmaze: Ended
• Network listed by TVmaze: FOX
• Network country: United States
• Typical episode runtime: 60 minutes
• TVMaze ID: 7851
• IMDb ID: tt3565412
• TVDB ID: 281375

Seasons in the TVmaze catalogue

• Season 1: premiered 2014-05-13; final listed air date 2014-06-10.

Source and licence

Adapted from Riot 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.