Wipeout: Story, Cast and Series Facts

Story and premise

Human cannonballs! Human pinballs! Crashes, smashes and mud splashes! Each week thrill-seekers compete in the world's largest extreme obstacle course designed to provide the most spills, face plants and wipeouts ever seen on television.

Each week 24 daring new contestants of all ages, shapes and sizes will go head to head through a grueling but wildly hilarious obstacle course to win the title of Wipeout Champion. In the end, only one contestant will win, while everyone else will Wipeout!

Series details

• Title: Wipeout
• Format: Game Show
• Language: English
• Genres: Comedy
• Premiere date: 2008-06-24
• Final broadcast date listed: 2014-09-07
• Status in TVmaze: Ended
• Network listed by TVmaze: ABC
• Network country: United States
• Typical episode runtime: 60 minutes
• TVmaze community rating: 7.9/10
• TVMaze ID: 980

Cast and credited roles

• Jill Wagner — Host
• John Henson — Host
• John Anderson — Host
• Vanessa Lachey — Host

Seasons in the TVmaze catalogue

• Season 1: premiered 2008-06-24; final listed air date 2008-09-16.
• Season 2: premiered 2009-05-27; final listed air date 2009-09-16.
• Season 3: premiered 2010-06-01; final listed air date 2010-09-14.
• Season 4: premiered 2011-01-06; final listed air date 2011-09-15.
• Season 5: premiered 2011-12-08; final listed air date 2012-09-20.
• Season 6: premiered 2013-05-09; final listed air date 2013-09-19.
• Season 7: premiered 2014-06-22; final listed air date 2014-09-07.

Source and licence

Adapted from Wipeout 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.