American Ninja Warrior season 12 will debut Monday, September 7

Right here it’s, individuals, THE BIG ANNOUNCEMENT.

American Ninja Warrior will return on Monday, September 7 with a model new season!

The present will air on Monday nights at 8pm EST/PST. Season 12 will probably be eight episodes lengthy with a brand new format. 50 invited athletes every introduced two group members to compete alongside them. The 150 Ninjas all competed in St. Louis and transfer via a number of rounds.

The largest distinction? With no Nationwide Finals in Las Vegas this yr, the present will work its manner in direction of a ultimate play-off bracket with head-to-head races on the Energy Tower. The winner nets $100,000.

Right here’s the official announcement from NBC, together with particulars on what will probably be totally different about this season.

Season 12 of NBC’s four-time Emmy Award-nominated athletic competitors collection “American Ninja Warrior” will premiere Monday, Sept. 7 with a two-hour episode starting at 8 p.m. ET/PT.

The highest 50 athletes will convey alongside two individuals from their communities to compete with them for a complete of 150 rivals. The collection will characteristic an abridged format with a number of rounds: Qualifiers (6 impediment course), Semi-Finals (10 impediment course) and Finals (10 impediment course + Energy Tower playoff bracket).

To find out the winner in the course of the Finals, the highest eight ninjas will compete in a playoff bracket the place they may race head-to-head on the Energy Tower. The winner will earn $100,000.

Manufacturing for the eight-episode collection came about in St. Louis on the Dome at America’s Heart. “American Ninja Warrior” is the primary NBC collection to have accomplished a full season of episodes in the course of the present pandemic.

The latest cycle of “American Ninja Warrior” final summer time averaged a 1.1 ranking in adults 18-49 and 5.4 million viewers total in “stay plus seven day” Nielsens and grew after 35 days of digital and linear delayed viewing to a 2.0 in 18-49 and 9.2 million viewers. The year-ago cycle of “Ninja” scored as Monday’s most-watched program on the Large 4 networks with every of its final 5 telecasts (“stay plus similar day”).

The collection is govt produced by A. Smith & Co. Productions’ founders Arthur Smith and Kent Weed together with Brian Richardson, Anthony Storm and Kristen Stabile.

We’re simply going to say it: WE ARE SO EXCITED.