7.7/1023 votes#1 - Round 1: Preliminaries
Season 1 Episode 1 - Aired 12/31/1988
Females: Frankie Perry vs Brenda Hund Males: Craig Williams vs John Shumski
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7.5/1019 votes#2 - Round One Preliminaries
Season 1 Episode 2 - Aired 1/7/1989
First Half Preliminary Round 2: Moore vs Wirth / Henry vs Jorge
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- 7.4/1014 votes
#3 - Round One Preliminaries
Season 1 Episode 3 - Aired 1/14/1989
First Half Preliminary Round 3: McCarthy vs. Needham/Hutson vs. Simmons
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- 7.7/1013 votes
#4 - Round One Preliminaries
Season 1 Episode 4 - Aired 1/14/1989
First Half Preliminary Round 4: Petitto vs. Ross/Carroll vs. Wyatt
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- 7.7/1013 votes
#5 - Round One Preliminaries
Season 1 Episode 5 - Aired 1/21/1989
First Half Preliminary Round 5: Phillips vs. Cotton/Rogers vs. Todd
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- 7.8/1013 votes
#6 - Round One Quarterfinals
Season 1 Episode 6 - Aired 1/31/1989
First Half Quarterfinal Round 1: Cotton vs. Hund/Williams vs. Shumski
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- 8.3/1015 votes
#7 - Round One Quarterfinals
Season 1 Episode 7 - Aired 1/31/1989
First Half Quarterfinal Round 2: Petitto vs. Ross/Wirth vs. Simmons
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- 7.8/1013 votes
#8 - Round One Quarterfinals
Season 1 Episode 8 - Aired 1/31/1989
First Half Quarterfinal Round 3: Henry vs. Needham/Moore vs. Hutson
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- 7.8/1013 votes
#9 - Round One Quarterfinals
Season 1 Episode 9 - Aired 2/1/1989
First Half Quarterfinal Round 4: McCarthy vs. Phillips/Carroll vs. Todd
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- 7.8/1013 votes
#10 - Round One Semi-finals
Season 1 Episode 10 - Aired 3/1/1989
First Half Semifinal Round 1: Needham vs. Petitto/Williams vs. Carroll/Shumski
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- 7.7/1015 votes
#11 - Round One Semi-finals
Season 1 Episode 11 - Aired 3/1/1989
First Half Semifinal Round 2: Cotton vs. Phillips/Hutson vs. Wirth
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- 6.2/1016 votes
#12 - Round One Finals
Season 1 Episode 12 - Aired 3/1/1989
First Half Final Round: Petitto vs. Phillips/Williams vs. Hutson
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- 5.5/1015 votes
#13 - Highlights From Round One
Season 1 Episode 13 - Aired 5/1/1989
First Half Highlight Show
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- 6.8/1014 votes
#14 - Round Two Preliminaries
Season 1 Episode 14 - Aired 9/1/1989
Preliminary Round 1: Seymour vs. Jordan/Schwartze vs. Farwell
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- 5.8/1014 votes
#15 - Round Two Preliminaries
Season 1 Episode 15 - Aired 9/1/1989
Preliminary Round 2: Podesta vs. Harrison/Allen vs. Herbst
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- 7.4/1012 votes
#16 - Round Two Preliminaries
Season 1 Episode 16 - Aired 9/1/1989
Second Half Preliminary Round 3: Anderson vs. Brady/Venturi vs. Rampe
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- 7.2/1012 votes
#17 - Round Two Preliminaries
Season 1 Episode 17 - Aired 9/1/1989
Second Half Preliminary Round 4: Sutton vs. Cueva/Lakatos vs. Silich
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- 5.9/1013 votes
#18 - Round Two Preliminaries
Season 1 Episode 18 - Aired 9/1/1989
Second Half Preliminary Round 5: Stinson vs. Kidd/Brown vs. Koeberle
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- 6.0/1013 votes
#19 - Round Two Quarterfinals
Season 1 Episode 19 - Aired 3/1/1990
Second Half Quarterfinal Round 1: Seymour vs. Brady/Venturi vs. Harrison
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- 6.2/1013 votes
#20 - Round Two Quarterfinals
Season 1 Episode 20 - Aired 3/1/1990
Second Half Quarterfinal Round 2: Kidd vs. Herbst/Podesta vs. Koeberle
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- 7.2/1011 votes
#21 - Round Two Quarterfinals
Season 1 Episode 21 - Aired 3/1/1990
Second Half Quarterfinal Round 3: Sutton vs. Jordan/Lakatos vs. Silich
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- 5.2/1013 votes
#22 - Round Two Quarterfinals
Season 1 Episode 22 - Aired 3/1/1990
Second Half Quarterfinal Round 4: Anderson vs. Allen/Brown vs. Farwell
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- 7.0/1011 votes
#23 - Round Two Semi-finals
Season 1 Episode 23 - Aired 3/1/1990
Second Half Semifinal Round 1: Jordan vs. Anderson/Venturi vs. Silich
Director: N/A
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- 6.5/1014 votes
#24 - Round Two Semi-finals
Season 1 Episode 24 - Aired 3/1/1990
Second Half Semifinal Round 2: Podesta vs. Brown/Kidd vs. Seymour/Herbst
Director: N/A
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- 5.8/1013 votes
#25 - Round Two Finals
Season 1 Episode 25 - Aired 3/1/1990
Second Half Final Round: Kidd vs. Anderson/Venturi vs. Brown
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The Best Episodes of American Gladiators Season 1
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Season 1 Ratings Summary
"Round 1: Preliminaries" is the best rated episode of "American Gladiators" season 1. It scored 7.7/10 based on 23 votes. Directed by N/A and written by N/A, it aired on 12/31/1988. This episode is rated 0.2 points higher than the second-best, "Round One Preliminaries".