The Titan Games

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Season 1
  • Network: NBC
  • Series Premiere Date: Jan 3, 2019
Season #: 2, 1
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3.7

Generally unfavorable reviews- based on 6 Ratings

User score distribution:
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  2. Mixed: 3 out of 6
  3. Negative: 2 out of 6

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  1. Marty1950
    Mar 1, 2019
    7
    This show was entertaining until the final. By increasing the weights on the events you eliminated skill, and athleticism and turned it into a bigger is better show with predictable outcomes. The finals which should have been the best show was rally one of the worst episodes. If you want to go that route than all competitors should be of equal size and weight, , otherwise there needs toThis show was entertaining until the final. By increasing the weights on the events you eliminated skill, and athleticism and turned it into a bigger is better show with predictable outcomes. The finals which should have been the best show was rally one of the worst episodes. If you want to go that route than all competitors should be of equal size and weight, , otherwise there needs to be a fair balance.… Expand

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  1. Salon
    Reviewed by: Melanie McFarland
    Jan 4, 2019
    80
    What you might want to watch, though, is the tune-in for The Titan Games, not only as a gauge of the gladiator format appeal but as an indicator of Johnson’s magnetism. ... Titan show what can happen when a person is willing to strain, strive and put in the work. Maybe it won’t pound its way to ratings dominance, but that probably doesn’t matter. The message is in the focus on regular people climbing manufactured mountains, side players in a tale of a celebrated hero who has already won, and may have his sights set on obstacle course with higher stakes.
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  2. The Atlantic
    Reviewed by: Megan Garber
    Jan 4, 2019
    80
    The show’s infusive reliance on Johnson, a polymathic performer whose legendary charisma seems always to be in beast mode, makes The Titan Games compelling almost in spite of itself. ... The athletic competition, with all its pomp and camp and spectacle, does the thing so many other entertainments will not, or cannot, do: It offers viewers an escape into certainty.
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