{"id":103981,"date":"2025-08-04T17:11:10","date_gmt":"2025-08-04T21:11:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/?p=103981"},"modified":"2025-08-04T17:11:10","modified_gmt":"2025-08-04T21:11:10","slug":"nbc-renews-hit-show-american-ninja-warrior-for-season-18","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/2025\/08\/04\/nbc-renews-hit-show-american-ninja-warrior-for-season-18\/","title":{"rendered":"NBC Renews Hit Show &#8220;American Ninja Warrior&#8221; for Season 18"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-103982\" src=\"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/American-Ninja-Warrior.webp\" alt=\"\" width=\"666\" height=\"371\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/American-Ninja-Warrior.webp 666w, https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/American-Ninja-Warrior-300x167.webp 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 666px) 100vw, 666px\" \/>NBC&#8217;s hit summer competition show <em><strong>&#8220;American Ninja Warrior&#8221;<\/strong> <\/em>will return for an 18th season with all rounds of the competition filming in Las Vegas. Filming starts this fall.<\/p>\n<p>New this season, a brand-new round will be introduced to the competition featuring a supersized three-lane racecourse, where ninjas will face off head-to-head-to-head in thrilling side-by-side races.<\/p><div id=\"morty-4264708510\" class=\"morty-content morty-entity-placement\"><script async src=\"\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-4937602850188786\" crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script><ins class=\"adsbygoogle\" style=\"display:block; text-align:center;\" data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-4937602850188786\" \ndata-ad-slot=\"5227734695\" \ndata-ad-layout=\"in-article\"\ndata-ad-format=\"fluid\" data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\n<script> \n(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); \n<\/script>\n<\/div>\n<p>Season 18 continues with the action-packed, all-racing format for the National Finals introduced in Season 17, where the winner will take home a grand prize of $250,000.<\/p>\n<p>Casting for Season 18 of <em>&#8220;American Ninja Warrior&#8221;<\/em> is currently underway. Interested athletes can visit <a href=\"http:\/\/ANWcasting.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">ANWcasting.com<\/a> to submit their application.<\/p>\n<p>Season 17 has reached more than 23 million total viewers across NBC and Peacock so far this summer.<em> &#8220;American Ninja Warrior&#8221;<\/em> is a top 5 summer entertainment show among linear total viewers.<\/p>\n<p>Year-to-date in 2025, the show has amassed over 676 million social views across all platforms.<\/p><div id=\"morty-1558035740\" class=\"morty-content_2 morty-entity-placement\" style=\"margin-left: auto;margin-right: auto;text-align: center;\"><script async src=\"\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-4937602850188786\" crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script><ins class=\"adsbygoogle\" style=\"display:block; text-align:center;\" data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-4937602850188786\" \ndata-ad-slot=\"5227734695\" \ndata-ad-layout=\"in-article\"\ndata-ad-format=\"fluid\" data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\n<script> \n(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); \n<\/script>\n<\/div>\n<p><em>&#8220;American Ninja Warrior&#8221;<\/em> is produced by A. Smith &amp; Co. Productions. Executive producers are Arthur Smith, Kent Weed, Anthony Storm, Brian Richardson, and Kristen Stabile.<\/p>\n<p>\r\n      <table id=\"tmdb-pro\">\r\n        <tbody>\r\n          <tr>\r\n            <td class=\"tmdb-pro-poster\" width=\"20%\" rowspan=\"3\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"100%\" src=\"https:\/\/image.tmdb.org\/t\/p\/w300_and_h450_bestv2\/\/iAL6JYSfMp3v009qbQCyMwiGl2g.jpg\"><\/td>\r\n            <td>\r\n              <h3><b>American Ninja Warrior<\/b><\/h3>\r\n            <\/td>\r\n          <\/tr>\r\n          <tr><td><span><b>Network:<\/b> NBC<\/span><span><b>Genre:<\/b> Reality<\/span><span><b>Seasons:<\/b> 18<\/span><span><b>Episodes:<\/b> 258<\/span><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><h5><b>Overview<\/b><\/h5><p>Follow competitors as they tackle a series of challenging obstacle courses in both city qualifying and city finals rounds across the country. Those that successfully complete the finals course in their designated region move on to the national finals round in Las Vegas, where they face a stunning four-stage course modeled after the famed Mt. Midoriyama course in Japan. 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