{"id":12258,"date":"2020-08-15T01:39:28","date_gmt":"2020-08-15T06:39:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/?p=12258"},"modified":"2020-08-15T01:39:28","modified_gmt":"2020-08-15T06:39:28","slug":"season-12-of-nbcs-american-ninja-warrior-will-premiere-monday-september-7","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/2020\/08\/15\/season-12-of-nbcs-american-ninja-warrior-will-premiere-monday-september-7\/","title":{"rendered":"Season 12 of NBC&#8217;s &#8220;American Ninja Warrior&#8221; Will Premiere Monday, September 7"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-12259\" src=\"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/american-ninja-warrior.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"660\" height=\"372\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/american-ninja-warrior.jpg 660w, https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/american-ninja-warrior-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/american-ninja-warrior-560x316.jpg 560w, https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/american-ninja-warrior-260x147.jpg 260w, https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/american-ninja-warrior-160x90.jpg 160w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 660px) 100vw, 660px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Season 12 of NBC&#8217;s four-time Emmy Award-nominated athletic competition series &#8220;<em><strong>American Ninja Warrior<\/strong><\/em>&#8221; will premiere Monday, September 7 with a two-hour episode beginning at 8PM ET\/PT.<\/p>\n<p>The top 50 athletes will bring along two people from their communities to compete with them for a total of 150 competitors.<\/p><div id=\"morty-3459213251\" class=\"morty-content\"><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>The series will feature an abridged format with multiple rounds: Qualifiers (6 obstacle course), Semi-Finals (10 obstacle course), and Finals (10 obstacle course + Power Tower playoff bracket).<\/p>\n<p>To determine the winner during the Finals, the top eight ninjas will compete in a playoff bracket where they will race head-to-head on the Power Tower. 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