TKO: Total Knock Out

TKO: Total Knock Out is an American obstacle course competition series which aired on CBS. The series premiered July 11, 2018, and was hosted by comedian Kevin Hart. The show ran for 10 episodes.[1] The series ended on September 21, 2018.

TKO: Total Knock Out
GenreSports competition
Sports entertainment
Created by
  • Steve Hughes
  • Sean Kelly
Directed byIvan Dudynsky
Presented byKevin Hart
Country of originUnited States
Original languageEnglish
No. of seasons1
No. of episodes10
Production
Executive producers
  • Mark Burnett
  • Kevin Hart
  • Holly M. Wofford
  • Jane Y. Mun
  • Sean Kelly
  • Steve Hughes
  • Barry Poznick
Production locationsCBS Studio Center
Studio City, California
Production companies
DistributorMGM Television
Release
Original networkCBS
Picture format1080i (HDTV)
Original releaseJuly 11 (2018-07-11) 
September 21, 2018 (2018-09-21)
External links
Website

Premise

Each episode features five contestants running an obstacle course. One contestant will run through a course featuring four zones, while the remaining contestants man "battle stations," firing projectiles to try to slow the racer down or knock them off the course:

  • Zone 1 ("The Ball Blaster"): Contestants must navigate narrow ledges attached to plexiglass panels they can hold, while the battle station fires soft balls from a cannon
  • Zone 2 ("The Frisboom"): Contestants must cross a narrow beam and a flexible bridge while the battle station fires large frisbee-like disks
  • Zone 3 ("The Spike Launcher"): Contestants must traverse a series of moving pedestals while the battle station fires spiked cubes
  • Zone 4 ("The Slammer"): Contestants must cross two spinning cylinders while the battle station releases giant sledge hammers

In Zones 3 and 4, the projectiles are pre-aimed, and can only be released once each, while the first two zones allow the contestants to aim and fire as long as they have sufficient projectiles.

Contestants who are knocked off, or fall off, an obstacle once must attempt the obstacle again. A second fall constitutes a TKO; contestants can proceed to the next obstacle, but receive a one-minute penalty. Contestants who are judged to be intentionally trying to fail an obstacle may be given a five-minute penalty. In Zone 4, the second cylinder has a "time capsule" attached; grabbing the cylinder subtracts 90 seconds from the contestant's time.

For each episode, the contestant with the fastest run time, after TKO penalties and time capsule deductions, if any, are included, wins a cash prize of $50,000, with the contestants finishing in second, third, and fourth places receiving much smaller prizes. Second place gets $5,000, third place receives $2,500, fourth place earns $1,000 while fifth place go aways empty handed. The five episode winners with the fastest times will compete in a "Battle Royale" for a chance to win $100,000 the runner-up will get $10,000, third place will get $5,000, fourth place get $2,000 with last place receiving no cash prize.[2][3][4]

Final Placement

Episodes 1–9
Final Placement Money
1st Place $50,000
2nd Place $5,000
3rd Place $2,500
4th Place $1,000
5th Place $0
Finale
Final Placement Money
1st Place $100,000
2nd Place $10,000
3rd Place $5,000
4th Place $2,000
5th Place $0

Ratings

No. Episode Air date Timeslot (ET) Rating/Share
(18–49)
Viewers
(millions)
Nightly
rank
1 "Unsung Heroes" July 11, 2018 Wednesday 9:00 p.m. 0.9 5 3.99[5] 2
2 "Get Some, Goldilocks!" July 18, 2018 0.8 4 3.40[6] 4
3 "I Got a Dad Bod" July 25, 2018 0.6 3 2.71[7] 4
4 "This Ain't No Taco Eating Contest" August 3, 2018 Friday 8:00 p.m. 0.6 3 2.87[8] 1
5 "5 Fierce Females" August 10, 2018 0.5 2 2.68[9] 2
6 "This Ain’t No Rodeo" August 17, 2018 0.5 2 2.36[10] 1
7 "Bring It On, Porkchop!" August 31, 2018 0.5 2 2.26[11] 1
8 "I Came out of the Womb a Fighter" September 7, 2018 Friday 9:00 p.m. 0.4 2 1.63[12] 3
9 "Let’s Go Grandpa" September 14, 2018 0.3 2 2.00[13] 2
10 "Battle Royale" September 21, 2018 0.4 2 2.17[14] 2

References

  1. "CBS ANNOUNCES COMEDIAN, ACTOR AND GLOBAL SUPERSTAR KEVIN HART AS HOST OF 'TKO: TOTAL KNOCK OUT,' THE ALL-NEW OBSTACLE COURSE COMPETITION FROM MARK BURNETT AND MGM TELEVISION". CBS Press Express (Press release). CBS. April 12, 2018. Retrieved April 18, 2018.
  2. Otterson, Joe (April 12, 2018). "Kevin Hart to Host Competition Series 'TKO: Total Knock Out' for CBS". Variety. Penske Media Corporation. Retrieved April 18, 2018.
  3. "CBS ORDERS 'TKO,' A NEW COMPETITION SERIES FROM MARK BURNETT AND MGM TELEVISION FOR SUMMER 2018". The Futon Critic. February 20, 2018. Retrieved April 18, 2018.
  4. "Listings". The Futon Critic. Retrieved July 10, 2018.
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  7. Welch, Alex (July 26, 2018). "'American Housewife' encore adjusts down: Wednesday final ratings". TV By the Numbers. Archived from the original on July 27, 2018. Retrieved July 26, 2018.
  8. Welch, Alex (August 6, 2018). "'Masters of Illusion,' 'American Ninja Warrior' encore adjust down: Friday final ratings". TV By the Numbers. Archived from the original on August 7, 2018. Retrieved August 6, 2018.
  9. Welch, Alex (August 13, 2018). "'TKO: Total Knock Out,' 'Whistleblower,' 'Masters of Illusion' adjust down: Friday final ratings". TV By the Numbers. Archived from the original on August 13, 2018. Retrieved August 14, 2018.
  10. Welch, Alex (August 20, 2018). "'Big3 Basketball,' 'Masters of Illusion' adjusts down: Friday final ratings". TV By the Numbers. Archived from the original on August 20, 2018. Retrieved August 21, 2018.
  11. Welch, Alex (September 4, 2018). "'American Ninja Warrior' and 'Masters of Illusion' repeats adjust down: Friday final ratings". TV By the Numbers. Archived from the original on September 5, 2018. Retrieved September 4, 2018.
  12. Welch, Alex (September 10, 2018). "'TKO: Total Knock Out' and everything else unchanged: Friday final ratings". TV By The Numbers. Archived from the original on September 11, 2018. Retrieved September 10, 2018.
  13. Welch, Alex (September 17, 2018). "'America's Got Talent' repeat adjusts down: Friday final ratings". TV By The Numbers. Archived from the original on September 18, 2018. Retrieved September 17, 2018.
  14. Welch, Alex (September 24, 2018). "'20/20′ adjusts up: Friday final ratings". TV by the Numbers. Archived from the original on September 25, 2018. Retrieved September 25, 2018.

See also

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