BattleBots (2015)
BattleBots promises to wow viewers with next generation robots - bigger, faster and stronger than ever before. The show will focus on the design and build of each robot, the bot builder backstories, their intense pursuit of the championship and the spectacle of the event.
News & Updates
'BattleBots' Renewed By Discovery And Science Channels
It was announced today that Discovery and Science Channels have picked up BattleBots for a second season on their respective networks. The reality competition series is currently in its third iteration after being revived last year for a run in the spring featuring all-new episodes.
Airing as a summer entry, the series lasted just two seasons on ABC, ending in 2016. The show's latest home on Discovery Channel and Science Channel is perhaps the best fit for it yet given the focus of those networks.
BattleBots is a robot-fighting competition in which contestant teams design, build, and battle their robotic creations with the goal of destroying or disabling their competitors in 1-on-1 bouts. The teams must use their combined smarts in order to create bigger, faster, and stronger armored machines than their opponents.
Look for the new season of BattleBots this summer.
BattleBots revival air dates & times (2018)
Discovery Channel - May 11 at 8 p.m. ET/PT
Science Channel - May 16 at 9 p.m. ET/PT
Jessica Chobot as sideline reporter, Chris Rose & Kenny Florian return to call the battles, Faruq Tauheed returns as ring announcer.
'BattleBots' Revived By Discovery Channel
It was announced today that BattleBots will once again be returning to television, this time on both Discovery Channel and Science Channel. The reality competition series is slated to make its return with all-new episodes this spring.
The revival marks the third iteration of the franchise, which originated in the year 2000 on Comedy Central. It aired on the cable network for five seasons before being brought to broadcast television by ABC more than a decade later in 2015. Airing as a summer entry, the series lasted just two seasons on ABC, last airing in 2016.
BattleBots is a robot-fighting competition in which contestant teams design, build, and battle their robotic creations with the goal of destroying or disabling their competitors in 1-on-1 bouts. The teams must use their combined smarts in order to create bigger, faster, and stronger armored machines than their opponents.
BattleBots Renewed By ABC
ABC has announced that BattleBots will return for a second season on the network. The competition series, in which contestants design, build, and battle their robotic creations, fared well last summer during its network debut.
The show originally started out back in 2000 on cable's Comedy Central, where it aired for five seasons. ABC revived BattleBots as a summer series this past June, and during its six-episode run it managed to rank #1 in its time slot among adults 18-49 as well as in total viewers.
Casting for Season 2 is already underway for an expected return as part of 2016's summer lineup.