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Description
The Contender is a reality television series that follows a group of boxers as they compete with one another in an elimination-style competition, while their lives and relationships with each other and their families are depicted. Produced by Mark Burnett, the show is hosted by Sugar Ray Leonard, who shared hosting duties in the first season with actor Sylvester Stallone. Leonard also serves as a trainer on the show, along with Tommy Gallagher. During the first season, boxing manager Jackie Kallen also served as counsel to the boxers. The show ran for fifteen weeks through 2005 on NBC in the United States of America. The show ran in the UK on ITV2 and was repeated later in the week on ITV1, and now airs on ITV4. It also aired on AXN in India, and on the Spanish language network Telemundo. The second season, featuring welterweight contenders, premiered in the U.S. on Tuesday, July 18, 2006, at 10 pm ET/PT, on ESPN. The third season, featuring super middleweight contenders, premiered in the U.S. on Tuesday, September 4, 2007, at 10 pm ET/PT, on ESPN. The fourth season, featuring cruiserweight contenders, premiered in the U.S. on Wednesday, December 3, 2008, at 10 pm ET/PT, on Versus.
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Runtime of the episode | 60 minutes |
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Network | NBC ESPN |
Producer | DreamWorks SKG Rogue Marble Entertainment & Sports Programming Network (ESPN) Mark Burnett Productions |
Language | English |
Themes | boxer sports show |
Created by | Mark Burnett |
Seasons
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Season 1Episodes: 17Date of release: 07 Mar 2005
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Season 2Episodes: 12Date of release: 18 Jul 2006
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Season 3Episodes: 10Date of release: 10 Apr 2007
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Season 4Episodes: 13Date of release: 04 Sep 2007
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Season 5Episodes: 13Date of release: 03 Dec 2008
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