Bill Nye explaining why a flamethrower on wheels is technically brilliant television.
Season 5 • Episode 18
LatestIn a BattleBots event the competitors are remote-controlled armed and armored machines, designed to fight in an arena combat elimination tournament. If both combat robots are still operational at the end of the match the winner is determined by a point system based on damage, aggression, and strategy. The television show BattleBots aired on the American cable network Comedy Central for five seasons, covering five BattleBots tournaments. The first season aired starting in August 2000, and the fifth season aired starting in August 2002. Hosts of BattleBots were Bil Dwyer and Sean Salisbury and correspondents included former Baywatch actresses Donna D'Errico, Carmen Electra, and Traci Bingham, former Playboy Playmate Heidi Mark, and identical twins Randy and Jason Sklar. Bill Nye was the show's "technical expert". After five 'seasons', Comedy Central terminated their contract with BattleBots Inc. in late 2002.
Practical Effects
Real robots actually destroying each other, zero CGI.
Production
The hazard-filled BattleBox arena design is genuinely ingenious.
Editing
Slo-mo replays of metal-on-metal carnage hit different.
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
BattleBots premiered months after the first Robot Wars UK series, sparking a transatlantic robot combat rivalry that defined early 2000s nerd culture.
The show's 2015 revival on ABC was executive produced by former BattleBots competitor Greg Munson, who'd spent 13 years trying to resurrect the franchise.
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