Last year, I asked ANW showrunner Anthony Storm about how producers decide who gets backstory time and who does not. We’ll get several minutes of backstory, and then someone will fall on the first or second obstacle, and they’re done. The bio packages can be even longer than the actual run. I could use less focus on adversity alone, which makes people seem like they’re only about overcoming their worst moments, and thus sometimes becomes a kind of inspiration porn. I am always glad to get to know the competitors beyond the course. While I’m complaining, the bio packages are too much. I don’t envy their jobs, even while I complain about the results! No reality TV show can include everything, and story producers and editors have to make decisions about what gets makes the episode and what does not. The men’s race was just quickly summarized, so we only saw the women’s race in full. Five women ran the course we only saw two runs, with a third in a montage.įour of the night’s cut runs were the four people who made it to the head-to-head race-and even that got cut down. In episode three, for example, of the nine men who ran the course, we only saw five full runs, with four others shown in montages. A considerable number of runs in these shorter episodes are delivered in montage form, or just mentioned in passing. Episodes are 42 minutes without commercials, and now the last act-about five minutes-is handed over to the head-to-head races.īut we don’t always get to see those in full. The episode length is not as big of a deal on its own. (Those who have competed in the head-to-heads have been extremely supportive of each other, such as cheering on their competitor after they fall.)Īlly Tippetts-Wootton and Kyndal McKenzie face off at the end of the ANW qualifying round (Photo by Elizabeth Morris/NBC) I’m here to watch people attempt obstacle after obstacle, cheering each other on from the sidelines, not watch them duke it out in a race. But since most people will fall, and sometimes no one makes it to the very end, the real competition is person versus the course. I’m annoyed because American Ninja Warrior is, yes, ultimately a competition for $1 million. We’re getting a preview of the head-to-head races-and courses-that will be used during the semifinals, and since I’m already annoyed with them, that’s not exciting me for the semifinals. As part of the main show, it’s been a dud so far, taking away more than it’s adding. In each of those, it helped differentiate the spin-offs and added a different flavor. Ninja and Universal Kids’ American Ninja Warrior Junior.
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