Arena (U.S. TV series)

Arena
Country of origin United States
No. of episodes 73
Production
Running time 22 minutes
Release
Original network G4/G4techTV
Original release May 1, 2002 (2002-05-01) – January 29, 2005 (2005-01-29)

Arena is a G4/G4techTV TV show about competitive gaming which aired from 2002 to 2004. The program's format featured teams taking on each other in the multiplayer video games of the time in the form of a LAN party. Many episodes of the series revolved around a continuing tournament format.

Some video games overlap episodes, such as Unreal Tournament 2004 and Call of Duty. Teams are also given a chance to talk about themselves and explain the origin of their team name. Team ZoMBiE won Tournament of Champions '03 in 2004[1] to become the Ultimate Arena Champions. Team Kaizen won Tournament of Champions '04 in 2005[2] to become the Ultimate Arena Champions.

The show was originally hosted by Wil Wheaton and Travis Oates, but both hosts left due to conflicts with the program's producer, Jim Downs, of which many were made public by Wheaton in a Slashdot posting[3] along with the documentary entitled The Rise and Fall of G4.[4] They were replaced by Lee Reherman and Michael Louden in the latter half of 2003. The final hosts were Lee Reherman and Kevin Pereira.

The bulk of the first two seasons were filmed in studio 2. About halfway through season 2, and for the remainder of the run, filming moved into studio 3, which was the largest studio in G4's old headquarters. When word of the TechTV buyout became public, and the show was going to be cancelled as a result, the series banked several episodes, and then scrapped the set in July 2004 to make way for X-Play, The Screen Savers, and Unscrewed with Martin Sargent, three former TechTV properties.

Wil Wheaton
Kevin Pereira

Season 1

All Episodes were found on the YouTube."[5]

Episode #Air DateTitleRating
1x0101/May/2002Anvil vs. SteelN/A
1x0204/May/2002Challenger: MoltenN/A
1x0311/May/2002Iron Vs CobaltN/A
1x0401/Jun/2002Iron Vs CarbonN/A
1x0522/Jun/2002Team DeadboltN/A
1x0629/Jun/2002Mercury RisingN/A
1x0727/Jul/2002Team NovaN/A
1x0817/Aug/2002Iron Vs Dev/NullN/A
1x0931/Aug/2002Team UMM vs. Team PKN/A
1x1014/Sep/2002Team Umm V Team 1/2&1/2N/A
1x1120/Sep/2002Halo TournamentN/A
1x1219/Oct/2002Team LeftoversN/A
1x1331/Oct/2002HalloweenN/A
1x1416/Nov/2002Team GamersN/A
1x1530/Nov/2002Umm Vs Judgment DayN/A
1x1614/Dec/2002Team Dynasty vs Team Unsung HeroesN/A
1x1721/Dec/2002Battle Depot vs Team Unsung HeroesN/A
1x1811/Jan/2003Team Donkey Horde vs Team Unsung HeroesN/A
1x1925/Jan/2003Team Heroes vs Team Four HorsemenN/A

Season 2

Episode #Air DateTitleRating
2x0119/Feb/2003Team Unsung Heroes vs Team SDTN/A
2x0215/Mar/2003Team Wipeout Vs. Team MephistoN/A
2x0324/Mar/2003Team Brain DeadN/A
2x0407/Apr/2003Team BodenN/A
2x0514/Apr/2003Team BoomstickN/A
2x0628/Apr/2003Bomb SkillN/A
2x0712/May/2003Eat Chew UpN/A
2x0801/Jun/2003Death LegionN/A
2x0902/Jun/2003Sitting DucksN/A
2x1016/Jun/2003Team SmackN/A
2x1123/Jun/2003Four ScoreN/A
2x1221/Jul/2003Divine AnnihilationN/A
2x1328/Jul/2003ZombieN/A
2x1411/Aug/2003NCN/A
2x1518/Aug/2003NamN/A
2x1607/Sep/2003Teachers vs. StudentsN/A
2x1708/Sep/2003Circus of EgoN/A
2x1822/Sep/2003Team Crushing PowerN/A
2x1913/Oct/2003Team Forbidden DonutN/A
2x2027/Oct/2003Armed for WarfareN/A
2x2103/Nov/2003Go Go GazooN/A
2x2217/Nov/2003Minority CastawaysN/A
2x2324/Nov/2003Slapped and DashedN/A
2x2401/Dec/2003C.T.C. on TVN/A
2x2508/Dec/2003Kickin' It With KaizenN/A
2x2615/Dec/2003Angry AuguryN/A
2x2722/Dec/2003Tournament of Champions '03 (Pt. 1)N/A
2x2822/Dec/2003Tournament of Champions '03 (Pt. 2)N/A
2x2920/Jan/2004A Minute With KaizenN/A
2x3003/Feb/2004Girls with Big Guns!N/A

Season 3

Episode #Air DateTitleRating
3x0102/Mar/2004AcroNYMN/A
3x0216/Mar/2004We Got a 10-51N/A
3x0330/Mar/2004Sausage Goes To War!N/A
3x0413/Apr/2004Militia Massacre!N/A
3x0527/Apr/2004Oodles of Boodles!N/A
3x0611/May/2004Domination on Our StationN/A
3x0702/Jun/2004307MtN/A
3x0816/Jun/2004Deadly DallianceN/A
3x0930/Jun/2004Cross-Eyed TeamN/A
3x1014/Jul/2004Jumping is Useless?N/A
3x1128/Jul/2004R3Dn3X Round Up!N/A
3x1211/Aug/2004Time For NightfallN/A
3x1325/Aug/2004Payback PlaysN/A
3x1408/Sep/2004Rowdy Random CommandosN/A
3x1522/Sep/2004315MtN/A
3x1606/Oct/2004Introduction ImpactN/A
3x1720/Oct/2004The Mighty MescalerosN/A
3x1803/Nov/2004Fogies Have FunN/A
3x1901/Dec/2004Wonderful Wiener BoysN/A
3x2007/Dec/2004Cuddly Corpse FactoryN/A
3x2108/Dec/2004Team Stomp!N/A
3x2215/Dec/2004Mad About MizotaN/A
3x2322/Dec/2004Tournament of Champions '04 (Pt. 1)N/A
3x2429/Jan/2005Tournament of Champions '04 (Pt. 2)N/A

References

  1. ↑ G4's Arena Tournament of Champions '03 (Pt. 2).
  2. ↑ G4's Arena Tournament of Champions '04 (Pt. 2).
  3. ↑ slashdot.org CleverNickName Journal Entry
  4. ↑ The Rise and Fall of G4 Good Bad Flicks
  5. ↑ Youtube - ArenaIsNotDead .
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