TKO: Total Knock Out | |
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Genre | Sports competition Sports entertainment |
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Directed by | Ivan Dudynsky |
Presented by | Kevin Hart |
Composer | Burnett Music Group |
Country of origin | United States |
Original language | English |
No. of seasons | 1 |
No. of episodes | 10 |
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Production locations | CBS Studio Center Studio City, California |
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Network | CBS |
Release | July 11 – September 21, 2018 |
TKO: Total Knock Out is an American obstacle course competition series which aired on CBS. The series premiered July 11, 2018, and was hosted by comedian Kevin Hart. The show ran for 10 episodes. [1] The series ended on September 21, 2018.
Each episode features five contestants running an obstacle course. One contestant will run through a course featuring four zones, while the remaining contestants man "battle stations," firing projectiles to try to slow the racer down or knock them off the course:
In Zones 3 and 4, the projectiles are pre-aimed, and can only be released once each, while the first two zones allow the contestants to aim and fire as long as they have sufficient projectiles.
Contestants who are knocked off, or fall off, an obstacle once must attempt the obstacle again. A second fall constitutes a TKO; contestants can proceed to the next obstacle, but receive a one-minute penalty. Contestants who are judged to be intentionally trying to fail an obstacle may be given a five-minute penalty. In Zone 4, the second cylinder has a "time capsule" attached; grabbing the cylinder subtracts 90 seconds from the contestant's time.
For each episode, the contestant with the fastest adjusted run time—including any TKO penalties and time capsule deductions earned—wins the prize of $50,000, with contestants finishing in second, third, and fourth place receiving much smaller prizes (see table below). The five episode winners with the fastest adjusted times compete in a "Battle Royale" for $100,000. [2] [3] [4]
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Final placement | Episodes 1–9 | Episode 10 |
1st place | $50,000 | $100,000 |
2nd place | $5,000 | $10,000 |
3rd place | $2,500 | $5,000 |
4th place | $1,000 | $2,000 |
5th place | $0 | $0 |
No. | Episode | Air date | Timeslot (ET) | Rating/Share (18–49) | Viewers (millions) | Nightly rank | |
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1 | "Unsung Heroes" | July 11, 2018 | Wednesday 9:00 p.m. | 0.9 | 5 | 3.99 [5] | 2 |
2 | "Get Some, Goldilocks!" | July 18, 2018 | 0.8 | 4 | 3.40 [6] | 4 | |
3 | "I Got a Dad Bod" | July 25, 2018 | 0.6 | 3 | 2.71 [7] | 4 | |
4 | "This Ain't No Taco Eating Contest" | August 3, 2018 | Friday 8:00 p.m. | 0.6 | 3 | 2.87 [8] | 1 |
5 | "5 Fierce Females" | August 10, 2018 | 0.5 | 2 | 2.68 [9] | 2 | |
6 | "This Ain't No Rodeo" | August 17, 2018 | 0.5 | 2 | 2.36 [10] | 1 | |
7 | "Bring It On, Porkchop!" | August 31, 2018 | 0.5 | 2 | 2.26 [11] | 1 | |
8 | "I Came out of the Womb a Fighter" | September 7, 2018 | Friday 9:00 p.m. | 0.4 | 2 | 1.63 [12] | 3 |
9 | "Let's Go Grandpa" | September 14, 2018 | 0.3 | 2 | 2.00 [13] | 2 | |
10 | "Battle Royale" | September 21, 2018 | 0.4 | 2 | 2.17 [14] | 2 |
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