Wipeout (2008 Game Show) - Wikipedia

The series premiered on June 24, 2008, on ABC. After the pilot was shot, co-host Elon Gold was replaced. Producers called in Michael Glazer to find a "comic host replacement" that eventually went to John Henson. The first season's success spawned a series of international versions of Wipeout, debuting in countries including the United Kingdom and Argentina in January 2009.

On December 8, 2008, ABC announced plans to counter-program NBC's Super Bowl game-day telecasts with a sports-star-studded episode of Wipeout, entitled "Wipeout Bowl". The episode was broadcast immediately following the game. The episode featured female cheerleaders competing against male "couch potato" sports fans.[4] During the hour-long special, Monica Kaufmann became the show's first female competitor to win. Following the episode, an announcement was made that a second season had been commissioned, and a promo for the season was subsequently broadcast.

The second season was broadcast during the summer of 2009. According to TV Week, in 2009, Wipeout became the third most popular game show in the world, based on ratings.[5] On July 22, 2009, Wipeout was renewed for a third season, for which filming began in September 2009.

The third season of the show premiered on June 22, 2010 with a special two-hour "Blind Date" episode preluding the series on June 1.[6][7] ABC subsequently announced that other themed episodes would appear in Season 3, including episodes featuring ladies only and families.[6] The third-season finale aired on September 14, 2010 with a special "America's Finest" edition, featuring some of America's heroes, including firefighters and policemen.

On August 15, 2010, ABC announced that the show had been contracted for a fourth season.[8] The announcement added: "Wipeout has the distinction of being the only broadcast reality series launched in recent years that has demonstrated proven staying power." On October 13, 2010, ABC announced plans that the fourth season would be split into three sections – Winter, Spring, and Summer; with a total of 31 episodes: 8 Winter episodes, 7 Spring episodes and 16 Summer episodes.[9] The fourth season premiered on January 6, 2011.[10]

On June 16, 2011, ABC announced that the show had been renewed for a fifth season and that Vanessa Lachey would replace co-host Jill Wagner on the show. New episodes of Winter Wipeout began on December 8, 2011 with a Christmas special episode entitled Winter Wipeout: Deck the Balls.[citation needed] That same year, syndicated reruns of Wipeout aired on truTV and TBS.[11]

On August 29, 2012, Wipeout was picked up for a sixth season. In addition, it was announced that former co-host Jill Wagner would be returning to the series after a season-long absence.[12] John Anderson and John Henson also returned as commentators. Vanessa Lachey departed the series due to her impending pregnancy.

On August 30, 2012, Activision released a Wipeout game for iOS. It quickly became the top-selling app in the App Store.[13]

On May 9, 2013, season six premiered. In its sixth season, Wipeout celebrated its 100th episode.[14]

For its seventh season, winners from each episode were brought together for a "Tournament of Champions" at the end of the season to compete for the title of Ultimate Wipeout Champion.[15] Season seven ended on September 7, 2014.

Reportedly revamped for an eighth season as Wipeout Extreme, by the summer of 2015, ABC had quietly canceled the show and removed it from the network website.[16][17] The series was not renewed for an eighth season. In the years since, the show has been seen on local stations,[18][19] TeenNick[20] and TBD.[21]