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{{short description|American robot combat television series}} {{For|the most recent season|BattleBots (season 12)}} {{Use mdy dates|date=March 2025}} {{Infobox television | image = BattleBots logo.png | alt_name = ''Comedy Central Sports Presents: BattleBots'' {{small|(seasons 1-5)}} | genre = [[Robot competition]] | creator = {{plainlist| * Greg Munson * Trey Roski }} | director = {{plainlist| * Dan McDowell * Ryan Polito }} | presenter = {{plainlist| * [[Tim Green]] * [[Sean Salisbury]] * [[Bil Dwyer]] * [[Molly McGrath]] * [[Samantha Ponder]] * [[Chris Rose]] * [[Kenny Florian]] }} | starring = {{plainlist| * Mark Beiro * [[Bill Nye]] * [[Donna D'Errico]] * [[Traci Bingham]] * [[Sklar Brothers|Randy Sklar]] * Jason Sklar * [[Heidi Mark]] * [[Arj Barker]] * [[Carmen Electra]] * [[Alison Haislip]] * Faruq Tauheed * [[Jessica Chobot]] * [[Jenny Taft]] }} | narrated = {{plainlist| * [[Chris Rose]] * [[Kenny Florian]] }} | composer = Vanacore Music | country = United States | language = English | num_seasons = 12 | num_episodes = 191 | list_episodes = List of BattleBots episodes | executive_producer = {{plainlist| * Mack Anderson * Bradley Anderson * [[Debbie Liebling]] * Lloyd Braun * Chris Cowan * Trey Roski * Greg Munson * Aaron Catling }} | editor = Jonathan Siegel | runtime = 30β60 minutes | company = {{plainlist| * [[Whalerock Industries]] * BattleBots Productions }} | network = {{plainlist| * [[Comedy Central]] (2000β02) * [[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]] (2015β16) * [[Discovery Channel]] (2018β23) }} | first_aired = {{Start date|2000|8|23}}<!-- Per infobox instructions, this field is for the date that the first episode aired, nothing else. Do not add network information or other dates. --> | last_aired = {{End date|2023|5|25}} | related = ''[[BattleBots: Bounty Hunters]]'' }} '''''BattleBots''''' is an American [[robot combat]] television series and company. The show is an adaptation of the American Robot Wars competitions hosted in the midβlate 1990s by [[Marc Thorpe]], in which competitors design and operate remote-controlled armed and armored machines designed to fight in an arena combat elimination tournament. The same competitions inspired the British TV program ''[[Robot Wars (TV series)|Robot Wars]]'', which acquired the name in 1995. Legally barred from the name "Robot Wars", American robot combat aficionados created a new company, BattleBots, under the ownership of Greg Munson and Trey Roski. The first official BattleBots event was hosted at the [[Long Beach Pyramid]] in [[Long Beach, California]] in August 1999, while a second event in [[Las Vegas]] was used to pitch the competition to television networks. For five seasons, ''BattleBots'' aired on the American [[Comedy Central]] and was hosted by [[Bil Dwyer]], [[Sean Salisbury]], and [[Tim Green]]. Comedy Central's first season premiered on August 23, 2000, and its fifth and last season ended on December 21, 2002. While small untelevised competitions continued to be run under the BattleBots name, the show was on hiatus until it was revived on ABC in 2015. A six-episode revival series premiered on [[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]] on June 21, 2015, to generally favorable reviews and ratings. Additionally, ABC renewed ''BattleBots'' for a seventh season, which premiered on June 23, 2016. In February 2018, [[Discovery Channel]] and [[Science (TV network)|Science]] picked up the show for an eighth season, which premiered on May 11, 2018.<ref>{{cite web|last=Durkan|first=Deirdre|title='BattleBots' Revived on Discovery and Science Channels (Exclusive)|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/live-feed/battlebots-revived-discovery-science-channels-1081917|work=[[The Hollywood Reporter]]|date=February 7, 2018|access-date=February 7, 2018|language=en}}</ref> A ninth season of ''BattleBots'' premiered on Discovery Channel on June 7, 2019,<ref name="season9">{{cite web|title=BATTLEBOTS Returns For Second Season This June On Discovery|url=https://www.broadwayworld.com/bwwtv/article/BATTLEBOTS-Returns-For-Second-Season-This-June-On-Discovery-20190520|work=[[BroadwayWorld]]|publisher=BWW News Desk|date=May 20, 2019|access-date=June 4, 2019|language=en}}</ref> the tenth season premiered on December 3, 2020,<ref name="S10prem">{{cite web|title=The Ultimate Robot Combat Series, "BattleBots" Returns for an All-Out Battle Royale, Premiering December 3 on Discovery Channel|url=http://www.thefutoncritic.com/news/2020/11/12/the-ultimate-robot-combat-series-battlebots-returns-for-an-all-out-battle-royale-premiering-december-3-on-discovery-channel-842012/20201112discovery01/|work=[[The Futon Critic]]|date=November 12, 2020}}</ref> the eleventh season on January 6, 2022, and the twelfth season on January 5, 2023. Two spin-off competitions have debuted on [[Discovery+]]. The first spin-off, ''[[BattleBots: Bounty Hunters]]'', premiered on January 4, 2021 on [[Discovery+]].<ref name="BattleBots: Bounty Hunters">{{cite web|title=discovery+ Announces Exclusive Original Series Debuting in January 2021|url=http://www.thefutoncritic.com/news/2020/12/03/discoveryplus-announces-exclusive-original-series-debuting-in-january-2021-592304/20201203discovery01/|work=[[The Futon Critic]]|date=December 3, 2020}}</ref><ref name="BattleBots: Bounty Hunters 2">{{cite web|title="BattleBots: Bounty Hunters" to Launch on Discovery+ with the Top Robot Competitors Smashing It Out|url=http://www.thefutoncritic.com/news/2020/12/07/battlebots-bounty-hunters-to-launch-on-discoveryplus-with-the-top-robot-competitors-smashing-it-out-398203/20201207discovery01/|work=[[The Futon Critic]]|date=December 7, 2020}}</ref> A second spin-off premiered on August 5, 2022, under the name ''BattleBots: Champions''.
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