Game of Arms
{{Short description|Television series}}
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Game of Arms is an American television series that debuted February 25, 2014, on AMC.{{cite news |url=http://www.thefutoncritic.com/news/2014/01/11/amc-announces-2014-programming-schedule-800314/20140111amc01/ |title=AMC Announces 2014 Programming Schedule |publisher=The Futon Critic |date=January 11, 2014 | accessdate=January 24, 2014}} The series is a reality television show about American competitive arm wrestlers.{{cite news |last=Leonardi |first=Ron |date=January 15, 2014 |title=Erie to be part of AMC's 'Game of Arms' |url=http://www.goerie.com/erie-to-be-part-of-amcs-game-of-arms |newspaper=Erie Times-News |accessdate=January 24, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140118011424/http://www.goerie.com/erie-to-be-part-of-amcs-game-of-arms |archive-date=January 18, 2014 |url-status=dead }}{{cite news |last=Kepnes |first=Caroline |date=January 13, 2014 |title='Game of Arms' First Look: Sorry, No Losers Allowed |url=https://tv.yahoo.com/blogs/tv-news/-game-of-arms--first-look--sorry--no-losers-allowed--exclusive-video-191020216.html |publisher=Yahoo! TV |accessdate=January 24, 2014}} The series follows arm wrestling clubs in Erie, Pennsylvania; Kansas City, Missouri; New York City; Sacramento, California, and Baton Rouge, Louisiana. Prior to its broadcast, the series was initially known as King of Arms.{{cite news |last=Gelt |first=Jessica |date=October 16, 2013 |title=AMC greenlights new unscripted series 'King of Arms' |url=http://articles.latimes.com/2013/oct/16/entertainment/la-et-st-amc-greenlights-unscripted-series-king-of-arms-20131016 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20140124192938/http://articles.latimes.com/2013/oct/16/entertainment/la-et-st-amc-greenlights-unscripted-series-king-of-arms-20131016 |url-status=dead |archive-date=January 24, 2014 |newspaper=Los Angeles Times |accessdate=January 24, 2014}}
On September 11, 2014, AMC renewed the series for a second season.{{cite web|url=http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/2014/09/11/game-of-arms-renewed-by-amc-for-second-season/301941/ |title='Game of Arms' Renewed by AMC for Second Season |first=Amanda |last=Kondolojy |publisher=TV by the Numbers |date=September 11, 2014 |access-date=September 11, 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140912000834/http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/2014/09/11/game-of-arms-renewed-by-amc-for-second-season/301941/ |archive-date=September 12, 2014 }} However it canceled the series a month later in mid-production as part of the network ending nearly all their reality series and refocusing completely on fictional dramas for their original series output.{{cite news|url=https://variety.com/2014/tv/news/amc-scraps-second-season-of-game-of-arms-other-shows-as-cabler-reconsiders-unscripted-genre-1201326326/|title=AMC Scraps Second Season of 'Game of Arms,' Other Shows as Cabler Reconsiders Unscripted Genre|last=Littleton|first=Cynthia|date=9 October 2014|work=Variety|accessdate=10 October 2014}}
Episodes
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| EpisodeNumber = 1 | Title = The Battle Begins... | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2014|2|25}} | ShortSummary = }} {{Episode list | EpisodeNumber = 2 | Title = Southern Inhospitality | RTitle = | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2014|3|4}} | ShortSummary = | Viewers = }} {{Episode list | EpisodeNumber = 3 | Title = The Cold War | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2014|3|11}} | ShortSummary = | Viewers = }} {{Episode list | EpisodeNumber = 4 | Title = Bloodlines | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2014|3|18}} | ShortSummary = | Viewers = }} {{Episode list | EpisodeNumber = 5 | Title = Welcome to the Slaughterhouse | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2014|3|25}} | ShortSummary = | Viewers = }} {{Episode list | EpisodeNumber = 6 | Title = End of the line | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2014|4|1}} | ShortSummary = | Viewers = }} {{Episode list | EpisodeNumber = 7 | Title = Playing Hurt | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2014|4|8}} | ShortSummary = | Viewers = }} {{Episode list | EpisodeNumber = 8 | Title = War Horses | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2014|4|15}} | ShortSummary = | Viewers = }} {{Episode list | EpisodeNumber = 9 | Title = Battle for the Belt | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2014|4|22}} | ShortSummary = | Viewers = }} {{Episode list | EpisodeNumber = 10 | Title = Final Showdown | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2014|4|29}} | ShortSummary = | Viewers = }} |
Reception
Upon airing, the premiere was watched by 1 million viewers, with 626,000 of those viewers among adults 18-49.{{cite press release|last=Kondolojy|first=Amanda|title='Game of Arms' Premiere Draws One Million Viewers|url=http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/2014/02/26/game-of-arms-premiere-draws-one-million-viewers/240449/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140302044810/http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/2014/02/26/game-of-arms-premiere-draws-one-million-viewers/240449/|url-status=dead|archive-date=March 2, 2014|work=TV by the Numbers|accessdate=February 26, 2014|date=February 26, 2014}} It is AMC's highest-rated reality series premiere of all time.
References
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External links
- {{official website|http://www.amctv.com/shows/game-of-arms}}
- {{IMDb title|3525596|Game of Arms}}
{{AMC Shows}}
Category:2014 American television series debuts
Category:2014 American television series endings
Category:American English-language television shows
Category:AMC (TV channel) original programming