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ABC Revives 'BattleBots' As Summer Reality Series
The battling robots are back! Twelve years after BattleBots ended its run on Comedy Central, ABC has picked up a reimagined take of the killer robot combat sport, from Whalerock Industries and the creators of the original BattleBots franchise, Ed Roski and Greg Munson. Former ABC topper Lloyd Braun executive produces the project, which has received a six-episode order to air this summer.
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Too bad it's only 6 episodes but that's a hell of a lot better than nothing. I miss this show.
Here's an idea: since Grant Imahara had recently been booted off Mythbusters, and knowing his expertise along with his own Battlebots experiences, why not ABC steal him to host this time? :D
*Edit: apparently loads of other people all over the Internet have the same idea, but have doubts over whether he'd actually be available to do such a gig...