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Publish date: 2022-09-27

Why each season becomes more challenging

American Ninja Warrior's producer Arthur Smith explained why each season the show has to make challenges that are more difficult.

“We keep making the course harder, and they keep getting better," he said to Deadline of the show's participants.

"They keep training and it’s like the never-ending quest for us to push the limit."

"They started with building courses in the backyard, that was reasonably early in the run."

"Now there’s Ninja gyms everywhere and then to coaches and then to trainers.

"Now we have kids, who say, ‘I’m not going to play soccer. I’m doing Ninja.”

Some of the challenges that will be featured

The new season of American Ninja Warrior promises to be a challenging experience for contestants and a rewarding watch for fans of the franchise.

New obstacles include,

Why American Ninja Warrior is so popular, continued

The show's executive producer, Arthur Smith, explained why NBC was so invested in the program.

"This is a unique competition that it is about the people and the stories and it has a lot of unique characteristics," he said.

"Where else you have athletes rooting for each other? Where else you have women and men competing on the same course? We have a community and there’s so many positive values.”

The show's producer explains why it's so popular

American Ninja Warrior's executive producer Arthur Smith spoke with Deadline, explaining why the series remains such a hit with viewers.

“The Ninja movement continues,” said Smith after the series was renewed.

“We’re now at the point where the show has been on long enough that some of our younger athletes, Ninja has been around their whole life.

"This year, we have fathers and sons and mothers and daughters competing.”

There's more American Ninja Warrior to come

American Ninja Warrior is one of audiences' favorite programs.

The series was picked up for two seasons last year, meaning that there will be much more stunts and challenges in the years to come.

Deadline reports that the series has been picked up for seasons 15 and 16.

Season 16 will premiere in the year 2024.

How to watch the show

Tonight's American Ninja Warrior special kicks off at 8pm ET.

The new season of the series begins on June 5, airing every Monday at 8pm ET.

Episodes can be watched live on NBC or the following day, on Peacock.

You can watch live episodes on live streaming sites like Hulu with Live TV, Sling TV, YouTube TV, and Fubo TV.

Previous seasons of American Ninja Warrior are available on Peacock.

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