![]() It did feel very natural and off the cuff and it was always an unexpected gift when you saw how athletic some of these actors were. It was something to be super excited about, almost like the Olympics with your favorite faces. Maria Elena Fernandez: There’s no question it was event television back then. The show’s format is basically “Stars: They’re just like us - but on steroids.” In a world where celebrities are more cautious about their every public utterance, where even tweets can be decided by a committee of publicists and managers, the idea of big TV stars willing to step up in (semi)-real athletic competition just seems too perfect not to try. As you noted, people love to see their favorite stars in unusual, unexpected situations. I’m someone who’s been praying and publicly pontificating for a BOTNS reboot for at least a decade. ![]() I’m also, admittedly, a little nervous about the return because I suspect the new Battle will feel a lot more scripted and self-conscious than the old one did. In a pre-reality-show era, that was really different and exciting - which is why it’s so strange that it’s taken so long for it to come back. ![]() As children of the ’70s and ’80s, I think all of us loved this competition series when we were growing up, in large part because we were getting to see our favorite TV stars in more candid situations, engaging in a competition that was real and unscripted. Jen Chaney: Joe, Maria, the day we always hoped would come has finally arrived: Battle of the Network Stars is returning to TV. Here’s a transcript of that conversation, complete with videos of great moments in Battle of the Network Stars history. In anticipation of this Olympian television event, three of Vulture’s more ’70s- and ’80s-nostalgic writers - Josef Adalian, Jen Chaney, and Maria Elena Fernandez - got together to discuss what made the original so great and whether the new one can recapture its magic. ![]() Fox, Catherine Bach, Paul Johansson.īattle of the Network Stars, the competition series that once pitted TV’s biggest stars against each other in a battle for athletic-actor supremacy, returns to the airwaves Thursday via reboot on ABC. ![]() Team “Troublemaker”: Julie Benz, John Barrowman, Vivica A. ![]()
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