Season 1 of the American competitive television series BattleBots premiered on Comedy Central on August 23, 2000. Season 1 of BattleBots was hosted by
Bil Dwyer and
Sean Salisbury. Legendary boxing ring announcer and radio host Mark Beiro acted as the BattleBots arena announcer.
Donna D'Errico, along with twins
Randy and Jason Sklar were the arena-side correspondents.[1]
The pilot, known as episode one was originally aired as a
Pay-per-view event before being pitched to network executives.
Classifications
Robots in season 1 competed in four separate weight classes:
Only one match in the lightweight category was aired during the qualifying round. The winner of each battle moved on to the Round of 16 along with eight teams that were automatically qualified.
Two matches in the middleweight category were aired during the qualifying round. The winner of each battle moved on to the Quarterfinals along with four teams that were automatically qualified.
Three matches in the Super Heavyweight category were aired during the qualifying round. The winner of each battle moved on to the Quarterfinals along with one team that was automatically qualified.
^"Battlecasters". ComedyCentral.com. June 24, 2016. Archived from the original on June 1, 2002. Retrieved July 10, 2016.{{
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Season 1 of the American competitive television series BattleBots premiered on Comedy Central on August 23, 2000. Season 1 of BattleBots was hosted by
Bil Dwyer and
Sean Salisbury. Legendary boxing ring announcer and radio host Mark Beiro acted as the BattleBots arena announcer.
Donna D'Errico, along with twins
Randy and Jason Sklar were the arena-side correspondents.[1]
The pilot, known as episode one was originally aired as a
Pay-per-view event before being pitched to network executives.
Classifications
Robots in season 1 competed in four separate weight classes:
Only one match in the lightweight category was aired during the qualifying round. The winner of each battle moved on to the Round of 16 along with eight teams that were automatically qualified.
Two matches in the middleweight category were aired during the qualifying round. The winner of each battle moved on to the Quarterfinals along with four teams that were automatically qualified.
Three matches in the Super Heavyweight category were aired during the qualifying round. The winner of each battle moved on to the Quarterfinals along with one team that was automatically qualified.
^"Battlecasters". ComedyCentral.com. June 24, 2016. Archived from the original on June 1, 2002. Retrieved July 10, 2016.{{
cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (
link)