Battle of the Network Stars

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Battle of the Network Stars is a series of special competitions in which television stars from ABC, CBS and NBC would compete in various sporting events. A total of 19 of these competitions were held between 1976 and 1988, all of which were aired by ABC. In 2003, NBC attempted to revive Battle of the Network Stars with a two-hour special in primetime. The special aired on August 16, 2003. In 2005, Bravo premiered a revised short-lived spinoff version of the show called Battle of the Network Reality Stars featuring 33 competitors from several different reality shows competing for cash and prizes running from August 17 to September 21, 2005. Also in the same year, ESPN premiered a sports-themed spinoff version of Battle of the Network Stars as Battle of the Gridiron Stars featuring twenty players from the AFC and NFC competing in a variety of tasks that had nothing to do with football. Unlike its other spinoffs, this version ran for two seasons from April 12, 2005 to May 17, 2006. In 2017...

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