Forged in Fire

For other uses, see Forged in Fire (disambiguation).

Forged in Fire
GenreReality competition
Directed by
  • Alfonso Trinidad
  • Michael Pearlman
Presented by
  • Wil Willis (seasons 1–7)
  • Grady Powell (seasons 8–present)
Judges
  • J. Neilson
  • David Baker
  • Doug Marcaida
  • Jason Knight
  • Ben Abbott
Composers
  • Justin Crosby
  • Kevin Bluhm
Country of originUnited States
Original languageEnglish
No. of seasons10
No. of episodes240 (list of episodes)
Production
Executive producers
  • Jodi Flynn
  • Sean Moran
  • Paul Hogan
  • Daniel McKenna
  • Brittany Winsick
Producers
  • Mark Montgomery
  • Sam Rubin
  • Eric Mathis
Production locations
CinematographyJacob Goodwin
Editors
  • John Como
  • Michael Brown
Running time42 minutes
Production companyOutpost Entertainment
Original release
NetworkHistory
ReleaseJune 22, 2015 (2015-06-22) –
present
Related
Forged in Fire: Knife or Death
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Forged in Fire is an American competition series that airs on the History channel and is produced by Outpost Entertainment, a Leftfield Entertainment company.

In each episode, four bladesmiths compete in a three-round elimination contest to forge bladed weapons, with the overall winner receiving $10,000 and the show's championship title "Forged in Fire Champion". The series has a host (formerly Wil Willis for the first seven seasons, currently hosted by Grady Powell) and a three-judge panel consisting of J. Neilson (Jason Knight during portions of season 3 and 4; Ben Abbott during portions of season 4th, 5th, 6th and remaining in the 7th season), David Baker, and Doug Marcaida: experts in weapon making, history and use.

The History channel ordered an initial eight episodes of the series [1] with the first program premiering on Monday, June 22, 2015, at 10pm ET.[2][3] Season two premiered on February 16, 2016, and increased to 10 episodes.[4] The third season premiered with a "Champion of Champions" match on August 23, 2016, and was announced as having 16 episodes.[5] The fourth season premiered on April 11, 2017, with a "Judges' Pick" episode in which the four judges (Neilson, Knight, Baker, Marcaida) each selected one smith from past seasons to compete again. The fifth season premiered on March 7, 2018. The sixth season premiered on February 6, 2019. The seventh season premiered on October 9, 2019, and expanded into May 6, 2020. The eighth season premiered on November 18, 2020.

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  4. ^ "Forged in Fire Full Episodes, Video & More". The History Channel. Archived from the original on February 16, 2017. Retrieved August 3, 2015.
  5. ^ "History Channel scheduled Forged in Fire Season 3 premiere date: The release date for Forged in Fire Season 3 — August 23, 2016". premieredate.tv. Archived from the original on June 1, 2016. Retrieved May 24, 2016.