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| Most Extreme Elimination Challenge | |
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| Created by | Paul Abeyta Peter Kaikko Larry Strawther |
| Based on | |
| Starring | Victor Wilson Christopher Darga John Cervenka Mary Scheer |
| Narrated by | Jamie Alcroft (ep. 1-4) John Cervenka (ep. 5-81) |
| Opening theme | "Firebrand" by Bumblefoot |
| Country of origin | United States |
| No. of seasons | 5 |
| No. of episodes | 81 (list of episodes) |
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| Executive producers | Paul Abeyta Peter Kaikko Larry Strawther |
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| Running time | approx. 20 minutes |
| Production companies | RC Entertainment, Inc. |
| Original release | |
| Network | TNN/Spike |
| Release | April 19, 2003 – February 9, 2007 |
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Most Extreme Elimination Challenge (MXC) is an American comedy television program that aired on TNN/Spike TV from April 19, 2003 to February 9, 2007. It is a re-purpose of footage from the Japanese game show Takeshi's Castle, which originally aired in Japan from 1986 to 1990. The re-purposed MXC created a completely new premise, storyline, and characters, with two teams competing against each other à la a typical team sports broadcast and players trying to win points for their teams by surviving through different challenges. In the original program the Count and his underlings would follow the progress of the players as they moved through the course. In the re-purpose Count Takeshi became veteran network announcer Vic Romano and the Count's flunky became young upstart Kenny Blankenship.
Most Extreme Elimination Challenge was created and produced by RC Entertainment, Inc. (Paul Abeyta and Peter Kaikko) in Los Angeles, California, and Larry Strawther (a writer and producer on a number of network sitcoms). The three were friends who had worked together at Merv Griffin Productions in the late 1970s. Strawther was a staffer on Dance Fever, which Abeyta took over as executive producer the following season, while Strawther stayed with Jeopardy!. Between jobs they would occasionally try to create their own projects. One of these was the 1990s talk show spoof Night Stand with Dick Dietrick. MXC is the property of both Tokyo Broadcasting System (TBS) and RC Entertainment. The 2004 special episode MXC Almost Live is the property of Viacom International and was filmed in Orlando, Florida, by the producers of MXC.
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