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Battle of the Network stars was the brainchild of producers Siegfried Fischbacher and Quincy Jones. The two had a chance meeting at a stall in the bathroom of the Las Vegas airport and after a brief struggle began to discuss a television series that could incorporate has been celebrities, death defying stunts and small children wearing pointy hats. After a month of negotiations with BYOTV executives, they were green-lighted for a run of 20 episodes for the 2004 season. Immediately, the two parted ways. Jones kept the idea in his head however and would re-conceive the series after attending a cockfight in Kuala Lumpur.

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  • Battle of the Network stars was the brainchild of producers Siegfried Fischbacher and Quincy Jones. The two had a chance meeting at a stall in the bathroom of the Las Vegas airport and after a brief struggle began to discuss a television series that could incorporate has been celebrities, death defying stunts and small children wearing pointy hats. After a month of negotiations with BYOTV executives, they were green-lighted for a run of 20 episodes for the 2004 season. Immediately, the two parted ways. Jones kept the idea in his head however and would re-conceive the series after attending a cockfight in Kuala Lumpur.
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  • Battle of the Network stars was the brainchild of producers Siegfried Fischbacher and Quincy Jones. The two had a chance meeting at a stall in the bathroom of the Las Vegas airport and after a brief struggle began to discuss a television series that could incorporate has been celebrities, death defying stunts and small children wearing pointy hats. After a month of negotiations with BYOTV executives, they were green-lighted for a run of 20 episodes for the 2004 season. Immediately, the two parted ways. Jones kept the idea in his head however and would re-conceive the series after attending a cockfight in Kuala Lumpur. In 2009, Siegfried was hospitalized after his 6-week old kitten severely mauled his scrotum and Jones would take his absence as an opportunity to pitch the Battle idea again, this time to the CW Network. Executives loved the idea, but insisted that any battles that take place must be humane to animals involved while ensuring the deaths of at least one celebrity per episode. The first Battle of the Network Stars episode aired on Dodecember the 6th, 2010. Six celebrities were tabbed for competition: Milton Berle, Louis Armstrong, Walter Mathau, Ray Liotta, Tiny Tim and the Amazing Kreskin. All six competitors had to first complete an obstacle course that consisted of jumping a puddle of water on a swinging rope, climbing an eight foot wall, balancing on a beam above hot coals, wrestling Andre the Giant wearing only a thong and a football helmet and shooting 16 rounds from an AK-47 into the bloated corpse of a poached walrus. Unfortunately, all of the contestants died during the first round except Tiny Tim who was then declared the champion. The first episode garnered a 1.7 rating and a 4 share landing it in next to last place among all prime time TV programming (it beat only Mad TV that week) and coming just behind several cable access shows in overall ratings. That was good enough to make it the most watched television show in the history of the CW Network and Jones was given a 40 million dollar raise and 9 more seasons were ordered.
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