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.