Wipeout

Human cannonballs! Human pinballs! Crashes, smashes and mud splashes! Twenty-four thrill-seekers compete in the world's largest extreme obstacle course designed to provide the most spills, face plants and wipeouts in this painfully funny hit series. Back for Season Two, the hit summer series "Wipeout" returns on WEDNESDAY, MAY 27 (8:00-9:00 p.m, ET) on the ABC Television Network.

Each week 24 daring new contestants of all ages, shapes and sizes will go head to head through rounds of grueling and physically demanding but wildly hilarious obstacles to win the title of "Wipeout Champion" and the grand prize of $50,000. The contestants and the courses change every week, including new over-the-top obstacles such as "The Catapult," "Plank in the Face" "Hurtles," and the return of the fan favorite the "Big Balls." In the end, only one contestant will win, while everyone else will Wipeout!

"Wipeout" is hosted by John Henson (E! Entertainment's "Talk Soup") and John Anderson (ESPN's "SportsCenter"). Jill Wagner is co-host. Executive producers are Matt Kunitz and Scott Larsen ("Fear Factor"). Shye Sutherland, Kevin Wehrenberg, Trice Barto and J. Rupert Thompson are co-executive producers. The series is produced by Endemol USA. David Goldberg is Chairman of Endemol North America.

"Wipeout" is produced by Endemol USA, a leading producer of television programming specializing in reality and non-scripted genres for network and cable television. Endemol USA is a division of the Endemol Group, a prominent international content developer, producer and distributor of television and online programming. The company, headquartered in the Netherlands, has subsidiaries and joint ventures in 25 countries, including the major European markets, the U.S., South Africa, Argentina, Brazil, Mexico and Australia. Endemol is owned by a consortium consisting of Goldman Sachs Capital Partners, Mediaset Group and Cyrte Group. For more information, please visit http://www.endemolusa.tv. Endemol is a privately held company."