I'm really very annoyed with "American Gladiators" this season, because many of the competitors are "gimmick" competitors. Tonight it was twins, next week it will be two married couples, etc. What does it mean that there are gimmick competitors? It means they passed by the most able potential contenders in order to find ones whose personal storylines seemed sufficiently novel.

TV concerns are obviously going to intrude into any program like "American Gladiators". For example: everyone on the show is going to be at least a little bit pretty. However, for the second season of the show the requirements are approaching the freakish. It's interfering in the quality of the competition and more importantly the credibility of the competition.

Next season the producers should just try to find the best jocks, and ignore all the Jerry Springer crap.