The CW Teams With Roku On ‘Fight To Survive’ Competition Adventure Series

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The CW Network has teamed with Roku on Fight To Survive, the previously announced reality series hosted by American Ninja Warrior’s Akbar Gbajabiamila.

Fight To Survive is one of three new series ordered by Roku in January slated to launch this year. The eight-episode survivalist competition series will premiere Thursday, August 10 at 8 PM on The CW.

All episodes will then be available to stream on The Roku Channel and The CW App on September 29, the day after the broadcast finale. “By bringing together the best of The CW and the best of The Roku Channel, Fight To Survive will be able to reach the largest audience possible across both broadcast and streaming,” said Brad Schwartz, President of Entertainment, The CW Network, and Brian Tannenbaum, Head of Originals, Roku. “By working together in all aspects of distribution, marketing, press and advertising, we will expose this edge-of-your-seat series to millions of fans in brand new ways.” In Fight To Survive, Gbajabiamila hosts a social experiment in primitive survivalism—with a competitive twist.

17 competitors—including former Survivor, Alone, Naked and Afraid and American Ninja Warrior contestants—must survive 25 days on a remote tropical island combatting brutal conditions—and each other—to win $250,000. “In one of the most intense survival of the fittest competitions ever televised, the competitors battle one another for essential tools and resources in the fight to survive,” according to the release. “With its dynamic cast of reality personalities and an original unscripted format that ratchets up the intensity of the traditional competition series, Fight To Survive is an addicting summer series that we are thrilled to bring to The CW,” said Heather Olander,