Summary
Although it has been revived twice before, Fox is hoping a new incarnation of the gross-out game showFear Factorwill be a hit, despite being the third network to attempt to bring it back. Their ace in the hole is a famous face quite familiar with disgusting antics.
Fear Factor, a game show based on completing revolting stunts, kind of came out of nowhere to become a runaway hit forNBCback in 2001. They clearly didn’t believe in the show as they only gave it a nine-episode order from the jump, and initial hostJoe Roganhas gone on record that he figured the show would be canceled after the first few episodes. The show was so popular, it became a multimedia franchise with aGame Boy Advancevideo game, a board game, numerous books, and theFear Factor Livetheme park show that used to be housed at both Universal Studios Hollywood and Universal Studios Florida. Not too shabby for a fear-based reality game show that was supposed to be a flop on arrival. The first run of the show ended in September 2006, after six seasons and five specials, due to dwindling ratings. Now,Fear Factoris coming back on a new network with a new host, and he knows a little bit about grossing people out.
Fox let it be known that they are planning to bring back the show, currently titledFear Factor: The New Chapter, withJackass’s Johnny Knoxville as the host this time around.They are also changing up the format of the show to seemingly include isolated social antics a laBig BrotherorLove Island, as the cast ofFear Factor: The New Chapterwill supposedly be living together under one roof. Fox Entertainment CEO Rob Wade has stated that the new series is"not going to feel like the show from 20 years ago.“Sharon Levy, CEO of series producer Endemol Shine North America, added,“When you reimagine a series as legendary asFear Factor, you need a host who is the epitome of daring charisma and spectacle, and that’s Johnny Knoxville personified.”
Johnny Knoxville Is Officially The Host Of Fox’sFear FactorReboot Series
Fear Factorhas been revived twice before since it first went off the air. Joe Rogan was brought back for a shortened seventh season of the show back in 2011 (before he was the king of the podcasting world), but that evidently didn’t work out for NBC, as they decided not to go forward with more seasons. MTV got in on theFear Factorgame in 2017, bringing inLudacrisof all people to host the proceedings. The last ten episodes of the MTV series were titledCelebrity Fear Factorand brought on board famous faces like Tyga, Lil Yachty, Drake Bell, and the cast ofJerseyShore.
Time will ultimately tell if people are ready for anotherFear Factorin their lives.2000s nostalgia is heating up right now, andFear Factorwas undoubtedly an extremely popular show for the first half of that decade. Perhaps Fox can pay Joe Rogan an obscene amount of money to come back for an episode or two? Maybe Johnny Knoxville will bring some otherJackassstars on board for a little bit of chaos now and then? Everything is up in the air right now, but one this is for sure:Fear Factor: The New Chapteris probably going to be gross.
