Another former alternative league is preparing to relaunch. On Tuesday, it was announced that SlamBall, a physical and high-flying sport combining basketball, trampolines, hockey and football, is returning in July.
Mason Gordon created SlamBall in 1999, which ran on The National Network, later known as Spike TV and is now the Paramount Network, for two seasons in 2002 and 2003. While the games were exciting, a 16-week season and late start times hurt the show’s viewership. In its first season, SlamBall averaged 437,000 viewers.
The game returned for a year in 2008 and made a resurgence in China in 2015.
