Ultimate Tag: Tag, You're It Show Only

May 22, 2020 7:10 AM - Season 1 (Full Season)

The NFL's Watt brothers host an American Gladiators-style game show where contestants race around a course pursued by professional "taggers" (heavy on the crossfit and parkour), complete with nicknames and intimidating promos.

Why the hell not? Ultimate Tag is the perfect kind of show to keep your mind off being stuck at home. -- Decider

[T]he Watt brothers' Ultimate Tag just seemed like a step beyond the line when I first saw the trailer. It turns out that I was wrong again, and after watching the premiere, it's looking like Fox might just have another bizarre hit on its hands. -- CinemaBlend

Ultimate Tag’s greatest accomplishment may be that it has easily vaulted itself atop that pile of forgotten but rather similar reality competitions. -- Reality Blurred

posted by Etrigan (2 comments total)

This was sufficient television. We got to see some fairly impressive acrobatics, the competition was fun enough (though the attempts to make different games didn't quite work), and the Watt brothers are appropriately affable in their roles as hype men/commentators. I'd put it somewhere under American Ninja Warrior or Wipeout.
posted by Etrigan at 7:15 AM on May 22, 2020

The idea of being chased by a bunch of angry people who want to touch you seems terrifyingly zeitgeisty right now.
posted by chrisulonic at 12:47 PM on May 22, 2020 [1 favorite]