Million Dollar Mile

I like reality shows with people working and overcoming obstacles such American Ninja Warrior, Ultimate Beastmaster, and the like. The poor cenceptuality of this show is the runners go through the course for the first time, the pros have done it many times giving them an unfair advantage. Because of this I find the show a snoozer and it feels rigged for people to fail.

Great show definitely worth watching it. At first I thought it would be pretty easy to win that one million dollars by getting that two min head start but damn these defenders make it look so easy catching up to them

Definitely a lesser effort compared to American Ninja Warrior, or even The Rock's Titan Games.

One huge difference, the obstacles seem to be located away from the crowd. With the above two shows the crowd is much closer to the action, and is better able to cheer on the contestants. You lose a lot of that energy here.

Also, the obstacles lack in imagination, looking like pale copies of ones from ANW.

The muted color scheme also works against the show, with the LED collars the runners wear making them look odd.

Update - after I wrote this review I found this:

"The show will be moving to Saturday nights beginning May 4th at 8 p.m. ET/PT"

This is the current slot where they are showing new episodes of the show Ransom, which may have run its course by that time.

Million Dollar Mile is just what you will get if you toke the wipeout commentators and aded it to Ninja Warrior and got the sad stores from that all game shows that's why they the need the money. the show has a pro athlete but because the participant lardy are Simi pro athlete it not fun to watch. The only resin the show is on tv is because they can use LeBron James name.

At its core, this is a competition between two athletes, with one getting a two minute head start. Given the disparity in the quality of the athletes, probably few will get past the first obstacle.

I would like to celebrate those who dedicate themselves to superior fitness and performance, but I think this show needs more suspense. Maybe if they gave them a four minute lead? Or more?