'American Ninja Warrior' season 17 contestant Josiah Pippel Trae Patton/NBC Share on Facebook Share on X Share to Flipboard Send an Email Show additional share options Share on LinkedIn Share on Pinterest Share on Reddit Share on Tumblr Share on Whats App Print the Article Post a Comment Logo text NBC will keep American Ninja Warrior running (and jumping, and climbing) for another season. The network has ordered an 18th season of the competition series that sees contestants working to conquer an intricate obstacle course. Hosts Matt Iseman, Akbar Gbajabiamila and Zuri Hall are all set to return. Production on season 18 is set to begin in the fall, with all rounds taking place in Las Vegas. American Ninja Warrior will also add a new round to season 18, in which trios of contestants will take part in head-to-head-to-head races over of a three-lane course. It will also keep the bracket-style format of the current season's final rounds (which start with Monday night's episode), with one-on-one races deciding who moves on. The show continues to be a reliable ratings performer for NBC. American Ninja Warrior is averaging 2.64 million same-day viewers this summer (in line with last year's 2.71 million viewers), not including streaming and other delayed viewing. NBC says 23 million people have watched at least a few minutes of the show on the network and on Peacock this summer. A. Smith & Co. Productions is behind American Ninja Warrior. The show's executive producers are Arthur Smith, Kent Weed, Anthony Storm, Brian Richardson and Kristen Stabile. THR Newsletters Sign up for THR news straight to your inbox every day Subscribe Sign Up Live Feed 'The Gilded Age' Director Salli Richardson-Whitfield on Key Character's Fate Going Into Finale: "No One Saw That Coming" Jeffrey Epstein Trump Slams Charlamagne tha God for Fox News Interview Claiming a "Political Coup" in the Republican Party Is "Going on Right Now" Tori Spelling Loni Anderson, 'WKRP in Cincinnati' Star, Dies at 79 Wendell Pierce Stephen Colbert Lands New Late Night Role on CBS Crime Comedy 'Elsbeth' Sarah Michelle Gellar Sarah Michelle Gellar Teases Training for 'Buffy the Vampire Slayer' Reboot Live Feed 'Summer I Turned Pretty' Star Jackie Chung Unpacks Belly and Laurel's Rift, Teases What's Ahead in Season 3 Live Feed 'The Gilded Age' Director Salli Richardson-Whitfield on Key Character's Fate Going Into Finale: "No One Saw That Coming" Jeffrey Epstein Trump Slams Charlamagne tha God for Fox News Interview Claiming a "Political Coup" in the Republican Party Is "Going on Right Now" Tori Spelling Loni Anderson, 'WKRP in Cincinnati' Star, Dies at 79 Wendell Pierce Stephen Colbert Lands New Late Night Role on CBS Crime Comedy 'Elsbeth' Sarah Michelle Gellar Sarah Michelle Gellar Teases Training for 'Buffy the Vampire Slayer' Reboot Live Feed 'Summer I Turned Pretty' Star Jackie Chung Unpacks Belly and Laurel's Rift, Teases What's Ahead in Season 3