TVseries“FearFactor”isreturningforanewgeneration.eee
OriginallyhostedbyJoeRogan,“FearFactor”airedonNBCbetween2001and2006,andthebasicideawasthatcontestantsweretaskedwithovercomingtheirfearsbydoingallsortsofgrossandhorrifyingthings.Inoneepisode,theyhadtoliterallyeathorserectum.Inanother,theyhadtobobforringsatthebottomofatankfilledwithcow’sblood.Yeah.Nothankyou.
Theoriginal“FearFactor”ranforsixseasons,withLudacrishostingashort-livedrevivaloftheseriesbackin2017.Thatversionoftheseriesendeduprunningforjusttwoseasons.
Sowhat’sthenewtwistforthislatestrevival?Varietyreportsthat“FearFactor:TheNextChapter”willbe“bigger,bolderandmoredaring”thantheserieshaseverbeenbefore.
Inthenewrebootseries,“Droppedintoanunforgiving,remotelocation,agroupofstrangerswilllivetogetherunderoneroof,andfacemind-blowingstunts,harrowingchallengesandatwistedgameofsocialstrategywheretrustisfleeting—andfearisaweapon.”
“Thereinventionpieceiscriticalhere.It’scalledFearFactor,andwe’regoingtotakethebrandname,”FoxEntertainmentCEORobWadeteases.“ButIthinktheproducer’scomeupwithareallyinterestingtakeonit,andit’snotgoingtofeelliketheshowfrom20yearsago.”
“FearFactor”isexpectedtoreturnwiththenewFOXseriesin2026.Youcangetyourselfreadyformoredisgustingchallengesbyrevisitingtheoriginalshow’scraziestmomentsbelow.