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Aired May–Sep 2019 · NBC

The Trio

Season eleven pushes into the Pacific Northwest with the show's first indoor course, at Tacoma Dome. Qualifiers choose Warped Wall or Mega Wall, and a new Power Tower offers a speed pass to Nationals. Zuri Hall joins the booth, forming the trio that anchors the show for years.

Filmed
Los Angeles, Atlanta, Oklahoma City, Tacoma, Baltimore, and Cincinnati · national finals in Las Vegas, Nevada
Premiered
May 29, 2019
Episodes
16
Format
Six-city qualifiers · Warped Wall/Mega Wall choice
the season the Power Tower and its speed pass debut
Host
Matt Iseman, Akbar Gbaja-Biamila, and Zuri Hall
Zuri Hall joins, replacing Kristine Leahy
On this page5 sections
  1. 01The take
  2. 02The shape of the season
  3. 03Where it sits in the canon
  4. 04Adjacent in the canon
  5. 05In this canon
01The take

The booth that lasts finds its footing.

The Iseman-Gbaja-Biamila-Hall booth starts here, and the course gets its first real choice built into qualifying.
02The shape of the season

A rhythm worth tracking.

Season eleven pushes into the Pacific Northwest for the first time, with an indoor qualifying course at the Tacoma Dome joining Los Angeles, Atlanta, Oklahoma City, Baltimore, and Cincinnati. Qualifiers now choose between the Warped Wall and Mega Wall, each with three attempts and stepped bonuses. A new Power Tower obstacle offers a qualifying speed pass and a finals safety pass. Zuri Hall joins the booth, replacing Kristine Leahy.

03Where it sits in the canon

The #03 slot.

Slot #03 of 17 in the American Ninja Warrior Editor's Canon. Season eleven is the season the show's methodology has to reward twice over — once for the course, once for what settles behind the desk. The Pacific Northwest expansion brings the show's first indoor qualifying stage, at the Tacoma Dome, and the choice between Warped Wall and Mega Wall at qualifying gives competitors a genuine strategic decision before they've even reached the course proper. The new Power Tower, with its speed pass and safety pass, adds real stakes without disrupting the standard finals structure. And Zuri Hall's arrival locks in the Iseman-Gbaja-Biamila-Hall trio that anchors the broadcast for years afterward — a stability this canon has learned not to take for granted.

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05In this canon

Its Editor's Canon entry.

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