ESQUIRE NETWORK'S NEW SERIES "TEAM NINJA WARRIOR" DEBUTS AS MOST WATCHED PREMIERE IN NETWORK HISTORY

Premiere Episode of "Team Ninja Warrior" Delivers Cume of 1.3M Viewers in First Week

Los Angeles, CA, January 25, 2016 - Esquire Network's new series "Team Ninja Warrior" premiering Tuesday, January 19 at 8pm debuted as the most watched series premiere in the network's history. The spin-off series shattered premiere records among Adults 18-49 (157K), Total Viewers (360K), and Men 18-49 (71K) in L3s. In its first week, 1.3M viewers tuned into the premiere episode across all airings.

"Team Ninja Warrior" takes the hit physics-defying obstacle course competition series "American Ninja Warrior," produced by Esquire Network and NBC, to an entirely new level. Featuring some of the greatest ninja competitors from past seasons of "American Ninja Warrior," each one-hour episode features competitors racing head to head in a newly designed, but equally punishing, course that's meant for two.

New episodes of "Team Ninja Warrior" air Tuesdays at 8pm on Esquire Network.

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