Takeshi's Castle

About Takeshi's Castle

Takeshi's Castle was a Japanese game show that aired between 1986 and 1990 on the Tokyo Broadcasting System. It featured the Japanese actor Takeshi Kitano as a count who owns a castle and sets up difficult challenges for players to get to him.

Spike's Takeshi's Castle is a comedy and reality series. Mary Scheer, Joey de Leon, Craig Charles, and John Cervenka lead the cast.

It ran for 5 seasons and 122 episodes between November 2002 and June 2005. That is around 24 episodes a season.