Season 1
Shaq Vs. is an American reality television series produced for ABC by Dick Clark Productions and Media Rights Capital and starring American basketball star Shaquille O'Neal, who challenges professional athletes to compete against him in their own sports.
The series premiered in the USA on ABC on 18 August, 2009. The first two episodes are half an hour in length; thereafter episodes are an hour long.
Shaq Vs. premiered in South Africa on TopTV's Fox FX channel on Saturday 29 January 2011, at 20h30. See "Seasons" below for seasonal broadcast dates and times.
Season 1 premiered in South Africa with a double bill on Saturday 29 January 2011, at 20h30. Thereafter new episodes broadcast weekly. There are five episodes in the first season.
Repeats
Sundays: 04h00, 22h00
Mondays: 04h45, 19h45
Season 1
The series closely follows Shaq and his adversaries throughout the rigorous training process and the pre-game hype leading up to every challenge.
Each week, Shaq competes in an athletic challenge or a non-sports competition, with some episodes featuring Shaq taking on two challengers.
To level the playing field, he negotiates a handicap with his opponent and trains with a coach prior to the challenge.
Shaq Vs. is produced for ABC by Media Rights Capital in association with Stewart Street Productions.
Orly Adelson, Will Staeger, Barry Adelman, Shaquille O'Neal, Scott Messick, Trice Barto, Perry Rogers, Colin Smeeton, Mike Parris and Steve Nash serve as Executive Producers for the series.
Seasons
Series exclusive to Fox FX
Season 1 (5 episodes)
Premiere: 29 January 2011 | Finale: 19 February 2011 | Saturdays, 20h30
Season 2 (5 episodes)
Premiere: 26 February 2011 | Finale: 26 March 2011 | Saturdays, 20h30