![]() Though American Ninja Warrior-a clever co-opting of a Japanese format highlighting the French athletic disciplines of Parkour and freerunning-is very popular, it lacks a certain American sporting spirit that is to say, it has no human-on-human physical conflict. The reasoning for the show’s existence is sound enough. If only Ultimate Tag were as agile as the gymnastics required to convince yourself to watch it. ![]() Who couldn’t use some meathead muscle right now, a forsaking of housebound neuroses in favor of visceral, unthinking being? ![]() Look, you could watch some high-minded and sophisticated new show like The Great (which, to be fair, isn’t all that high-minded or sophisticated)-or you could say “screw it,” and tune in to Fox’s new American Gladiator-meets- American Ninja Warrior competition series Ultimate Tag, premiering May 20, instead.
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