USA Network Renews ‘Barmageddon’ for Second Season

By R. Thomas Umstead
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Series premiere set network audience records

Blake Shelton in 'Barmageddon'
(Image credit: USA Network)

USA Network has signed on for another round of celebrity Air Cannon Cornhole and other games as it has renewed Barmageddon for a second season.

The Carson Daly/Blake Shelton-produced competition series features celebrity competitors competing head-to-head in a series of classic bar games. The series' December 2022 premiere episode garnered more than 1 million viewers, a network record audience debut for an unscripted series, according to USA. 

Season one featured such celebrity competitors as Gwen Stefani, Sheryl Crow, Trace Adkins, Kane Brown, Lil Rel Howry, and Malin Ackerman.

Barmageddon executive producers include Shelton, Daly, Lee Metzger and Chris Wagner.■

R. Thomas Umstead
R. Thomas Umstead

R. Thomas Umstead serves as senior content producer, programming for Multichannel News, Broadcasting + Cable and Next TV. During his more than 30-year career as a print and online journalist, Umstead has written articles on a variety of subjects ranging from TV technology, marketing and sports production to content distribution and development. He has provided expert commentary on television issues and trends for such TV, print, radio and streaming outlets as Fox News, CNBC, the Today show, USA Today, The New York Times and National Public Radio. Umstead has also filmed, produced and edited more than 100 original video interviews, profiles and news reports featuring key cable television executives as well as entertainers and celebrity personalities.