Spell-Mageddon

Spell-Mageddon is an American spelling bee game show hosted by Alfonso Ribeiro.^[1] It aired on ABC Family from July 24, 2013,^[2] to September 11, 2013.^[3]

Spell-Mageddon
Genre	Game show
Presented by	Alfonso Ribeiro
Country of origin	United States
Original language	English
No. of seasons	1
No. of episodes	8
Production
Executive producers	Adam Freeman Adam Reed Jeff Krask Leslie Greif Michael Canter
Production company	Thinkfactory Media
Original release
Network	ABC Family
Release	July 24 (2013-07-24) – September 11, 2013 (2013-09-11)

Format

The show's format combined a spelling bee with obstacle courses similar to Wipeout.

Episodes

No.	Title	Original air date	Viewers (in millions)
1	"Episode 1"	July 24, 2013 (2013-07-24)	0.33[4]
2	"Episode 2"	July 31, 2013 (2013-07-31)	0.34[5]
3	"Episode 3"	August 7, 2013 (2013-08-07)	0.29[6]
4	"Episode 4"	August 14, 2013 (2013-08-14)	0.31[7]
5	"Episode 5"	August 21, 2013 (2013-08-21)	0.25[8]
6	"Episode 6"	August 28, 2013 (2013-08-28)	0.19[9]
7	"Episode 7"	September 4, 2013 (2013-09-04)	0.38[10]
8	"Episode 8"	September 11, 2013 (2013-09-11)	0.20[11]

Reception

Mary McNamara of The Los Angeles Times said the show doesn't look fun at all and also said the distractions endured by the contestants are "more annoying than compelling."^[12] Emily Ashby Common Sense Media gave the show 3 out of 5 stars.^[13]