Carnage

Carnage was a motoring, combat sport TV show that aired in 2018 on Sky One. The show was often described a mix between Top Gear and Robot Wars, offering a Mad Max style feel with the modified vehicles used for combat. The show only ran for one series, which consisted of six episodes, five Heats and a final.

Basic Overview
Teams of creative engineers, mechanics and drivers from throughout the UK and Ireland transform regular cars into weaponized battle-ready vehicles. Teams are then pitted against each other in a Mad Max-style combat in three vast arenas deep in the desert. The game is simple: inflict enough damage on your opponents to render their vehicles immobile, with the last car standing crowned Carnage champion.

Format
The show had four different rounds, all of which would eliminate one of the competitors should they fail.


 * Round 1: The Grid - Three opponents would go round a maze like arena to eliminate one or other, the arena is patrolled by The Pusher who will attack anyone.


 * Round 2: Desert Race - Quickest performer gets to choose their opponent.


 * Round 3: The Scrapyard - Small, tight arena where opponents go head to head.


 * Final: The Dome - The final fight for victory.

Over the course of each round, there are the Mutant Trucks which serve as this show's equivalent to the House Robots from Robot Wars, all heavily modified vehicles that can attack competitors at any moment.

Reception
The show garnered mostly mixed reviews. The show was praised for its family friendly fun and excitement, as well as being a hit with particularly male and young audiences. But the show was criticised for being "predictable" as well as being considered unoriginal for it's similarities and almost borderline the same as Robot Wars. There were even rumours of the show being "staged", although these were later found to be false.

The show started off strong in terms of viewership but each episode dipped in viewership. As revealed by team Cat-astrophe, the final show pulled in low viewing figures, causing Sky to lose millions in costs, which meant a second series was cancelled.

Trivia

 * The working title for the show was "Carmegeddon"