Country of origin United States No. of seasons Two First episode date 1 November 2006 Number of seasons 2 Language English Genres eSports, Video game | Original language(s) English language No. of episodes 13 Final episode date 21 December 2007 Number of episodes 13 | |
Boost Mobile MLG Pro Circuit was a television program on US cable television network USA network and later G4 airing recordings of the Major League Gaming (MLG) Halo 2 Pro Circuit in 2006 and 2007. It was sponsored by Boost Mobile and Scion. Boost subscribers had access to exclusive videos such as match highlights and player profiles. The production company was Red Brick Entertainment.
There were seven one-hour long episodes that aired starting 10:00 AM EST throughout the holiday season. Team Carbon, Team Final Boss, and Str8 Rippin were shown one every episode. The Pro Circuit location were New York City (Apr 21-23); Dallas (May); Atlanta (June); Los Angeles (July); Philadelphia (August); Playoffs - Chicago (October); and the National Championship in Las Vegas (November). Over $800,000 USD in prize money was given out during the course of the program.
At the Las Vegas championships Carbon, consisting of ShocKWav3, Gandhi, GH057ayame, Karma, upset Team Final Boss, Walshy, Ogre 1, Ogre 2, Saiyan, to the 2006 national title.
It was announced that the program would be moving to G4 for the 2007 season and would also switch to a Friday night 11:00 PM EST timeslot. In February it was announced that MLG that had partnered with Flame Ventures, a media development and production company, and Endeavor Talent Agency. Video game retailer GameStop also signed on as a sponsor. MLG Pro Circuit season two debuted on November 16 and aired for six episodes.
The MLG Las Vegas 2007 National Championships, which aired on December 21, were won by Final Boss, Walshy, Ogre 1, Ogre 2, and StrongSide, in a rematch over Carbon, ShocKWav3, Gandhi, Karma, and GH057ayame.
G4 decided not to pick up the show for a third season. Over the two seasons MLG spent over $6 million USD on the show.