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This article is about the American television show. For other uses, see Fear factor (disambiguation). Fear Factor is an American stunt/dare reality game show that originally aired between 2001 and 2006. It was later revived in 2011, only to be cancelled again on May 13, 2012. After its second cancellation, a two-part special aired in July 2012. The original Dutch version was called Now or Neverland. When Endemol USA and NBC adapted it to the American market in 2001, they changed the name to Fear Factor.
We use the term phobophobia to name the fear of fear or of phobias. (The word phobia comes from the Greek for fear.)