About this season
Peyton Manning visits some of the NFL's most important places and experiences some of football's most magical moments through re-creations with legendary players and coaches.
Episodes (15)
1. Beast Quake
Aired 29 November 2020 • 24 min
Manning chats with former Seahawks running back Marshawn Lynch, one of the most respected running backs in NFL history. Lynch discusses joyriding on an injury cart, causing an earthquake and his pre-game superstitions with Manning in the season premiere.
2. John Elway
Aired 6 December 2020 • 24 min
John Elway, one of the NFL’s most revered quarterbacks and Manning’s former boss, breaks down film at Mile High Stadium in Denver and chat with each other.
3. Lynn Swann
Aired 13 December 2020 • 24 min
Manning meets up with 4-time Super Bowl champion Lynn Swann, reuniting him with the AMC Pacer X, the same kind of car he won as the MVP of Super Bowl X.
4. Fran Tarkenton
Aired 21 December 2020 • 24 min
The mobile quarterback of the modern NFL owes some of its DNA to Tarkenton, who broke free from the mold of pocket QB.
5. Terrell Owens
Aired 28 December 2020 • 24 min
Owens is one of the biggest and most widely misunderstood personalities in NFL history. Peyton meets with T.O. to talk about his Hall of Fame career and larger-than-life persona.
6. David Letterman
Aired 3 January 2021 • 24 min
Manning meets up with the former late-night host at Ball State, Letterman’s alma mater. The future Hall of Famer enlists the help of the football team to propose new rules for the sport.
7. ‘Lights! Camera! Football!’
Aired 10 January 2021 • 24 min
This time, fans will join Manning as he enlists the help of Ron Jaworski to learn how Thomas Edison produced the first game film when he recorded Princeton versus Yale in 1903. He then meets up with James Van Der Beek to break down the play of the greatest movie quarterbacks of all-time.
8. The Forward Pass
Aired 17 January 2021 • 24 min
The former NFL quarterback heads to West Point. There he meets up with former United States President, Bill Clinton, and they journey to learn about the history of the forward pass.
9. Kurt Russell
Aired 24 January 2021 • 24 min
The former NFL quarterback will chat with Kurt Russell as they talk about his character, Reno Hightower, from the movie The Best of Times. It also stars the late Robin Williams as a banker looking to restage a game where he dropped a perfectly thrown pass that cost his team the game.
10. Last Line of Defense
Aired 31 January 2021 • 24 min
Peyton goes into the history of the safety position and talks with a hard-hitting San Francisco 49ers all-time great Ronnie Lott and Rodney Harrison.
11. Halftime in Living Color
Aired 7 February 2021 • 24 min
Peyton takes a look at the history of the Super Bowl halftime show.
12. Speed Kills
Aired 14 February 2021 • 24 min
Peyton meets up with Willie Gault and Darrell Green, two of the fastest players in NFL history, and learns how they blazed a trail into pro football.
13. The Madden Curse
Aired 21 February 2021 • 24 min
Peyton talks with former NFL running back Garrison Hearst about the unfortunate luck that has stricken the cover athletes over the years.
14. Basketball on Grass
Aired 28 February 2021 • 24 min
Peyton interviews Pro Football Hall of Famer Tony Gonzalez, who famously used his basketball skills to help him transition to playing tight end in the NFL.
15. Farewell To Football
Aired 7 March 2021 • 24 min
Peyton ponders the difficulty a football player faces in saying goodbye to the game they love and talks to some of the all-time greatest players, including his brother Eli, about their retirements from the game.