Playmakers (2003)
Playmakers (2003)
Plot.
Where to Watch.
This TV Show Is About.
Cast & Crew.
Tony Denison
Coach George
Omar Gooding
Demetrius Harris
Russell Hornsby
Leon Taylor
Jason Matthew Smith
Eric Olczyk
John Eisendrath
Writer
Marcello Thedford
Kelvin 'Buffalo' James
Christopher Wiehl
Derek McConnell
Bruce Gray
Gene Wilbanks
Stephen Bogaert
Phil Chambers
Phillip Jarrett
Coach Rudman
T.J. Scott
Director
Brad Turner
Director
John Fawcett
Director
Chris Grismer
Director
Bruce McDonald
Director
Terry Ingram
Director
John Bell
Director
Scott Brazil
Director
Ken Girotti
Director
Stephen Williams
Director
Michael Angeli
Writer
Peter Egan
Writer
Craig Sweeny
Writer
Charles Holland
Writer
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Playmakers is an American drama television series created by John Eisendrath that aired on ESPN from August 26 to November 11, 2003. It depicts the lives of the Cougars, a fictional professional football team in an unidentified city. The show stars Omar Gooding, Marcello Thedford, Christopher Wiehl, Jason Matthew Smith, Russell Hornsby, and Tony Denison. The show, which ran eleven episodes, was the first original drama series created by ESPN. Although the ratings were very high for ESPN—Playmakers was the highest-rated show on the network other than its Sunday night NFL and Saturday college football games—ESPN eventually canceled the series under pressure from the National Football League, who disliked the portrayal of the negative aspects of its players' lives off the field.