Playmakers

Television series

Started: August 26, 2003
Ended: November 11, 2003
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Creator: John Eisendrath
Network: ESPN
Seasons: 1
Episodes: 11
Cast: Omar Gooding
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, Russell Hornsby
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, Christopher Wiehl
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, Bruce Gray
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Genre: LGBT-related television series

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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 playing in an unidentified city. The show stars Tony Denison, Omar Gooding, Russell Hornsby, Jason Matthew Smith, Marcello Thedford, and Christopher Wiehl. 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.

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Website: espn.go.com/eoe/playmakers/overview.html
Director: Brad Turner
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John Fawcett
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Screenwriter: Michael Angeli
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Distributor: Disney–ABC Domestic Television
Language: English

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