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Netflix Announces New Sports Series Receiver
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19 March 2024
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Receiver to be Produced by NFL Films, Omaha Productions and 2PM Productions, the Team Behind Hit Series Quarterback
Today, Netflix announced its newest sports series that follows pass catchers during the NFL 2023-24 season: Davante Adams (Las Vegas Raiders), Justin Jefferson (Minnesota Vikings), George Kittle (San Francisco 49ers), Deebo Samuel (San Francisco 49ers), and Amon-Ra St. Brown (Detroit Lions).
Logline: It's been said that there's no more difficult position in the NFL than the quarterback. But throwing the pass is only half the story. Receiver follows five of the NFL's best pass catchers throughout the 2023 season on and off the field: Davante Adams, Justin Jefferson, George Kittle, Deebo Samuel and Amon-Ra St. Brown.
Receiver is set to premiere in Summer 2024 as a continuation of Netflix's partnership with the NFL that first began with Quarterback, which hit the Netflix Global Top 10 for three weeks.
Production Company: NFL Films, Omaha Productions and 2PM Productions
Format: 8 x 45 minute episodes
Executive Producers: Peyton Manning and Jamie Horowitz for Omaha Productions; Ross Ketover, Pat Kelleher and Keith Cossrow for NFL Films; Patrick Mahomes and Jacquelyn Dahl from 2PM Productions.
The natural progression is from a pass to a catch, so we're excited to dive into the Receiver world after the success of our Quarterback series, said Gabe Spitzer, Vice President, Nonfiction Sports, Netflix. NFL Films, Omaha Productions and 2PM Productions have delivered again in finding unique and dynamic athletes who will further highlight the drama of this sport on and off the field.
We were thrilled last summer to see audiences all over the world diving into the lives of NFL quarterbacks, said Joe Zucco, NFL Films Supervising Producer. We believe the extraordinary skills, dedication and passion of the NFL's great wide receivers - and one tight end - will make a perfect follow-up.
We are excited to be working again with Netflix and NFL Films to give fans unprecedented access to what it's like to play receiver at the highest level, said Peyton Manning. As we did with Quarterback, we look forward to telling the stories of five incredible receivers, each with their unique personality, skillset, and motivation for what drives them to be the best.
Netflix is the premier home for great sports stories as these series join Netflixs lineup of sports programming, including recent releases like Quarterback, Formula 1: Drive To Survive, Full Swing, NASCAR: Full Speed, Untold, Tour de France: Unchained, Under Pressure: The U.S. Women's World Cup Team, Six Nations: Full Contact and more. Netflix has partnered with sports leagues including Formula 1, National Football League (NFL), the PGA TOUR, Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP), Womens Tennis Association (WTA), F d ration internationale de football association (FIFA), World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) and more.
About Netflix
Netflix is one of the worlds leading entertainment services with over 260 million paid memberships in over 190 countries enjoying TV series, films and games across a wide variety of genres and languages. Members can play, pause and resume watching as much as they want, anytime, anywhere, and can change their plans at any time.
About NFL Films
NFL Films is widely recognized as the most honored filmmaker in sports and continues to produce innovative franchises and documentaries across multiple networks and platforms, including Quarterback on Netflix, Hard Knocks on HBO/Max, Peyton's Places on ESPN , eight 30 for 30 films on ESPN, and recent premium programming across Amazon Prime Video, Hulu, Peacock, Paramount , MGM , Fox, NBC, CBS, NFL Network, NFL and The Roku Channel. In 2023, NFL Films productions earned seven #1 rankings on five different platforms. Bullies of Baltimore was the #1 ranked 30 for 30 film premiere in the history of the ESPN platform, Quarterback was the #1 series on Netflix for 8 days and Top 10 in 16 countries, The Pick is In was the #1 ranking Roku Original documentary premiere of all time, Hard Knocks: Training Camp with the New York Jets was the #1 unscripted series for six straight weeks on Max, and Kelce became the #1 movie or series on Amazon Prime Video, only to be surpassed by Bye Bye Barry just two months later as the platform's #1 documentary of all time in the U.S. Completing the extraordinary year, HBO's Hard Knocks: In Season with the Miami Dolphins became the #1 series on Max in the final week of 2023. With 136 Sports Emmy Awards to its credit, NFL Films remains a gold standard in premium sports content, providing an elevated and connected viewer experience with unprecedented access to the athlete story.
About Omaha Productions
Omaha Productions is a media company launched by Peyton Manning following his retirement from the NFL. Omaha focuses on developing content that unifies and uplifts people and communities. Omaha Productions executive produces ESPN's Emmy-award-winning Monday Night Football with Peyton and Eli along with alternative telecasts for college football, NBA, golf, F1, and The UFC. The company also produces ESPN 's Places franchise featuring series from Peyton Manning, Eli Manning, Abby Wambach, Vince Carter, David Ortiz, Ronda Rousey, P.K. Subban, Sue Bird, and John McEnroe. Omaha executive produced the Netflix series Quarterback and shows for ABC, A E Networks, and NBCUniversal. Omaha has also teamed up with the NFL to reimagine the Pro-Bowl and launch the inaugural NFL FLAG Championships, a youth flag football tournament airing on ESPN in July. The Omaha Audio Network provides daily sports talk in partnership with ESPN. More info here: www.omahapro
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