1st & Ten: The Championship: Story, Cast and Series Facts

Story and premise

1st & Ten: The Championship is a HBO series that reveals the on and off field hijinks of the California Bulls, a fictional professional football team. Diane Barrow has recently become team owner as part of her divorce settlement. Hilarity ensues as the team becomes accustomed to having a female owner.

Series details

• Title: 1st & Ten: The Championship
• Format: Scripted
• Language: English
• Genres: Comedy, Sports
• Premiere date: 1984-12-02
• Final broadcast date listed: 1991-01-23
• Status in TVmaze: Ended
• Network listed by TVmaze: HBO
• Network country: United States
• Typical episode runtime: 30 minutes
• TVMaze ID: 16857
• IMDb ID: tt0086660
• TVDB ID: 74194

Cast and credited roles

• Cliff Frazier — Jethro Snell
• Prince Hughes — Bubba Kincaid
• Donald Gibb — Leslie Dr. Death Crunchner
• Reid Shelton — Ernie Denardo
• O.J. Simpson — T.D. Parker
• John Kassir — Zagreb Shkenusky
• Rick Moser — Ty Taylor
• Tony Longo — Mad Dog Smears
• Michael Toland — Billy Cooper
• Delta Burke — Diane Barrow
• Geoffrey Scott — Bob Dorsey

Seasons in the TVmaze catalogue

• Season 1: premiered 1984-12-02; final listed air date 1985-02-17; episode order: 13.
• Season 2: premiered 1986-08-25; final listed air date 1987-01-20; episode order: 10.
• Season 3: premiered 1987-08-05; final listed air date 1987-12-02; episode order: 13.
• Season 4: premiered 1988-10-05; final listed air date 1989-01-04; episode order: 14.
• Season 5: premiered 1989-10-11; final listed air date 1990-01-24; episode order: 14.
• Season 6: premiered 1990-10-03; final listed air date 1991-01-23; episode order: 16.

Source and licence

Adapted from 1st & Ten: The Championship on TVmaze. The synopsis is reproduced as plain text; catalogue facts, cast and season records are selected and reformatted. This adapted text is available under CC BY-SA 4.0, following the TVmaze API licence. Network and web-channel credits identify the service listed in this source; they do not establish current streaming availability.