NFL Icons: Story, Cast and Series Facts

Story and premise

The series celebrates the biggest names in the history of pro football. Each one-hour episode will focus on a single subject, whose career comes to life through a deep dive into the NFL Films archive. Decades of interviews, highlights, mic'd up sound and never before seen off-the-field moments are placed into context by the Icon's own words and narrator Rich Eisen. This is a football storytelling series 60 years in the making, providing a collection of record-breaking accomplishments, emotional journeys and singular legacies.

Series details

• Title: NFL Icons
• Format: Documentary
• Language: English
• Genres: Sports
• Premiere date: 2021-10-02
• Status in TVmaze: Running
• Network listed by TVmaze: MGM+
• Network country: United States
• Typical episode runtime: 60 minutes
• TVMaze ID: 63362
• TVDB ID: 413991

Cast and credited roles

• Rich Eisen — Narrator

Seasons in the TVmaze catalogue

• Season 1: premiered 2021-10-02; final listed air date 2021-11-20; episode order: 8.
• Season 2: premiered 2022-09-10; final listed air date 2022-10-29; episode order: 8.
• Season 3: premiered 2023-10-21; final listed air date 2023-11-11; episode order: 4.
• Season 4: premiered 2025-01-17; final listed air date 2025-02-07.

Source and licence

Adapted from NFL Icons 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.