NFL's Greatest Games: Story, Cast and Series Facts

Story and premise

NFL's Greatest Games is a series of television programs that air on NFL Network, ESPN and related networks. They are condensed versions of some of the most famous games in the history of the National Football League, using footage and sound captured by NFL Films, as well as original interviews. Most installments are 90-minutes, but as recently as 2015, a 30-minute installment had aired. The series began with Super Bowl III, the New York Jets' 16-7 upset of the Baltimore Colts. ESPN debuted the program in 1999, on the 30th anniversary of the original game. More telecasts followed in the ensuing months. In 2007, NFL Network unveiled Super Bowl Classics, a version of this program using complete videotaped games. The "NFL's Greatest Games" banner is also occasionally used for episodes of the 1970s public television series The Way It Was that covered classic NFL games prior to 1958.

Series details

• Title: NFL's Greatest Games
• Format: Sports
• Language: English
• Premiere date: 1997-09-16
• Status in TVmaze: Running
• Network listed by TVmaze: ESPN2
• Network country: United States
• Typical episode runtime: 90 minutes
• TVMaze ID: 11618
• TVDB ID: 74094

Seasons in the TVmaze catalogue

• Season 1: premiered 1997-09-16; final listed air date 1998-01-24.
• Season 3: premiered 1999-09-03; final listed air date 1999-09-03.
• Season 4: premiered 2000-12-22; final listed air date 2000-12-22.
• Season 5: premiered 2001-12-25; final listed air date 2001-12-25.
• Season 6: premiered 2002-12-24; final listed air date 2002-12-29.
• Season 7: premiered 2003-12-26; final listed air date 2003-12-26.
• Season 8: premiered 2004-12-24; final listed air date 2004-12-24.
• Season 20: premiered 2016-01-14; final listed air date 2016-01-16.

Source and licence

Adapted from NFL's Greatest Games 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.