NFL: ICONS Sets Season Two Premiere on EPIX

EPIX has announced the season two premiere of NFL Icons. The first episode is set to debut on September 10.

What defines an icon? From the NFL FILMS vault in Mount Laurel, New Jersey comes a documentary series profiling NFL icons and Hall of Fame players, coaches, and changemakers.

Each hour-long, single-subject film stitches together decades of interview archives and highlights. Spanning the icon's career, the series dives deep into the critical decisions, plays, and personality that came to define their legacy and the game of football. Season Two icons include Walter Payton, Troy Aikman, Jimmy Johnson, and Cris Carter, while Season One featured Jerry Rice, Emmitt Smith, Joe Namath, Brett Favre, Vince Lombardi, Jerome Bettis, Steve Sabol, and Marcus Allen.

NFL Icons Season One outperformed the prior season of unscripted sports programming by 87% across all of EPIX's viewing platforms, and the linear viewership increased by 70% versus the prior season of unscripted sports programming.

Episode ONE - "NFL Icons: John Madden" - September 10, 2022 at 10:00 P.M. EDT/PDT

Arguably the greatest icon in football history, Madden's rare combination of charisma, vision, and leadership made generations of fans fall in love with the game. See how his love of Vince Lombardi set his path to coaching, where he shaped the identity of the legendary Oakland Raiders, and follow his climb to a SUPER BOWL title, growth as THE VOICE of pro football on television, influence through video games, and enshrinement in the Pro Football Hall of Fame-all of which Madden attributed to his vocation as a teacher.

Episode TWO - "NFL Icons: Walter Payton" - September 17, 2022 at 10:00 P.M. EDT/PDT

The story of the legendary Chicago Bears running back, who won a SUPER BOWL and became the NFL's all-time rushing leader, as told through archives and new interviews with his children Brittney and Jarrett. The challenges of Payton's rise from a small-town Mississippi childhood to global stardom in sports and pop culture. His extraordinary "Flu Game," hill-running, fashion sense, and untimely death from a rare disease are covered in depth, along with his legacy through the prestigious awards named in his honor.

Watch the new trailer here:

Winner of 136 Sports Emmy® Awards, NFL FILMS remains a gold standard in sports television, providing unprecedented access to and legendary storytelling about the sport of professional football. NFL FILMS is a part of NFL Media, the owned and operated media division of the National Football League, which is comprised of NFL Network, NFL Films, the NFL App, NFL.com, NFL+, NFL RedZone and the streaming service, the NFL Channel.

Emmy-nominated host, Rich Eisen is the host of The Rich Eisen Show, airing weekdays on Peacock TV from noon-3PM ET and simulcast on SiriusXM (ch. 211) and Westwood One.  This summer, Eisen hosted Tokyo Gold for Peacock TV, recapping the biggest stories and highlights from the Olympics.

In addition, hosting Westwood One's weekly MONDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL pregame and halftime show, he continues to be the signature host of the NFL Network, where he was hired as network's first on-air talent in the summer of 2003. Prior to joining NFL Network, Eisen spent 8years at ESPN as one of the network's most visible personalities, where he hosted SportsCenter alongside Stuart Scott, as well as a variety of other high-profile assignments.  

EPIX, an MGM company, is a premium television network delivering a broad lineup of quality original series and docuseries, the latest movie releases, and classic film franchises-all available on TV, on-demand, online, and across devices. EPIX has tripled the amount of original programming on the network and has become a destination for original premium content, with series including Western adventure Billy the Kid; sci-fi horror series FROM; Emmy-winning series Godfather of Harlem; and cinematic dramatic series War of the Worlds, Rogue Heroes, and Belgravia. EPIX is also the home of acclaimed docuseries, including Emmy-nominated Laurel Canyon, Women Who Rock, My Life as a Rolling Stone, and NFL Icons. Also available are premium movies including No Time to Die, House of Gucci, Cyrano, Licorice Pizza, and more.

EPIX is available nationwide through cable, telco, satellite, and emerging digital distribution platforms, as well as through its EPIX NOW app, providing more movies than any other network with thousands of titles available for streaming.

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