Hard Knocks (2001 TV series)
 | It has been suggested that this article be merged with Hard Knocks: Training Camp with the Kansas City Chiefs. (Discuss) Proposed since March 2008. |
| Hard Knocks | |
|---|---|
| Genre | Sports Reality television Documentary series |
| Created by | Marty Callner |
| Developed by | HBO Sports NFL Films |
| Starring | Baltimore Ravens (2001) Dallas Cowboys (2002) Kansas City Chiefs {2007) Dallas Cowboys {2008) |
| Narrated by | Paul Rudd (2007) |
| Composer | Dave Robidoux |
| Country of origin |  United States |
| Original language | English |
| No. of seasons | 3 |
| No. of episodes | 17 (as of September 5, 2007) (6-Baltimore Ravens, 6-Dallas Cowboys (2002), 5-Kansas City Chiefs) |
| Production | |
| Executive producers | Steve Sabol Rick Bernstein Ross Greenburg |
| Producers | Ken Rodgers Keith Cossrow |
| Production location | Varies |
| Running time | ~55 minutes (commercial-free) |
| Original release | |
| Network | HBO |
| Release | 2001 — 2002 2007 |
Hard Knocks is a reality sports documentary television series produced by NFL Films and HBO. The series follows a select National Football League team through its training camp and provides an in-depth perspective of the team's preparation for the upcoming season. The series is described as one of the fastest turnaround reality series in television history.[1] The series not only covers the team's preparations, but also provides a viewers with team inside jokes and pranks, players' family matters, and position battles.
The series previously featured the Baltimore Ravens prior to the 2001 NFL season[2] and the Dallas Cowboys before the 2002 NFL season.[1] In the summer of 2004, the NFL Network produced a similar series following the Jacksonville Jaguars, but the series was not broadcast on HBO. The one-time series was called Inside Training Camp: Jaguars Summer.[3]
The series returned on August 8, 2007 when the series followed the Kansas City Chiefs and their preparations for the 2007 season. [1]
The Dallas Cowboys will once again be chronicled on the television series, which will return in August 2008.
References
- ^ a b c Chiefs to be featured in HBO's "Hard Knocks" this summer KCChiefs.com, 2 June 2007.
- ^ Bell, Jarrett. Ravens have experienced a summer of "Hard Knocks" USA Today, 23 August 2001.
- ^ Jaguars will camp under big spotlight Jacksonville.com, 16 June 2004.