HBO SPORTS, NFL FILMS AND “AMERICA’S TEAM” JOIN FORCES FOR
A NEW SEASON OF THE ULTIMATE REALITY SERIES WHEN
HARD KNOCKS: TRAINING CAMP WITH THE DALLAS COWBOYS,
CHRONICLING THE TRIALS AND HEARTACHES OF NFL TRAINING CAMP,
DEBUTS WEDNESDAY, AUG. 6, EXCLUSIVELY ON HBO
NEW YORK, Aug. 1, 2008 – HBO Sports, NFL Films and the Dallas Cowboys will team up this summer for an all-access look at what it takes to make it in the National Football League when HARD KNOCKS: TRAINING CAMP WITH THE DALLAS COWBOYS debuts in August. The first sports-based reality series – and one of the fastest-turnaround reality series – kicks off its fourth season WEDNESDAY, AUG. 6 (10:00 p.m. ET/PT & 9:00 p.m. CT), exclusively on HBO. Subsequent hour-long episodes air each Wednesday at the same time, culminating in the Sept. 3 season finale, with regular encore plays on Thursdays.
Other HBO playdates for episode one: Aug. 7 (3:30 p.m., midnight), 8 (11:00 p.m.), 9 (10:00 a.m., 11:40 p.m.), 10 (11:30 a.m., 11:15 p.m.) and 11 (10:30 a.m.)
HBO2 playdates for episode one: Aug. 8 (8:00 p.m.), 15 (7:00 p.m.) and 23 (11:30 a.m.)
The five-episode cinema verité series will focus on the daily lives and routines of players and coaches as the Dallas Cowboys, an organization steeped in championship tradition, prepare for the 2008 NFL season in the ultra-competitive NFC East. HARD KNOCKS: TRAINING CAMP WITH THE DALLAS COWBOYS will chronicle second-year head coach Wade Phillips and an intriguing mix of high-profile veterans, free agents and rookie hopefuls throughout training camp and the preseason. Each week, viewers will watch as players experience drills, meetings and fun, while struggling to prove they have what it takes to make the team and make their mark in the NFL.
A 24-person NFL Films crew will live at the Cowboys’ training camp, shooting more than 700 hours of video over the course of the series. Camera and sound crews will be given unencumbered access to the players’ and coaches’ meeting rooms, training rooms, dormitories and practice fields. The Cowboys will begin training in Oxnard, Cal., before returning to Dallas in mid-August
HARD KNOCKS launched with the Baltimore Ravens in 2001, followed by the Dallas Cowboys in 2002. The series resumed in 2007 with the Kansas City Chiefs and a return to the NFC was in the cards for 2008.
“Hard Knocks: Training Camp with the Kansas City Chiefs” recently won a Sports Emmy® Award for Outstanding Music Composition
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