CNN Reunites With Playtone's Tom Hanks & Gary Goetzman On ‘Decade In Sports' Series
CNN Originals will reteam with executive producers Tom Hanks, Gary Goetzman and Mark Herzog for a new installment in their Emmy-nominated Decades Series with Decades In Sports. The CNN Original Series will premiere in 2026.
Decades in Sports continues the CNN Original Series' partnership with Playtone. That which includes over eight seasons and over 70 hours of television, including The Sixties, 1968: The Year That Changed America, The Seventies, The Eighties, The Nineties, The 2000s, The 2010s, The Movies and Tis the Season: Holidays on Film.
More from Deadline
CNN's Mark Thompson Provides Some Additional Details For What He Calls Its "First True News Streaming Service"
CNN Picks Up New Eva Longoria & Tony Shalhoub Series, Renews 'Have I Got News For You' As Part Of Originals Slate
CNN Films Is Back: Chevy Chase Film & Cancer Project Usher In New Phase For Doc Strategy
'Tom, Mark and I are delighted to be working with Amy Entelis again,' said Goetzman. 'We've always felt great support and creative freedom from her and her team at CNN Originals.'
The six-part series will unravel the thrill of the victory and the agony of defeat across six decades of larger-than-life athletes, intense rivalries and stunning upsets that encapsulate the command sports have on our cultural attention.
'Tom Hanks, Gary Goetzman and Mark Herzog have created many iconic series for CNN, and our audiences have shown a continuing interest in unpacking and reliving the nostalgia around specific cultural moments,' said Amy Entelis, executive vice president of talent, CNN Originals and creative development for CNN Worldwide. 'We are excited to revitalize this CNN Original Series mainstay through the lens of sports, which command such intense and widespread fandom.'
Executive producers for Decades in Sports are Tom Hanks, Gary Goetzman, and Mark Herzog; Amy Entelis and Lyle Gamm will Executive Produce for CNN Original Series.
Best of Deadline
Everything We Know About 'My Life With The Walter Boys' Season 2 So Far
'Bridgerton' Season 4: Everything We Know So Far
Everything We Know About 'Wicked: For Good' So Far
Hashtags
Try Our AI Features
Explore what Daily8 AI can do for you:
Comments
No comments yet...
Related Articles
Yahoo
24 minutes ago
- Yahoo
Is Che in ‘And Just Like That' Season 3? Sara Ramirez's Character's Fate After Dramatic Season 2
Miranda Hobbes experienced both love and heartbreak in the Sex and the City spinoff, And Just Like That…, and her relationship with Che Diaz certainly had its highs and lows. Is Sara Ramirez's character in season 3 of the show? It was reported by multiple outlets in February 2024 that Sara's character was not returning for season 3 of And Just Like That… after two seasons on the show. Cynthia Nixon, who plays Miranda, spoke out on Che's exit from the show one year ahead of the season 3 premiere in May 2025. "I think for Miranda, Miranda and Che were really pretty done," Cynthia told Entertainment Weekly in May 2024. "I think that Miranda and Che had kind of run the gamut of what they were going to be to each other." Cynthia echoed a similar stance while speaking with Variety that same month. 'I do feel like our show always works best when people are dating,' she said. 'They created such an amazing character — such a controversial character, but such an amazing character,' she said, referring to the character of Che. 'I think they felt, and Michael Patrick [King] felt, that that character had run its course. They came in and shook everything up, and then the arc was completed.' The Emmy winner said that she understood that a lot of people were upset with the arc of Steve's character, Miranda's husband, whom she left and got back together with in the first Sex and the City film. In And Just Like That… their relationship came crumbling apart when Miranda met Che and began an affair. While speaking with Grazia in May 2025, Cynthia said that the ''poor Steve' narrative doesn't really bother me. Our show always killed its darlings. If we're just gonna play it safe and nice, why are you watching?' Cynthia revealed that she suggested Sara, who uses they/them pronouns, for the role of Che. 'I love Che, I love Sara. It's hard to know what people would have made of Che if Che hadn't ostensibly broken up Steve and Miranda,' she noted. 'But I don't want a show in which everybody is behaving well all the time. A feminist show doesn't show women being perfect.' Miranda and Che ended up breaking up after their toxic romance hit its breaking point in season 2 of And Just Like That… Their romance was plagued by bickering and tension as Che's TV pilot ended up failing. 'I think for Che, there's an incremental ego death process that is occurring over time, with the failure of the pilot, with all of the projections that they internalized during that process, with all the questioning they've been doing,' Sara told TVLine in July 2023. 'I don't think they have the capacity to keep the wheels on the car any longer. They don't have the capacity to continue this fantasy of a bubble of love and friendship and affirmation.' Cynthia revealed that in season 3, Miranda would be embracing her single era. 'Both the old show and the new show are more fun when people are dating, so Miranda will be dating,' she said.
Tom's Guide
24 minutes ago
- Tom's Guide
Netflix just added a new dystopian drama — and it's already 100% on Rotten Tomatoes
When looking through everything new on Netflix this week, one of the shows that caught my eye was "Families like Ours." This Danish dystopian drama miniseries comes from the mind of Academy Award-nominated director Thomas Vinterberg ("Another Round"), who wrote and directed all seven episodes. The show is set in a near-future Denmark where rising sea levels have caused the Danes to abandon their homeland. But while the impending doom of the story certainly plays a role, the show is more focused on how the mass exodus impacts those forced to leave — and those who choose to stay behind. While the drama series is new to Netflix this week, it debuted at the Venice International Film Festival last year and then first aired in its native Denmark later that same year. That means we already have some critical reviews, and they're so far very positive — a perfect 100% on Rotten Tomatoes. So here's everything you need to know about "Families like Ours," and why it needs to be the show you start binge-watching right now. As I already mentioned, "Families Like Ours" is set in a near-future world where rising sea levels force the Danish government to announce a mass evacuation. This decision causes a catastrophic domino effect. Property becomes worthless, which tanks the wealth of the Danish people. Those who still have wealth can sometimes secure their evacuations to the countries of their choosing, but others must take part in a government-funded relocation process that can tear families apart. Get instant access to breaking news, the hottest reviews, great deals and helpful tips. One such family is Laura's (Amaryllis August), whose family is being torn apart as her mother (Paprika Steen) goes to one place, her father (Nikolaj Lie Kaas) to another and her boyfriend, Elías (Albert Rudbeck Lindhardt), goes to yet another location. Now Laura has to choose which path she'll take for herself. There aren't a ton of critics' reviews for "Families like Ours" yet, but those that have come in are all positive, albeit while highlighting some of the show's shortcomings. "Fascinating and infuriating in equal measure and ultimately oddly moving, for all its flaws," wrote Keith Watson for The Telegraph (UK). "'Families Like Ours' pulls you into its emotional slipstream and won't let go." Lucy Mangan had a similarly positive review, with some caveats. "There is much to admire," she wrote. "It doesn't preach, it does have the themes work through the characters instead of the other way round (and has a cast stuffed with Danish heavyweights to help it). But it all feels a bit thin, a bit bloodless – like a thought experiment made flesh rather than a compelling, provocative drama." By all accounts, "Families like Ours" won't suddenly become the next "Adolescence" for Netflix. But it also seems like everyone who has watched it has given it a positive review. Even better, as a seven-part miniseries, you're getting a complete story that you could finish over a week or even on a lazy weekend day. So, yes, go ahead and hit play on this Danish drama next time you log onto the streaming service. It definitely seems to be worth a watch. Stream "Families like Ours" now on Netflix Malcolm has been with Tom's Guide since 2022, and has been covering the latest in streaming shows and movies since 2023. He's not one to shy away from a hot take, including that "John Wick" is one of the four greatest films ever made. Here's what he's been watching lately:
Yahoo
34 minutes ago
- Yahoo
Good Night, and Good Luck: Live Broadcast of Broadway Play Delivers CNN's 2nd-Biggest Night of 2025
'Twas a good night, indeed. CNN's live broadcast of the George Clooney-led Broadway play Good Night, and Good Luck on Saturday night reached 7.34 million global viewers, including streaming audiences on Max and More from TVLine Ratings: Tony Awards Surge 38% to Biggest Audience Since 2019 Yes, George Clooney Has Seen The Pitt - Here's What the ER Vet Had to Say About Noah Wyle's New Medical Show Adolescence Rises to No. 2 on Netflix's All-Time Top 10, Passing Stranger Things 4 - And There It Will Stay The Stateside share of that audience tallied 5.64 million people, with an additional 1.7 million tuning in internationally. On CNN alone, Good Night, and Good Luck drew north of 2 million total viewers, fueling a No. 1 ranking across all of cable for the day, and leading the newser to its second-highest Prime (7 pm-11 pm) delivery of the year in total viewers — trailing only President Trump's address to Congress on March 4. Good Night, and Good Luck gave CNN its third-biggest event of 2025 on the Max platform, viewing peaked at 8:33 pm (during the closing monologue of the performance, suggesting sustained tune-in). Of note, 155,000 total people attended Good Night, and Good Luck performances throughout its nine-week Broadway run. Based on the 2005 film of the same name, Good Night, and Good Luck — which wrapped its Broadway run on Sunday — starred ER alum Clooney as legendary CBS journalist Edward R. Murrow. The true story takes place in the 1950s, as Murrow came under fire for criticizing Sen. Joseph McCarthy, who levied unsubstantiated charges of communism at various Americans during the Cold War. The 100-minute production ran without intermission, as it has since it opened at New York's Winter Garden Theatre on April 3. Clooney directed the 2005 film, in which he played Murrow's producer, Fred Friendly. In the Broadway show, Friendly is played by Glenn Fleshler (True Detective). Clooney and Grant Heslov wrote both the movie and the play. The play's cast also includes Clark Gregg (Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.), Ilana Glazer (Broad City), Carter Hudson, Paul Gross, Christopher Denham, Fran Kraz, Mac Brandt, Will Dagger and Georgia Heers. The production is nominated for five Tony Awards, including Clooney for Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Play. Note: Though the CNN-provided photos below are black-and-white, the broadcast was in color.
