‘Hard Knocks’ in Bird City: The Arizona Cardinals Are The Subject of Newest Season of HBO Sports Series
It’s all about the Arizona Cardinals on the newest season of Hard Knocks in Season.
HBO Sports and NFL Films are co-producing a docuseries on the NFC West team as they battle for another shot at post-season play this year. The team made it to the playoffs in the 2021 season before losing to the Los Angeles Rams in a wild card game. Arizona hopes to build off that playoff appearance and contend for a championship in 2022.
The Emmy-winning weekly series features all-access coverage inside the Cardinals and will be available to watch live on HBO, and can be streamed on HBO Max during the 2022 NFL season beginning in November.
“We couldn’t be happier to continue to expand our tremendously successful partnership with the NFL and grow the ‘Hard Knocks’ experience for our viewers,” Nancy Abraham and Lisa Heller, co-heads of HBO Documentary & Family Programming, said in a statement. “We’re thrilled that the Cardinals will be joining the roster of teams that have graciously invited our audiences into their world.”
“This season, we are eager to build on that success and go even further with one of the most exciting teams in the NFL,” Keith Cossrow, NFL Films Vice President and Senior Coordinating Producer, said. “It was a vivid and illuminating look at the life of an NFL team. We can’t wait to get to work in Arizona, and we thank Michael Bidwill, Steve Keim, Coach [Kliff] Kingsbury and the entire Cardinals organization for this opportunity.”
This in-season edition of Hard Knocks marks the first time the Cardinals appear on the show, which launched back in 2001. The pre-season edition of Hard Knocks will follow the Detroit Lions in a five-episode run of Hard Knocks Training Camp, which debuts on August 9th.