Peyton Manning Teams Up With LeBron James For NBA Version of 'Quarterback' Show

Published|Updated

Getting the hot take out of the way: NBA players are far more entertaining than NFL players.

Clean-cut NFL guys may be great for the game but not for reality TV and entertainment, which clearly favors dysfunctional characters ... like watching a trainwreck.

Enter the NBA, and a new show looking to chronicle the lives of several NBA stars. Hoping to bank in on the premise are Peyton Manning and LeBron James, who are teaming up to produce the NBA's version of the Netflix hit show, Quarterback.

NBA's Version of 'Quarterback' On The Way From Peyton Manning, LeBron James

Manning's Omaha Productions spearheaded Quarterback Season 1, which chronicled three NFL QBs' during the 2022 season.

According to the Wall Street Journal, LeBron James' production company, SpringHill, will join Omaha Productions to launch a similarly premised show highlighting NBA players.

And honestly, it sounds like it has more potential. Let us know if you agree...(email us @ alejandro.avila@outkick.com).

Think about this show existing for some of the NBA's most eccentric names in history; following players like Julius Erving, Dennis Rodman, Shaquille O'Neal, Magic Johnson and Allen Iverson. That's box office.

Even regular names in today's NBA like Kyle Kuzma or Jordan Poole are surrounded by enough drama to fill an episode of "General Hospital" ... so it's a total lay-up as far as a TV premise goes.

The clear caveat for this show's success remains: stay away from the "More Than An Athlete" lecturing and stick to acting like overly paid ball players enjoying life.

An episode on nights in Houston with James Harden.

Watching Russell Westbrook prepare for a Lakers face-off.

Ja Morant being Ja Morant.

That's a certified ratings darling right there: a show with Quarterback's floor and Cops' ceiling.

Michael Jordan's smash-hit documentary "The Last Dance" showed how much of an appetite exists for behind-the-scenes NBA drama. And if the new show meant one less NBA guy starting a podcast, then it would be entirely worth it.

LBJ and Manning are up to the task of kick-starting this new NBA show and possibly more. James can only hope that this new show produces more success than the universally panned "Space Jam" sequel he released in 2021.