Watch Series: Playmakers Released in (2003) - Season 1 produced by USA, The TV Series categorized in Drama, and content rating 8h 11min with duration 45 min broadcasted as these networks ESPN, Streamed at Putlocker & directed by John Eisendrath, T.J. Scott, John Bell, Scott Brazil. Playmakers is an American television series that aired on ESPN from August 26, 2003 to November 11, 2003. It depicted the lives of the Cougars, a fictional professional football team in an unidentified city. The show starred Omar Gooding, Marcello Thedford, Christopher Wiehl, Jason Matthew Smith, Russell Hornsby, and Tony Denison. The show, which ran eleven episodes, was the first original drama series created by ESPN. Although the ratings were very high for ESPN—Playmakers was the highest-rated show on the network other than its Sunday night NFL and Saturday college football games—ESPN eventually canceled the series under pressure from the National Football League, who thought professional football was being negatively portrayed. - Season 1