Dermot O'Leary fronts this 210-minute hybrid that stuffs family-friendly game-show stunts between live NFL plays, a workaround for UK advertising caps that also lets Channel 5 screen two weekly Sunday fixtures free-to-air for the first time. Two four-fan teams, captained by Sam Quek and two-time Super Bowl winner Osi Umenyiora, hurl footballs from bucking broncos during US ad breaks; winners earn flights to an NFL city while the late match slips to sister channel 5Action for straighter commentary from the same pair.
The rights package, secured after the NFL-Paramount Global-Skydance shuffle, hands Channel 5 every London and Dublin international game, Thanksgiving triple-headers and the Super Bowl alongside the double Sunday bill. Alex Gray and comedian Milo McCabe complete the pundit carousel.
Traditionalists balked: viewing figures peaked at 220,000 but averaged 166,000 as social media likened the knockabout tone to Steve Coogan’s hapless broadcaster Alan Partridge. Quek and Umenyiora weathered the ridicule; the multi-year deal runs regardless.
Production Details
Channel 5; 5Action / 2025
Main Cast
