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Title: NFL truth is stranger than ESPN fiction.(Remote Patrol)
Author: Fritz Quindt
Publication: The Sporting News (Magazine/Journal)
Date: November 24, 2003
Publisher: Sporting News Publishing Co.
Volume: 227 Issue: 47 Page: 11(1)Distributed by Thompson Gale
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Too many cliches, no likable characters, less than 2 percent football--and even Paxil double-dosers found the plots ultradepressing. But the ultimate shortcoming of Playmakers was omitting this disclaimer: Any similarity to an actual professional football league, living or dead, is coincidental. Hey, it might've helped, if only to tranquilize Paul Tagliabue.
ESPN's first dramatic series is about to perish, and not because of low ratings (it pulled a 1.85, nearly quadruple the network's Tuesday night norms and higher than most live baseball/hoops/pucks). Nope, Playmakers is doomed because the NFL hates the show and made like an 800 million-pound gorilla to squash it.
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