30 for 30 running thread

Very 'All the President's Men'-ish ... The Last Days of Knight.

Excellent film. Reminds me of the importance of journalism.

I interned for CNN in the 90s and worked with the director.

It's a must-see for anybody here. Compelling stuff. Also reminds me of The Insider.

KRAVITZ: "The Last Days of Knight" is neither a love letter nor a hit piece, but it’s must-watch TV – especially for Hoosiers

 

Did he tell the director that he's got a long way to go to be his father?

 

This is troubling:

 

Is there a chart showing how much each episode costs to make?

 

For the good ones, hard to believe they're not getting their money's worth. The Fab Five doc gets a pretty good rating around every NCAA tournament, seemingly. Plus Disney / ABC is going to be launching a Netflix competitor, and you'd think some content from ESPN could be lumped in there too. Unless they're having to pay a ton for rights fees, it seems weird to discontinue the series.

 

I'm just curious about what it costs to make one.

 

Per a NYT article from 2015, about $500,000: Documentaries Are the Go-To Players of Sports Television

 

Several 30 for 30s are on - or used to be, anyway - on Netflix.

 

Sooo - this isn't on ESPN.

It is on the new espn + service, on Roku. I looked for it this weekend. Only available there. All new 30 for 30s will be here.

First month free, then I think it's 4.99/month.

I'm not adding another subscription service.

 

Netflix took them all off a year or two ago.

 

Netflix isn't ever the one dictating things here. I mean, maybe in the way that Company X provides a number, and Netflix won't match it. But lately, the issue has been that companies are looking to start their own streaming offerings, or their parent companies are.