People who love sports also enjoy watching TV shows that are based on sports. There are quite a few really good sports TV shows that you can binge right now. Look at the following five great fictional sports TV shows that you can binge watch now. These are all highly recommended shows that deserve your attention.
- Friday Night Lights
Friday Night Lights is based on a hit novel that was eventually turned into a critically acclaimed movie. This show follows a high school football team in small-town America and it’s very watchable stuff. If you love football, then this is going to be a show that you will fall in love with. It even appeals to non-fans because it’s also a compelling drama with many great story beats.
- GLOW
GLOW is one of the best Netflix originals that has ever been made and it is about female professional wrestlers in the 1980s. The basic idea for the show comes from a real wrestling league in the 1980s that was known as the Gorgeous Ladies of Wrestling but this is a fictionalized version of that. Alison Brie is brilliant in this show and the entire cast has so much chemistry. Wrestling fans will love it and fans of good TV will find it to be highly entertaining.
- Cobra Kai
Cobra Kai is starting to take the world by storm now that it is on Netflix. This show is a continuation of The Karate Kid franchise and it brings back the original stars of the first movie. It follows the life of Johnny Lawrence as he rebuilds the Cobra Kai dojo and turns his life around. It’s about karate but it’s also just a slice-of-life drama.
- Ballers
Ballers is a fun show that many people are talking about now. It stars Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson and it has some similarities to an older show called Entourage. This is a solid sports show that most people are going to connect with right away.
- Eastbound and Down
Eastbound and Down is a comedy about sports and it’s something that you need to watch if you want to laugh. Danny McBride is amazing in this show and it might even be the best thing he has ever done. It can be uproariously funny at times but it also has a lot of good stuff to say.