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Winners for this year’s NAACP Image Awards — which celebrate the accomplishments of people of color in the fields of television, music, literature and film — were announced daily this week, culminating in the live telecast that aired Saturday night on CBS and BET.

Heading into this year’s awards, Ayo Edebiri was the most-nominated TV performer with four total nominations — three for her work on FX’s The Bear, and another for her memorable hosting debut on NBC’s Saturday Night Live. On Tuesday, she converted on one of those opportunities when she was named Outstanding Breakthrough Creative (Television).

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The 2025 Film Independent Spirit Awards — the top awards event for the independent film and television community — were handed out on Saturday from the beach in Santa Monica, Calif.

The ceremony, hosted by Saturday Night Live vet Aidy Bryant for the second year in the row, was streamed live on the IMDb and Film Independent YouTube channels at 5 pm Et, and across other social platforms.

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For a day with a hard and stressful deadline, Tristar’s One of Them Days starring music artist Sza and Keke Palmer has a soundtrack that reduces stress and emphasizes the comedy of the film.

The premise hinges on Palmer’s Dreux and Sza’s Alyssa, two roommates who find themselves scrambling for rent money when Alyssa’s boyfriend Keshawn (Joshua David Neal) took their original payment to try out a creative endeavor. Their landlord Uche (Rizi Timane) comes knocking with the threat that if they can’t come up with $1,500 by 6 p.m., they’ll be evicted.

The film also includes appearances from Lil Rel Howery, Vanessa Bell Calloway, Janelle James, Cabrielle Dennis, Maude Apatow, Katt Williams, Amin Joseph, Patrick Cage and more.

Find the full One of Them Days soundtrack, including the new song from Keke Palmer featured in the film, below.

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While you’re cracking up watching Keke Palmer and Sza’s new buddy comedy “One of Them Days,” you’ll also be jammin’ out to the movie’s playlist.

“One of Them Days” follows the quirky and hilarious journey two besties, Dreux (Palmer) and Alyssa (Sza) embark on in an effort to get rent money after Alyssa’s boyfriend misuses it.

“One of Them Days” was written by Syreeta Singleton (“Rap Sh!t”), directed by Lawrence Lamont (“Rap Sh!t”) and executive produced by Rae and Palmer. Other producers for the film include Deniese Davis, Sara Rastogi, James Lopez and Poppy Hanks.

The music for “One of Them Days” was done by Chanda Dancy, and Sarah Bromberg and Stephanie Diaz-Matos served as music supervisors for the film.

Check out the tracklist for the official playlist below.

Thee Sacred Souls — “Running Away” Cuzzos, Milly Mo, Jasscole, Bb, Teaawhy, Big I-n-d-o —”Bird Behavior...

The NAACP Image Award nominations have been revealed — with “Wicked” star Cynthia Erivo, multi-hyphenate Keke Palmer, rapper Kendrick Lamar, comedian Kevin Hart and NFL hall of famer-turned-broadcaster Shannon Sharpe competing for Entertainer of the Year.

The winner of the prestigious award will be announced on Feb. 22 during the two-hour live broadcast of the 56th NAACP Image Awards from the Pasadena Civic Auditorium, airing on BET and CBS. The theme for this year’s show is, “Our Stories, Our Culture, Our Excellence.” A host is yet to be announced, though Queen Latifah emceed the previous two ceremonies.

“The Piano Lesson” leads the motion picture categories with 14 nominations, including recognition for director Malcolm Washington and stars John David Washington, Danielle Deadwyler, Samuel L. Jackson, Corey Hawkins and Skylar Aleece Smith. The Netflix movie was nominated for outstanding motion picture, alongside Sony’s “Bad Boys: Ride or Die,” Paramount’s “Bob Marley: One Love,...

Even though UFC 5 has now been out for over a year, I'm still playing the game and having fun with it. As one of the only good recent combat sports games that has come out, it's managed to scratch the combat-sports gaming itch that I have as both a boxing and Mma fan. With the demise of the Fight Night franchise and seemingly no other development team willing to enter the arena, right now, in terms of the genre, all I have is UFC 5.

And while I've explored nearly everything the game has to offer, from trying to muster enough stats for my pitiful online career to betting on every upcoming UFC event, I've, for the most part, stayed away from the tournament mode. I don't tend to play Xbox games with friends, so typically, I stick to the weekly challenges, career, and ranked online modes — but tournament mode was calling my name,...

Limited series writers have one big advantage over scribes working on recurring series: They can build to a big, flashy ending without worrying about what to do next season.

“Limited gives us that opportunity to just be like — leave them wanting more. We’re out. Mic drop, we’re done,” said Marco Ramirez, executive producer and showrunner of the upcoming Hulu limited series “La Maquina,” set in the world of boxing in Mexico.

Ramirez was one of five writer-producers who gathered Thursday night at the London Hotel in West Hollywood for a lively conversation that was part of Variety’s A Night in the Writers Room: Awards Season Edition event.

The scribes discussed the idiosyncracies of working in the format. Shaye Ogbonna, creator, executive producer and showrunner of Peacock’s “Fight Night: The Million Dollar Heist,” said the rising demand for limited series during the height of the Peak TV...

The video game industry is constantly evolving, and one genre that doesn’t see many new features is the sports genre. While games like UFC 5 and WWE 2K24 focus on delivering flashy visuals and the latest athletes, they miss the small wins sometimes. One game that’s tried something new and cool is Undisputed, a boxing game by Steel City Interactive.

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The game added an instant replay system that lets you replay your knockout punches from multiple angles. It might seem little but the feature brings an unmatched sense of immersion and triumph. UFC and WWE games could benefit from it too.

Undisputed‘s Instant Replay System is Pretty Cool

Undisputed’s instant replay system was introduced as part of a beta test in the Big Daddy Update in July 2023. The system lets players pause and switch between different camera angles in the replay to...

Exclusive: Fight Night: The Million Dollar Heist‘s Artrece Johnson has signed with Cesd for representation.

Johnson is coming off her breakout performance in Peacock’s limited series Fight Night: The Million Dollar Heist, opposite Kevin Hart and Taraji P. Henson. In the series, Johnson portrays Faye Williams, the long-suffering wife of Gordon ‘Chicken Man’ Williams (Hart) and mother to his three children, who finds herself at odds with his other woman and “business partner with benefits,” Vivian Thomas (Henson). Cast also includes Samuel L. Jackson, Don Cheadle, and Terrence Howard.

Johnson’s film credits include supporting opposite Teyana Taylor in A Thousand and One from director and Gotham Award winner A.V. Rockwell, which took home the Grand Jury Award at the 2023 Sundance Film Festival and was later distributed by Focus Features. Other television credits include: FBI: Most Wanted, Law & Order: Svu, P-Valley, and HBO Max’s Gossip Girl reboot.

Six acclaimed production designers take us behind the scenes of their set designs to reveal what they love about their craft.

In an exclusive video roundtable interview with Gold Derby as part of our “Meet the Experts: TV Production Designers” panel, Mark Steel (“The Boys”), Jamie Walker McCall (“Doctor Odyssey”), Toni Barton (“Fight Night: The Million Dollar Heist”), Mara LePere-Schloop (“Anne Rice’s Interview with the Vampire”), Claire Bennett (“Nobody Wants This”), and Jon Carlos (“Palm Roayle”) discuss their love of craft and how production design is all about problem solving. Watch the full roundtable above. Click on each person’s name to watch an individual chat.

Lepere-Schloop who had to design coffins and battlefields for vampires reveals, “all of us would do vastly different things on every project. But, at the heart, we are all problem solvers. You just figure out different ways to come to different visual conclusions.

For “Fight Night: The Million Dollar Heist” costume designer Ernesto Martinez, the reality of the fact-based story of an armed robbery in the aftermath of Muhammad Ali’s 1970 comeback fight in Atlanta was merely the starting point for his craftsmanship on the Peacock limited series.

“I had free range to design every character in a way that felt like Atlanta – but a very fashionable Atlanta with a lot of money and a lot of gangsters,” Martinez tells Gold Derby during our Meet the Experts: TV Costume Designers panel. “So I went out of the box, and decided that each character should come from different places of the world and dress very unconventionally – dress how people would think they would dress in Atlanta in the 1970s.”

See‘Fight Night: The Million Dollar Heist’ reviews: Peacock’s ‘crime caper’ could turn critical acclaim into Golden Globes glory

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Warning: Spoilers ahead for Fight Night: The Million Dollar Heist.

The ending of Fight Night: The Million Dollar Heist finally clears up who was behind the infamous Atlanta robbery. Fight Night is based on the true story of a real-life armed robbery that was orchestrated in Atlanta on the night of Muhammed Ali's controversial return to boxing as an adamant opponent of the Vietnam War in 1970. The Peacock original series was based on the 2020 podcast of the same name and was adapted for television by Shaye Ogbanna, whose other writing credits include God's Country (2022), The Chi (2022), and The Penguin episode 5 (2024).

Fight Night features an exceptional cast led by Kevin Hart, Taraji P. Henson, Samuel L. Jackson, Don Cheadle, and Terrence Howard. After Hart's Gordon "Chicken Man" Williams sets up an exclusive afterparty for some of the nation's most high-profile gangsters, things go sideways when the event becomes a hoax for an elaborate robbery.

It's been a while since I could say that a game legitimately got much worse once it exited beta on PC for its full launch for consoles, but the Undisputed 1.0 launch has been worse than underwhelming for me; it's become downright unplayable. While I've enjoyed the updates to the career mode, the online multiplayer portion of the title something that I used to enjoy, has devolved into something that doesn't resemble the Sweet Science anymore.

Although it appears that the developers of the game, Steel City Interactive, are aware of the serious game-breaking issues, it doesn't look like there's a proper sense of urgency in an industry lacking any real boxing game competition. As it stands, I think I'll stop playing what was supposed to be a Fight Night rival after investing 162 hours into the game, at least until things are fixed.

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UFC’s biggest star, Conor McGregor, who was cast as characters in Call of Duty: Infinite Warfare and a Hitman Dlc earlier this year, is considering creating his own action game, which, with the correct developer and studio, could one day compete with EA Sports UFC.

Conor McGregor has recently been featured in Hitman: World of Assassination. | Credit: Io Interactive.

Throughout his career, McGregor has competed in mixed martial arts (Mma) and boxing once. His love for bare-knuckle boxing has elevated Bkfc as a co-owner of the business and possibly as a fighter in the future. In the meantime, McGregor is fulfilling his role as a promoter by stating that a video game about Bkfc is being developed after he appeared in the virtual worlds of Call of Duty and UFC 5.

Conor McGregor Confirmed New Bare-Knuckle Boxing Video Game Conor McGregor is bringing a new game on Bkfc. | Credit: Electronic Arts.

Conor McGregor, the notorious UFC fighter, has once again set the internet ablaze with his latest social media antics. This time, the Irish superstar has taken to X (formerly Twitter) to comment on his digital representations in various video games, from EA Sports UFC to Call of Duty.

But in true McGregor fashion, he didn’t stop there.

Conor McGregor. | Image Credit: Andrius Petrucenia/Cc By-sa 2.0/Wikimedia Commons

The former two-division champion went on to drop a bombshell announcement that has fighting game enthusiasts giddy with excitement and anticipation. It seems the Notorious One is ready to make his mark in the virtual world, and he’s promising something we’ve “never heard nor seen before.”

McGregor’s Digital Doppelgangers: From UFC to Call of Duty

The conversation kicked off when X user @LiamHealy16 shared a post comparing McGregor‘s in-game models across different titles:

There has been 5 UFC games...

I've been playing the PC game version of Undisputed since its earliest beta on Steam, and while I was happy to hear it was finally coming to consoles in its 1.0 release, it's also committing a major gaming sin that I think could actually have a more cascading effect on its success. Developed by Steel City Studios out of Sheffield, UK, the new boxing title has a lot going for it, but it's important it doesn't get knocked down in these first few rounds if it wants to become a true contender to the Fight Night franchise.

Sitting with pretty disappointing overall "Mixed" reviews on Steam and lackluster reviews on consoles, even Canelo's star power isn't strong enough to save what some are considering a bad game. The introduction of a day-one Dlc called the Wbc Pack will only continue to hinder the success of the game or spell the end of the project altogether,...

For forty years, the movie that has come to mind whenever the title Night Patrol came up was a goofball comedy starring the Unknown Comic Murray Langston and Linda Blair – but now director Ryan Prows is aiming to give us another Night Patrol to think about. This one is a horror film with a cast that includes Jermaine Fowler (The Blackening), Justin Long (Tusk), wrestler Cm Punk (Girl on the Third Floor), Dermot Mulroney (Young Guns), Rj Cyler (Me and Earl and the Dying Girl), Freddie Gibbs (Down With The King), Yg (White Boy Rick), Flying Lotus (Ash), Jon Oswald (Lowlife), and Nicki Micheaux (Lowlife). Filming took place in Los Angeles and wrapped earlier this month.

According to The Hollywood Reporter, this Night Patrol follows an LAPD officer (Fowler) who must put aside his differences with the area’s street gangs when he discovers a local police task force is...

Scream King Justin Long (Barbarian) and WWE superstar Cm Punk (Girl on the Third Floor) have been set to star in an upcoming horror movie titled Night Patrol, THR reports.

Jermaine Fowler, Dermot Mulroney, Rj Cyler, Freddie Gibbs, Yg, Flying Lotus, Jon Oswald, and Nicki Micheaux will also star in the upcoming Night Patrol.

In the horror-thriller, “An LAPD officer (Jermaine Fowler) must put aside his differences with the area’s street gangs when he discovers a local police task force is harboring a horrific secret that endangers the residents of the housing projects he grew up in.”

THR reports, “David S. Goyer and Keith Levine are producing via the duo’s Phantom Four banner. Also producing is Josh Goldbloom, known for the recent V/H/S horror entries. James Harris and Mark Lane of Tea Shop Films (47 Meters Down) are also producing the movie, which wrapped principal photography in Los Angeles this week.

Justin Long, Jermaine Fowler and Rj Cyler are starring in Night Patrol, an indie horror feature from director and co-writer Ryan Prows.

David S. Goyer and Keith Levine are producing via the duo’s Phantom Four banner. Also producing is Josh Goldbloom, known for the recent V/H/S horror entries. James Harris and Mark Lane of Tea Shop Films (47 Meters Down) are also producing the movie, which wrapped principal photography in Los Angeles this week.

Dermot Mulroney and WWE superstar Cm Punk have key roles, while Freddie Gibbs (Down With The King), Yg (White Boy Rick), Flying Lotus (Ash) Jon Oswald (Lowlife) and Nicki Micheaux (Lowlife) round out the cast.

In Patrol, an LAPD officer (Fowler) must put aside his differences with the area’s street gangs when he discovers a local police task force is harboring a horrific secret that endangers the residents of the housing projects he grew up in.

Nostalgia is a potent force. Just like you can’t talk about boxing movies without bringing up Sylvester Stallone’s mumbling underdog, Rocky, it’s impossible to mention boxing games without discussing EA’s iconic Fight Night franchise. So, even before stepping into the ring, Steel City Interactive had to know they were entering a title bout with Undisputed, […]

Undisputed Game Review – The Rocky V Of Boxing Games Written by Jarrod Saunders for Fortress of Solitude...

The following contains spoilers from the Disney+/Marvel series Secret Invasion.

How Don Cheadle ultimately feels about that polarizing Secret Invasion reveal is… yet to be determined.

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(Loosely) based on the 2008 Marvel comic of the same name, Secret Invasion streamed on Disney+ in summer 2023 and followed a rebel faction of shapeshifting Skrulls who...

For Shaye Ogbonna, assembling an A-list roster of talent for “Fight Night: The Million Dollar Heist” was a blessing for which he cannot take any credit.

“They wouldn’t do it if the material wasn’t great,” the series creator humbly told TheWrap of working with stars like Kevin Hart, Samuel L. Jackson, Chloe Bailey, Don Cheadle and Taraji P. Henson.

The Peacock limited series outlines the true story of how an Atlanta after-party for Muhammad Ali’s 1970 comeback fight turned into a million dollar robbery, involving some of the biggest Black gangsters and money-movers in the nation.

Ogbonna believed this story would be an opportunity to highlight the origins of how the heist established his hometown of Atlanta as the “Black Mecca.” The writer-producer also saw the potential for some of the biggest Black actors in the business to skyrocket this project to another level.

“I was always influenced...

[This story contains major spoilers from the series finale of Fight Night.]

Kevin Hart’s Chicken Man is on the ground, breathing hard in fear, as Samuel L. Jackson’s badass gangster Frank Moten, known as the Black Godfather, holds a gun.

Subtly channeling Jackson’s legendary Pulp Fiction persona Jules Winnfield, Frank thunders, “You do believe in God, right?” Hart’s Chicken Man reply “with all my soul” produces a soft, but stern “then testify” from Frank. Not long after, a shot is fired, followed by a visual rewinding that flashes back to two weeks earlier, when Fight Night: The Million Dollar Heist launched its story.

To launch the hit Peacock limited series — which Hart produces through his Hartbeat shingle with Will Packer — a black screened disclaimer appeared all capped in yellow type with the words “Based On Some Shit,” pause, “That Really Happened.” The series’ eighth and final episode returned to that moment, later revealing that Gordon “Chicken...

The following contains spoilers from the finale of Fight Night: The Million Dollar Heist, now streaming on Peacock.

There was no lack of body count as Peacock’s Fight Night, based on Jeff Keating’s true-crime podcast of the same name, came to a close.

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Heading into the finale, three of the men...

Spoiler Alert: This story contains plot details for Peacock’s “Fight Night”

In the eighth and final episode of “Fight Night: The Million Dollar Heist,” viewers learn the shocking truth. A twist reveals that New Jersey gangster Richard “Cadillac Richie” Wheeler (Terrance Howard), who appeared to be a victim of the brazen robbery, was the mastermind behind the entire endeavor. His attempt to usurp Frank ‘Black Godfather’ Moten’s (Samuel L. Jackson) position nearly prevented Atlanta from transforming into the Black Mecca.

Based on Jeff Keating’s true-crime podcast of the same name, Peacock’s “Fight Night,” created by Shaye Ogbonna, is based on the real-life heist following Muhammad Ali’s triumphant return to the boxing ring in 1970. The fight would relaunch Ali into the boxing stratosphere following his blacklisting over his refusal to be drafted into the Vietnam War. However, the day following the fight, the robbery, a hustler...

We saw at the end of Fight Night episode 6 that Hudson got suspended after he assaulted Detective Mason, who passed an extremely distasteful and racist comment against him. Hudson knew that he couldn’t continue their investigation officially, but in his years of service, he had earned many loyal friends, and he knew that they would help him in his endeavors. Meanwhile, we learn that Cadillac Richie was the mastermind of the robbery. He had a lot of hatred for Frank Moten, and he wanted to replace him as the next kingpin of the underworld. So let’s find out what happened in Fight Night’s ending—if Chicken Man was able to prove his innocence in front of Frank Mo and if Hudson was able to find incriminating evidence against Cadillac Richie.

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What happened to McKinley, Emerson, and Baby Ray?

McKinley, Emerson, and Baby Ray were on the run with the cash,...

Gangsters, dreamers, and risk-takers collide in Fight Night: The Million Dollar Heist. Based on the podcast of the same name, Fight Night recounts the true events of Muhammad Ali's 1970 comeback fight and the daring robbery that occurred in its immediate aftermath. Kevin Hart stars as Gordon Williams, Aka The Chicken Man, who hosts a doomed party that gets hit by armed thugs.

Artrece Johnson plays Faye Williams, the long-suffering housewife to Chicken Man. Despite his philandering and financial woes, she stands by her man; even if he lets her down time and again, she won't allow that to get in the way of her love for the family unit they've built together. Elsewhere in Fight Night, Don Cheadle plays the detective assigned to Williams' case, while Samuel L. Jackson and Terrence Howard play ruthless gangsters who will stop at nothing to get their money back, all while trying to stake a claim in Atlanta,...

In 1970, Muhammad Ali, the greatest boxer of all time, had his big comeback fight against Jerry Quarry, his first match in three years. However, the aftermath of that fight was marred by a daring underworld heist, where a group of armed gunmen robbed a gangster-affiliated party for a million dollars worth of cash and jewelry. This bold crime, and the subsequent manhunt, serves as the premise for the Peacock Original Miniseries, Fight Night: The Million Dollar Heist.

Fight Night boasts an all-star cast, including Kevin Hart, Don Cheadle, Taraji P. Henson, Samuel L. Jackson, and Terrence Howard. The project boasts Will Packer as an Executive Producer. Packer has produced dozens of films and television projects over the years, including hit films like Stomp the Yard, Girls Trip, and Straight Outta Compton, among many others.

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When you talk about Mma simulation titles, you can never go past EA Sports UFC. This franchise began its reign in this genre in 2014 after Thq’s immense success with UFC Undisputed. EA even went on to hold its highly popular Fight Night boxing simulation franchise to begin this Mma simulator franchise.

EA Sports UFC 5 was released on October 27, 2023. | Credit: Electronic Arts.

The Mma simulation title from EA marked its 5th installment in 2023, which is by far probably the best Mma game in terms of realism and gameplay. But just like every other EA Sports title, this game is also not free from bugs and glitches. And this might be the biggest problem for the game right now.

EA Sports UFC 5 Is Too Buggy to be Played EA Sports UFC 5 is infested with bugs and glitches. | Credit: Electronic Arts.

Recently, a fan took to Reddit and shared their disgust about...

[This story contains spoilers from the penultimate seventh episode of Fight Night: The Million Dollar Heist.]

From the stage to the big and small screens and in-between, Debbie Allen does it all. She’s a dancer, singer, actress, choreographer, producer and director whose had her own star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame for over 30 years. She’s won Emmys, Tonys and a Golden Globe. For over 20 years, she’s helped train the future through her namesake Debbie Allen Dance Academy. If there is work to be done, she rolls up her sleeves and she does it.

Because Allen is so multifaceted, you can never be sure when, where and how she will show up. This time, she showed up in the final minutes of the penultimate episode of Peacock’s star-studded, Black gangster-fueled, hit series Fight Night: The Million Dollar Heist. From Will Packer and Kevin Hart, the series also stars Hart, along with Terrence Howard, Taraji P. Henson,...

Peacock’s crime drama “Fight Night: The Million Dollar Heist” made its streaming premiere on September 5, 2024. The star-studded cast including Kevin Hart, Taraji P. Henson, Don Cheadle, and Samuel L. Jackson was enough to attract early buzz, but what are critics saying now that six episodes have aired, with the final two slated for October 3 and October 10? And how could positive reviews impact its chances at the 2025 Golden Globe Awards?

In a city bursting with fight night anticipation, streetwise hustler Gordon “Chicken Man” Williams (Hart) plants himself at the center of the action. His big ambitions, and even bigger talk, put him on a collision course with ruthless criminals, each consumed by their own insatiable hunger for the spoils of the event. As dawn breaks on a city reeling from the heist, Jd Hudson (Cheadle), a pioneering Black detective, is thrust into a high-stakes game of cat and mouse as the body count rises.

Last week’s episode of Fight Night had Gordon and Hudson teaming up for the first time in their lives to solve the mystery around the robbery that had turned so many lives upside down. Their investigation led them to Andre, but before they could get some answers regarding the robbery, Moten’s men showed up and began a shootout. Andre died in the process, Gordon had to go on the run, and after a heated altercation with Detective Mason, Detective Hudson was suspended for making such a huge mess. Meanwhile, Frank Moten, who was desperate to know if Gordon had tried to rob him or not, told Missouri Slim to use Vivian to get a hold of the elusive Chicken Man. That plan ended up working in Slim’s favor as Gordon walked right into his trap. In the sixth episode of Fight Night, we’ll see Gordon and...

While promoting his new Atlanta-based show, Samuel L. Jackson is supporting the Falcons on their home turf.

The honorary Oscar winner appears in a cinematic opening sequence this weekend for Sunday Night Football, airing 7pm Et on NBC on Peacock, as the home team faces off against defending Super Bowl champions Kansas City Chiefs.

“The challenges come at you fast and they come at you furious… never more so when their names are Kelce and Mahomes,” he says in the opening.

Jackson continues, “It’s about fighting with everything you’ve got to survive… and taking advantage of nights that can get everyone talking about you differently… nights like this where you play hard, hit hard, and rise up!”

During the segment, Jackson also recalls selling concessions at the Falcons’ former Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium home in the ’60s. He studied dramatic arts at Atlanta’s Morehouse College before breaking out as an actor.

After the debacle at Chicken Man’s afterparty, everyone was hellbent on finding out who had dared to rob the most notorious Black gangsters in the USA. The police wanted to get to the bottom of it before a gang war broke out on the streets of Atlanta. Meanwhile, the robbers were busy planning how to ensure that they could enjoy the money that they had stolen from Vivian’s house. Detective Hudson made some headway by learning about Tommy because he was the one who had bought the guns that were used during the robbery. Chicken Man, who was conducting an investigation of his own, arrived at the same conclusion, but before he could get to Tommy, he was arrested by Hudson. Since Silky was keeping Moten at bay while Chicken Man searched for the guilty party, he ended up paying for Chicken Man’s inability to bring Tommy to Moten.

Near the end of the second episode of Fight Night: The Million Dollar Heist’s three-episode debut, one of New York City’s fiercest and deadliest gangsters, Frank Moten, played by Samuel L. Jackson, hovers over a petrified small-time Atlanta hustler known as Chicken Man, played by Kevin Hart, after leaving a historic boxing match in that Southern city in 1970.

Moten and his henchmen have taken Gordon “Chicken Man” Williams and a Miami gangster named Harvey (Celestino Cornielle) out to a field in Atlanta, where he quickly executes the Florida crime boss for making insulting comments to him before the unsanctioned boxing match between Muhammad Ali and Jerry Quarry. Chicken Man had made the mistake of trying to run a scam on Moten while he was watching the fight and made a promise he couldn’t deliver on, which resulted in his invitation out to the field for a final destination.

Muhammad Ali called Oct. 26, 1970, his “day of judgment.” His refusal to be inducted to the Army during the Vietnam War, on moral and religious grounds, had pushed him out of the ring for 43 months. But that night in Atlanta, his boxing license restored, he faced “The Great White Hope” Jerry Quarry in his long-awaited return to the ring. Black royalty from Harlem to Birmingham showed up and showed out: Diana Ross, Sidney Poitier, Hank Aaron, and Corretta Scott King filled ringside seats. Filling the stands right alongside them were a bevy of gangsters,...

The first three episodes of Fight Night: The Million Dollar Heist largely focused on Detective Hudson preparing to protect Muhammad Ali for his comeback fight in Atlanta and Gordon ‘Chicken Man’ Williams setting the stage for a lavish party at Vivian Thomas’ house after the aforementioned fight. Hudson got his job done without too many hiccups, and he won the confidence of the one and only Muhammad Ali, who promised to return to Atlanta just because of the detective. Gordon faced all kinds of hurdles. He was abducted by a local gangster called Javi and forced into a partnership with him. He tried his best to woo his idol, Frank ‘Black Godfather’ Moten, several times and failed. Gordon was accused of colluding with Javi to backstab Moten. And when Gordon finally won over Moten with his pitch about turning Atlanta into “Black Vegas,” and he took the Black Godfather to the afterparty,...

Many more besides Muhammad Ali will be portrayed in Peacock’sFight Night: The Million Dollar Heist. The limited series, based on the iHeart true-crime podcast of the same name, will shed light on an armed robbery that took place the night of Ali’s (Dexter Darden) comeback fight in the 1970s.

A star-studded cast brings the show to life starting Sept. 5. For more details on the release rollout, episodes and the cast, read on.

When does Fight Night premiere?

The show enters the ring on Sept. 5.

How many episodes are in Fight Night?

There are eight episodes in the show’s first installment.

Are new episodes streaming weekly or all at once? When do they arrive on Peacock?

The first three episodes came out on the show’s premiere date. The rest arrive on Thursdays each week until October 10, 2024, when the finale airs.

Episode 1: “Round One: The Ballad of Chicken Man” – Thursday,...

Samuel L. Jackson and Kevin Hart's new crime series with a 95% critics score on Rotten Tomatoes, Fight Night: The Million Dollar Heist, has become an instant streaming hit just days after release. Based on the 2020 podcast of the same name, Fight Night follows the true story of a heist that took place in 1970 during Muhammed Alis comeback fight with Jerry Quarry. The series stars Hart as Gordon "Chicken Man" Williams and Samuel L. Jackson as Frank "Black Godfather" Morten, two people involved in the crime that took place following the hyped-up boxing match.

Now, according to The Hollywood Reporter, Comcast president Mike Cavanugh spoke at the Goldman Sachs Communacopia & Technology Conference in San Francisco, revealing Fight Night had become Peacock's most watched original in the history of the platform. The series managed to achieve this feat within five days of launching on the streaming service, and with only three of its eight episodes released.

The Rotten Tomatoes audience score has been revealed for Fight Night: The Million Dollar Heist. Fight Night is a Peacock crime series that imagines the true story of what happens after Muhammad Ali wins a fight against Jerry Quarry, with action kicking off when hundreds of people are robbed at his after party in a massive armed robbery. Fight Night premiered its first three episodes on Peacock on September 5 and will continue to air weekly on Fridays up through October 10. Fight Night's leading cast includes Samuel L. Jackson, Dexter Darden, Don Cheadle, Kevin Hart, Terrence Howard, and Taraji P. Henson.

Now, the Rotten Tomatoes audience score has been revealed for Fight Night. At the time of writing, the limited series has a 95% Tomatometer on Rotten Tomatoes, with a score amassed from 20 critical reviews. The show's audience score has been revealed to be an almost-as-impressive 94%. Both of these scores are subject to change,...

Comcast and its NBCUniversal streamer Peacock are flying high across the board, Comcast president Mike Cavanagh signaled on Tuesday.

Speaking at the Goldman Sachs Communacopia + Technology Conference in San Francisco in a session that was live-streamed, he shared that Fight Night: The Million Dollar Heist, the new limited series starring Kevin Hart, Taraji Henson, Don Cheadle, Samuel L. Jackson, and more, has become a hit within days. “We launched Fight Night on Thursday night with Kevin Hart and an unbelievable cast,” he said. “And that’s the most watched title, original, in the history of Peacock.”

Overall, Peacock continues to evolve, Cavanagh said. “We feel very good about what we’ve done over a few short years, where we were going from a standing start when it became clear that we wouldn’t be staying in Hulu,” he said.

The executive also discussed the recent Paris Summer Olympics, which set an advertising record,...

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Peacock's new crime thriller Fight Night: The Million Dollar Heist tells a shocking but true-to-life story of the 1970 heist that occurred in Atlanta on the heels of Muhammad Ali's comeback fight against Jerry Quarry. The series is inspired by iHeart Radio's similarly titled true-crime podcast and dramatized to depict the half-century-old criminal case from what series creator Shaye Ogbanna calls "a character perspective," according to Today. Ogbanna unites Fight Night's star-studded cast with a well-crafted script to bring the show's characters to life - and thus far, his conceptualization of the catastrophe has proven to be a hit with viewers.

The series released its first three episodes on September 5 to a very positive critical reception, as indicated by Fight Night's current Rotten Tomatoes score. Bestowing the series with an impressive 93% approval rating, top Rt critics generally agree that Fight Night has the right combination of talent and story to entertain.

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Get ready for a thrilling crime drama series with one of the most stacked casts you will ever see and to top it all off it is set on the night of Muhammad Ali‘s return to boxing. We are talking about Peacock’s new series Fight Night: The Million Dollar Heist created by Shaye Ogbonna. Based on the 2020 podcast titled Fight Night by Jeff Keating and Jim Roberts, the Peacock series is going to be an entertaining package filled with thrill, drama, and brutal consequences.

Fight Night: The Million Dollar Heist is set in the year 1970 and it revolves around a heist that occurred on the night of Muhammad Ali’s return to boxing, which sets in motion a chain of events that results in some of the most ruthless gangsters in the U.S. going on...

Kevin Hart leads a starry cast of characters in Peacock's new crime drama miniseries, Fight Night: The Million Dollar Heist. As its title suggests, the series is based on an exceptionally ambitious heist, previously documented in iHeart Radio's similarly titled true-crime podcast helmed and hosted by Jeff Keating. Both recount the true-to-life events of a shocking armed robbery that occurred the night of Muhammad Ali's first professional boxing match after being banned from the sport for years as a result of refusing to be drafted into the U.S. Army during the Vietnam War.

The stakes were high not only for the renowned boxer's comeback but for a crowd who gathered to celebrate Ali's historic fight at an ill-fated afterparty targeted by thieves. Fight Night series creator Shaye Ogbonna brings together an assemblage of big-name actors and TV newcomers to depict all parties involved in the catastrophe in what's...

In the opening monologue of the first episode of Fight Night: The Million Dollar Heist, Gordon “Chicken Man” Williams, played by Kevin Hart, lays the foundation for Peacock’s eight-part limited series (which is now streaming its first three episodes).

“You know they burned Atlanta to the ground,” Chicken Man tells his friend, who runs a funeral home and is setting a body in a casket. “They burned it down to the ashes, just like they did in that old Gone with the Wind motherfucker. Yeah, but Atlanta rose up, rebuilt! How we do that? Because of us. Because of Black folks, that’s how we did it. They did the same thing in Chicago, too. But the difference is we’re not like Chicago, not one bit. We’re not like Chicago, New York, L.A., no. Down here, we’re different. Know why we’re different? Because down,...

“Fight Night: The Million Dollar Heist,” the eight-episode miniseries (currently streaming on Peacock), documents two major events in Atlanta’s history. While Muhammad Ali made his professional boxing comeback with a win against Jerry Quarry at Atlanta’s Municipal Auditorium on October 26, 1970, a group of hoodlums robbed the Black Mafia of more than $1 million in cash and jewelry at a nearby after-party. As a result, Atlanta eventually became a Black Mecca.

At the center of “Fight Night” is street hustler Gordon “Chicken Man” Williams (Kevin Hart), who hosts the after-party in honor of New York mobster Frank Moten (Samuel L. Jackson), who controls the gangs. While Chicken Man sees Atlanta as a potential Black Vegas, Moten has more ambitious plans for turning the city into a Black Mecca. But just when it looks like they can work together, the robbery turns Chicken Man into the prime suspect. In the aftermath,...

Fight Night: The Million Dollar Heist debuts on Rotten Tomatoes to an impressive score. Created by Shaye Ogbanna, Fight Night: The Million Dollar Heist is based on the true story of Muhammad Ali's return to boxing in 1970 and the attempted heist at the event's after party in Atlanta. The Peacock miniseries features a stacked cast, including Samuel L. Jackson, Kevin Hart, Don Cheadle, Terrence Howard, and Taraji P. Henson.

Rotten Tomatoes now reveals that Fight Night: The Million Dollar Heist has debuted with a high critics' score of 91% from 11 reviews. This score is sure to change as more reviews are added, but Ogbanna's limited series is evidently off to a strong start. No Popcornmeter score (previously called the audience score) has been revealed just yet as there are fewer than 50 audience ratings, but one is sure to emerge as more viewers get a chance to watch the show.

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