In the first time teams have shared star billing, this will be the Rams’ second and the Chargers’ first appearance on HBO’s behind-the-scenes football series.
The new NFL TV season will rise in the West.
The Rams and Chargers will be featured on “Hard Knocks,” the first time teams have shared star billing in the HBO series that takes viewers behind the scenes at pro football training camps, the producers announced Thursday.
NFL Films camera crews will come to Southern California in the next few weeks, according to the producers, to begin following coaches and players competing for starting jobs and roster spots.
One theme that’s likely to link the two L. A. teams: Both are moving into the same new home, the multi-billion-dollar SoFi Stadium in Inglewood.
The five one-hour “Hard Knocks” episodes are scheduled to be get their first showings on Tuesday nights at 10 p.m. PDT starting Aug. 11.
As of Wednesday, producers hadn’t said what happens if the coronavirus pandemic forces NFL training camps to be delayed much past the current late July reporting dates.
