Ballers
2015 · TV Series · TV-MA · ★ 6.8 · 69% critics
A retired football star tries to rebuild his life after leaving the game, while guiding other current and former players through the high-pressure, high-money world behind professional football. As careers shift and egos clash, the line between friendship, business, and survival gets tested.
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Details
- Years
- 2015–2019
- Release date
- 2015-06-21
- Network
- HBO
- Language
- English
- Rated
- TV-MA
- Critic score
- 69/100
- TMDB rating
- 6.8/10 (804 votes)
About
You’ll likely enjoy this if you want light, fast episodes about the business side of football and big personalities, with an Entourage-like vibe; Not for you if you dislike flashy excess or political storylines.
Pros: fun sports-world peek; quick comedy-drama mix; strong lead presence | Cons: later seasons feel repetitive; politics feel forced; over-the-top debauchery
Themes
- american football
- sports
Cast & crew
Dwayne Johnson
as Spencer Strassmore
Rob Corddry
as Joe Krutel
John David Washington
as Ricky Jerret
Omar Benson Miller
as Charles Greane
Troy Garity
as Jason Antolotti
London Brown
as Reggie
Donovan W. Carter
as Vernon Littlefield
Arielle Kebbel
as Tracy Legette
Anabelle Acosta
as Annabella
Jazmyn Simon
as Julie Greane
Directed by Peter Berg, Chloe Domont, Simon Cellan Jones +4 more
Created by Stephen Levinson
Episodes5 seasons · 47 episodes
Season 110 episodes
- S1E1Pilot30mAmazon Prime VideoHBO MaxHulu
- S1E2Raise Up29mAmazon Prime VideoHBO MaxHulu
- S1E3Move the Chains29mAmazon Prime VideoHBO MaxHulu
- S1E4Heads Will Roll29mAmazon Prime VideoHBO MaxHulu
- S1E5Machete Charge26mAmazon Prime VideoHBO MaxHulu
- S1E6Everything Is Everything27mAmazon Prime VideoHBO MaxHulu
- S1E7Ends26mAmazon Prime VideoHBO MaxHulu
- S1E8Gaslighting28mAmazon Prime VideoHBO MaxHulu
- S1E9Head-On29mAmazon Prime VideoHBO MaxHulu
- S1E10Flamingos31mAmazon Prime VideoHBO MaxHulu
Season 210 episodes
- S2E1Face of the Franchise27mAmazon Prime VideoHBO MaxHulu
- S2E2Enter the Temple29mAmazon Prime VideoHBO MaxHulu
- S2E3Elidee28mAmazon Prime VideoHBO MaxHulu
- S2E4World of Hurt30mAmazon Prime VideoHBO MaxHulu
- S2E5Most Guys29mAmazon Prime VideoHBO MaxHulu
- S2E6Saturdaze28mAmazon Prime VideoHBO MaxHulu
- S2E7Everybody Knows30mAmazon Prime VideoHBO MaxHulu
- S2E8Laying in the Weeds30mAmazon Prime VideoHBO MaxHulu
- S2E9Million Bucks in a Bag27mAmazon Prime VideoHBO MaxHulu
- S2E10Game Day35mAmazon Prime VideoHBO MaxHulu
Season 310 episodes
- S3E1Seeds of Expansion30mAmazon Prime VideoHBO MaxHulu
- S3E2Bull Rush30mAmazon Prime VideoHBO MaxHulu
- S3E3In the Teeth29mAmazon Prime VideoHBO MaxHulu
- S3E4Ride and Die29mAmazon Prime VideoHBO MaxHulu
- S3E5Make Believe29mAmazon Prime VideoHBO MaxHulu
- S3E6I Hate New York29mAmazon Prime VideoHBO MaxHulu
- S3E7Ricky-Leaks30mAmazon Prime VideoHBO MaxHulu
- S3E8Alley-Oops31mAmazon Prime VideoHBO MaxHulu
- S3E9Crackback29mAmazon Prime VideoHBO MaxHulu
- S3E10Yay Area32mAmazon Prime VideoHBO MaxHulu
Season 49 episodes
- S4E1Rough Ride30mAmazon Prime VideoHBO MaxHulu
- S4E2Don't You Wanna Be Obama?28mAmazon Prime VideoHBO MaxHulu
- S4E3This Is Not Our World30mAmazon Prime VideoHBO MaxHulu
- S4E4Forgiving is Living24mAmazon Prime VideoHBO MaxHulu
- S4E5Doink27mAmazon Prime VideoHBO MaxHulu
- S4E6No Small Talk29mAmazon Prime VideoHBO MaxHulu
- S4E7The Kids Are Aight30mAmazon Prime VideoHBO MaxHulu
- S4E8The Devil You Know28mAmazon Prime VideoHBO MaxHulu
- S4E9There's No Place Like Home, Baby31mAmazon Prime VideoHBO MaxHulu
Season 58 episodes
- S5E1Protocol Is for Losers28mAmazon Prime VideoHBO MaxHulu
- S5E2Must Be the Shoes25mAmazon Prime VideoHBO MaxHulu
- S5E3Copernicursed27mAmazon Prime VideoHBO MaxHulu
- S5E4Municipal30mAmazon Prime VideoHBO MaxHulu
- S5E5Crumbs29mAmazon Prime VideoHBO MaxHulu
- S5E6Edutainment30mAmazon Prime VideoHBO MaxHulu
- S5E7Who Wants a Lollipop25mAmazon Prime VideoHBO MaxHulu
- S5E8Players Only31mAmazon Prime VideoHBO MaxHulu