The Franchise: A Season with the San Francisco Giants: Season 1
  • Network: Showtime
  • Series Premiere Date: Jul 13, 2011
  • Season #: 1 , 2 , 3
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  • Summary: The San Francisco Giants are the subject of this documentary series, which will follow the team as it seeks to defend its title as World Series champions.
  • Genre(s): Sports, Documentary

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  1. MarcDoyle
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    If you're at all a fan of the "Hard Knocks" series on HBO, you'll love this. You don't need to be a SF Giants fan (though I'm sure it doesn't hurt). If you've played sports or are a sports fan, this should be right up your alley. I didn't check my watch once during the hour-long first episode. And Brian Wilson? What a freak. Love that guy...… Collapse
  2. JoeinMD
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    I am not a baseball fan, but the "characters" and "story" are very interesting to watch. They seem to have captured a good amount of the "drama" of the SF Giants and the players struggles with life and baseball.… Expand

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