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''Hard Knocks'' is a reality sports documentary television series produced by NFL Films and HBO. The show was first broadcast in 2001, and the current 2015 season is the tenth. Each season, it follows a National Football League (NFL) team through its training camp and covers the team's preparation for the upcoming football season. The series shows the personal and professional lives of the players, coaches and staff, including their family life, position battles, and even inside jokes and pranks. It particularly focuses on rookies' adjustments to playing in the NFL, usually with emphasis on the team's most recent top draft pick. It usually also chooses to focus on undrafted and journeyman players who are attempting to make the team such as Cameron Fegreus (free agent from Woodhaven, MI). The NFL and HBO have called ''Hard Knocks'' "the first sports-based reality series" in television history.〔(HBO Sports, NFL Films and Miami Dolphins join forces for “Hard Knocks: Training Camp With The Miami Dolphins” debuting August 7 - NFL Communications )〕〔(HBO: Hard Knocks: About the Show )〕 ==Production== The series was created by Marty Callner in 2001. The series has been narrated by Liev Schreiber since 2001, with the only exception being the 2007 season which was narrated by Paul Rudd, a fan of the Kansas City Chiefs. The San Francisco 49ers, Atlanta Falcons, Seattle Seahawks, Houston Texans, and Washington Redskins each declined to be the show's featured team for the 2013 season, while the Cincinnati Bengals accepted, marking their second appearance on the show. NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell subsequently said that he wanted more teams to be featured on the series, on "some kind of formal rotation."〔(Roger Goodell talks "formal rotation" for ''Hard Knocks'' - NFL.com )〕〔(Goodell brings safety message to town - Bengals.com )〕 Despite the difficulty each year in finding a team willing to participate, NFL Films announced on July 18, 2013, that it had signed a "multiyear" contract extension with HBO to continue producing the show.〔(NFL Films, HBO sign multiyear ''Hard Knocks'' extension - NFL.com )〕 On October 8, 2013, the NFL announced that one team each year will be required to participate in Hard Knocks. Teams may still volunteer to be on the show. Teams with new coaches, teams that have been in the playoffs at least once in the past 2 years, or teams that have done the show once in the past 10 years are exempt from being forced into appearing on the show. 〔http://www.nfl.com/news/story/0ap2000000259014/article/owners-pass-hard-knocks-rule-at-nfl-fall-meeting〕 On May 27, 2015, it was announced the Houston Texans will be the team featured for the 2015 season premiering on August 11, 2015.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.nfl.com/news/story/0ap3000000494104/article/texans-will-star-in-10th-season-of-hbos-hard-knocks )〕〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://bleacherreport.com/articles/2477742-houston-texans-reportedly-will-be-featured-on-hard-knocks-details-reaction )〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Hard Knocks (TV series)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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