30 for 30 2009
Created by Bill Simmons, Connor Schell, John Dahl
- Documentary
- 4 seasons
- 140 episodes
- Returning
- TV-PG
30 for 30 is the title for a series of documentary films airing on ESPN, its sister networks, and online highlighting interesting people and events in sports history. This currently includes four "volumes" of 30 episodes each, a 13-episode series under the ESPN Films Presents title in 2011–2012, and a series of 30 for 30 Shorts shown through the ESPN.com website. The series has also expanded to include Soccer Stories, which aired in advance of the 2014 FIFA World Cup, and audio podcasts. This entry refers to the main Volumes of the series presented by ESPN
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Classical in form, earnest, grave and spare.
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- sparerichly built
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- Bill SimmonsCreator
- Connor SchellCreator
- John DahlCreator
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Seasons
- Volume I30 eps · 2009
- Volume II30 eps · 2012
- Volume III32 eps · 2015
- Volume IV49 eps · 2019
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