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Netflix Releases ‘America’s Team,’ A Deep-Dive on Jerry Jones and His Cowboys

The eight-part docuseries uses unusual access to examine how Jones’ business-first stewardship built a global brand despite a decades-long title drought.

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Overview

  • All eight episodes of America's Team: The Gambler and His Cowboys are now streaming on Netflix following the Aug. 19 release.
  • Directed by Chapman and Maclain Way, the series features extensive on-camera access and interviews with Jerry Jones, Jimmy Johnson, Troy Aikman, Michael Irvin, Deion Sanders and George W. Bush.
  • The narrative revisits Jones’ 1989 takeover, Tom Landry’s ouster, the early-’90s Super Bowl run, the Jones–Johnson split and their later reconciliation with Johnson’s 2023 Ring of Honor induction.
  • Jones foregrounds brand-building and explains why he remains general manager, saying “I like the pain,” while sharing personal revelations including reported death threats after firing Landry and a 1960s meeting with Jimmy Hoffa.
  • Early coverage highlights the filmmaking and candor as the series weighs the Cowboys’ status as the NFL’s most valuable team (roughly $12 billion) against a 30-year conference-title-game drought and constant media magnetism.