Overview

• Netflix confirmed the eight-part documentary will stream worldwide on Aug. 19 after press screenings and a Los Angeles premiere on Aug. 12.
• Directed by Chapman and Maclain Way, the series relies on extensive cooperation from Jerry Jones, the Jones family and former Cowboys stars, leading critics to compare it to The Last Dance with a decidedly promotional tone.
• The narrative begins with Jones’s 1989 $140 million purchase of the Cowboys and details his business innovations that helped grow the franchise’s valuation to more than $10 billion.
• Episodes revisit the fraught partnership between Jones and coach Jimmy Johnson during the team’s three Super Bowl wins, featuring in-depth reflections from Hall of Famers Troy Aikman, Emmitt Smith and Deion Sanders.
• The penultimate chapter, titled “Cocaine Cowboy,” examines Michael Irvin’s legal troubles—from a drug possession charge to an alleged murder-for-hire plot—highlighting the team’s off-field controversies.