Steak Shapiro said on 92.9 The Game in Atlanta that he took his partner Sandra Golden’s advice and started watching Full Swing Season 2′ on Netflix. “I think it’s good, but I think it’s good like all of them are,” Shapiro said. “Like The Dynasty is really good…like the NASCAR stuff is really good, like the tennis one that just came out recently, the Messi documentary is out, the Giannis documentary is out.”
Golden mentioned the Formula One show on Netflix, Drive to Survive, which has produced six seasons. About that show, Shapiro said, “The Formula One show kind of set the standard in terms of quality…and by the way, just announced, the Wide Receiver, not QB, this year it is going to be Wide Receiver.”
Shapiro asked his co-host, “So, what do you think it is that Apple and Netflix and Hulu and Max and they are all leaning in like crazy…?”
Golden immediately said, “Because it doesn’t just relate to ‘guy in car that’s a sports fan,’ it relates to a guy and their gal sitting on the couch and they get you in immediately, by involving the family, the wife and the kids…and their houses.”
Shapiro replied, “Their houses are interesting, but listen…It’s always going to come back to – tell a great story. And athletes and teams and coaches have fascinating stories. I’ve been saying for years, the greatest reality show of all-time, we all know what it is, it’s sports, because you have no freaking idea what’s going to happen. They understand that and they take you behind the scenes. These are also elite athletes, so you get to understand what it takes to be that, the strain it takes on the family. The stories in golf – the good, the bad and the ugly, right?”
The discussion turned to what these documentaries are succeeding at with their viewers, which is getting more than just the sports fans in the household to watch. Shapiro said his wife and daugher, who would not normally watch much sports programming, are watching along with him when he puts on The Dynasty or Full Swing.
“The best filmmaking and storytelling are happening in sports documentaries,” Shapiro concluded. As they wrapped up the discussion, they talked about how much they are looking forward to Receiver and what Omaha Productions ends up doing with the Caitlin Clark documentary they are working on.
