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It is about halftime, so grab another cold one and enjoy this brilliant new five-part documentary on Showtime celebrating the 50th season of “The Other League”.

From its tumultuous beginnings to its unlikely merger with its all-powerful well-established rival NFL, follow the birth of this brilliantly innovative upstart league filled with unique personalities both on and off the field.

From their early days in the fledgling American Football League to the exciting squads of the 21st century, all the great games, star players and classic moments of one of the National Football League’s most exciting franchises scores on a new double-disc DVD set