If you've ever wanted to see NFL star Peyton Manning explore some sporting GOATs, or world-renowned experts compete to teach grade-schoolers about the grandest historical narratives, you're in luck. The History Channel has just greenlit two new shows: one aimed at adults with a proclivity for sports, and the other for the brainier kids in the room.
History's Greatest of All-Time with Peyton Manning, a one-hour nonfiction series, will see the forty-five-year-old former star quarterback run through the "GOATs" of diverse human achievement, from the worlds of sports through to politics and technology. (Naturally, this conversation will remain far from controversial.) And on The Einstein Challenge, a half-hour challenge series, two world-class experts are pit against each other in a challenge to explain "seriously complicated concepts" to a table of tots. Presumably whoever can best "explain like they're a five-year-old" wins.
Of the GOAT show, Manning said:
“The History Channel has long been a leader in original programming that informs and entertains audiences. As a longtime history buff, I couldn’t be more excited for [Manning's production house] Omaha to team up with great historians and producers to create these two shows that celebrate history and uncover stories in a fun way.”
Eli Lehrer, Executive Vice President and Head of Programming for The History Channel, said:
“We are thrilled to recruit Peyton to our team at The History Channel. To have one of the greatest in sports history educate us about the most fascinating G.O.A.T’s throughout time, coupled with him producing a smart, witty new show with kids, is unparalleled, and we can’t wait to bring these new shows to our audience.”
Here's the synopsis for History's Greatest of All-Time with Peyton Manning:
"Each week during History's Greatest of All-TIme with Peyton Manning, ost Manning will count down the greatest of all-time in a single category, from the greatest General to the greatest inventor or President. The network has ordered eight, one-hour episodes of the nonfiction series."
And here's the synopsis for The Einstein Challenge:
"Albert Einstein is credited with saying that if you can’t explain something to a kid, you don’t know it yourself. The world is complicated, and sometimes we need things explained to us like we’re kids. The Einstein Challenge will do just that! In each half-hour episode, two world-class experts will compete to see who can best explain seriously complicated concepts to a panel of kids. This fun and educational show will break down the world’s biggest questions in a way anyone can understand such as how does an airplane fly or how bad was the eruption of Mt. Vesuvius."