Overview
- HBO and NFL Films released the trailer on Tuesday, July 21, and said the five-episode season will premiere Tuesday, Aug. 4 at 9 p.m. ET on HBO with episodes streaming weekly on HBO Max through Sept. 1.
- Production is centered at the Seahawks’ Renton training camp and will document coach Mike Macdonald’s preparations for a repeat championship run.
- The show will spotlight quarterback Sam Darnold, 2025 AP Offensive Player of the Year Jaxon Smith-Njigba, and defensive standouts Devon Witherspoon and Byron Murphy II, and it will be narrated by Liev Schreiber.
- This is the first Hard Knocks season to feature the Seahawks since the franchise began in 2001, a shift from the team’s earlier stance when general manager John Schneider declined to participate in 2013.
- Hard Knocks is a long-running NFL training-camp franchise that often shapes public narratives and fan expectations, so this season will likely increase scrutiny of the Seahawks as they head into the 2026 regular season.