Peyton's Places

On his quest to learn more about the other side of the ball, Peyton meets up with J.J. Watt, one of the game's most fearsome defenders, gets slugged by a baseball bat and gets in the ring with boxing legend George Forman to talk football.

Peyton and his brother Eli look at the history of the Lombardi Trophy.

Peyton looks at the history of football in Chicago and visits with two Bears super fans.

Peyton looks at the origins of fantasy football.

Peyton talks with NFL legend Ray Lewis about the importance of defense.

Host of CNBC’s Mad Money Jim Cramer welcomes Peyton to Wall Street where they discover how the stock market crash of 1929 led to the creation of the NFL Draft. Also, Peyton explores how an IBM 360 computer and Mel Kiper, a draftnik with no credentials, helped turn the draft into must-see television.

Hall of Fame quarterbacks Roger Staubach (Cowboys) and Joe Montana (49ers/Chiefs) help Peyton explore the evolution of the quarterback and how it became the most important position in all of sport – and the face of every NFL franchise.

Peyton re-enacts a 1926 Giants publicity stunt by throwing a pass off the top of the Radiator Building in New York City to Hall of Famer Cris Carter in adjacent Bryant Park. The pass attempt was from 324-feet in the air and had to travel 112 yards to reach Carter.

Peyton drives a 1920s Hupmobile with comedian Jay Leno and learns how the NFL started with a car and a car salesman, Ralph Hay, in Canton, Ohio. He visits with Joe Namath, playing pool and discussing how Namath led the New York Jets to the historic Super Bowl III victory.

Peyton ponders the difficulty a football player faces in saying goodbye to the game they love and talks to some of the all-time greatest players, including his brother Eli, about their retirements from the game.

Peyton interviews Pro Football Hall of Famer Tony Gonzalez, who famously used his basketball skills to help him transition to playing tight end in the NFL.

Peyton talks with former NFL running back Garrison Hearst about the unfortunate luck that has stricken the cover athletes over the years.

Peyton meets up with Willie Gault and Darrell Green, two of the fastest players in NFL history, and learns how they blazed a trail into pro football.

Peyton takes a look at the history of the Super Bowl halftime show.

Peyton goes into the history of the safety position and talks with a hard-hitting San Francisco 49ers all-time great Ronnie Lott and Rodney Harrison.

The former NFL quarterback will chat with Kurt Russell as they talk about his character, Reno Hightower, from the movie The Best of Times. It also stars the late Robin Williams as a banker looking to restage a game where he dropped a perfectly thrown pass that cost his team the game.

The former NFL quarterback heads to West Point. There he meets up with former United States President, Bill Clinton, and they journey to learn about the history of the forward pass.

This time, fans will join Manning as he enlists the help of Ron Jaworski to learn how Thomas Edison produced the first game film when he recorded Princeton versus Yale in 1903. He then meets up with James Van Der Beek to break down the play of the greatest movie quarterbacks of all-time.

Manning meets up with the former late-night host at Ball State, Letterman’s alma mater. The future Hall of Famer enlists the help of the football team to propose new rules for the sport.

Owens is one of the biggest and most widely misunderstood personalities in NFL history. Peyton meets with T.O. to talk about his Hall of Fame career and larger-than-life persona.

The mobile quarterback of the modern NFL owes some of its DNA to Tarkenton, who broke free from the mold of pocket QB.

Manning meets up with 4-time Super Bowl champion Lynn Swann, reuniting him with the AMC Pacer X, the same kind of car he won as the MVP of Super Bowl X.

John Elway, one of the NFL’s most revered quarterbacks and Manning’s former boss, breaks down film at Mile High Stadium in Denver and chat with each other.

Manning chats with former Seahawks running back Marshawn Lynch, one of the most respected running backs in NFL history. Lynch discusses joyriding on an injury cart, causing an earthquake and his pre-game superstitions with Manning in the season premiere.

Peyton and Eagles legend Ricky Watters dress up as Santa Claus and throw snowballs at Eagles fans to exact revenge for the notorious “Santa Game”.

Peyton meets up with former linebacker Brian Bosworth to learn how "The Boz" built a brand around his alter ego.

Peyton and Washington football legends Joe Theismann, Mark May and Darrell Green visit RFK Stadium one last time to reminisce about the stadium's glory days before its demolition.

Peyton teams up with former teammate Wes Welker and long snapper-magician, Jon Dorenbos, to show how sleight-of-hand has created some of the most magical plays in football history.

Peyton heads to Canton with Chargers legends Dan Fouts, Charlie Joiner, Wes Chandler and Kellen Winslow to celebrate Don Coryell and the potent passing offense named after him.

After finding the original Madden Cruiser at the Hall of Fame, Peyton "borrows" the bus and travels cross country to the places that made John Madden one of the most beloved figures in football.

Peyton prepares his best sales pitches to entice venture capitalist Mark Cuban to invest in football inventions that are ready for the market.

Peyton goes to Walt Disney World to learn the origin of the iconic Super Bowl commercial with the quarterback who started it all, Phil Simms.

Peyton enlists help from former teammate Pat McAfee to explore the history of punters and the demise of the coffin-corner kick.

Peyton joins 49ers tight end George Kittle on the streets of San Francisco to promote the NFL's newest holiday: National Tight Ends Day.

Shocked after discovering the NFL allowed Super Bowl X to be used as a "set" for the Hollywood blockbuster Black Sunday, Peyton and former Cincinnati Bengals wide receiver Chad Johnson commandeer the Goodyear Blimp and re-enact the 70's disaster film.

Peyton Manning is back in Cincinnati! This time, he meets up with former Bengals wide receiver Cris Collinsworth to explore the history of tall receivers in the NFL at one of the tallest skyscrapers in the city.

Long before there was the Practice Squad in the NFL, there was the Taxi Squad. Peyton Manning and four-time NFL All-Pro James Harrison take a ride to learn more about how the Practice Squad started with a taxi in Cleveland.

OMAHA! Peyton Manning goes through the history of quarterbacks calling their own plays and the invention that made playcalling the coach's job, with help from Cincinnati Bengals QB Joe Burrow and former Bengals QB Boomer Esiason.

When Patriots owner Robert Kraft asks former Patriots Rob Gronkowski and Julian Edelman to pay for damages to New England's Super Bowl LI Trophy, Peyton takes them to Rhode Island where the trio try to build a Lombardi Trophy from scratch.

When Peyton can't quite explain the NFL's Passer Efficiency Rating to a math class at his alma mater, the former Tennessee Volunteer enlists the help of Falcons quarterback Kirk Cousins to get to the bottom of the NFL's most confusing statistic.

Peyton Manning heads west to Malibu, CA, to meet up with Chargers head coach Jim Harbaugh to help him spend a day in his favorite TV show, The Rockford Files, climaxing in a wild ride along the California coast that would make Jim Rockford proud.

Peyton Manning heads to Philadelphia, where he switches places Freaky Friday style with former Eagles center Jason Kelce to learn about the history of the quarterback sneak. Peyton becomes the center of attention as he experiences the Tush Push from Kelce's perspective.

After successfully freeing the Detroit Lions from "The Curse of Bobby Layne", Peyton Manning gets ambushed by former Buffalo Bills wide receiver Steve Tasker and The Bills Mafia, who demand Peyton lift "The Buffalo Sports Curse". After hearing their pleas, Peyton meets up with Bills quarterback Josh Allen as they attempt to lift the curse.