“Football Town: Barrow Alaska” has just finished its first season and many people have become intrigued by the football team that is isolated from the rest of the world. This show is a 30-minute documentary that stars head coach, Brian Houston, his assistant coaches and his varsity football team. The season explores the lives, successes and failures, both on and off the field, of the players and coaches.

One aspect of the show that I believe has its pros and cons is the chronicling of the players lives. Some of the pros to it are that they show the players and coaches personalities off the field. The show gives an understanding about what it is like to be a football player out in Alaska. There are cons to this, too. The show can be too personal at times for the players lives. At times, they show the cultures and religious beliefs of the players, which one may see as a problem. The show sometimes includes seemingly unnecessary or unimportant scenes of the players and coaches lives, which may cause the audience to lose slight interest at times.

The show began in mid-September, which was perfect timing as football season was starting up for most high school programs. This season showed the struggles in the beginning of the season that football teams face, to the middle and end when the teams start to succeed. The ending of the show was early, but in Alaska, the season starts earlier because of three months of darkness.

My overall opinion of the show is that it is a good show. It is intriguing because in Barrow, Alaska that have to take a plane to every away game. Barrow is on a peninsula, which makes it only surrounded by water. They have cold weather throughout the year, with highs only going up to the 60s and 70s in Fahrenheit. The Barrow Whalers football team struggles because of the constant cold, which makes the ball harder to throw. This team is the “heart and soul” of its town. Barrow is a small town and does not have a large population. They play the top teams in the state during the year because they can not play any local teams due to the peninsula nearby. This show would be enjoyed by anyone who understands a little bit about football or enjoys underdog stories. There are not many similar shows because the team is unique, playing at the top point in the US in a peninsula. Overall, this is an interesting show that many would enjoy.