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Apple TV's "The Dynasty: UConn Huskies," featuring the legendary University of Connecticut women's college basketball team, set to premiere globally August 21, 2026
Three-part series on the NCAA Champions is directed by acclaimed filmmakers Matthew Hamachek and Erica Sashin
Today, Apple TV announced that the new three-part docuseries, "The Dynasty: UConn Huskies," featuring the legendary University of Connecticut (UConn) women's basketball team, will premiere globally on Friday, August 21, 2026. Spanning 40 years of the program's historic run under Hall of Fame head coach Geno Auriemma, "The Dynasty: UConn Huskies" is directed by Emmy Award winner Matthew Hamachek under his first-look deal with Apple, and Emmy Award nominee Erica Sashin. The series is produced for Apple TV by Skydance Sports, the award-winning premium content studio housed under Paramount Sports Entertainment.
Featuring exclusive interviews with the 2025 National Championship team - No. 1 2025 WNBA Draft pick Paige Bueckers, No. 1 2026 WNBA Draft pick Azzi Fudd, 2026 collegiate National Player of the Year Sarah Strong, KK Arnold and Jana El Alfy - alongside voices from across generations of UConn basketball, the series offers a rare, inside look at the players carrying the program forward while reflecting on the legacy that built it.
In 1985, the UConn women's basketball program had just one winning season. What followed was a transformation led by Auriemma and defined by an iconic lineage of players - from Rebecca Lobo and Swin Cash to Sue Bird, Diana Taurasi, Maya Moore and Breanna Stewart - establishing the Huskies as the gold standard of college basketball. In total, UConn has won 12 national championships, more than any other team, men or women, in the history of NCAA Division I basketball.
Under the leadership of the iconic, and at times polarizing, Auriemma, whose vision and intensity helped define the program's identity, UConn built a culture rooted in discipline, accountability and an unrelenting pursuit of excellence. That culture has produced generations of elite athletes and sustained a level of dominance rarely seen in sports, while also revealing the demands, tensions and personal costs that come with maintaining such an exacting standard.
"The Dynasty: UConn Huskies" traces that journey in full - blending never-before-seen archival footage, incisive interviews and intimate access to players, coaches, alumni and more - revealing how a program built over decades continues to define the standard today.
"The Dynasty: UConn Huskies" is a Skydance Sports production, with Learfield Studios and Revue Studios executive producing. Executive producers are Jesse Sisgold, Jason T. Reed, Jon Weinbach, Lauren Gaffney, Sashin, Hamachek, Lindsay Kagawa Colas, Grant Jones, Jon Liebman and Zoe Rogovin.
"The Dynasty: UConn Huskies" joins Apple's expanding offering of nonfiction programming featuring the biggest stories in sports, including "Fight for Glory: 2024 World Series," featuring the revival of MLB's most iconic playoff rivalry between the New York Yankees and the Los Angeles Dodgers; "Onside: Major League Soccer," going beyond the pitch with unprecedented access to players, coaches and clubs during the 2024 season; "Messi's World Cup: The Rise of a Legend," the first official and definitive account of Messi's sensational career with the Argentina national team and his five FIFA World Cup appearances, including his 2022 win; and "Stephen Curry: Underrated," the remarkable coming-of-age story of one of the most influential, dynamic and unexpected players in the history of basketball, Stephen Curry, among many others.
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