The BEST episodes of Peyton's Places
Every episode of Peyton's Places ever, ranked from best to worst by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The best episodes of Peyton's Places!
Through conversations with former players, coaches and key figures, Peyton Manning gets to the heart of football history and its cultural impact.
#1 - Two Presidents & A Girl Named Heidi
Season 1 - Episode 19 - Aired 11/17/2019
Every Sunday, millions tune in to watch the NFL from the comfort of their own home or the bar down the street. Peyton visits with Anthony Gonzalez, Joe Namath and Ben Stein to learn it took President John F. Kennedy's signature, a movie about an 8-year-old orphan who is sent to the Swiss Alps to live with her grandfather, and President Richard Nixon's political muscle to bring NFL games to your living room.
#2 - The Evolution of the Wide Receiver
Season 1 - Episode 5 - Aired 8/12/2019
Raymond Berry, Antonio Brown and Jerry Rice explain the evolution of the wide receiver.
#3 - A Lot To Be Thankful For
Season 1 - Episode 20 - Aired 11/24/2019
In the Manning household, football is a priority, which means Thanksgivings were spent on the gridiron. Even though the family was often apart, Archie, Cooper, Eli and Peyton are thankful for their bond over football. When the four Manning men recently met up, they took a trip down memory lane and dove into the archive of Archie's home movies.
#4 - History of the QB
Season 1 - Episode 3 - Aired 7/29/2019
Peyton visits with Joe Montana and walks through the history of the league's most important position.
#5 - The Origins of Fantasy Football
Season 1 - Episode 7 - Aired 8/24/2019
Matthew Berry joins Peyton Manning to breakdown the origins of fantasy football.
#6 - John Elway
Season 2 - Episode 2 - Aired 12/6/2020
One of the NFL’s greatest quarterbacks and Peyton’s former boss, John Elway meets up with Manning at Mile High Stadium in Denver where they break down film of The Drive.
#7 - Do You Believe in Miracles?
Season 3 - Episode 8 - Aired 12/18/2022
Football's a game where fans truly can believe in miracles. Peyton meets up with the players who pulled off two of football's greatest: Herman Edwards and Ahmad Rashad.
#8 - Coffin Corner
Season 4 - Episode 2 - Aired 10/29/2023
Peyton enlists help from former teammate Pat McAfee to explore the history of punters and the demise of the coffin-corner kick.
#9 - NFL Inventions
Season 4 - Episode 4 - Aired 11/12/2023
Peyton prepares his best sales pitches to entice venture capitalist Mark Cuban to invest in football inventions that are ready for the market.
#10 - Mad About Madden
Season 4 - Episode 5 - Aired 11/19/2023
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.
#11 - The Land of Boz
Season 4 - Episode 9 - Aired 12/17/2023
Peyton meets up with former linebacker Brian Bosworth to learn how "The Boz" built a brand around his alter ego.
#12 - The Bills Mafia
Season 5 - Episode 1 - Aired 11/2/2025
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”.
#13 - Taxi Squad
Season 5 - Episode 7 - Aired 12/14/2025
James Harrison joins Peyton Manning in Cleveland to look into the history of the practice squad or as it was originally known the "Taxi Squad."
#14 - "Black Sunday"
Season 5 - Episode 9 - Aired 12/28/2025
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.
#15 - Da Bears
Season 1 - Episode 8 - Aired 8/31/2019
Actor George Wendt and writer/comedian Robert Smigel, who play Bill Swerki’s super-fan characters in the popular Saturday Night Live skit, turn Peyton into a born-again Chicagoan as a fan of Da Bears.
#16 - The Draft
Season 1 - Episode 4 - Aired 7/29/2019
Peyton and Mel Kiper Jr. review Kiper's library of draft guides, exploring how the ESPN NFL draft guru helped turn a "boring" business meeting into great television.
#17 - Unbreakable Records
Season 1 - Episode 11 - Aired 9/21/2019
Hall of Famers Brett Favre, Eric Dickerson and Emmitt Smith have achieved milestones no player in the league is likely to match or surpass. While discussing whether their respective NFL records will stand the test of time, Peyton visits with Smith at his memorabilia storage unit, dons Dickerson’s goggles, and shares cheese curds with Favre.
#18 - Ray Lewis
Season 1 - Episode 6 - Aired 8/17/2019
Ray Lewis shares his film strategy with Peyton Manning, saying he was watching Manning's every move, and more.
#19 - Lynn Swann
Season 2 - Episode 3 - Aired 12/13/2020
Peyton talks to the legendary Steelers receiver, Lynn Swann about the unique skill and ability to play football in the air, and reunites Swann with the AMC Pacer X, the same kind of car he won as the MVP of Super Bowl X.
#20 - Peyton’s Favorite Players
Season 1 - Episode 25 - Aired 12/29/2019
Peyton takes a trip down memory lane to seek out his three favorite players: His father, Archie, and brother Eli Manning, and his childhood hero, Dan Marino.
#21 - The Lombardi Trophy
Season 1 - Episode 9 - Aired 9/7/2019
Every NFL team covets the Lombardi Trophy, named after Vince Lombardi, one of the legendary figures in the history of the league. Peyton and his brother, Eli Manning, the Giants two-time Super Bowl-winning quarterback, go on a journey to discover the history behind the trophy and attempt to recreate the original prototype.
#22 - Every Underdog Has His Day
Season 3 - Episode 5 - Aired 11/27/2022
Everyone loves a good underdog story and Peyton finds two of the NFL's best longshot stories at a grocery store in Iowa and at an ice fishing lake in Minnesota. Kurt Warner and John Randle recall their journeys from humble beginnings to the Hall of Fame.
#23 - The Greatest Catch
Season 1 - Episode 2 - Aired 7/29/2019
Peyton meets Cris Carter in midtown Manhattan to recreate a famous PR stunt the New York Football Giants pulled off in the 1920s -- by throwing a football off a skyscraper.
#24 - Fantastic Finishes
Season 1 - Episode 18 - Aired 11/10/2019
In the NFL, it's not how you start, but how you finish. Peyton relives some of the most dramatic endings in NFL history with Roger Staubach, Eli Manning, Joe Montana and Dave Robinson.