2026 Nominees

Game On

Production Company: USA TODAY Studios and Blue Chalk Media

Produced for: USA TODAY Fast Channel, CICC and Guizhou Satellite TV

Executive Producer (Production Company): Caroline Harris, David Hamlin, Edwina Ngao, Wang Yuanyuan, Kong Weina, Jin Zejun, Ha Siting, Guo Yujiao, Chen Xi, Greg Moyer, Pam Huling, Matthew Slutsky

Executive Producer (network/platform): David Hamlin, Caroline Harris, Kong Weina, Ha Siting

Country or Territory where first released: USA

Synopsis:

This is the untold and surprising story of how American basketball came to rural China almost a century ago, and is now deeply rooted in China's heartland.

Basketball has been embraced by China's Miao people and other traditional cultures, becoming an integral part of daily life and community connection throughout these China's villages.

And every year, there is a remarkable basketball tournament attended by 20,000 local people. It's the Super Bowl of Rural China - and a cultural and athletic spectacle unlike anything you've seen before.

We follow three teams of men and women as they pursue their dreams to become basketball champions and bring glory to their villages.