Celtics City
2025 sports documentary miniseries
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Celtics City is an American sports documentary miniseries produced by HBO. The series covers the history of the Boston Celtics from its first seasons to their record 18th NBA championship in the 2023–24 season. It was directed by Lauren Stowell and premiered on March 3, 2025.
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| Showrunner | Gabe Honig |
| Directed by | Lauren Stowell |
| Country of origin | United States |
| Original language | English |
| No. of seasons | 1 |
| No. of episodes | 9 |
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| Running time | 60 minutes |
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| Network | HBO |
| Release | March 3 – April 28, 2025 |
Synopsis
Production and release
The production of Celtics City was announced in November 2024, co-produced by HBO Sports Documentaries, Ringer Films, and Words + Pictures.[2] Development for the documentary series began approximately four years prior to release.[3] It was directed by Lauren Stowell, co-executive produced by Bill Simmons and Connor Schell, and features more than 80 interviews from players, coaches, and analysts, alongside archived game footage.[4] Former Detroit Pistons point guard Isiah Thomas declined to be interviewed for the series due to his dislike of his portrayal in the Netflix documentary series The Last Dance.[5] As part of production, cameras filmed the Celtics team during their 2023–24 championship season.[3] In February 2025, HBO released the official trailer and announced that the nine-episode series would premiere on March 3, with a new episode airing each week.[4]
Episodes
| No. | Title [4] | Directed by | Original release date |
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| 1 | "Chapter I: Founding Fathers" | Lauren Stowell | March 3, 2025 |
| 2 | "Chapter II: No Final Victories" | Lauren Stowell | March 10, 2025 |
| 3 | "Chapter III: All Swept Up" | Lauren Stowell | March 17, 2025 |
| 4 | "Chapter IV: Great Hope, Period" | Lauren Stowell | March 24, 2025 |
| 5 | "Chapter V: F**k The Celtics" | Lauren Stowell | March 31, 2025 |
| 6 | "Chapter VI: Untenable Toll" | Lauren Stowell | April 7, 2025 |
| 7 | "Chapter VII: Not Again" | Lauren Stowell | April 14, 2025 |
| 8 | "Chapter VIII: Ubuntu" | Lauren Stowell | April 21, 2025 |
| 9 | "Chapter IX: We’re The Celtics" | Lauren Stowell | April 28, 2025 |
Reception
On review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, Celtics City has an approval rating of 100% based on 7 critic reviews, with an average rating of 8 out of 10.[6]