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Original story (published on January 19, 2022) follows:
Episode 10 of the 10-part documentary series — Man in the Arena — was scheduled to go live today at 9 p.m. EST. But it appears things haven’t gone according to plan.
Hundreds of viewers who were anticipated to watch the final episode of Tom Brady’s documentary series have taken to social platforms such as Twitter to raise alarms that episode 10 is still not airing or is unavailable.
Here are a few tweets for reference:
The final episode of Man in the Arena is to showcase Tom Brady’s 10th Super Bowl appearance in Super Bowl LV as well as his first season with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers.
But due to some undisclosed reason, ESPN failed to air the episode as planned. Naturally, as you might see from the reports above, fans aren’t happy about it.
Fortunately, ESPN hasn’t turned a blind eye to the issue and its support team confirmed that they are aware of the issue with episode 10 of Man in the Arena being unavailable or not airing and have escalated it to the ESPN+ team.
The support team hasn’t provided an ETA for the resolution, however, in situations like these, episodes become available sooner rather than later.
Therefore, you can expect episode 10 of Man in the Arena to begin airing within the next few hours if not earlier.
That said, we’ll keep an eye out for any further developments and will post an update if and when we come across information worth sharing.
Update 1 (Janaury 20)
10:53 am (IST): ESPN FAN SUPPORT on Twitter said that there is currently no release time for the 10th episode and it is yet to be determined.
Update 2 (Janaury 21)
10:51 am (IST): The director of Man in the Arena says that the 10th episode is still in production and is likely to release in Spring.
Update 3 (Janaury 22)
12:53 pm (IST): While the final episode of Man in the Arena will air sometime in Spring, the final episode of the podcast series is now available.
Update 4 (Janaury 25)
01:57 pm (IST): It is reported that Tom Brady might retire this year and this may be the reason why episode 10 is being delayed. Tom Brady might want his retirement details to be depicted in the last episode.
Update 5 (Janaury 26)
12:10 pm (IST): Tom Brady said that he is still processing the loss and he hasn’t yet decided whether to play the next season or not. That means we may not see the last episode until Tom Brady makes up his mind.
Update 6 (Janaury 28)
04:01 pm (IST): ESPN FAN SUPPORT on Twitter said that currently, they don’t have any release time for the 10th episode of Man in the Arena. Here’s what they said:
Update 7 (Janaury 29)
01:06 pm (IST): Jason La Canfora, a reporter from CBS Sports also claims that Tom Brady is soon going to announce his retirement. This makes it more believable that Episode 10 is delayed due to the pending retirement.
Update 8 (Janaury 31)
11:35 am (IST): Multiple sources including ESPN itself said that Tom Brady is retiring after 22 seasons. While this is definitely not good news for fans, it does get us a step closer to the final episode of Man in the Arena.
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Update 9 (February 02)
12:13 pm (IST): Tom Brady has finally announced his retirement from the NFL after playing 22 seasons. And now, we also expect the last episode of the Man in the Arena to arrive soon.
Update 10 (February 03)
04:51 pm (IST): In the podcast show Le Batard and Friends, Dan talks to Gotham Chopra, the director of Man in the Arena. The interested ones can listen to the podcast to get more insight into Gotham Chopra’s 10 part series with Tom Brady.
Update 11 (February 07)
03:22 pm (IST): Alex Trudeau Viriato, the editor and co-producer of Man in the Arena hinted that the 10th episode of the show will have some Tampa footage.
Update 12 (March 14)
10:35 pm (IST): After announcing his retirement from the NFL in February, Tom Brady has now announced on his Twitter handle that he will return to Tampa for the 23rd season of NFL. And this could be the interesting part of episode 10.
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