Paramount+ Orders Soccer Comedy Day 1s Straight to Series
Paramount+ has ordered a full series of Day 1s, a 10-part sports comedy, and will make it without choosing a test episode first. That kind of commitment is called a straight-to-series order, meaning the whole run is approved up front rather than being tested with a single pilot episode. Deadline reported the order on 12 November 2026.
The show follows a gifted young footballer, or soccer player as it is called in the United States, who reaches the Premier League, the top tier of English football. He brings his friends along with him. The series is set around a club in that league, Brentford FC, and it is a comedy rather than a drama.
The project is the first television series from UR-Marv Studios, the company run by Cristiano Ronaldo and the director Matthew Vaughn. It is a notable debut for both names. Vaughn has directed the pilot episode, and Ronaldo is one of the executive producers, the people who oversee a show's money and overall direction without usually running the day-to-day filming.
Several other familiar names are on the producing team. Thierry Henry, the former France striker who now works in football broadcasting, is also an executive producer, as is the actor Damian Lewis. Doug Ellin and Kris Thykier also hold executive producer credits. Dan Mazer is set to serve as showrunner, the writer in charge of the scripts and the writers' room. Producer Darren Dein came up with the original idea.
Production is shared across three companies. DoubleD Sports and Kris Thykier's Archery Pictures are producing the series alongside UR-Marv.
For viewers, the news is simple. A series that has been ordered in full has a clear path to being finished, which is not always the case for shows still waiting for a decision. For the people behind it, a 10-part order means a writers' room, a cast, and a crew that will spend months on set. Paramount+ has not announced a premiere date, so fans will need to wait for the platform to confirm when episodes will arrive.
