A young football lover is chosen to help protect the Earth from various aliens who want to use the magic of the sport to destroy the world.
NFL Rush Zone is an animated action-adventure television series on the Nickelodeon network, debuting September 6, 2010 and running until October 22, 2014 for three seasons. The first season (titled Guardians of the Core) stars Ish, a young boy who is named a Guardian, given powers and tasked with protecting the 32 NFL teams and their shards (recognized as the various teams' symbols). The 32 shards make up the Core and are incredibly powerful. Ish must stop the evil Sudden Death from using them for his own nefarious purposes. The second season (titled Season of the Guardians) follows the ever expanding Guardians forces facing off against a new villain called Wild Card. The shards have been revamped as Megacores. The third season (titled Guardians Unleashed) features the aftermath of the Guardians last encounter with Wild Card and the return of Sudden Death. The series is, in part, produced by the NFL and feature various NFL stars as guest voice actors as themselves in the show.
NFL Rush Zone is an American action-adventure animated television series. In the first season, the show centers on an 11-year-old football fan named Ish, who learns he must protect shards of a power source called "The Core", hidden at 32 NFL stadiums. The first season ended on February 5, 2011 with a double length episode. Nickelodeon announced a second season, titled NFL Rush Zone: Season of the Guardians on September 6, 2012; it premiered on November 30, 2012. The third season, NFL Rush Zone: Guardians Unleashed, was announced on July 11, 2013; it premiered on November 20, 2013 and ended on October 22, 2014. The series ended on an apparent cliffhanger with Wild Card's escape and return, indicating that a fourth season was planned. However, the season ultimately never materialized.
Season 1 - Ish and his family have relocated to Canton, Ohio, home of the Pro Football Hall of Fame, where Ish can learn more about his destiny as a Guardian. It seems that NFL Football is safe once again, until the emergence of a new master villain, Wild Card, who threatens to destroy not only the NFL, but the world itself. With the escalation of this conflict, Ish heightens his own training, skills, and powers, but will be joined by a new band of allies, who will become known as The League of Guardians on "The NFL Rush Zone".
Season 2 - A second season, titled NFL Rush Zone: Season of the Guardians, was announced by Nickelodeon and the NFL on September 6, 2012. The new season ran 24 episodes, and was produced by Rollman Entertainment, Inc. In the new season, Ish is now 11 and living in Canton, Ohio, and must protect the NFL from a new enemy called "Wildcard". To stop this new enemy, Ish is given new abilities and is assisted by his old friend Ash and four other preteens. The new season began airing on Nicktoons November 30, 2012 at 9:00PM. The show resumed airing new episodes in July 2013. At that time, episodes also saw a same-week premiere on Saturday mornings on NFL Network.
