It's like we're

professionals or something.

Hockey is the sexiest thing on TV right now, between heated rivalry and off campus.

So be honest, which of us is the heartthrob of hometown Giants?

So be honest, has there been a moment when you thought, Ryan is right, we are idiots?

Well, when our winning season starts to go like this and this and then just hard bottom lines, you know, I question the investment.

However, we know Ryan

And now having the ability to shed the light that we have on the WHL and the Vancouver Giants and all these young guys and their families has really given me an opportunity to do what I think is my part as a celebrity entrepreneur.

Well, I feel when I joined, because Mike had talked to me a little bit about it, and then I just was, I don't like to join anything if I'm not all in.

Like, I don't have the time to do it if I'm not all in.

And I love sports in general.

I love how it helped shape who I am today, because I was very heavily involved in sports as a kid.

And then when we started talking, he brought me to a game, and then we watched, and I got to know some of the kids.

And the moment we started seeing the kids and their journey and what they go through to try and make it to the NHL, that's what hooked me, because I've been producing for 20 years TV, and we started thinking like, that's the fit.

When you're rebuilding a team, what does that look like when it comes to this team? Yeah.

What excited you about the project? And what, if anything, gave you reason for pause about the project?

I mean, the, the first thing, Mike's been talking to me for a little while before I, uh, I joined the team about joining, and, and my reservation was I was, I'm, you know, was living down in LA, and I wasn't around as much.

Mm-hmm.

And I don't like to dive into anything.

I don't like to be a, uh, a part of owning anything I'm not really in fully.

Um, but when we talked more and more, and we, I got to know the story of the kids, came to some games, that's what really hooked me because it really is a community thing here.

It's, it's not just the team.

It's the Billet families.

Eighty-two years on, I met Andrew Scott, the man now playing James Stagg.

He, uh, appeared to me to be an extraordinarily interesting cinematic character, as well as a, an unsung hero from history.

Um, I really enjoyed the way that he was not interested in ingratiating himself with anybody.

He's a movie hero.

[laughs] Exactly.

Exactly.

I don't think he'd have enjoyed that very much.

I tried not to be afraid of the fact that, that perhaps at the beginning the audience might be like, "Who is this guy?" And hopefully by the end we understand his motivations and his, the, his, his inner workings.

82 years on, I met Andrew Scott, the man now playing James Stagg.

He a- appeared to me to be an extraordinarily interesting cinematic character, as well as a, an unsung hero from history.

Um, I really enjoyed the way that he was not interested in ingratiating himself with anybody.

... he's a movie hero.

[laughs] Exactly.

Exactly.

I don't think he'd have enjoyed that very much.

I tried not to be afraid of the fact that that perhaps at the beginning the audience might be like, "Who is this guy?" And hopefully by the end, we understand his motivations and his, the, his, his inner workings.

I was gonna ask if you got to keep all the money at seven.

Yeah.

Oh, yeah.

Yeah, whatever... 'Cause growing, growing up on a ranch, too, like, we, we would have [laughs] we, we were like the union negotiators with our parents.

We're like, "Okay, we know you got cheap labor 'cause you got three kids here working the ranch, but we need to get paid." So they would give us, like, a nickel a board when we paint the fences, and then I negotiated up to 25 cents a board, and we would clear...

Like, we had a, an acreage, and there were giant, like, boulders and rocks, and it was just...

It wasn't great for out in the field with the horses out there and stuff.

Who do you see doing, uh, acting, movies, uh, shows, whatever, that, that you like what they do? And not that you are, are trying to mimic what they do, but you're a bit inspired by what they do because you do something somewhat similar.

How did that turn out as far as the big wedding dance? Did everybody kinda nail it?

There are five siblings on her side.

She has-- They're the four sisters and a brother.

And so, uh, one of her sisters messed up because she c- she started to come over for the group dance while Linda and I were still in the middle of our compilation single dance, just the two of us.

And one of her friend-- her other bridesmaids did the same thing.

And then on my side, a bunch of my guys, they are not dancers, so they didn't screw it up, but it wasn't really as-- It didn't look as good as what the girls were doing.

But again, who cares? It was just for fun.

With the show, when did that actually hit to where you started to see yourself a bit in pop culture?

I was gonna ask if you got to keep all the money at seven.

Yeah.

Oh, yeah.

And whatever... 'Cause growing, growing up on a ranch, too, like, we, we would have... [laughs] We, we were, like, the union negotiators with our parents.

We're like, "Okay, we know you got cheap labor 'cause you got three kids here working the ranch, but we need to get paid." So they would give us, like, a nickel a board when we paint the fences, and then I negotiated up to 25 cents a board.

And we would clear...

Like, we had a, an acreage, and there were giant, like, boulders and rocks, and it was just...

Who do you see doing, uh, acting, movies, uh, shows, whatever, that, that you like what they do, and not that you are, are trying to mimic what they do, but you're a bit inspired by what they do because you do something somewhat similar?

What were some of those challenges that you found that you would face with some of the homeowners where you are dealing with a little bit more of a limited budget, but you wanted them to feel like it was still money well spent?

Yeah.

I mean, stretching a budget is always something we've been really good at.

And, um, it's, I think it's, it also helps when we do multiple houses at a time, you we can amortize certain costs over multiple episodes.

It really helps these families too.

But for example, you know, we have one family, they needed ramp access for their daughter's wheelchair.

She was confined to a wheelchair.

Absolutely.

Before the first pitch, CNBC Sports' Michael Ozanian goes deep on the latest numbers.

We're gonna have payrolls well over $300 million.

And Drew Scott on the other issue in housing, supply.

It's not a rate issue.

Like, the, I mean, rates are one thing.

When rates come down, everybody gets excited to buy.

It's a, it's a supply issue.

80% of people have mortgages under 6%, so nobody wants to do anything with it.