Abbi Jacobson and Will Graham’s “A League of Their Own” series will return for a shortened final season of four episodes on Amazon’s Prime Video, according to multiple reports.
According to The Hollywood Reporter, months of negotiations — including a reduction in the show’s licensing fee by Sony, which has the film rights — led Amazon to make this decision. The retail and streaming arm of the tech company sought to reduce the budget and production costs for the second season. A movie was even considered for the finale of the show. THR source,
Amazon declined to comment.
Co-created by Jacobson and Graham, the show’s first season delved into the diverse history of the All American Girls Professional Baseball League made famous in Penny Marshall’s original film starring Geena Davis, Lori Petty, Tom Hanks and Madonna.
Carson Shaw (Jacobson) takes a risk and leaves home to try out for the AAGPBL while her husband is away at war. On her way to the tryouts, she meets Joe De Luca (Melanie Field) and Greta Gill (D’Arcy Warden), who become her partners on the Rockford Peaches. Zooming in on that team, the show portrays the diverse experiences of queer baseball players while alternating between their story and that of Max Chapman (Chante Adams), a black woman who attends tryouts , but gets away because of her race.
Other major characters include Max’s best friend Clancy Morgan (Gabemisola Icumelo), Lupe Garcia (Roberta Colindrez), Jess McCurdy (Kelly McCormack), Estee Gonzalez (Priscilla Delgado), Maybelle Fox (Molly Ephraim), Shirley Cohen (Kate Berlant). and coaches are included. Dov Porter (Nick Offerman).
Graham (“Daisy Jones and the Six”) and Jacobson (“Broad City”) began working on the show in 2018, recruiting former members of the AAGPBL to advise on the show, one of whom was Mabel Blair, a member of the gay community. appeared as Show’s press tour at age 95.
The show’s first season premiered on August 12, 2022, garnering a 94% critic score and 87% viewership score on Rotten Tomatoes. Graham tweeted Tuesday morning.
“The audience is domestic, but our understanding is that it is huge. It has done better than many other shows that have been renewed,” he added. wrote, “Journalists, please stop reinforcing the narrative that POC/Queer is inherently niche or small if you don’t have the data.”