TV Series Review: A League of Their Own

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A League of Their Own

Amazon Studios, Sony Pictures Television

Release date: August 12, 2022

#whatonwhatsgood Express Review (by: Jovin Tardif | What On What's Good)

I'm just going to say right off the bat that I'm a huge fan of the 1992 classic A League of Their Own starring Geena Davis and Tom Hanks. I hope this doesn't affect my opinion of the series.

In the series, Carson (Abbi Jacobson) leaves her husband to join the All American Girls Baseball League (AAGBL) the Rockford Peaches. She's a relatively shy individual. Her character grows quite a lot during the show. I think you will definitely like the character development.

She meets Greta (D’Arcy Carden) and Jo (Melanie Field) in Chicago. Some of their characteristics are quite similar to Mae and Doris in the film.

I particularly liked Max Chapman (Chante Adams) and Clance Morgan (Gbemisola Ikumelo) who are best friends on the show. Max wants to be a pitcher and Clance loves to create her own comic books. Their friendship is remarkable and you are cheering for them throughout the series.

The series is quite easy to watch and I'm looking forward to Season 2. It's different than the film but it's worth the watch.

A League of Their Own

Season 1

No. of episodes 8

Created by

Will Graham & Abbi Jacobson

Based on

A League of Their Own by Lowell Ganz & Babaloo Mandel (Screenplay) 

by Kim Wilson & Kelly Candaele (Story)

Starring

Abbi Jacobson as Carson Shaw

Chanté Adams as Maxine “Max” Chapman

D'Arcy Carden as Greta Gill

Gbemisola Ikumelo as Clance

Roberta Colindrez as Lupe

Kelly McCormack as Jess

Priscilla Delgado as Esti González

Molly Ephraim as Maybelle Fox

Melanie Field as Jo Deluca

Kate Berlant as Shirley Cohen

Music by

We Are Dark Angels

Zachary Dawes and Nick Sena

Executive producers

Will Graham, Abbi Jacobson, Hailey Wierengo, Jamie Babbit, and Desta Tedros Reff

Producers

Michael Cedar, James Dodson, and Michelle Badillo

Cinematography

Jeffrey Waldron, Dagmar Weaver-Madsen, and Cybel Martin

Editors

Peter CabadaHagan, Jessica Brunetto and Aleshka Ferrero

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