A League of Their Own (Australian game show)

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A League of Their Own
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Genre
  • Game Show
  • Comedy
  • Entertainment
Based on A League of Their Own
Presented by Tommy Little
Starring
Country of originAustralia
Original languageEnglish
No. of seasons1
No. of episodes10
Production
Production locationSydney
Running time60 minutes
Production companyFreehand Productions
Release
Original network Network Ten
Original release16 September (2013-09-16) 
11 November 2013 (2013-11-11)
Related
UK version

A League of Their Own is an Australian comedy panel game, which first aired on Network Ten on 16 September 2013. It is hosted by Tommy Little and features Pat Cash and Eamon Sullivan as team captains. [1] The show was cancelled to immediate effect after posting a disappointing rating in the show's ninth week. [2] The tenth episode, which never aired, is available online for viewing. [3]

Contents

Format

The show is based on the British game show of the same name. The show is a standard panel quiz show where two teams of three, compete for points awarded in three rounds, in order to find the overall winning team by points total.

Often within the first round, teams have to complete short physical tasks, which are usually linked to either one of the guests on the teams or to the question they have to answer.

Episodes

The coloured backgrounds denote the result of each of the shows:

  – Eamon's team won
  – Pat's team won
No.Eamon's TeamScoresPat's TeamOriginal air date
1 Lauren Jackson and Lehmo 12-11 Kurt Fearnley and Peter Helliar 16 September 2013 (2013-09-16)
2 Libby Trickett and Joel Creasey 10-8 Dave Hughes and Veronica Milsom 23 September 2013 (2013-09-23)
3 Wendell Sailor and Lehmo10-11 Michael O'Loughlin and Veronica Milsom30 September 2013 (2013-09-30)
4 Amanda Keller and Mitchell Watt 8–9 Alex Pullin and Peter Helliar7 October 2013 (2013-10-07)
5 Charlie Pickering and Joel Creasey4-6 Brad Hogg and Lehmo14 October 2013 (2013-10-14)
6 Christian Sprenger and Joel Creasey5-5 [lower-alpha 1] Jeff Fenech and Celia Pacquola 21 October 2013 (2013-10-21)
7 Ky Hurst and Joel Creasey6-8Libby Trickett and Lehmo28 October 2013 (2013-10-28)
8 George Calombaris and Joel Creasey13-12 Archie Thompson and Ryan Fitzgerald 4 November 2013 (2013-11-04)
9 Steven Bradbury and Peter Helliar10-12Joel Creasey and Lydia Lassila 11 November 2013 (2013-11-11)
10 Mark Waugh and Joel Creasey13-12 Madi Browne and LehmoN/A [lower-alpha 2]  (N/A [lower-alpha 3] )

Notes:

  1. Initially a draw, Eamon's team was awarded the win after the judges gave his team more points
  2. The episode was to air on 18 November, was pulled from the schedule due to poor ratings in previous weeks.
  3. The episode was to air on 18 November, was pulled from the schedule due to poor ratings in previous weeks.

Ratings

No.TitleAir dateOvernight ratingsRef(s)
ViewersRank
1Episode 116 September 2013 (2013-09-16)465,000 [5]
2Episode 223 September 2013 (2013-09-23)403,000 [6]
3Episode 330 September 2013 (2013-09-30)327,000 [7]
4Episode 47 October 2013 (2013-10-07)353,000 [8]
5Episode 514 October 2013 (2013-10-14)344,000 [9]
6Episode 621 October 2013 (2013-10-21)253,000 [10]
7Episode 728 October 2013 (2013-10-28)242,000 [11]
8Episode 84 November 2013 (2013-11-04)326,000 [12]
9Episode 911 November 2013 (2013-11-11)328,000 [2]

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