A Whole New Ballgame

A Whole New Ballgame
Created by	John Peaslee Judd Pillot [1]
Starring	Corbin Bernsen Julia Campbell Richard Kind John O'Hurley
Country of origin	United States
Original language	English
No. of seasons	1
No. of episodes	11 (4 unaired)
Production
Running time	30 minutes
Production companies	Bungalow 78 Productions Universal Television
Original release
Network	ABC
Release	January 9 (1995-01-09) – March 13, 1995 (1995-03-13)

A Whole New Ballgame is an American sitcom that aired on ABC on Mondays at 8:30 pm from January 9, 1995, to March 13, 1995. ^[2] It replaced Blue Skies, a sitcom from the same creators, which featured several of the same actors and aired in the same timeslot in the fall. ^[3]

Premise

The series centered on Brent Sooner, an egotistical baseball player sidelined by the 1994–95 Major League Baseball strike, who became a sportscaster for TV station WPLP in Milwaukee. Also shown were station manager Meg O'Donnell, weatherman Dr. Warner Bakerfield, anchorman Tad Sherman, and sales manager Dwight King.

Cast

• Corbin Bernsen as Brett Sooner
• Julia Campbell as Meg O'Donnell
• Richard Kind as Dwight King
• Stephen Tobolowsky as Dr. Warner Bakerfield
• John O'Hurley as Tad Sherman

Episodes

No.	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original release date	Viewers (millions)
1	"Opening Day"	Barry Kemp	John Peaslee & Judd Pillot	January 9, 1995 (1995-01-09)	16.5 [4]
2	"They Say It's Yer Birthday"	Barry Kemp	John Peaslee & Judd Pillot	January 16, 1995 (1995-01-16)	11.9 [5]
3	"You Are What You Date"	Rod Daniel	Ric Swartzlander	January 23, 1995 (1995-01-23)	12.3 [6]
4	"Brett's Beef"	Rod Daniel	Cindy Chupack & Ellen Sandler	February 13, 1995 (1995-02-13)	10.0 [7]
5	"Horace Morgan Is Dead and Living in Milwaukee"	Rod Daniel	John Peaslee & Judd Pillot	February 20, 1995 (1995-02-20)	8.9 [8]
6	"With Brett You Get Eggroll"	Unknown	Unknown	February 27, 1995 (1995-02-27)	9.4 [9]
7	"Twisted"	Rob Schiller	John Peaslee & Judd Pillot	March 13, 1995 (1995-03-13)	10.7 [10]
8	"The Make Out Movie"	N/A	N/A	Unaired	N/A
9	"The Jumper"	N/A	N/A	Unaired	N/A
10	"The Sexual Superheroine"	N/A	N/A	Unaired	N/A
11	"Trouble Down Under"	N/A	N/A	Unaired	N/A

References

1. New York Times (January 9, 1995). "Familiar Faces in a Flurry of Midseason Sitcoms". New York Times. Retrieved January 6, 2013.
2. The Complete Directory to Prime Time Network and Cable TV Shows 1946-Present . Ballantine Books. 2003. p. 1305. ISBN   0-345-45542-8.
3. Sun Sentinel. "Polluted 'Blue Skies'". Sun Sentinel. Archived from the original on January 15, 2014. Retrieved January 6, 2013.
4. DeRosa, Robin (January 18, 1995). "'ER' rolls into the No. 1 spot". Life. USA Today . p. 3D.
5. DeRosa, Robin (January 25, 1995). "'ER' helps pull NBC to No. 1". Life. USA Today . p. 3D.
6. DeRosa, Robin (February 1, 1995). "Super Bowl kicks ABC to the top". Life. USA Today . p. 3D.
7. "Nielsen ratings". Life. USA Today . February 22, 1995. p. 3D.
8. "Nielsen ratings". Life. USA Today . March 1, 1995. p. 3D.
9. DeRosa, Robin (March 8, 1995). "'Murphy,' 'Dust' help push CBS to No. 1 tie". Life. USA Today . p. 3D.
10. "Nielsen ratings". Life. USA Today . March 22, 1995. p. 3D.

External links

• A Whole New Ballgame at IMDb