A Whole New Ballgame | |
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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 – March 13, 1995 |
A Whole New Ballgame is an American sitcom that aired on ABC on Monday Night at 8:30PM 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]
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.
No. | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original air date |
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1 | "Opening Day" | Barry Kemp | John Peaslee & Judd Pillot | January 9, 1995 |
2 | "They Say It's Yer Birthday" | Barry Kemp | John Peaslee & Judd Pillot | January 16, 1995 |
3 | "You Are What You Date" | Rod Daniel | Ric Swartzlander | January 23, 1995 |
4 | "Brett's Beef" | Rod Daniel | Cindy Chupack & Ellen Sandler | February 13, 1995 |
5 | "Horace Morgan Is Dead and Living in Milwaukee" | Rod Daniel | John Peaslee & Judd Pillot | February 20, 1995 |
6 | "With Brett You Get Eggroll" | Unknown | Unknown | February 27, 1995 |
7 | "Twisted" | Rob Schiller | John Peaslee & Judd Pillot | March 13, 1995 |
8 | "The Make Out Movie" | TBD | TBD | UNAIRED |
9 | "The Jumper" | TBD | TBD | UNAIRED |
10 | "The Sexual Superheroine" | TBD | TBD | UNAIRED |
11 | "Trouble Down Under" | TBD | TBD | UNAIRED |
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