A League of Their Own will return for a final season at Prime Video.
Although the series – a reimagining of the 1992 sports drama of the same name – received widespread critical acclaim and garnered a passionate online following, it will abruptly end with a four-episode second season.
According to The Hollywood Reporter, the news follows “months of negotiation” between co-creators Will Graham and Abbi Jacobson and Sony Pictures Television to “lower the show’s licensing fee”.
Their sources additionally revealed that “the cast had to sign new deals, given the order is for half the episodes that were featured in season one”.
Graham clarified in a tweet that the news “isn’t official, which is why we aren’t saying anything”, telling fans: “So if you want to see more episodes or more seasons of this show, now is your moment. People are listening.”
The creator, who serves as executive director on Prime Video’s adaptation of Daisy Jones & The Six, also criticised the notion that A League of Their Own is a “small or niche show”.
“The audience is domestic, but our understanding is that it’s very big. It has outperformed many other shows that have been renewed,” he wrote.
“Journalists, please stop reinforcing the narrative that POC/Queer shows are inherently niche or small if you don’t have data.
“That narrative is racist and homophobic and all the other stuff. Please cover these things with some thought and care.”
Jacobson leads the reimagining as Carson Shaw, an endearingly awkward and talented baseball player who abandons her home and comfortable marriage to pursue a career with the league, called the Peaches.
The first season was lauded for the cast’s performances and for honouring the behind-the-scenes queerness of the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League – something the Penny Marshall-directed original failed to achieve.
There’s queer rep aplenty with Carson, Max (Chanté Adams), Greta (D’Arcy Carden), Jess (Kelly McCormack) and Bert (Lea Robinson), while the series leans harder into the era’s racial constraints with Adams’ character coming to terms with, not only proving her skills in a cis, white and male-dominated field, but living at the intersection of Black and LGBTQ+.
As well as being one of the funniest and best-acted shows on TV right now, A League of Their Own is one of the most important.
News of a shortened final season didn’t go down well with fans, who used the hashtag #MoreThanFour in protest of Prime Video’s decision.
“I saw myself for the first time in #ALeagueOfTheirOwn. And it changed my entire life. I’m a happier, more confident, more authentic version of myself. This is why representation matters,” said one fan.
Another wrote: “Since August, I’ve written #MoreThanFour words about #ALeagueOfTheirOwn. In fact the total is 204,805–that’s two novels’ worth. So far. Characters like these inspire and comfort us.
“When we see our stories told, we feel like we can tell our own stories too.”
Check out the response from fans below.
WE DESERVE MORE
WE DESERVE TO BE SEEN
WE DESERVE TO LEAD#ALeagueOfTheirOwn #ALOTO #RenewALOTO #MoreThanFour https://t.co/hJlzDygRJ6
— Rebekah thealienamongus-We Deserve More (@thealienamongus) March 15, 2023
I saw myself for the first time in #ALeagueOfTheirOwn. And it changed my entire life. I’m a happier, more confident, more authentic version of myself. This is why representation matters @AmazonStudios @PrimeVideo. This is why I need you to do better. #MoreThanFour https://t.co/3YrkvMvich
— Ab (@ALOTOforever) March 14, 2023
Campaign announcement!!!!
On Thursday, we will have a plane with a banner flying over Amazon Studios with the message
Renew A League Of Their Own #MoreThanFour
Waiting to secure the exact time frame and I'll announce the details as soon as I know! pic.twitter.com/GZlypF4HQn
— #RenewALOTO Fan Campaign (@ALOTOHomeRun) March 15, 2023
Hey @PrimeVideo @AmazonStudios! Did you know that a bunch of people love #ALeagueOfTheirOwn so much that we went to Rockford to celebrate it? Look at the community this show has brought together! Don’t you think we deserve #MoreThanFour? pic.twitter.com/euAJWHHRe2
— Eva “Epic Shirt” G. 📫🌈🍑 (@evagriffs) March 14, 2023
This is the love story I have most felt seen in on TV in my 30ish years of life.
I’m in my mid 30s, I’ve been out for almost 20 years, I’m married to a beautiful woman and I finally feel representedI deserve #MoreThanFour. So do the kids#ALeagueOfTheirOwn https://t.co/a8OWdgvSWg
— Min (@MiniPeach16) March 14, 2023
let me be something every blessed minute. and when I sleep, let me dream all the time so that not one little piece of living is ever lost ✨#ALOTO #ALeagueOfTheirOwn #morethanfour #RenewALOTO pic.twitter.com/3FuunK2hTT
— stef in her atfau crazy era (@darcarlovebot) March 14, 2023
these two deserve #morethanfour because black WLW representation on tv is near to none. 1940’s black WLW existed back then just like it does today! diversity matters and #ALOTO brings that. #renewaloto #aleagueoftheirown pic.twitter.com/xHSBGPSpF9
— axl 🖤 (@gay4darcy) March 14, 2023
I’m just so fucking angry. So sick of anything diverse being treated as small, niche, or less important. I have loved lots of stories about straight people & people of color even though I am neither. Good stories are universal. #ALeagueOfTheirOwn #MoreThanFour
— Nan 💜🌈⚾️🍑 (@Movieheart4) March 15, 2023
Since August, I've written #MoreThanFour words about #ALeagueOfTheirOwn. In fact the total is 204,805–that's two novels' worth. So far. Characters like these inspire and comfort us. When we see our stories told, we feel like we can tell our own stories too.
— zulu (@queenzulu) March 15, 2023
Hey hey. I'm a lesbian mom with limited down time, a great wife and 2 kids. I don't ask for much in the way queer rep in my shows bc it's frankly dismal. But giving us 4 eps is a real slap in the face for this queer fandom. Do better. #ALeagueOfTheirOwn #MoreThanFour
— alottaloto (@alottaloto) March 15, 2023
Finally showed up on my For You trends #ALeagueOfTheirOwn 33.5k tweets pic.twitter.com/kd0IAhW5QW
— Rebekah thealienamongus-We Deserve More (@thealienamongus) March 15, 2023
we deserve so much better. queer ppl deserve better. black women deserve better. queer poc deserve better. we finally got a show that saw us and was for us and represented all of us, and you wanna take it away? no #ALeagueOfTheirOwn
— time ⚾ daisy johnson & ava capri pr manager (@adoraluzorel) March 14, 2023
“To the five” means creating a future. “Five minutes of what comes next” means actual change, @AmazonStudios, not 5 mins & then regressing. That’s the point—what came before is not good enough.
Give us the future we deserve. To a full 2nd season#ALeagueOfTheirOwn #morethanfour pic.twitter.com/01i3XVF93v
— p’each pride 💖🌈🍑🏳️🌈 (@RockfordPride9) March 14, 2023
#ALeagueOfTheirOwn is a brilliant, groundbreaking show. It deserves more seasons & promotion for awards, not 4 final episodes. @PrimeVideo @SonyPictures put your money where your mouth is & actually back diversity, queer BIPOC content, & excellence – it’s right here!#MoreThanFour
— Critterlab (@thecritterlab) March 15, 2023
Amazon Prime Video’s decision on ALOTO is a horrible decision on the part of Amazon Prime Video, a service that I love to refer to as Amazon Prime Video whenever I use it, particularly when they don’t support their best shows, Amazon Prime Video clearly saw fans love the show
— ashley ray (@theashleyray) March 15, 2023
#ALeagueOfTheirOwn is a rare gem. It's actually good television that pushes itself outside of the white, straight, cis, male POV that dominates most television. It's what we have been begging TV to do. No, I'm not surprised it did well. I'm also not surprised execs want it dead. https://t.co/gTxfTO2fxT
— Olivia Truffaut-Wong (@iWatchiAm) March 15, 2023
it's really heartbreaking that part of me is like "four final episodes of a league of their own, yay! closure" because the bar is legit on the ground when it comes to LGBTQ+ and diverse TV shows getting even a second season…it shouldn't be this hard
— Nora Dominick (@noradominick) March 14, 2023
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