A Whole New Ballgame

*A Whole New Ballgame*
A Whole New Ballgame
Created by	John Peaslee; Judd Pillot
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]

Premise[edit]

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[edit]

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[edit]

No.	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original air date
1	"Opening Day"	Unknown	Unknown	January 9, 1995 (1995-01-09)
2	"They Say It's Yer Birthday"	Barry Kemp	Judd Pillot & John Peaslee	January 16, 1995 (1995-01-16)
3	"You Are What You Date"	Unknown	Unknown	January 23, 1995 (1995-01-23)
4	"Brett's Beef"	Unknown	Unknown	February 13, 1995 (1995-02-13)
5	"Horace Morgan Is Dead and Living in Milwaukee"	Unknown	Unknown	February 20, 1995 (1995-02-20)
6	"With Brett You Get Eggroll"	Unknown	Unknown	February 27, 1995 (1995-02-27)
7	"Twisted"	Unknown	Unknown	March 13, 1995 (1995-03-13)
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

References[edit]

^ New York Times (9 January 1995). "Familiar Faces in a Flurry of Midseason Sitcoms". New York Times. Retrieved 2013-01-06.
^ The Complete Directory to Prime Time Network and Cable TV Shows 1946-Present. Ballantine Books. 2003. p. 1305. ISBN 0-345-45542-8.
^ Sun Sentinel. "Polluted 'Blue Skies'". Sun Sentinel. Retrieved 2013-01-06.

External links[edit]

A Whole New Ballgame at IMDb

[1] New York Times (9 January 1995). "Familiar Faces in a Flurry of Midseason Sitcoms". New York Times. Retrieved 2013-01-06.

[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. Retrieved 2013-01-06.

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