A League of Their Own (Australian game show)

A League of Their Own
Genre Game Show
Comedy
Entertainment
Based on A League of Their Own
Presented by Tommy Little
Starring Team Captain
Pat Cash
Eamon Sullivan
Country of origin Australia
Original language(s) English
No. of seasons 1
No. of episodes 10
Production
Production location(s) Sydney
Running time 60 minutes
Production company(s) Freehand Productions
Release
Original network Network Ten
Picture format 576i (SDTV)
Audio format Stereo
Original release 16 September (2013-09-16) –
18 November 2013 (2013-11-18)
Chronology
Related shows 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 was already filmed, is available online for viewing.[3]

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.

  • Round 1 involves both teams either having to rank three different sports persons according to a specific criterion, or match sports persons to specific criteria.
  • Round 2, Battle of the Codes, involves a member from each an AFL and an NRL team go head-to-head, where as the teams must choose which party they lend their support.
  • Round 3, Human Clock, sees one or two members of each team have to answer questions for as long as the other team members can sustain a physical challenge in the studio.[4]

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.

Ratings

  • Episode 01: 465,000[5]
  • Episode 02: 403,000[6]
  • Episode 03: 327,000[7]
  • Episode 04: 353,000[8]
  • Episode 05: 344,000[9]
  • Episode 06: 253,000[10]
  • Episode 07: 242,000[11]
  • Episode 08: 326,000[12]
  • Episode 09: 328,000[2]
  • Episode 10:

Episode list

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

     – Eamon's team won
     – Pat's team won
Episode First broadcast Eamon's guests Pat's guests Scores
01x01 16 September 2013 Lauren Jackson and Lehmo Kurt Fearnley and Peter Helliar 12–11
01x02 23 September 2013 Libby Trickett and Joel Creasey Dave Hughes and Veronica Milsom 10–8
01x03 30 September 2013 Wendell Sailor and Lehmo Michael O'Loughlin and Veronica Milsom 10–11
01x04 7 October 2013 Amanda Keller and Mitchell Watt Alex Pullin and Peter Helliar 8–9
01x05 14 October 2013 Charlie Pickering and Joel Creasey Brad Hogg and Lehmo 4–6
01x06 21 October 2013 Christian Sprenger and Joel Creasey Jeff Fenech and Celia Pacquola 5–5[fn 1]
01x07 28 October 2013 Ky Hurst and Joel Creasey Libby Trickett and Lehmo 6–8
01x08 4 November 2013 George Calombaris and Joel Creasey Archie Thompson and Ryan Fitzgerald 13–12
01x09 11 November 2013 Steven Bradbury and Peter Helliar Joel Creasey and Lydia Lassila 10–12
01x10 N/A[fn 2] Mark Waugh and Joel Creasey Madi Browne and Lehmo 13–12

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.

References

  1. ↑ http://www.tvtonight.com.au/2013/09/airdate-a-league-of-their-own.html
  2. 1 2 http://www.tvtonight.com.au/2013/11/gone-a-league-of-their-own-update-david-attenboroughs-natural-curiosities.html
  3. ↑ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 9 December 2013. Retrieved 2013-11-22.
  4. ↑ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 18 September 2013. Retrieved 2013-09-09.
  5. ↑ http://www.tvtonight.com.au/2013/09/million-dollar-minute-beats-hot-seat-but-a-league-of-their-own-struggles.html
  6. ↑ http://www.tvtonight.com.au/2013/09/seven-dominates-with-brownlow-win.html
  7. ↑ http://www.tvtonight.com.au/2013/10/the-blacklist-tops-monday-but-homeland-sinks.html
  8. ↑ http://www.tvtonight.com.au/2013/10/x-factor-blacklist-give-seven-a-monday-win.html
  9. ↑ http://www.tvtonight.com.au/2013/10/x-factor-powering-home-for-seven.html
  10. ↑ http://www.tvtonight.com.au/2013/10/253000-as-ten-plummets-into-a-league-of-their-own.html
  11. ↑ http://www.tvtonight.com.au/2013/10/2-43m-viewers-watch-dami-win-the-x-factor.html
  12. ↑ http://www.tvtonight.com.au/2013/11/long-haul-for-wake-up-studio-10-as-first-ratings-emphasise-uphill-battle.html
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