List server
Ball Four 1976

Ball Four

5.50 30 minutes
Ball Four is a 1976 American situation comedy that aired on CBS in 1976. The series is inspired by the 1970 book of the same name by Jim Bouton. Bouton co-created the show with humorist and television critic Marvin Kitman and sportswriter Vic Ziegel. Bouton also starred in the series. Ball Four followed the Washington Americans, a fictitious minor league baseball team, dealing with the fallout from a series of Sports Illustrated articles written by Americans player Jim Barton. Like the book, the series covered controversial subjects including womanizing players, drug use, homosexuality in sports and religion. The series included a gay rookie ballplayer, one of the earliest regular gay characters on television. The trio began developing the series in 1975, looking to other series like M*A*S*H and All in the Family as models. CBS expressed interest and the creative team developed a script. CBS shot the pilot episode and ultimately bought the series. Ball Four aired at 8:30 PM Eastern time, which was during the Family Viewing Hour, an FCC-mandated hour of early evening "family-friendly" broadcasting. Consequently the writers had some trouble with the network's Standards and Practices in their attempt to portray realistic locker room scenes, especially the language used by the players. Pseudo-profanity such as "bullpimp" was disallowed, while "horse-crock" and "bullhorse" were approved.
Year:
Country:
Genre:
Studio:
Keyword: , ,
Director:

Similar

Catterick

2004 TV Shows

Peep Show

2015 TV Shows

Barbara

2003 TV Shows

Greg the Bunny

2006 TV Shows

Watching Ellie

2003 TV Shows

American Dreamer

1991 TV Shows

Boston Common

1997 TV Shows

Son of the Beach

2002 TV Shows

15 Storeys High

2004 TV Shows

Kate & Allie

1989 TV Shows

M*A*S*H

1983 TV Shows

Happy ToGetHer

2023 TV Shows

Charlie Lawrence

2003 TV Shows

Recomendation

The Twilight Zone

1964 TV Shows

Criminal: UK

2020 TV Shows

Battlestar Galactica

2009 TV Shows

Marvel's Iron Fist

2018 TV Shows

Ghosts

2024 TV Shows

Stargate Universe

2011 TV Shows

American Gods

2021 TV Shows

24

2014 TV Shows

FBI

2024 TV Shows

Borgen

2013 TV Shows

Strike Back

2020 TV Shows