A Whole New Ballgame

Season 1

Shortlived sitcom with Brett Sooner as a professional baseball player hired by a TV station as a sports announcer during a baseball strike. Brett is an unliberated sexist pig who clashes with liberated Meg O'Donnell, the station manager. Other station personnel are Dwight, the sales manager, Warner the weatherman, Ted the news anchor, an Libby the secretary.

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11 Episodes

Opening Day
E1
Opening DayRatings soar when a TV station owner hires Brett Sooner, a striking ballplayer, as sportscaster over the protests of the fiery producer Meg O'Donnell.
They Say It's Yer Birthday
E2
They Say It's Yer BirthdayMeg doesn't want it known that it's her birthday, but it becomes public knowledge after Brett broadcasts it to all of Milwaukee.
You are What You Date
E3
You are What You DateBrett hires a woman from an escort service to pose as a heart surgeon and be his date at a media-awards banquet to prove to Meg that he can get a classy date.
Brett's Beef
E4
Brett's BeefA boxer goes on the air to counter Brett's demeaning jabs about female pugilists, and challenges him to mix it up in the ring.
Horace Morgan is Dead and Living in Milwaukee
E5
Horace Morgan is Dead and Living in MilwaukeeBrett tries technical trickery to make it appear on TV that he's at a retirement celebration for a venerable stadium organist, when actually he's in a darts tournament.
With Brett You Get Eggroll
E6
With Brett You Get EggrollAfter Meg devastates Glen by turning down his marriage proposal, Brett offers him the use of his Malibu beach house, then gives Meg a shoulder to cry on.
Twisted
E7
TwistedBrett strains his back and Christine Armstrong wants to interview him about what he has been doing during the Major League Base baseball strike.
The Make Out Movie
E8
The Make Out MovieMeg is desperate to find a date to see a classic foreign language film that Brett claims is a well-known make-out movie.
The Jumper
E9
The Jumper
The Sexual Superheroine
E10
The Sexual Superheroine
Trouble Down Under
E11
Trouble Down Under