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The first full length trailer for Prime Video’s A League of Their Own series is finally here!

Joe Otterson TV Reporter “Killing It” Season 2 has added eight new guest stars, Variety has learned exclusively. The second season of the Craig Robinson-led Peacock comedy series has added the following actors in guest roles: Dot-Marie Jones (“Bros,” “Glee”) as Jackie Boone, Katie Kershaw (“Mrs. Fletcher,” “Fargo”) as Natalie-Ray Boone, Joe Massingill (“Barry,” “Fear the Walking Dead”) as Ray-Nathan Boone, Melanie Field (“Shrill,” “You”) as Shayla, Fatimah Taliah (“Goliath,” “Life in Pieces”) as Maya, Beck Bennett (“Saturday Night Live,” “Bill & Ted Face the Music”) as Johnny, Kyle Mooney (“Saturday Night Live,” “Zoolander 2”) as Bugs, and Tim Simons (“Don’t Worry Darling,” “Candy”) as Agent Burton.

Prime Video today confirmed that A League of Their Own has been renewed for a four-episode second and final season.

Prime Video has renewed A League Of Their Own for a second and final season. Following months of talks with Sony TV, the series will end with a four-episode Season 2, sources have confirmed.

Following months of renewal chatter about A League of Their Own, Prime Video is fueling the flames of suspicion further with a Twitter post.

Madonna’s Mae Mordabito in the 1992 film, Rosie O’Donnell has returned to the famed women’s baseball franchise in a role created specifically for the Prime Video series.Creators Will Graham and Abbi Jacobson, who also stars as Rockford Peaches catcher Carson, as well as the cast -- including D’Arcy Carden and Melanie Field, who play Mae and Doris prototypes, Greta and Jo, respectively — open up to ET about the inspiration behind O’Donnell’s character, how her role played into a key moment in season 1 and what it was like having her on set. “I mean, Rosie being in the show is huge,” says Roberta Colindrez, who plays Peaches pitcher Lupe, adding that “she was the most gracious, cool, generous co-star.”[: Some spoilers for season 1 of ]With the series wanting to expand upon the film to include the untold queer stories of the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League (AAGPBL), Jacobson couldn’t help but acknowledge O’Donnell’s own impact on the LGBTQ storytelling landscape.  “We were trying not to do a lot of cameos on the show to really differentiate it from the film, but because we are telling a lot of these queer stories and Rosie is like, a huge part of queer history, of American history, it just felt so special to have her not only approve of the show but wanna be in it and really wanna play a character that’s so different from the one that she is in the film,” Jacobson says, revealing that O’Donnell stopped by the writers’ room early in the production on season 1.

Abbi Jacobson and her girlfriend Jodi Balfour just made their red carpet debut as a couple!

#LeagueOfTheirOwn series hits home August 12th on @PrimeVideo. #FindYourTeampic.twitter.com/8fnO3jSRNX"A League of Their Own evokes the joyful spirit of Penny Marshall's beloved classic, while widening the lens to tell the story of an entire generation of women who dreamed of playing professional baseball, both in and outside of the AAGPBL," the show's synopsis reads. «The show follows Carson (Abbi Jacobson) and Max (Chanté Adams) and a new ensemble of sharp and hilarious characters as they carve their paths toward the field, along the way finding their teams and themselves.»The 8-episode series hits Prime Video on Friday, Aug.

The stars of A League of Their Own gather up on the red carpet for a special screening event during the 2022 Outfest at DGA Theater Complex on Tuesday (July 19) in Los Angeles.

Rosie O'Donnell is stepping back onto the baseball field for Amazon Prime Video's reboot, three decades after she starred in the original 1992 Penny Marshall film. O'Donnell, who played third baseman Doris Murphy in the film, will be portraying a new role in the upcoming series, which drops all eight episodes Friday, Aug.

A League of Their Own, premiering on August 12.Based on a story by Kim Wilson & Kelly Candaele, A League of Their Own puts a unique spin on Penny Marshall’s 1992 classic of the same name, telling the story of an entire generation of women who dreamed of playing professional baseball. In its eight episode season, the show will take a deeper look at race and sexuality, chronicling the journey of a whole new cast of characters as they attempt to navigate the difficulties associated with baseball, life and womanhood.The highly anticipated series stars the ESSENCE Black Women in Hollywood recipient Chanté Adams, Abbi Jacobson, D’Arcy Carden, Gbemisola Ikumelo, Roberta Colindrez, Nick Offerman, Saidah Arrika Ekulona, Kate Berlant, Kendall Johnson, Kelly McCormack, Alex Désert, Priscilla Delgado, Aaron Jennings, Molly Ephraim, Melanie Field, and Dale Dickey as Beverly.

Wilson Chapman editorThe “A League of Their Own” Amazon series based on Penny Marshall’s popular 1992 comedy film will premiere Aug. 12.Amazon announced the news via a first look teaser, set to the classic Stevie Nicks song “Edge of Seventeen.” The teaser can be seen below.Both the show and film version of “A League of Their Own” take place in 1943, the year that the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League was formed.