A League of Their Own will return for a final season at Prime Video. Although the series – a reimagining of the 1992 sports drama of the same name – received widespread critical acclaim and garnered a passionate online following, it will abruptly end with a four-episode second season.
According to The Hollywood Reporter, the news follows “months of negotiation” between co-creators Will Graham and Abbi Jacobson and Sony Pictures Television to “lower the show’s licensing fee”.
Their sources additionally revealed that “the cast had to sign new deals, given the order is for half the episodes that were featured in season one”.
Graham clarified in a tweet that the news “isn’t official, which is why we aren’t saying anything”, telling fans: “So if you want to see more episodes or more seasons of this show, now is your moment.