A League of Their Own (Australian game show)

This article is about the Australian version of the British television game show hosted by James Corden. For other uses, see A League of Their Own (disambiguation).

A League of Their Own
Genre
Based onA League of Their Own
Presented byTommy Little
Starring
Country of originAustralia
Original languageEnglish
No. of seasons1
No. of episodes10
Production
Production locationSydney
Running time60 minutes
Production companyFreehand Productions
Original release
NetworkNetwork Ten
Release16 September (2013-09-16) –
11 November 2013 (2013-11-11)
Related
British 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 never aired, 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][failed verification]

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.

Episodes

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

  – Eamon's team won
  – Pat's team won
No.Eamon's TeamScoresPat's TeamOriginal air date
1Lauren Jackson and Lehmo12-11Kurt Fearnley and Peter Helliar16 September 2013 (2013-09-16)
2Libby Trickett and Joel Creasey10-8Dave Hughes and Veronica Milsom23 September 2013 (2013-09-23)
3Wendell Sailor and Lehmo10-11Michael O'Loughlin and Veronica Milsom30 September 2013 (2013-09-30)
4Amanda Keller and Mitchell Watt8–9Alex Pullin and Peter Helliar7 October 2013 (2013-10-07)
5Charlie Pickering and Joel Creasey4-6Brad Hogg and Lehmo14 October 2013 (2013-10-14)
6Christian Sprenger and Joel Creasey5-5[a]Jeff Fenech and Celia Pacquola21 October 2013 (2013-10-21)
7Ky Hurst and Joel Creasey6-8Libby Trickett and Lehmo28 October 2013 (2013-10-28)
8George Calombaris and Joel Creasey13-12Archie Thompson and Ryan Fitzgerald4 November 2013 (2013-11-04)
9Steven Bradbury and Peter Helliar10-12Joel Creasey and Lydia Lassila11 November 2013 (2013-11-11)
10Mark Waugh and Joel Creasey13-12Madi Browne and LehmoN/A[b] (N/A[b])

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.

Ratings

No. Title Air date Overnight ratings Ref(s)
Viewers Rank
1 Episode 1 16 September 2013 (2013-09-16) 465,000 — [5]
2 Episode 2 23 September 2013 (2013-09-23) 403,000 — [6]
3 Episode 3 30 September 2013 (2013-09-30) 327,000 — [7]
4 Episode 4 7 October 2013 (2013-10-07) 353,000 — [8]
5 Episode 5 14 October 2013 (2013-10-14) 344,000 — [9]
6 Episode 6 21 October 2013 (2013-10-21) 253,000 — [10]
7 Episode 7 28 October 2013 (2013-10-28) 242,000 — [11]
8 Episode 8 4 November 2013 (2013-11-04) 326,000 — [12]
9 Episode 9 11 November 2013 (2013-11-11) 328,000 — [2]

References

  1. ^ Knox, David (4 September 2013). "Airdate: A League of their Own". TV Tonight. Archived from the original on 8 September 2013. Retrieved 9 September 2013.
  2. ^ a b Knox, David (13 November 2013). "Gone: A League of Their Own. Update: David Attenborough's Natural Curiosities". TV Tonight. Archived from the original on 15 November 2013. Retrieved 22 November 2013.
  3. ^ "A League of Their Own - Episodes". Tenplay. Archived from the original on 9 October 2013. Retrieved 22 November 2013.
  4. ^ "A League of Their Own". Network Ten. Archived from the original on 18 September 2013. Retrieved 9 September 2013.
  5. ^ Knox, David (17 September 2013). "Million Dollar Minute beats Hot Seat, but A League of Their Own struggles". TV Tonight. Archived from the original on 21 September 2013. Retrieved 22 November 2013.
  6. ^ Knox, David (24 September 2013). "Seven dominates with Brownlow win". TV Tonight. Archived from the original on 27 September 2013. Retrieved 22 November 2013.
  7. ^ Knox, David (1 October 2013). "The Blacklist tops Monday, but Homeland sinks". TV Tonight. Archived from the original on 20 October 2013. Retrieved 22 November 2013.
  8. ^ Knox, David (8 October 2013). "X Factor, Blacklist give Seven a Monday win". TV Tonight. Archived from the original on 23 October 2013. Retrieved 22 November 2013.
  9. ^ Knox, David (15 October 2013). "X Factor powering home for Seven". TV Tonight. Archived from the original on 21 October 2013. Retrieved 22 November 2013.
  10. ^ Knox, David (22 October 2013). "253,000 as TEN plummets into a League of their Own". TV Tonight. Archived from the original on 23 October 2013. Retrieved 22 November 2013.
  11. ^ Knox, David (29 October 2013). "2.43m viewers watch Dami win the X Factor". TV Tonight. Archived from the original on 31 October 2013. Retrieved 22 November 2013.
  12. ^ Knox, David (5 November 2013). "Long haul for Wake up, Studio 10 as first ratings emphasise uphill battle". TV Tonight. Archived from the original on 8 November 2013. Retrieved 22 November 2013.