They Finally Made ‘A League of Their Own’ Gay: Inside the Making of the Remarkable New Series

BATTER UP!

Abbi Jacobson, D’Arcy Carden, and the team behind the reimagining of the 1992 film tell Obsessed what it took to make a series about sports that is so unabashedly queer.

Senior Editor, Obsessed

Published Aug. 18 2022 5:01AM EDT

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For millennials and members of Gen X—or, really, people of any age with good taste—Penny Marshall’s 1992 film A League of Their Own is a foundational movie.

Kevin Fallon

Senior Editor, Obsessed

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They Finally Made ‘A League of Their Own’ Gay: Inside the Making of the Remarkable New Series

Abbi Jacobson, D’Arcy Carden, and the team behind the reimagining of the 1992 film tell Obsessed what it took to make a series about sports that is so unabashedly queer.

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Kevin Fallon