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
  • Game Show
  • Comedy
  • Entertainment
Based on A League of Their Own
Presented by Tommy Little
Starring
Country of origin Australia
Original language English
No. of seasons 1
No. of episodes 10
Production
Production location Sydney
Running time 60 minutes
Production company Freehand Productions
Original release
Network Network Ten
Release 16 September –
11 November 2013
Related
UK 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. The show was cancelled to immediate effect after posting a disappointing rating in the show's ninth week. The tenth episode, which never aired, is available online for viewing.

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.

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 Team Scores Pat's Team Original air date
1 Lauren Jackson and Lehmo 12-11 Kurt Fearnley and Peter Helliar 16 September 2013
2 Libby Trickett and Joel Creasey 10-8 Dave Hughes and Veronica Milsom 23 September 2013
3 Wendell Sailor and Lehmo 10-11 Michael O'Loughlin and Veronica Milsom 30 September 2013
4 Amanda Keller and Mitchell Watt 8–9 Alex Pullin and Peter Helliar 7 October 2013
5 Charlie Pickering and Joel Creasey 4-6 Brad Hogg and Lehmo 14 October 2013
6 Christian Sprenger and Joel Creasey 5-5 Jeff Fenech and Celia Pacquola 21 October 2013
7 Ky Hurst and Joel Creasey 6-8 Libby Trickett and Lehmo 28 October 2013
8 George Calombaris and Joel Creasey 13-12 Archie Thompson and Ryan Fitzgerald 4 November 2013
9 Steven Bradbury and Peter Helliar 10-12 Joel Creasey and Lydia Lassila 11 November 2013
10 Mark Waugh and Joel Creasey 13-12 Madi Browne and Lehmo N/A

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 465,000 —
2 Episode 2 23 September 2013 403,000 —
3 Episode 3 30 September 2013 327,000 —
4 Episode 4 7 October 2013 353,000 —
5 Episode 5 14 October 2013 344,000 —
6 Episode 6 21 October 2013 253,000 —
7 Episode 7 28 October 2013 242,000 —
8 Episode 8 4 November 2013 326,000 —
9 Episode 9 11 November 2013 328,000 —