‘A League Of Their Own’ Co-Creator & Star Abbi Jacobson Upset By Cancellation Of Prime Video Series

Bruce Haring
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A League of Their Own co-creator and star Abbi Jacobson is not happy about the reversal of her show’s renewal.

As Deadline reported, Prime Video opted not to move forward with the previously ordered second — and final — season of comedy-drama A League Of Their Own, co-created and executive produced by Jacobson and Graham.

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The series was a reimagining of the 1992 film, A League of Their Own, which was about the women who formed their own professional baseball league during World War II.

Jacobson starred as Carson Shaw, D’Arcy Carden (The Good Place) was Greta Gill, and Chanté Adams was Max Chapman in the series.

Production delays and additional expenses brought by the ongoing Hollywood strikes were main factors in Prime Video’s decision not to proceed with a second season, Deadline reported Friday.

That rationel didn’t sit well with Jacobson.

“To blame this cancellation on the strike is bulls–t and cowardly,” Jacobson wrote Friday in an Instagram post. “But this post isn’t about all that. About all the ways this show has been put through the ringer. Not today.”

She continued: “This post here is about the special show I was lucky to make with so many incredibly talented artists and actors and writers and crew. A show I’m so proud of. Filled to the brim with stories worth telling. Full of so much heart and soul and value.”

She thanked fans and called the experience of playing Carson Shaw “a rare thing in life.”

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