A League Of Their Own co-creator Will Graham is sharing his thoughts publicly for the first time since it was revealed Friday that the series’ Season 2 renewal had been reversed and the show was ending.
Graham made clear his disappointment, but vowed to continue to try to find a new home for the beloved series, along with a plea and a huge thank you to LGBTQIA+ fans of the show to “please take care of yourselves,” adding “You are not alone.”
“When all queer people are personally and politically under attack across the country and HRC has declared a “state of emergency,” my biggest fear is that the many queer fans of League will take this reversal as one more invalidation, one more blow, one more…effect of the general politicization of our identities. Most of us grew up feeling invisible, and as we gain strength, the predictable backlash forces are trying their hardest to get us to go back underground.”
He continued, “We got so many notes wondering if the exploration of the queer world of the 1940s or Max’s world would be better saved for season 2, if people needed to start somewhere a little more familiar. I’m so glad we didn’t listen, cause now I’m sitting here without any regrets.”
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 Abbi Jacobson and Graham.
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.
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.
Jacobson earlier reacted to that rationale with anger: “To blame this cancellation on the strike is bulls–t and cowardly,” Jacobson wrote over the weekend 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.”
You can read Graham’s entire statement below.