Welcome to the world of beer league sports, where Joanne Pico (Jess Salgueiro, Fraser, The Boys) is coach to six-time league losers, “The Public Lass Brovaries.” Coach Joanne is dead set on turning things around this season despite having just been brutally dumped by her girlfriend and co-founder of the team. Throughout the summer, Joanne leads her lovable, chaotic crew through a season of strikeouts, petty rivalries, conservative politician sponsors, and sexy carwash fundraisers gone wrong. With her ex now playing on a rival team, Joanne’s got a lot to prove this season. It’s time to win the breakup, get the gang back together, and maybe even find new love over beers in the dugout.
Slo Pitch also stars Karen Knox (The Year of Staring at Noses, SurrealEstate), Gwenlyn Cumyn (Barbelle, Chasing Valentine), Chelsea Muirhead (Warrior), Emma Hunter (The Beaverton, Mr. D), Lane Webber (We are Savvy, We Forgot to Break Up), Khadijah Roberts-Abdullah (Crimson Peak, The Last of Us), Amanda Cordner (Sort Of, Baroness Von Sketch Show) and Emily Hampshire (Heated Rivalry, 12 Monkeys).
Guest stars include actors Varun Saranga (Wynonna Earp, Schitt's Creek) Laura De Carteret (Y: The Last Man, The Lost Symbol), Don MacLean Jr. (Youngblood, Nurses), Nadine Bhabha (who is also a writer on the series) and comedians Carolyn Taylor (Black Mirror, Wayward), Chris Locke (What We Do in the Shadows) and Chris Sandiford (Shelved, God's Favourite Idiot), plus a cameo from Japanese softball pitcher Ayami Sato, who recently made history as the first woman to play in a Canadian men’s professional baseball league.
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"Set to hit the screen this fall, and fans are already freaking out."
BUZZFEED
"Slo Pitch is Canadian. It’s gay. It’s sporty. But that’s where the similarities between the two series end. And in a film and television landscape suddenly flooded with Heated Rivalry wannabes, that might be for the best."
FAST COMPANY
"A number of projects have attempted to tap into Heated Rivalry-mania. But few strike as many of the same notes as the upcoming softball comedy Slo Pitch."
FAST COMPANY
"Slo Pitch offers a totally different take on what a queer sports series can look like in a post-Heated Rivalry media landscape."
FAST COMPANY
"One of the best LGBTQ+ movies & TV shows to watch this Autumn."
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