Canadian streaming service Crave has another highly anticipated queer sports show coming up.
Fans are going gaga for Crave's Heated Rivalry, which follows pro hockey players Shane Hollander (Hudson Williams) and Ilya Rozanov (Connor Storrie), massively popular rivals on the ice who fall madly in love when they meet out of the rink. Now, the streamer has another queer sports show to cheer for.
Slo Pitch will star Schitt's Creek's Emily Hampshire and Frasier's Jess Salgueiro. Karen Knox, Gwenlyn Cumyn, Emma Hunter, Chelsea Muirhead, Lane Webber, Khadijah Roberts-Abdullah, and Amanda Cordner also star.
Women's softball legend Ayami Sato, who recently made history as the first woman to play in a Canadian men's pro baseball league, will also make an appearance.
In October, the first image from Crave's upcoming sports comedy Slo Pitch was released, giving people a preview of what to expect.
Based on a Canadian web series of the same name, Slo Pitch will be a 10-episode mockumentary that follows a queer, underdog softball team.
"Welcome to the world of beer league sports, where Joanne Pico (Salgueiro) is to coach six-time league losers, The Public Lass Brovaries," the official synopsis reads. "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."
So far, no premiere date or American distributor has been announced, but Out will keep you updated!
