“Forrest Gump” and “The Green Mile” often rank on the list of Tom Hanks’s favorite films, but the real ones know that “a league of their own” deserves the real place. With his charming, funny and often impactful script, it was the film that reported a change in Hanks’ film career. Before 1992, he mainly played in comedies; After 92, he was more likely to play in serious projects and worthy of the Oscars. It is difficult for some actors to make this transition, but it helps when the film designed to prove that your dramatic talents are as strong as it.

“A league for their own” Added to the Archives of the National Film In 2012 for its cultural importance. Most fans of the film today are also aware of the television series to restart the first -rate video 2022 “A league apart”, which was canceled too early Despite its strong critical reception. The television program was perhaps forgotten in April 1993.

The 93 show was not a restart but a loose continuation of the film. He follows the Rockford peaches during another baseball season, with a handful of actors who come back to resume their film characters. Unfortunately, the major characters in the film (like Jimmy Dugan of Hanks) were overhauled. Other big names like Madonna and Rosie O’Donnell did not return either.

The general consensus at the time was that the television show seemed to be a cheap money on the success of the film, but the criticisms seemed at least disposed on occasion. “The Sitcom series based on films are generally not doing well in the” “notes” wrote the Huntesville Times The day of the first in the series, “but the beginnings of this program were lucky to have been made by Penny Marshall, who also led the theatrical characteristic.”

“A bomb apart” ” writes Mike DuffyA television critic for Knight-Rriddler newspapers. He torn the ’93 series suddenly:

“Moche writing, a boring laughter and a ho-hum casting does not make a field of comedy dreams. … An animated cameo by Jon Lovitz as a sarcastic baseball scout Ernie Capadino offered the only moments of the joy of Chucklehead. But Loditz will not be regularly.”

For viewers who would have preferred Hanks to have returned for the role of Dugan, there was a small comfort to know that it was at least returned to the behind the scenes. He produced the third episode of the 1993 show, “The Monkey’s Curse”, although this episode (about the team obtaining a chimpanzee as a new mascot) was not welcomed either. After only three episodes, the series was paused for four months. He returned in August for two other episodes, then CBS canceled it before the sixth episode could even be broadcast.

No one cried the end of the 1993 series, but People cried the end of 2022 “A League Our Off” of 2022. Far from cash in cash, the premium video show was a thoughtful and expansive story that was held alone. The television series managed to finish its first full season at least, at least that the showrunner Abbi Jacobson paid tribute after the cancellation of the program in August 2023. wrote on his Instagram page::

“How lucky I had to tell these stories and play this character, I like so much. What a rare thing in life. And so I am sad today. To blame this cancellation on the strike (which is an essential fight for wages, protections and working conditions, etc.) are bulls ** and loose. But this post is not a question of all this. Artists and writers incredibly talented and writers.