Clubhouse (TV series)

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Clubhouse
Genre	Drama
Created by	Daniel Cerone
Written by	Daniel Cerone; Leonard Dick; Joseph Dougherty; Ashley Gable; Matt McGough; Jonathan Moskin; David Mulei; Gavin O'Connor;
Directed by	Frederick King Keller; Joanna Kerns; Jerry Levine; Steve Gomer; Gavin O'Connor; Oz Scott; Bryan Spicer;
Starring	Jeremy Sumpter; Dean Cain; Mare Winningham; Christopher Lloyd; Kirsten Storms; John Ortiz; J. D. Pardo; Dan Byrd;
Opening theme	"Our Lives" by The Calling
Country of origin	United States
Original language	English
No. of seasons	1
No. of episodes	11
Production
Executive producers	Daniel Cerone; Bruce Davey; Mel Gibson; Aaron Spelling; Ken Topolsky; E. Duke Vincent;
Producers	Paul Marks; Nancy Cotton; Leonard Dick;
Production locations	Los Angeles, California
Running time	60 minutes
Production companies	Icon Productions; Spelling Television;
Original release
Network	CBS; HDNet (episodes 6–11);
Release	September 26, 2004 –; August 4, 2005

Clubhouse is an American drama television series starring Jeremy Sumpter, Dean Cain, Christopher Lloyd, Mare Winningham and Kirsten Storms and produced by Icon Productions in association with Spelling Television. The theme song is "Our Lives" by The Calling.

Clubhouse originally aired in the United States on CBS on September 26 to November 6, 2004, leaving 6 of the 11 episodes from the first season unaired. The remaining episodes later aired on HDNet from June 30 to August 4, 2005.^[1]

Premise

The series is about a boy who gets his dream job working as a batboy for his favorite major-league baseball team, the fictional New York Empires. Throughout the story, 16-year-old Pete Young (played by Sumpter) goes through normal and not so normal problems of a teenager. Pete's sister (played by Storms) is a rebellious teen who deals with drinking, sex, and drugs.

The show is based on the experiences of Matthew McGough, a batboy for the New York Yankees who graduated from Williams College and Fordham University School of Law, and lives in New York City. His book Bat Boy: Coming of Age with the New York Yankees was published by Doubleday in 2005. ISBN 978-0-307-27864-7

Cast

Main

Jeremy Sumpter as Pete Young
Dean Cain as Conrad Dean
Dan Byrd as Mike Dougherty
Kirsten Storms as Betsy Young
Mare Winningham as Lynne Young
Christopher Lloyd as Lou Russo
J. D. Pardo as Jose Marquez
John Ortiz as Carlos Tavares

Recurring

Michael Jai White as Ellis Hayes
Gabriel Salvador as Chris Pontecorvo
Kevin G. Schmidt as Brad Saminski
Tony Ervolina as Bobby
Leah Pipes as Jesse
Steve Trombly as Bulldog
Brian Tahash as Chuck
Al White as Joe Ross
Nancy Cassaro as Gwen
Spencer Grammer as Sheila
Cherry Jones as Sister Marie
Jim Nantz as himself
Richard Steinmetz as General Manager
Greg Bond as Rudnick
Christopher Wiehl as Kenny Baines
Charles S. Dutton as Stuart Truman
Derrick McMillon as Detective Turnbull

Episodes

No.	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original air date
1	"Pilot"	Gavin O'Connor	Teleplay by : Daniel Cerone Story by : Daniel Cerone & Matthew McGough	September 26, 2004 (2004-09-26)
2	"Breaking a Slump"	Frederick King Keller	Daniel Cerone	September 28, 2004 (2004-09-28)
3	"Chin Music"	Oz Scott	Paul Manning	October 12, 2004 (2004-10-12)
4	"Trade Talks"	Joanna Kerns	Sheila Lawrence	October 19, 2004 (2004-10-19)
5	"Spectator Interference"	Martha Mitchell	Joseph Dougherty	November 6, 2004 (2004-11-06)
6	"Road Trip"	Jeff Bleckner	Teleplay by : Daniel Cerone & Sheila Lawerence Story by : Matthew McGough	June 30, 2005 (2005-06-30) (on HDNet)
7	"Between First and Home"	Steve Gomer	Ilana Bar-Din Giannini	July 7, 2005 (2005-07-07) (on HDNet)
8	"Stealing Home"	Jerry Levine	Leonard Dick	July 14, 2005 (2005-07-14) (on HDNet)
9	"Save Situation"	Scott Brazil	Ashley Gable	July 21, 2005 (2005-07-21) (on HDNet)
10	"Old Timers Day"	Bryan Spicer	Jonathan Moskin & David Mulei	July 28, 2005 (2005-07-28) (on HDNet)
11	"Player Rep"	Bob Singer	Joseph Dougherty	August 4, 2005 (2005-08-04) (on HDNet)

References

^ HDNet press release Archived 2005-12-03 at the Wayback Machine, June 16, 2005

External links

Clubhouse at IMDb
Bianco, Robert, "'Clubhouse': Get caught looking at this gem." USA Today, September 23, 2004
Shales, Tom, "'Clubhouse': CBS's World-Class Series." The Washington Post, September 25, 2004
Gallo, Phil, Clubhouse review, Variety, September 23, 2004

[1] HDNet press release Archived 2005-12-03 at the Wayback Machine, June 16, 2005

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