Clubhouse is a short-lived American drama
television series starring
Jeremy Sumpter,
Dean Cain,
Christopher Lloyd,
Mare Winningham and
Kirsten Storms. The theme song is
Our Lives by The Calling.
Five episodes were broadcast on CBS in fall 2004. CBS broadcast both the high-definition and analog program through its affiliates. The five episodes that aired on CBS, along with six additional episodes that were not broadcast over CBS' airwaves, were picked up by
HDNet in June 2005.
[HDNet press release, June 16, 2005]
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 9780307278647
External links
- 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
