Where to Watch Ball Four

Want to watch "Ball Four" on your TV, phone, or tablet? Discovering a streaming service to buy, rent, download, or stream the comedy TV series via subscription can be a challenge, so we here at Moviefone want to take the pressure off.

Read on for a listing of streaming and cable services – including rental, purchase, and subscription alternatives – along with the availability of "Ball Four" on each platform. Now, before we get into the nitty-gritty of how you can watch "Ball Four" right now, here are some finer points about the CBS show.

Originally premiering September 22nd, 1976, "Ball Four" stars Bill McCutcheon, Ben Davidson, Jim Bouton, Marco St. John. The series runs 1 season(s), and has a score of 55 (out of 100) on TMDB, which compiled reviews from 2 respected people.

Want to know what the show's about? Here’s the plot: "Ball Four is a 1976 American situation comedy that aired on CBS in 1976. The series is inspired by the 1970 book of the same name by Jim Bouton. Bouton co-created the show with humorist and television critic Marvin Kitman and sportswriter Vic Ziegel. Bouton also starred in the series. Ball Four followed the Washington Americans, a fictitious minor league baseball team, dealing with the fallout from a series of Sports Illustrated articles written by Americans player Jim Barton. Like the book, the series covered controversial subjects including womanizing players, drug use, homosexuality in sports and religion. The series included a gay rookie ballplayer, one of the earliest regular gay characters on television. The trio began developing the series in 1975, looking to other series like M*A*S*H and All in the Family as models. CBS expressed interest and the creative team developed a script. CBS shot the pilot episode and ultimately bought the series. Ball Four aired at 8:30 PM Eastern time, which was during the Family Viewing Hour, an FCC-mandated hour of early evening "family-friendly" broadcasting. Consequently the writers had some trouble with the network's Standards and Practices in their attempt to portray realistic locker room scenes, especially the language used by the players. Pseudo-profanity such as "bullpimp" was disallowed, while "horse-crock" and "bullhorse" were approved."

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