The Franchise: Story, Cast and Series Facts

Story and premise

Showtime Sports presents The Franchise, an MLB Productions Original Series. With unprecedented access to players, their families, coaches and team personnel, this series provides a candid look at the struggles, relationships and day-to-day lives of Major League Baseball players. It's an up close and personal journey from the off-season to Spring Training, the All-Star Game and beyond.

Series details

• Title: The Franchise
• Format: Reality
• Language: English
• Genres: Sports
• Premiere date: 2011-07-13
• Final broadcast date listed: 2012-08-22
• Status in TVmaze: Ended
• Network listed by TVmaze: Paramount+ with Showtime
• Network country: United States
• Typical episode runtime: 60 minutes
• TVMaze ID: 12857
• TVDB ID: 249594

Seasons in the TVmaze catalogue

• Season 1: premiered 2011-07-13; final listed air date 2011-08-31; episode order: 8.
• Season 2: premiered 2012-07-11; final listed air date 2012-08-22; episode order: 7.

Source and licence

Adapted from The Franchise on TVmaze. The synopsis is reproduced as plain text; catalogue facts, cast and season records are selected and reformatted. This adapted text is available under CC BY-SA 4.0, following the TVmaze API licence. Network and web-channel credits identify the service listed in this source; they do not establish current streaming availability.