![]() CBS shot the pilot episode and ultimately bought the series. CBS expressed interest and the creative team developed a script. The trio began developing the series in 1975, looking to other series like M*A*S*H and All in the Family as models. The series included a gay rookie ballplayer, one of the earliest regular gay characters on television. Like the book, the series covered controversial subjects including womanizing players, drug use, homosexuality in sports, and religion. īall 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 (Bouton). ![]() ![]() Bouton co-created the show with humorist and television critic Marvin Kitman and sportswriter Vic Ziegel. The series is inspired by the 1970 book of the same name by Jim Bouton. Jim Bouton (left) as Jim Barton and Ben Davidson as 'Rhino' Rhinelander in the pilot episodeīall Four is an American sitcom that aired on CBS in 1976. ![]()
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