''Clubhouse'' is an American

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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.HDNet press release
, June 16, 2005

Premise

The series is about a boy who gets his dream job working as a batboy for his favorite major-league

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team, the fictional New York Empires. Throughout the story, 15-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

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who graduated from

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and Fordham University School of Law, and lives in

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. His book ''Bat Boy: Coming of Age with the New York Yankees'' was published by Doubleday in 2005.

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 *

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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

References

External links

* {{IMDb title, 0410970, Clubhouse * 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

''Variety'', September 23, 2004 2004 American television series debuts 2005 American television series endings 2000s American sports television series 2000s American teen drama television series American sports drama television series Baseball television series American English-language television shows American television series about teenagers Television series by CBS Studios Television series by Spelling Television Television shows set in New York City CBS television dramas