Big Shot

Big Shot
Genre	Drama Sports
Format	Live-action series
Created by	Brad Garrett
Directed by	Kevin Connolly
Starring	John Stamos Jessalyn Gilsig Yvette Nicole Brown Richard Robichaux Sophia Mitri Schloss Nell Verlaque Monique Green Tisha Custodio Cricket Wampler Sophia Mitri Tiana Le Keala Settle Emery Kelly
Number of seasons	2
Number of episodes	20
Production
Executive producer(s)	David E. Kelley Dean Lorey Bill D'Elia Brad Garrett
Production company(s)	ABC Signature
Broadcast
Streaming Service(s)	Disney+
Picture format	16:9
Audio format	English
Original run	April 16, 2021 – October 12, 2022
External links
IMDb page

Big Shot is an American sports comedy-drama television series created by David E. Kelley, Dean Lorey and Brad Garrett for Disney+ starring John Stamos, Jessalyn Gilsig, and Yvette Nicole Brown.

The series premiered on April 16, 2021. In September 2021, the series was renewed for a second season, which premiered on October 12, 2022. The series was cancelled after 2 seasons, along with The Mighty Ducks: Game Changers.

On May 26, 2023, the series was removed from Disney+.

Premise

The series follows Marvyn Korn, a temperamental basketball coach who is fired from his job at the University at Wisconsin and relocates to California to coach a girls’ basketball team at Westbrook School, an elite high school for girls.

Season 1

The series follows a temperamental basketball coach Marvyn Korn (John Stamos) who is fired from his current job and ends up in an elite girl's private high school.

Season 2

Marvyn Korn (John Stamos) returns to Westbrook with a new fire, ready to show that his girls basketball team belongs in D-2 and that he’s still the championship-winning, powerhouse coach he was in the NCAA. Marvyn’s latest plan toward relevance is to get his team broadcast on ESPN, and his method is to recruit an unlikely player: Ava (Sara Echeagaray), a gutsy beach volleyball phenom whose public tantrum got her ousted from her own sport. Between losing their assistant coach Holly Barrett (Jessalyn Gilsig) to a rival school, new friction amongst teammates, a sudden and unexpected proximity to boys, and off-the-court disasters that no one could’ve predicted, this season, the Westbrook Sirens have even more to prove.

Production

Development

In October 2019, Disney+ ordered a ten-episode hour-long dramedy based on an original idea by Brad Garrett, who pitched the idea to David E. Kelley and developed it along with Dean Lorey. The trio along with Bill D'Elia were to executive produce with ABC Signature acting as the Production house. Lorey was to write the script and D'Elia to direct the first episode. On September 2, 2021, Disney+ renewed the series for a second season.

Filming

Principal photography for Big Shot began in November 2019 in Los Angeles. In March 2020, production was suspended due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Production for the series also shut down for a day in November after a COVID-19 test that resulted in being a negative, and for the rest of 2020 in December after a COVID-19 test that resulted in being a positive. Filming resumed in early January 2021, but was paused again at the end of the month after a second positive COVID-19 test. Filming then resumed two weeks later. Production for the second season began in early 2022.

Cast

Main cast

• John Stamos as Marvyn Korn
• Jessalyn Gilsig as Holly Barrett
• Yvette Nicole Brown as Sherilyn Thomas
• Richard Robichaux as George Pappas
• Sophia Mitri Schloss as Emma Korn
• Nell Verlaque as Louise Gruzinsky
• Tiana Le as Destiny Winters
• Monique Green as Olive Cooper (Season 1)
• Tisha Custodio as Carolyn "Mouse" Smith
• Cricket Wampler as Samantha "Giggles" Finkman
• Sara Echeagaray as Ava Navarro (Season 2)

Recurring cast

• Adam Arkin as Sam
• Deja Mattox as Savannah Gibson
• Michael Trucco as Larry Gruzinsky; Louise and Lucas Gruzinsky's father.
• Maddy Caddell as Kelsey; a student at Westbrook School for Girls.
• Emery Kelly as Dylan; Louise's Best Friend.
• Toks Olagundoye as Ms. Grint
• Ian Ousley as Bodhi; one of Louise's brother's friends.
• Chantz Simpson as Felix; Holly's godson and a young Global Studies Teacher at Westbrook School for Girls,
• Victoria Washington as Paris; a student at Westbrook School for Girls.
• Darcy Rose Byrnes as Harper Schapira; Miss Goodwin's daughter and Carolyn's love interest. She is a student at Westbrook School for Girls,
• Dale Whibley as Lucas Gruzinsky; Louise's brother.
• Kathleen Rose Perkins as Miss Goodwin; Harper Schapira's mother and the Drama Teacher at Westbrook School for Girls.
• Damian Alonso as Jake Matthews
• Daisha Graf as Angel
• Camryn Manheim as Coach McCarthy
• Jeffrey D. Sams as Randy Edmunds
• Keala Settle as Christina Winters
• Charlie Hall as Nick (Season 2)

Guest stars

• Thomas Fowler as Mr. Cooper
• Christina Horn as Mrs. Cooper
• Lamont Thompson as Jack Gibson; Savannah Gibson's father.
• Tammy Townsend as Mrs. Gibson; Savannah Gibson's mother.
• Tricia Helfer as Lillian Gruzinsky; Louise and Lucas Gruzinsky's mother.
• Marla Gibbs as Grandma Mason; Destiny’s Grandmother
• Eric Allan Kramer as Jerry

Episodes

Season 1

• "Pilot"
• "The Marvyn Korn Effect"
• "TCKS"
• "Great in the Living Room"
• "This Is Our House"
• "Carlsbad Crazies"
• "Kalm Korn"
• "Everything to Me"
• "Beth Macbeth"
• "Marvyn's Playbook"

Season 2

• "Ava Fever"
• "BOYS!"
• "Tipoff"
• "17 Candles"
• "Field Day"
• "It's Going to be Okay"
• "Playing House"
• "Prom!"
• "Parent Trap"
• "Moving On"

Trivia

• This is Yvette Nicole Brown's second project on Disney+. Her first project on Disney+ was Lady and the Tramp where she played Aunt Sarah.
• This is the first Disney live action series to feature an LGBT onscreen kiss.
• Darcy Rose Byrnes, who plays Harper Schapira, wrote multiple songs for the show.

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