''Clubhouse'' is an American drama

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starring

Jeremy Sumpter Jeremy Robert Myron Sumpter (born February 5, 1989) is an American actor. His prominent roles include the title role in the 2003 live action film ''Peter Pan'', Jacob in the 2014 disaster film '' Into the Storm'', and the recurring role of J. D. ...

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Christopher Lloyd Christopher Allen Lloyd (born October 22, 1938) is an American actor. He has appeared in many theater productions, films, and on television since the 1960s. He is known for portraying Dr. Emmett "Doc" Brown in the ''Back to the Future'' tril ...

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and

Kirsten Storms Kirsten Renee Storms (born April 8, 1984) is an American actress. She is best known for her roles as Zenon Kar in the '' Zenon'' trilogy, Emily in '' Johnny Tsunami'', and Bonnie Rockwaller in ''Kim Possible''. Storms played Isabella "Belle" Bl ...

and produced by

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in association with

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. The theme song is "

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" by The Calling. Clubhouse originally aired in the United States on

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on September 26 to November 6, 2004, leaving 6 of the 11 episodes from the first season unaired. The remaining episodes later aired on

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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

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for his favorite major-league

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team, the fictional New York Empires. Throughout the story, 16-year-old Pete Young (played by Sumpter) goes through normal and not so normal problems of a

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. Pete's sister (played by Storms) is a rebellious teen who deals with

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, and

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. 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

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, 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

as Pete Young *

as Conrad Dean *

Dan Byrd Daniel Byrd (born November 20, 1985) is an American actor. His most prominent roles include the 2004 film ''A Cinderella Story'', the 2006 remake of ''The Hills Have Eyes'', the 2010 films ''Easy A'' and '' Norman'', and the sitcoms ''Aliens in ...

as Mike Dougherty *

as Betsy Young *

as Lynne Young *

as Lou Russo *

J. D. Pardo Jorge Daniel Pardo (born September 7, 1980) is an American actor. He is best known for playing Jack Toretto in '' F9'' (2021), as well as the lead role of Ezekiel "EZ" Reyes in the television series '' Mayans M.C.'' (2018–present). Early life ...

as Jose Marquez *

John Ortiz John Ortiz (born May 23, 1968) is an American actor. He is known for his antagonist role as Arturo Braga in ''Fast & Furious'' (2009) and ''Fast & Furious 6'' (2013), and Clyde in ''Jack Goes Boating'' (2010), which earned him a nomination for t ...

as Carlos Tavares

Recurring

Michael Jai White Michael Jai White (born November 10, 1967) is an American actor, director and martial artist. He was the first African American to portray a major comic book superhero in a major motion picture, starring as Al Simmons, the protagonist in the 1 ...

as Ellis Hayes * Gabriel Salvador as Chris Pontecorvo * Kevin G. Schmidt as Brad Saminski * Tony Ervolina as Bobby *

Leah Pipes Leah Pipes (born August 12, 1988) is an American actress. She starred in the television series ''Life Is Wild'', the slasher film ''Sorority Row'' and the CW's '' The Originals''. Early life Pipes was born in Los Angeles, California. Career She ...

as Jesse * Steve Trombly as Bulldog * Brian Tahash as Chuck * Al White as Joe Ross * Nancy Cassaro as Gwen *

Spencer Grammer Spencer Karen Grammer (born October 9, 1983) is an American actress best known for her roles as the voice of Summer Smith in the Adult Swim animated science-fiction series ''Rick and Morty'' and as Casey Cartwright in the ABC Family college comed ...

as Sheila *

Cherry Jones Cherry Jones (born November 21, 1956) is an American actress known for her roles on screen and stage. She has received various accolades for her performances in television and theatre including three Primetime Emmy Awards, two Tony Awards, thr ...

as Sister Marie *

Jim Nantz James William Nantz III (born May 17, 1959) is an American sportscaster who has worked on telecasts of the National Football League (NFL), NCAA Division I men's basketball, the NBA and the PGA Tour for CBS Sports since the 1980s. He has anchor ...

as Himself *

Richard Steinmetz Richard Steinmetz is an American actor, best known for his role as Martin Fitzgerald on the now-defunct NBC daytime soap opera ''Passions''. Early life A native of Chicago, his was a police officer on the South Side. Steinmetz graduated from ...

as General Manager * Greg Bond as Rudnick *

Christopher Wiehl Christopher Wiehl (born ) is an American actor. Life and career Wiehl was born in Yakima, Washington and is of Danish and German descent. His father, Dick Wiehl, was an agent with the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI). He graduated from t ...

as Kenny Baines *

Charles S. Dutton Charles Stanley Dutton (born January 30, 1951) is an American actor and director. He is best known for his roles in the television series ''Roc (TV series), Roc'' (1991–1994) and the television film ''The Piano Lesson (film), The Piano Lesson'' ...

as Stuart Truman * Derrick McMillon as Detective Turnbull

Episodes

References

External links

* * 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 {{Aaron Spelling 2004 American television series debuts 2005 American television series endings 2000s American teen drama television series American sports television series Baseball television series CBS original programming English-language television shows Television series about teenagers Television series by CBS Studios Television series by Spelling Television Television shows set in New York City